Now that Summer’s (kind of) on the way (for approx. half the globe) what better time to think about mucking around in an interactive fountain? Before you do, however, you could read Issue 1, Vol. 2 of The Wave, published by the US Govt. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “There is no standing water […]
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Comparative death counts: Marijuana vs. water
There’s news about the literally grave danger that a feared drug might pose for someone somewhere some day. Details are in a new study. The study describes two persons who died from no obvious cause, and who—the doctors conclude — therefore must have died from the unknown amounts of marijuana that they are likely to […]
‘Hmmm, sooo shiny, sooo nice’ – but why?
“Human beings are attracted to glossy objects. Shimmering lipsticks, gleaming cars, dazzling diamonds and sequined gowns […]” Given its prevalence, it’s perhaps surprising that motives for humans to seek out glossy, shiny, smooth things have, until now, gone largely underinvestigated in the scholarly world. A(n) hypothesis is presented, however, by doctoral student Katrien Meert of […]
For sodium disposal enthusiasts
This 1947 video is catnip for sodium disposal enthusiasts [HT Bob O’Hara]: Many people have re-enacted that on a tiny scale, albeit in a bigger body of water. Here’s one example: If you have a nuclear processing facility, you can pick up some tips on alternate methods of sodium disposal by reading the International Atomic Energy Agency‘s […]