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Hand Surgeon Los Angeles

by friver ~ August 19th, 2010

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Auto Repair Los Angeles

by friver ~ August 19th, 2010

Need Auto Repair in los angeles?  There is only one place for you and that’s Fix Car Now. Fix Car Now has 4 convenient locations so you can get auto repair regardless of where you live:

1. Auto Repair Culver City

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Buy Valtrex Online

by friver ~ May 28th, 2009

Buying valtrex online can be a daunting task and often times a strange experience.  There are so many pharmacies nowadays selling generic medications.  You actually can find medications from trusted pharmacies if you know where to look.  We have personally had experience with 4rx.com and are happy to pass on the news that it is safe to buy valtrex online at affordable prices.

You can also find herpes medication online for far less than name brand medications.  It’s easy, fast and secure.

Scientific Fact in Fairytale Fiction — part 2.

by friver ~ October 24th, 2008

Most of us are far more familiar with Disney’s The Little Mermaid than we are with the original, altogether sadder version first penned by Hans Christian Andersen.  As it turns out, the wicked witch of the undersea world, Ursula, didn’t really need to rely on a curse in order to steal Ariel’s lovely voice.

Theoretically, it is entirely possible to keep sound waves from escaping.  Working around the methodology which allows light waves to be bent, a professor at prestigious Duke University theorizes that it is possible to do the same to sound waves, thereby stopping them from ever being heard.

The really spooky thing is that sound waves trapped in such a manner, be it by invisible shield or technical contraption, will never escape.  That makes me think of being trapped in some sound shielding bubble with my own thoughts — and having to exist forever with my own sound waves as well, echoing forever with nowhere to go.

Scientific Fact in Fairytale Fiction — part 1.

by friver ~ September 24th, 2008

How many times have you heard the story of Rapunzel?  Ah, the long haired maiden rife with split ends, stuck way up high in her isolated tower, constantly at the mercy of a witch while she waits for her prince.  He, naturally, is later enticed by the sound of her beautiful singing voice.  Of course, we all know that none of that could happen.  At the very least, no man could ever climb up a head of human hair, right?

Wrong.  It terms out that one average strand of human hair could easily support approximately three and a half ounces of weight.  That means you could tie up two candy bars with a strand of your hair, and they would just dangle there, chillin’.  Insofar as that goes, dark hair tends to be thicker than fair hair, and that thickness makes dark hair stronger.

Rapunzel was, of course, a blond.  Blonds have somewhere around one hundred and forty thousand hairs, so Rapunzel could totally support the weight of her prince, scientifically speaking – but there’s more.  While the prince could theoretically climb up home girl’s hair, there is the question of whether or not he’d rip it out by the roots – plus, would she be strong enough to support the prince?  Actually, the answer to both questions is yes, as long as she tied her hair around a stable object first.  That way, the hair is protected by its knot, and the object supports the prince.  So fear not, girls – if you’re willing to let your hair grow a few (dozen) feet, then someday your prince will come.

Awesome vid: Tornado flips bus

by friver ~ August 23rd, 2008

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So there’s this choir in Poland, and they’re in the middle of a storm, and there’s about 37 of them.

One of them has a video camera and starts filming the storm outside when from out of nowhere comes this tornado, which flips the whole goldarned bus, with everyone in it, and the guy still filming!

Of course the only reason I’m putting this link up is because no one got seriously hurt.

You can watch the video here.

The Purple Painted Pigeon mystery

by friver ~ August 21st, 2008

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Sure people living in and around The Big Apple, New York, are used to seeing pigeons. And a lot of those pigeons are purple. But this particular purple pigeon was a lot more purple than the rest, and with good reason: it was cruelly painted that color!

The victimized bird was unable to fly because its feathers had all gone stiff, and was taken to a nearby wildlife rehab outfit.

Let’s hope this doesn’t start a trend.

Bigfoot corpse or gorilla suit?

by friver ~ August 20th, 2008

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Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer, two men from Georgia, USA claim that the above picture depicts the frozen corpse of the legendary Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot.

The couple claim that they found the corpse in the woods in northern Georgia and kept it in a freezer for a month, after which they called a press conference and admitted that they wouldn’t mind making money off their “find”.

Later, and to no one’s surprise, the whole thing was proven a hoax.

Mama, is that you?

by friver ~ August 19th, 2008

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Old story: Whale swims up alongside yacht.

New story: Baby whale swims up alongside yacht, without its mother.

Strangest Science News Blog story: Baby whale swims up alongside yacht and stays with it, mistaking it for its mother.

It all happened of the Sydney coast, and if a new pod isn’t found for the little guy, he or she is gonna get euthanized.

Video: Solar cookers in Darfur

by friver ~ August 16th, 2008

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The Time.com website has put up a video slideshow report about how Darfur refugees have benefited from solar technology that allows them to cook food using the power of the sun.

The alternative, burning firewood, has proven dangerous in the past, not because of the fire but because going off into the bush to gather firewood has put Darfur women at risk.

Link is here.




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