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  • Run Your Car On Hydrogen Fuel

     By:Sarah Staar
    There is another type of hydrogen powered vehicle, one that uses hydrogen not as a primary fuel, but supplementally. In fact, anyone can convert their existing car to run on the hydrogen/gas/oxygen mix, at a low cost.

  • The History Of Water Pollution

     By:Sara Jones
    Water is life. About 70% of the human body is composed of water. Drinking polluted water is not good for you; it can have an bad effects on your entire body. Sickness such diarrhea and cholera can even be fatal for small children. Plants and animals likewise die from being exposed to polluted water.

  • The Large Hadron Collider: Making Physics (Almost) Interesting

     By:Samantha Gilmartin
    The end of the world, black holes, and anti-matter: it's all exciting stuff but how much of it is actually true and how much should be consigned to the pages of an Arthur C Clarke novel?

  • How Do Lasers Work?

     By:Sara Jones
    Lasers are used every day. From helping perform surgery to a cool light show; lasers can be awesome or mundane. But have you ever wondered what a laser actually is?

  • Cold Case - Phoenix And The Outlook For Life On Mars

     By:Ian Maclean
    NASA's Phoenix lander is scheduled for a May 25th touchdown on the surface of the Red Planet. This mission has the potential to take our understanding of the suitability of the sub surface conditions on Mars for life to a new level. If NASA can pull this off, it will be quite an achievement just to get it down on the surface !