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POPSThe Butterfly Effect "People grasp that small things can make a big difference," Emanuel says. "But they make errors about the physical world. People want to attach a specific cause to events, and can't accept the randomness of the world."
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POPSSaturn's Moon awash with oil We know about carbon based life that relies on liquid water. There is no reason there can't be some sort of life just because the temperature may not agree with us. (There may be a reason, but not one that comes straight to mind.)
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POPSLoyal Dogs This is a really neat and interesting story! Shows how loyal dogs can really be!
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POPSPhysics Flash Animations The top links, go to the list of 90 Flash Animations with 'view' links. When the view link is pressed. an animation opens up a new tab There are a few direct links to an animation, at the bottom of the clip
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POPSMy Profession I've made my living at photography for thirty years, and yet, I know less and less about photography all the time. Hm.
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POPSThe Chemistry of B.O. Unsurprisingly perhaps, men and women tended to produce different mixtures—though no single compound differentiated the sexes. The study provides a new method for measuring a person’s baseline odor. Because body odor can change with the onset of illness, the method could lead to new ways of diagnosing disease
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POPSLevi's memoir beats Darwin to win science book title Took a class on the Shoah in college. I learned so much from Primo Levi. The shortlist Primo Levi The Periodic Table Konrad Lorenz King Solomon's Ring Tom Stoppard Arcadia Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene Other nominations James Watson The Double Helix Bertolt Brecht The Life of Galileo Peter Medawar Pluto's Republic Charles Darwin Voyage of the Beagle Stephen Pinker The Blank Slate Oliver Sacks A Leg to Stand On
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