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Breaking the law

Heres something the think about. Can someone go to jail because they broke the law of gravity?
Obey gravity, it’s the law!

Full moon and strange behavior?

With the full moon comming soon, it got me thinking. Why do people seem to act strangely during a full moon?
Since the gravitational effect from the moon controls the tides in the oceans and humans are mostly water (70% or so), is it safe to think that the moon could actually have some effect on [...]

Why do butchers wear lab coats?

You may think butchers wear lab coats to protect them from the blood. Thats not the case. They really wear them because they secretly want to be mad scientists. With all those animal body parts, they have material to play Dr. Frankenstein.
I’ll let you think about that for a while. I’ll be here when you [...]

Transmit Audio With a Laser Pointer!

Heres an intresting article. Its instructions how to make a transmitter and reciever that uses a laser beam instead of radio frequencies.
Using a simple laser pointer, a few misc parts, and about 15 minutes, you can make a simple laser communicator that converts a sound source into light that travels across a room, and back [...]

Parallel Universes

I’ve been reading up on parallel universes lately. Its an intresting topic. Mostly what I’ve read was written by Dr. Michio Kaku. He has this way of explaining physics in an entertaining way. I can understand heavily technical physics explainations, but I’d prefer to hear his explanations. I just finished reading a transcript from a [...]