Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes
Funnier than a sharp stink in your eye…
[If you search for answers in Google, it often shows “related questions”. I have answered some of these questions and you are welcome] What would happen if I touch a star? With most visible stars, you’d burn up immediately; however, you CAN touch a brown dwarf… just get his permission, first. Will humans ever reach […]
Read More Google Science QuestionsA black hole might be used as a time machine but most physicists think that the trip would pull your body into a long strand in a process called “spaghetification”. Of course, if you survived, you could go back in time and warn yourself but, be honest, would you really listen to a warning from […]
Read More Dark Thoughts on Black HolesChimera: This is a term paleontologists use to describe a set of fossils from different animals that have been pieced together erroneously. For example: The Archaeoraptor found in China was thought to be missing link between birds and dinosaurs. Researchers claimed that it was, for the most part, a dinosaur, except for its habit of […]
Read More ‘C’ is for cienceEngineers, at the University of Leeds, have developed a new material that mimics human cartilage. The board of regents has pulled funding calling the material “unnecessarily hurtful towards human cartilage”. ☺ University of Hiroshima scientists announced recently that they are moving closer to the next generation of fuel-cell technology. They plan to achieve this by […]
Read More More Real Science DiscoveriesNote that this test will count for one-fifth of your grade. Your best test will count twice and your worst test grade will be dropped. If you can calculate your grade before I post it, you get an automatic ‘A’; unfortunately, that ‘A’ will be dropped and your worst grade will be counted twice, so […]
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Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 