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Google Map Mystery Shows Non-Existent Island
November 27, 2012 Where did it come from? Where did it go? An uninhabited island in the South Pacific, named Sandy, is a mystery to Google. .
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November 27, 2012
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Athletes Participate in Rube Goldberg Machine [VIDEO]
November 13, 2012 I had no idea what a Rube Goldberg machine was until a Christmas episode of Mythbusters. It's basically a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction.
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Operation Skyfall: The First Hamburger in Space [VIDEO]
November 9, 2012 Five Harvard students took it upon themselves to be the first to launch a hamburger into space. They tied it to a weather balloon along with a camera and a GPS unit. According to their YouTube video, it made it to around 90,000 feet before the balloon popped. They tracked it down in a tree about 130 miles from where they launched it. Check out the video after the jump!
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Just What Is Maggot Therapy Anyway? [Video]
November 2, 2012 It's a therapy that's been around for centuries, and in this age of flesh eating super bugs and our bodies' growing resistance to antibiotics it's making a surprising comeback in hospitals across the country. It's called Maggot Therapy, or Larvae Therapy for the squeamish. Learn more about this unique form of medicine after the jump.
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Take a Tour of The Doomsday Plane [VIDEO]
November 2, 2012 The talk of "Doomsday" and "The End of the World" is certainly on the rise as we approach December 21, 2012. I don't think the Earth will cease to exist, but I think it's possible that it could be the end of life as we know it. Whether or not the human race will be around following a doomsday event is a question that I'd rather not know the answer to.
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Hurricane Sandy Could Produce 30 Foot Waves On Great Lakes
October 29, 2012 The east coast is bracing for what many are calling a monstrous storm with massive storm surge expected. A number of evacuations have been ordered in New York and New Jersey on Sunday. Hurricane Sandy and an accompanying storm surge are threatening a large portion of the eastern seaboard of the United States. A computer generated forecast of the storm show that it could spread it's winds and rain as far inland as lower southeast Michigan, causing waves as high as 33 feet on the Great Lakes.
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Beer Can Keyboard Might Make Computer Work More Fun [Video]
October 18, 2012
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Moving The Space Shuttle Endeavour Through L.A. Is A Logistics Nightmare In Time Lapse Video
October 17, 2012 The space shuttle Endeavour was a magnet for gawkers as it made it's way through the streets of Los Angeles recently. Crowds had to be managed, traffic had to be re-routed, and because of the sheer size of the space shuttle, objects had to be moved. Even a small tree lost it's life in the shuttle's weekend journey to the California Science Center. You can watch the time lapse video of the Endeavour's weekend in Los Angeles after the jump.
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Amazing Helmet Cam Of Felix Baumgartner’s Jump [VIDEO]
October 17, 2012 Just when you thought you've seen all there is to see about this historical jump. Enter the helmet cam. See the jump from Felix's point of view.
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Orionid Meteor Showers Bring Light Show to Our Skies This Weekend
October 16, 2012 If the skies are clear over Mid-Michigan this weekend, you may be treated to a meteor shower caused by the debris of Halley's Comet.
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Wisconsin Man Finds 1.22 Carat Diamond In The Mud
October 16, 2012 A man from St. Croix County, WI was just sifting through some mud from a friend's newly dug well, when something caught his eye. He was hoping for flakes of gold, but ended up with something much more valuable!.
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More Meningitis Cases Reported in Michigan, More to Come
October 9, 2012 The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) is coordinating with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a multi-state investigation of fungal meningitis cases including several in Michigan.