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It’s been a little more like Stuff From the Mad Science Lab in the weeks leading up to Halloween. Shovels in hand, Allison and I have trudged off into the moonlit cemeteries to unearth a number of grotesque, chilling and occasionally peer-reviewed horrors from YOUR science and culture. Then we dragged it all into the podcasting lab, flipped the switch and created three awesome Halloween episodes:
Science vs. Monsters!
This one’s a real slobber knocker, folks, because we pit actual science against fictional monsters in an all-out battle royale. We’ll discuss who would win in a fight between bigfoot and the wolfman — and tell you why Charles Darwin already decided the match. Plus much more!
So you buy one of those little USB Flash drives. It might hold 2GB, 4GB or 8GB. (Although you can go all the way up to 256 GB now, as seen here at a price of about $723. ) The question being asked in the following article is, how many times can you write to [...]
Good question – Will humans live to be 200 years old?
by Marshall Brain | October 28, 2010
Will humans live to be 200 years old? 500? 1,000 years old? Here is one scientist who is optimistic: Anti-Aging Secrets in Girl’s Genes? The scientist is studying a 17-year-old girl named Brooke Greenberg whose development stopped: 16 pounds and 31 inches long, about the size of a one year old… Her bones are those [...]
In this episode, Scott and Ben list and enthusiastically discuss (more than) 10 great sports cars. What are your favorite models?
In this spooky episode of Stuff You Should Know, Josh and Chuck get you ready for Halloween as they narrate H.P. Lovecraft’s creepy tale “The Tomb.” Tune in to learn more…if you dare!
China to launch manned space lab around 2020: report – “China said on Wednesday it would launch a space lab to be manned for long stretches within about 10 years, a move it believes would bring it closer to the United States and Russia as powers capable of reaching the moon…” The Hundred Year Starship: [...]
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How is waste water treated? — Sasha, San Antonio, Texas
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Microbiologist by Day, Pro-wrestler by Night
by Robert Lamb | October 27, 2010
I never expected bring up professional wrestling in a science blog, but that was before NOVA’s “The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers” devoted an episode to microbiologist Rachel Collins.
In her day job, Rachel tests antibiotics on various strains of bacteria for a Saint Louis lab. On the weekends, however, she laces up her green and black boots and climbs into the wrestling ring as “MsChif.”
Paint yourself blue to become a Navi tribesman/woman for Halloween
by Marshall Brain | October 27, 2010
The Navi tribesman/woman… This is one of those costume ideas that you could do well, or that you could do poorly. Here is how to do it well: Where do you get the blue color? You will be buying something like this: Blue Cream Makeup Or use clown makeup: Ben Nye Clown Makeup If you [...]
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