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Old Fashioned Ice Cream Makers Have you ever seen an old-fashioned ice cream maker? Nestled inside the wooden bucket, theres a metal canister with a hand crank on top. Cranking the handle scrapes the sweet, creamy mixture from the sides of the metal
The Future Of Males Have you ever heard predictions that one day women will be able to have babies without men? It turns out that some species of the Whiptail lizard have figured out how to do this and completely eliminated the male sex. Females Clon
What Causes Altitude Sickness? Anyone who has vacationed in the higher elevations of Colorado, such as Vail and Estes Park, will tell you altitude sickness can be a real problem. Loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, weakness, dizziness, and difficulty
The Science Of Acne Acne: the scourge of adolescence. Most people endure it at some point, and cant wait to be rid of the combination of whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, and pustules that comprise the skin condition that affects over 80% of teenagers
Nick:Hi everybody, this is Nick. Welcome to teaching series how do you say this in American English. Nick:大家好,我是Nick. Brad:大家好,我是Brad Nick:今天我们要讲的是中国老师非常非常常说的一句话叫做,你们呀下课
Blowing Milk Out Of Your Nose Remember back in grade school sitting at the lunch table when someone cracked a joke just after you took a swig of milk? As you laughed milk spurted out your nose and sprayed everyone around you. Now thats entertainment.
Are Cockroaches Actually Useful? The natural History of the Cockroach, on this Moment of Science. For certain species of cockroach, humans make the perfect roommates. Why do cockroaches like living in our houses? And what do they do when theyre not b
Why Dont Marks On The Surface Of The Moon Disappear? In 1969 when Neil Armstrong said Thats one small step, he made a lasting impression. On the moon, that is. Marks on the surface of the moon dont disappear the way marks on the Earth do; a great exa
Ice Age Plant Survives To Modern Day Like a science fiction time traveler, an arctic plant of the late Pleistocene age, over thirty one thousand years old, is growing again after a long frozen sleep. History Narrow leafed campion (Silene stenophylla)
The Science Of Acne Acne: the scourge of adolescence. Most people endure it at some point, and cant wait to be rid of the combination of whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, and pustules that comprise the skin condition that affects over 80% of teenagers
Cilantro: Love It Or Hate It? On todays Moment of Science, well be sniffing our way through a controversial culinary conundrum: the great cilantro debate. According to scientists working at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, the smell of cilantro usu
Dear Annie: I am a 24-year-old female and have been friends with Danielle for 12 years. In fact, she is the only friend I have. Recently, I expressed some personal frustrations to her about my brother-in-law's lifestyle. Last weekend, he came to visi
Dear Annie: I'm a 15-year-old girl who has been having problems with another girl for about a year. She's basically stalking me over the computer. I've received multiple threatening messages from her on MySpace. She says, Why don't you just go and ki
Typical indicators for seasickness are a dry mouth, cold sweat, dizziness and nausea, sometimes followed by vomiting. Medically speaking seasickness is a variation of motion sickness or kinetosis. Though it does not always end up with the affected pe
The Water Resources Agency (WRA) of Taiwan has called on people to save water as a way to reduce carbon emissions. The WRA pointed out that the low price of tap water in Taiwan, which has not increased in 14 years, has led people to waste the valuabl
Have you ever seen an old-fashioned ice cream maker? Nestled inside a wooden bucket, there's a metal canister with a hand crank on top. Cranking the handle scrapes the sweet, creamy mixture from the sides of the metal canister, which sits in a bath o
The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radio, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in flickering candle
Tip for studying overseas part two Remember your roots. Contact people you care about before and after. You are a person with feelings and relocating overseas is a big event. Talk to your close friends and family about your thoughts, dreams and fears
Less use of air conditioners would be better for us all A strict no-air-conditioning ban was enforced for 87,000 Taiwanese students taking the college entrance examinations this month despite temperatures in many areas reaching 34 to 36 degrees Celsi
The Lithic Principle 我们生活的星球上自然法则是亘古不变的吗?我们人类是不是自我感觉太过于良好? Time again for the mailbox.Let's see.Here:A Moment Of Science,I heard recently that if the laws of nature were change