Friday, January 13, 2012

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HowStuffWorks DailyStuff


10 Fuel-saving Device Hoaxes

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For as long as we've complained about gas prices, there's been an army of inventors offering devices to stretch our mileage further. But which ones work and which are hoaxes?


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Top 5 Science-borne Superpowers

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Since the dawn of cartoons and comic books, kids have imagined themselves endowed with superpowers. What extraordinary abilities are scientists working to bring to you right now


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What The Ancient Knew: Egyptian Burial Practices

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Ancient Egyptians believed that without an intact body there was no afterlife. Learn more about Ancient Egyptian burial practices on The Science Channel's "What The Ancients Knew."


Will earthquakes ever be predictable?

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Today is the two-year anniversary of the tragic earthquake that hit Haiti and took the lives of thousands of people. We know where major fault lines crisscross the Earth and where about 80 percent of the world's earthquakes occur. It's the "when" that seismologists have valiantly struggled with. Why?


How do galaxies form?

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According to NASA, the largest galaxy cluster ever seen -- nicknamed "El Gordo," which is Spanish for "the fat one"-- has been discovered by observers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Galaxies got their start nearly 14 billion years ago, with one unimaginably hot, dense and tiny pinpoint. How did we arrive at the universe's sprawling state of galactic affairs today?


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