Fundamentals
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What is Gravity, Anyway?
Q: What is gravity? (asked by Simon) Wow…great question. This is a question the greatest scientific minds have asked and tried to answer for centuries. It’s a question not even Stephen Hawking, the scientific genius of the century, has fully…
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The Secrets of Magnets
Welcome to my first “Science Answers” post! About a month ago, I sent out a post requesting science questions from all of you; you can find it here. This post addresses the first of the questions I was asked. If you…
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Evidence vs. Belief
I remember something my ninth grade advanced biology teacher told our class. It was essentially a story about an invisible dragon. Now why, you ask, would a biology teacher teach us about an invisible dragon? Her message had nothing to…
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The Reason for the Seasons
As a born Californian, I never saw seasons this dramatically until I went to college in Flagstaff, Arizona. I remember, in my first year here, when I was taking a walk around campus with a few friends. We passed over…
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Pseudoscience: Astronomy vs. Astrology
I’m going to venture a guess that you’ve heard of astrology. As an astronomy enthusiast, I run into people who confuse astronomy with astrology all the time. They’re particularly prevalent at work (I don’t work among fellow astronomy geeks at…
