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Is your village missing both idiots?
Courtesy Chubby BatI don't know if these are even true, and I have no one to attribute them to other than my uncle who emailed them to me. But I thought they were worth posting.
CHILDREN'S SCIENCE EXAM ANSWERS
Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.
Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large
pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.
Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.
Q: How can you delay milk turning sour?
A: Keep it in the cow.
Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon,
And nature hates a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.
Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.
Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old,so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.
Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says good-bye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.
Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.
Q: How are the main parts of the body categorized? (e.g., abdomen.)
A: The body is consisted into three parts - the brainium, the borax, and the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain; the borax contains the heart and lungs, and the abdominal cavity contains the Five bowels A, E, I, O, and U.
Q: What is the fibula?
A: A small lie
Q: What does 'varicose' mean?
A: Nearby.
Q: Give the meaning of the term 'Caesarean Section.'
A: The Caesarean Section is a district in Rome .
Q: What does the word 'benign' mean?'
A: Benign is what you will be after you be eight
Tags : The title of this YouTube video may be a little demeaning toward the French in general, but when I watched this, I couldn't believe it. It really shows a disturbing lack of regard for science and science education in the world. Are we destined for another Dark Ages?
This is my new favorite site: BadScience.net. Based in England, it looks at various claims made in the media and examines whether the science behind them is any good. Lately they've been debunking various health complaints supposedly linked to WiFi. Much fun!
Susan Myster: Susan Myster, a board member of the Minnesota chapter and a forensic scientist at Hamline University
Through postconviction DNA testing, the Innocence Project has successfully worked to exonerate 180 wrongly convicted people since its founding in 1992. Last night, Susan Myster, a board member of the Minnesota chapter and a forensic scientist at Hamline University, spoke at Arise! Bookstore about how science can be used to correct grievous mistakes made by the justice system. However, in many cases, "bad science" is what landed a wrongly convicted person in prison in the first place. Things like fraudulent testimony by scientists, unqualified "experts" and contaminated evidence are sometimes accepted in a trial without question. Myster's work with the Innocence Project has lead her to the scary conclusion: "any one of us could get nicked being at the wrong place at the wrong time."
Scientists using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory have discovered what they call a planet larger than Pluto in the far reaches of our solar system.
The planet, currently called 2003 UB313, is a trans-Neptunian object which means all or most if its orbit is beyond that of Neptune. The planet is a member of the Kuiper belt, which also claims Pluto and its satellite Charon as members.
A name for the new planet has been proposed by the scientists to the International Astronomical Union, but has not yet been approved until the IAU can determine the minimum size requirement for a planet.
Do you think 2003 UB313 is a planet? What would you name the 10th planet?
UPDATE: The "planet" has been named Eris. Turns out they have changed the rules for what defines a planet, and we now have only eight planets. Neither Eris or Pluto qualify under the new definitions a planet. To be a “planet” it must:
1. Orbit a sun.
2. Have sufficient mass so that it assumes a nearly round shape.
3. And have sufficient mass to have "cleared the neighborhood around its orbit".
Pluto has not cleared the neighborhood of its orbit of Kuiper Belt Objects, so it is no longer considered a planet.
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