WKDQ - THE TRI-STATE'S COUNTRY STATION » Science http://wkdq.com Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 10 Amazing Facts About the Universe You Won't Believe http://wkdq.com/facts-about-the-universe/ http://wkdq.com/facts-about-the-universe/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:45:14 +0000 Carl Pettit http://thefw.com/?p=136207 The universe is a pretty amazing place, from the unimaginably large, right down to the incredibly small. There’s an awful lot going on in this field we call "existence."

]]> http://wkdq.com/facts-about-the-universe/feed/ 0 Paramount, Hubble, NASA, Thinkstock 10 Food Myths You Probably Believe http://wkdq.com/10-food-myths-you-probably-believe/ http://wkdq.com/10-food-myths-you-probably-believe/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:40:22 +0000 Ruth Waxman http://thefw.com/?p=138529 All too often we get carried away believing (or worse, repeating) everything we are told and don't spend enough time questioning what's actually been said. We've picked 10 very common health mantras you hear everyday and weeded out the worst of the lies, because we want you to eat all the avocados. All of them.

]]> http://wkdq.com/10-food-myths-you-probably-believe/feed/ 0 Flickr, Thinkstock, Tumblr College Professor Sets Off Ping-Pong Ball Explosion http://wkdq.com/college-professor-sets-off-ping-pong-ball-explosion/ http://wkdq.com/college-professor-sets-off-ping-pong-ball-explosion/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:03:44 +0000 Dan Seitz http://thefw.com/?p=153700 Dr. Roy Lowry wanted to demonstrate a few basic principles of science, notably the behavior of liquid nitrogen under pressure. But how to get that across in a way that even the least scientifically curious student would think of as awesome.

Easy: Just add ping-pong balls!

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