Sunday, April 10, 2011

Stuff below the fold

History's mysteries: List here.

What happened to Harrapa? Did the Lost Roman legion move to China? Why did some folks all over erect megaliths all over Europe?

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Lepers, Avars, and diagnosis by smell

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Lots of diseases have characteristic odors...


and of course, now they have an "electronic nose"
to diagnose bacterial pneumonia/sinusitis.

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I know military stratagy can be taught by playing war games, but can you teach high school students about civilization and history and how the world works by playing computer games?

In CivIII, players lead a civilization from 4000 BC to the present by managing its natural resources, economic system, civil infrastructure and diplomacy. One of the game’s most educational components is its elaborate technology tree that ties together everything from the alphabet to nuclear fission.

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and the science headline of the day:

Primordial dust forms cosmic fairy floss

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