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Rise and fall of societies
A recent paper published in the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s journal Cliodynamics: The Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History details a new model explaining the rise and fall of societies. The...
Freezing without destroying
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Have you ever pondered being frozen? Being completely solidified or chilled has become a meme used throughout film pop culture. Most often, people remember Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze from Batman & Robin (1997)...
Can you pass me my external E. coli drive?
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If you think you’ve joined the ranks and have become a fellow data hoarder with your stash of several external hard drives and possess the compulsive need to triple-back things up, imagine how the...
Let’s talk about sex
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Many Canadians of a variety of ages can associate late night sex-related programming with none other than the world-renowned sex educator Sue Johanson, host of The Sunday Night Sex Show.
Johanson was awarded the...
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The ultimate hangover cure!
Science has provided us with the ultimate cure for hangovers. A hangover can occur when doses of ethanol (large or small) are converted into a chemical know as acetate in your...
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Underwater cloak renders objects invisible to sonar
“We are not talking about science fiction. We are talking about controlling sound waves by bending and twisting them in a designer space,” said Nicholas Fang, mechanical science...
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Shanghai students are the best at math and science
Over half a million students participated in the International Student Assessment in over 70 countries around the world and Chinese school children placed overall best, according...
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