Somewhere around 4.5 billion years ago a gigantic ball of mass started to take shape and would eventually become where we all live.  So, th...

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Have you ever thought about the numbers behind NASCAR?  We’re not talking about the number of your favorite driver; we’re ...

Water we talking about?!?!? We're talking about two hydrogen atoms forged together with one oxygen atom. The merging of these two el...

How many different brains were involved in making it possible for you to read this blog entry? Whew! That's a tall order to even loo...

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We're ready to get a little irrational about Pi in hopes to make your knowledge of this tasty number a bit more well rounded. π = Pi...

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What's going on in February this year? Why is the month of March one whole day further back than I'm used to?? Well, for the an...

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