Thotz from Dr Mike

Random Thoughts from the Desk of Mike

Category: Nature
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Yahoo is doing something strange with my site on the world's largest animals.

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The Mosquito Ringtone is an mp3 file of a very high-pitched sound. It is so high, that most people older than their mid-twenties can't hear it. Teens, however, have no trouble with it.

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Category: Nature
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So the scientists behind the Large Hadron Collider have received Death Threats.

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Is it real? Check out these two photos, and you be the judge.

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04/09: Eye Doctor

Category: Nature
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I had an appointment with an eye doctor yesterday. I had noticed an increase of floaters, and occasional flashes of specks of blue light. The internet being such a wonderful source of health information, I realised I needed to get this checked up.

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My son asked me 'why is there mother's day, and father's day, but no children's day?'

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Some time ago, I blogged about bubbles and antibubbles. An antibubble is the opposite of a floating soap bubble. It's a thin film of air, separating a droplet of water from the rest of the water it is freely floating through.

I thought they'd be really hard to make, but if I can do it, that's obviously not the case.

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Have you ever had a 'premonitory' dream? For example, you dream about the phone ringing, and shortly afterwards, the phone really does ring and wake you up?

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11/02: Hot Car

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Cars get very hot. Have a look at this plastic comb.

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On 'Mythbusters' the other day, they were exploring two myths - whether or not it's possible to destroy a car with an installed stereo system, and whether you get a smoother drive on a bumpy road by driving fast.

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