http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/ A fun look at science news Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:48:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-726 Kennytic Energy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:50:57 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-726 So if the Earth stops moving, we'll all be flung outta space, if that were the case...awesome. So if the Earth stops moving, we’ll all be flung outta space, if that were the case…awesome.

]]> http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-716 VSmirk Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:51:20 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-716 Bagels and Poppy seeds? That one was debunked by MythBusters, if I recall correctly. Bagels and Poppy seeds? That one was debunked by MythBusters, if I recall correctly.

]]> http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-708 Mark Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:45:19 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-708 Well, astronauts may not be belching in space, but from reading several books written by astronauts, there is some interesting flatulence going on when astronauts first enter orbit. When a body, used to 14.7 pounds per square inch at sea level, enters space in a craft with less than 4 or 5 pounds per square inch, the gas inside the body (intestinal tract) has to expand somewhere. Well, astronauts may not be belching in space, but from reading several books written by astronauts, there is some interesting flatulence going on when astronauts first enter orbit. When a body, used to 14.7 pounds per square inch at sea level, enters space in a craft with less than 4 or 5 pounds per square inch, the gas inside the body (intestinal tract) has to expand somewhere.

]]> http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-700 Aileen Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:55:03 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-700 Thanks, Nony Mouse. Will edit to remove "exact." Thanks, Nony Mouse. Will edit to remove “exact.”

]]> http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-693 Nony Mouse Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:07:07 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-693 He got closer to the speeds of the moons of mars than you'd expect, I'll grant you. But not exact. The characters said something like 3 and 5 for distances, when it's really something like 1.5 and 3.5, time of rotation have a difference of 10 and 21.5 vs really something like 8 and thirty. So maybe he fairly accurately predicted a possible rotation size and speed, but they didn't match up right. Better than one would normally do on an essay question without a clue. He got closer to the speeds of the moons of mars than you’d expect, I’ll grant you. But not exact. The characters said something like 3 and 5 for distances, when it’s really something like 1.5 and 3.5, time of rotation have a difference of 10 and 21.5 vs really something like 8 and thirty.
So maybe he fairly accurately predicted a possible rotation size and speed, but they didn’t match up right.
Better than one would normally do on an essay question without a clue.

]]> http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-675 Dak Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:25:48 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-675 Wikipedia says the Sun goes at "~2.20×105 m/s (orbit around the center of the Galaxy)" Wikipedia says the Sun goes at “~2.20×105 m/s (orbit around the center of the Galaxy)”

]]> http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-646 Anonymous Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:54:27 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-646 How fast is the sun going around the Milky Way? How fast is the sun going around the Milky Way?

]]> http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-623 50 Weird Science Tidbits - 3 by Science News Review Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:50:48 +0000 http://www.sciencenewsreview.com/50-weird-science-tidbits-4/#comment-623 [...] Part 4: 31-40 Part 5: 41-50 [...] […] Part 4: 31-40 Part 5: 41-50 […]

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