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Your Face Came Together At Your Upper Lip

By Ryan | Published: August 19, 2011

Dear LSNED, You know those two little bumps between your nose and your lip? What is that called, and why is it there? -Bumpy Lips Dear Bumpy, In the medical textbooks, the focus isn’t so much on the two bumps, but the groove or dip between them. This groove, which extends down from your nose [...]

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The Science of a Hot Potato

By Ryan | Published: August 12, 2011
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Dear LSNED, Why do I always burn my mouth when eating potatoes? Why do they stay so hot? -Hot Tater Dear Ms. Tater, It is true that, long after the asparagus has gone cold, your baked potato will be deliciously, or perhaps dangerously warm. The reason behind this is the high heat capacity of a [...]

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Your Toothpaste Ingredients Are Not Trying To Kill You

By Ryan | Published: August 11, 2011

A quick search on the internet machine reveals that a lot of people are very concerned and suspicious about the ingredients in their toothpaste. Let’s face it, the thought of putting Dicalcium Phosphate Dihydrate in your mouth may sound a bit scary. For the concerned consumer, there is actually a big market out there for [...]

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Why don’t bottle caps get recycled?

By Ryan | Published: July 22, 2011

Recycling is kind of the cool thing to do these days, which will have to do until we get better at the “reduce and reuse” parts. You may dutifully recycle your plastic beverage containers on a weekly basis, and if you’re following the local guidelines, you’re probably dutifully removing all the bottle caps before they [...]

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How you can score love in tennis

By Ryan | Published: June 28, 2011

If you’ve been looking for love in all the wrong places, try your local tennis game. Event the most inexperienced player will have no trouble finding love on the court. In tennis scoring, love means zero. This is believed to come from the French word l’oeuf, for egg. The egg shape signifies a round zero, [...]

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Transformers: Electromagnets in disguise

By Ryan | Published: June 16, 2011

It’s easy to shrug off electricity as a mundane part of life, but the more I think about it, the more it seems like magic. Electricity is the passing of electrons, the tiniest part of an individual atom, down the line from one atom to another like a hot potato. This electron flow is what [...]

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The Sun Takes A Break

By Ryan | Published: June 15, 2011

I’ve already made my case for being skeptical towards global warming and climate change hysteria. The single biggest influence on the earth’s climate is the sun. It’s a burning ball of gas that is bigger than a million earths, and counts for 99.8% of all matter in our solar system. It’s kind of a big [...]

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