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    Can a Vacuum Replace Helium in a Balloon?

    or you can use light to achieve the pressure! but then youd have to carry around a powerful emitter. unless you beamed it from a light source on the ground, then youd have to keep the "balloon" within sight of the laser, and youd have to get the light in and keep it in the "balloon" also i...
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    Entropy as Vector: Q as Direction, T as Magnitude?

    if entropy were a vector, could you call q (heat flow) its direction and T (temperature) its magnitude?
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    Violation of action-reaction law?

    the third law is still there, in this case, whatever is making the fields feels the opposite force.
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    NASA Nasa offers reward for trash removal

    i think the small rocket idea would just make more space garbage since not all would hit, and youd be putting more stuff up there. how bout giant space nets?
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    Greatest Science websites of 2006

    how bout www.physicsforums.com i hear that's good
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    Indoor Tropical Plant Care: A Guide

    nothing dangerous, its called guarana i found some seeds online, and i thought it would be a fun challenge to try to grow them in chicago my plan is to try to immitate the rainforest as much as possible and expirament till it works
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    Is there a monosaccharide that humans cannot metabolize?

    i once read something about the chirality (right left handedness of things) i think it applies to sugars, that if they were the opposite direction we couldn't metabolize it not sure, but it sounds familiar
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    Indoor Tropical Plant Care: A Guide

    so i want to grow a tropical plant indoors im thinking about buying some plexiglass, a lamp, a fan,soil, and something to keep moisture in the air and growing it in there. i was wondering if there were any guides to this, or if i should just experiment (different moisture/light/air flow)...
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    Do i have to be a grad student in order to understand lagrangian

    do i have to be a grad student in order to understand lagrangian stuff? im in calculus 2 and i was wondering if there's any books i might understand thanks -sw
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    Best way to launch a marshmellow?

    what if you melt it first? would that help? or would it just turn into a dangerous molten shotgun? maybe not liquid, but mushy and more dense
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    Computer Subtraction: Can Computers Subtract?

    why can't a computer subtract, or can it, and its just easier to do it by adding?
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    TV in Space: Exploring the Hidden Side of the Moon and Deep Space

    if i were to turn on a tv on the hidden side of the moon, what would it look like? would the moon block the tv transmition? if it did, what would it still look like a snow storm? if not, then what if i turned on a tv in deep space? would i see just a small snowstorm? -sw
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    Can Energy be Harvested from Flowing Water in a Chemistry Lab?

    i work in a building where there is a chemistry lab above us, so there is water flowing down a clear glass tube through one of our hallways. i was wondering if there was any way to remove energy from that system to do something cool with, even if its just making a small pinwheel spin...
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    Spontaneus symetry breaking

    whats the deal with spontaneus symetry breaking? i mean the analogy they use is where a pencil is standing on its tip, and therefore symetrical, and then it falls in a random direction. now, if it falls in a random direction, wouldn't it mean it wasnt symetrical to begin with? i mean...
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    Hot food = more energy for your body?

    i would say yes if youre not sweating (overheated) the cool food would cause your body temperature to lower slightly, which your brain would sense. your brain would then tell your body to heat up, using up energy. the thing is though, that eating hot food when youre already hot, might cause...
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