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Your Questions: Answered – Cameras
Please explain how cameras work, like from old fashion camera’s to the modern digital ones we use today. It blows my mind! – Kristoffer Stewart A camera, at its most fundamental, is a device…
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Your Questions: Answered – Spicy Foods
My question is about taste: why can some people tolerate chilli and some not? Chilli tolerance seems to improve when you eat more, but what’s happening in your mouth and brain? – Andrew Beale…
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Z is for Zeno
It’s early in the morning. The caffeine from your morning cup of coffee has yet to fully kick in, but as you turn the corner, you see your bus. It’s just pulling in to…
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Y is for You!
It’s been 25 weeks since we started this epic journey through the alphabet together, and sadly we are nearing the end. At this critical juncture, just one letter away from the finality of zed,…
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X is for Xenophobia
A lot happened in the summer of 1954. The world’s first atomic power station opened in Russia, Alan Turing committed suicide, the CIA set up a coup in Guatemala, food rationing finally ended in…
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W is for Wasps
It’s summer time. And you know what that means? Sure, summer means picnics, barbecues, and sun. But it also means the coming of the most dreaded outdoor villains: wasps. Some people freeze up when…
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A Very Short Introduction to… Me!
A friend of mine just got some new camera equipment and we filmed this little promo for the blog: Enjoy! Thanks to Kyle Viterbo (@SciDidWhat) for the filming and editing.
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V is for the Vitruvian Man
This drawing, of a man contained within a circle and a square, is one of the most recognizable in the world. It seems to fascinate people and has a way of transcending time and…
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U is for Ununoctium and the Island of Stability
Quick, without looking it up: how many elements are there on the periodic table? If I had asked that question before the first hydrogen bomb exploded in 1952, the answer would have been 98. …
Jon Farrow 