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POPSPhysicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion "Arata and Zhang demonstrated very successfully the generation of continuous excess energy from ZrO2-nano-Pd sample powders under D2 gas charging and generation of helium-4," Takahashi told New Energy Times. "The demonstrated live data looked just like data they reported in their published papers . This demonstration showed that the method is highly reproducible."
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POPSMissing: priest who floated off with helium party balloons The smiling 41-year-old priest was strapped to a seat attached to a huge column green, red, white and yellow balloons, and soared into the air to the cheers of a crowd. He was reported missing about eight hours later after losing contact with port authority officials. The priest wanted to break a 19-hour record for the most hours flying with balloons to raise money for a spiritual rest-stop for truckers in Paranagua, Brazil's second-largest port for agricultural products.
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POPSIs Helium 3 Exploitation China's Hidden Lunar Agenda? UN Treaties in place state that the moon and its minerals are the common heritage of mankind, so the quest to use Helium-3 as an energy source would likely demand joint international co-operation. Hopefully, exploitation of the moon's resources will be viewed as a solution for the world, rather than an out-moded nation-state solution.
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POPSWeird dark stars dotted early universe Quasars usually need the mass of a galaxy to form, and astronomers have been unable to explain how some quasars seemed to appear before galaxies had formed to make them. These 'dark stars' provide a means by which this may have happened.
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POPSFloating wind generator spins high up where winds are sustained The design of these generators is remarkable. Its basically a paddeboat that you fly like a kite. It generates energy as it spins in the wind and stays afloat with helium (or potentailly hydrogen). They're made of incredibly durable kevlar like material, so they should last a while as well. I imagine that if peak oil ever does come to pass, seeing these flying from houses will be a common sight.
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POPSSimply amazing - star leaving a "comet tail" This is a star, travelling at roughly 82 miles per second. The tail you see is caused by mass being ejected due to the conditions under which its fuel is burning (thin shell helium fusion), making the star almost pulse with energy, throwing off gas, which is glowing in the ultra-violet spectrum. The tail is 13 light-years long and represents 30 millennia of travel for the star in question, which has been named Mira (my-rah), translated as "wonderful". Truly awe-inspiring.
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POPSSulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) In addition (though without personal experience i.e. don't try this at home kids) I have heard that it has the opposite effect of Helium on the voice, making it very deep after inhalation .
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