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Ballon Boy HOAX: Finally some real information.. The weight of the balloon.

Finally thanks to the sheriff we have some actual scientific information on this whole story.   The sheriff with the actual balloon on hand and in consultation with a professor took measurements.  The balloon could not have held the boy due to a ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Oct 19 2009 - 2:15pm - 0 attachments

Carter Constant - A 40 Year-Old Einstein Mystery Gets Some Insight From Newton

... rest separated by a fixed distance. "I was completely stunned when I saw that the Newtonian condition for a Carter constant was ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2009 - 7:15pm - 0 attachments

Player Wins Over US$5.5 MILLION At Blackjack Ballroom Online Casino

... He couldn't believe that he had won and says he was stunned and shocked and "my hands were shaking!" He hopes to pay off his ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jul 4 2009 - 12:29pm - 0 attachments

Scientists Take Us One Step Closer To A Talking Mouse

FOXP2 may be the gene that makes us human - or so the hype goes. Hyped or not, FOXP2 is rightly a focus of intense research, since it is a gene that clearly has a major effect on human speech. Mutations in FOXP2 are responsible for some ...

Article - Michael White - May 28 2009 - 7:05pm - 0 attachments

David Carradine's Last Stand

... then back  to the old west made perfect sense.   I was stunned, but if anyone else noticed they didn't say anything.   He was the guy ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 5 2009 - 11:27am - 0 attachments

Headsets Identified As Key To Sales Success!

... Vanhoutte, Managing Director at Plantronics EMEA. We were stunned with the survey results and feel that sales organizations throughout ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 19 2009 - 4:02am - 0 attachments

Common Themes In Violent Extremist Ideologies

Are there common structures or patterns to violent extremist ideologies, even when the content of the beliefs is dramatically different?   Social and political scientists have explored elements of this question for decades using a variety of differen ...

Article - Randy Borum - May 15 2009 - 10:46am - 0 attachments

The Daytime Astronomer at Career Day

8 classrooms in 5 hours. 30 minutes per class. Grade levels ranging from kindergarten to 6th grade. Unscripted, 1 index card of talking points. When I compare 'Career Day' at my kids' elementary school with my Ph.D. defense, that dissertation committee se ...

Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - May 15 2009 - 7:28pm - 0 attachments

Earth Hour 2009

This Saturday night, a global effort is set to take place to promote energy conservation – the 3rd annual Earth Hour. To join in on the effort, simply turn off your lights from 8:30 – 9:30pm in your local time zone. This worldwide effort is designed to de ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Mar 31 2009 - 1:42pm - 0 attachments

Could It Be? A Truce In The Science Versus Postmodernism Culture War

... biology. Browsing through the March 5, 2009 issue I was stunned by an article penned by sociologist Harry Collins, entitled “We ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Mar 22 2009 - 11:58am - 0 attachments