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Thursday, 1 May 2014

Postcard of the Interwebs - 01 May 2014

Polish Art and Books: Free art and books from Poland's Main Museum

Scientists solve the Mpemba Effect (why hot water freezes faster than cold): Click on the link to find out why the bonds between water molecules are what caused this effect and be amazed.

Gas creates stars while moving through our galaxy: The Magellanic cloud moving through our galaxy is creating new stars. How cool is that? Very cool.

Tobacco Plant can help Cancer: I know, I know. How does the Tobacco plant help fight cancer. Well, its a molecule in the flower of the plant that fights fungi and bacteria to protect the plant. Its pincers that do this to fungi and bacteria also can rip apart a cancer cell. Like the robots in Robot Wars but tiny.

Frustration in Video Games is the cause of Aggression: I always knew that violent video games is not the cause of some people hurting others but a deeper issue. Now this adds another aspect to things, that inability to play a video game, or anything else for that matter, could be another factor in aggression.

Tweeking Genes so Deaf people can hear: By injecting a harmless virus people could have their repair systems jump started to recover from ear injury or disease. This cure focuses on regrowing the hair cells in the ear but the University of Kansas experiment could help many more people around the world in two short months.

UAE Muggle Trouble: The United Arab Emirates want tougher laws against sorcerers. More specifically, people who con people by making them believe they have powers. Current sentencing is up to three years under scam laws but some are pushing for harsher sentencing because it is blasphemy.

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