Accellerating Top

post from CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries on 19 October 2006 09:35:42 PM. © CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries

How can a top pick up rpm after it is thrown down? As the spin becomes more stable, it speeds up, then eventually slows down. The "wobbl...

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Accelerating Top

post from CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries on 19 October 2006 09:35:42 PM. © CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries

How can a top pick up rpm after it is thrown down? As the spin becomes more stable, it speeds up, then eventually slows down. The "wobbl...

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Cancer-Killing Virus

post from Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog on 19 October 2006 09:24:00 PM. © Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog

Scientists Say Cancer-Killing Virus DevelopedSouth Korean scientists have said they have developed a new genetically altered strain of virus which is highly efficient in targeting and killing cancer cells. The new therapy developed by the team from Yonsei University uses a genetically-engineered form of the adenovirus, which normally causes colds.The adenovirus was implanted with [...]

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The Return of Granville Sewell

post from Good Math, Bad Math on 19 October 2006 09:18:22 PM. © Good Math, Bad Math

Remember Granville Sewell? He's the alleged mathematician who wrote the very non-mathematical "A Mathematician's View of Evolution", which I fisked a few weeks ago. Well, he's back with a response to the people who criticized him, called "Can Anything Happen in an Open System?"

Did he actually address any of the criticisms in a substantial way? Did he actually say anything new?

Of course not. Do these idiots ever really address criticisms?

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Pancake machine manufacture

post from CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries on 19 October 2006 09:00:18 PM. © CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries

I'm situated in Canada and looking to manufacture an automated pancake machine. Could anyone suggest a company that would help with implementing my de...

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Pancake Machine Manufacture

post from CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries on 19 October 2006 09:00:18 PM. © CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries

I'm situated in Canada and looking to manufacture an automated pancake machine. Could anyone suggest a company that would help with implementing my de...

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Androids among us; Japan loves robots

post from Ponderfodder - Because Great Minds Discuss Ideas | Community Blog on 19 October 2006 08:57:26 PM. © Ponderfodder - Because Great Minds Discuss Ideas | Community Blog

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Last June, Dr. Ishiguro's assistants pulled back a curtain before a handful of journalists to reveal

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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) - The Prohibited
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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). 'After the events that shook the world of cycling in the summer of 1998, the IOC decided to convene a World Conference on Doping, bringing together all parties involved in the fight against doping. The World...

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World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). 'After the events that shook the world of cycling in the summer of 1998, the IOC decided to convene a World Conference on Doping, bringing together all parties involved in the fight against doping. The World...

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Nandrolone & Steroids in Sports

What exactly is Nandrolone? 'Though the results of the B sample have yet to be confirmed, Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif testing positive for Nandrolone is just another peek at the dirty subterranean world of professional sport. With cricket only...

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