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How To Win Your Physics Class Egg Drop Competition
The problem is simple enough. You’ve got a raw egg, and it’s going to be dropped from a high place. You have to build a contraption so that it doesn’t break when it hits. Easy? Maybe. But how do you make it as light as possible? Or as small as possible?
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Are Brainscans A Better Way To Do Job Interviews?
An article by Tim Lahey suggests that medical schools could change the admissions process to make sure the most deserving students get in by replacing the traditional student interview with, of all things, an MRI brain scan. Never gonna happen, for every reason you’ve already thought of. But even so… is it maybe a good…
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Student Caught With 11m Long Cheat Sheet Filled With 25,000 Answers
If you’ve cheated in school, you’ve probably scribbled test answers on an eraser, passed notes with a friend, glanced at your classmate’s test or even made a cheat sheet. But you’ve never cheated like this student. He’s taken cheating to an entirely different level: an 11m long cheat sheet with 25,000 answers.
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Ugandan Teachers Use A Live Bomb For A School Bell
Oh my, teachers in a rural Ugandan school were unknowingly using a live bomb as a bell. They would bang the bomb with stones to call the school’s 700 students to class. It was a miracle nobody caused it to detonate.