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| 01/05/2009 Drug Fast Facts
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| I have four kids spread across grade school, middle school, and high school right now (back in school from winter vacation today!) and all of their schools have been increasing...
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| 01/03/2009 Photos of Kids in Science
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| I can't believe I didn't make a photo gallery of kids in science before. You don't have to be an adult to make amazing scientific discoveries. Science fairs, in particular,...
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| 01/01/2009 How Long Can Drugs Be Detected in a Person's System?
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| Inquiring minds want to know, right? I came across the answer to this question while writing up fact sheets on illegal drugs. You can visit the Office of National Drug...
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| 01/01/2009 Sugar Crystal Experiment
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| If you are doing a salt or sugar science project you might want to check out the forum discussion about a sugar crystal experiment. Here is sunfish123's original post:My son...
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| 12/30/2008 Wordless Wednesday - Make a Sparkler
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| Write 'Happy New Year' in the air with a sparkler you made yourself. Happy New Year!...
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| 12/30/2008 Make Your Own Shampoo
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| There are a lot of reasons why you might want to make your own shampoo from scratch. The big two probably are wanting to avoid the chemicals in commercial shampoos...
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| 12/28/2008 What Is the Best Deicer?
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| The best deicer is the non-chemical backbreaking solution... the snow shovel. However, proper use of a chemical deicer can ease your battle with snow and ice. Note that I said...
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| 12/25/2008 Safety of Tattoo Inks
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| Butterfly Tattoo © Paul AndersonOne of the most common questions I am asked about tattoo inks is whether water-based inks are safer than those that include organic solvents (e.g.,...
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| 12/25/2008 Software-Generated Paper Accepted for Engineering Conference
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| It's probably not as bad as it sounds... maybe the conference initially accepts papers pending a more thorough review. Slashdot picked up a story about a paper accepted for an...
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| 12/23/2008 Wordless Wednesday - Prevent a Hangover
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| A little too much celebrating? You may be able to prevent or at least cure a hangover....
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