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Double (Double) Rainbow, all the way (all the way)

Sunday, October 9th, 2011

Double Rainbow Song by Paul Vasquez and the Gregory Brothers. Source: Youtube channel (schmoyoho) You may have heard of the “double rainbow song,” in which a man named Paul Vasquez ecstatically reacts to seeing a double rainbow. Now imagine Vasquez’s excitement when he finds out that a quadruple rainbow does indeed exist, and was just […]

SPICE Up Your Life

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

  Scientists from universities across the United Kingdom are hoping to test one of their solutions to the worldwide issue of global warming. To understand the mechanism of the project, however, one must first be familiar with the process of global warming. Global warming is based on the imbalance of infrared radiation (IR) entering and […]

The Green Car Trophy: Did Hybrids Cheat to Win?

Monday, September 26th, 2011

Whether you sincerely care about the environment or not you have probably heard about the Toyota Prius. As the icon of ‘green cars,’ the Prius provides spectacular fuel economy and most importantly, outputs less environmentally harmful carbon emissions. The Prius is able to achieve these feats because of its innovative hybrid drive-train, which combines a […]

True or False? Presenting Scientific Data Without Evidence

Sunday, September 18th, 2011

Over the course of Earth’s history there have been many mass extinctions. After each one there is the devastation of a world rid of many forms of life.  Barren and bleak, it must be a hard place to live.  Nevertheless, each mass extinction allows space for new life to grow and develop, such as dinosaurs […]

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