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Does Your Brain Do Flips?

You may not be aware of it, but when you look at the world, the image projected on your retina is upside down. This is due to the optics used by our eyes. Our brain compensates for this upside down view and everything seems perfectly normal to us. ...

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Medicine

Encephalitis and Meningitis

Encephalitis and meningitis are inflammatory diseases of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord and are caused by bacterial or viral infections. Viral meningitis is sometimes called ... Continue reading

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Physics

What Is Radiofrequency Energy (Rf)?

Radiofrequency (RF) energy is another name for radio waves. It is one form of electromagnetic energy that makes up the electromagnetic spectrum. Some of the other forms of energy in the ... Continue reading

WhatIsRadiofrequencyEnergy
Mathematics

Prime Numbers

A prime number is a number that is divisible only by one and by itself. Factors are numbers that can be divided into a number with no remainder. The factors of 18 are the numbers 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and ... Continue reading

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Physics

Somewhere Over Which Rainbow?

How many rainbows are there really when we only see one during a rainstorm? The answer isn't as simple as you might think! Rainbows are formed when light enters a water droplet, reflects once inside ... Continue reading

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When Chlorine Met Sodium...

WhenChlorineMetSodiumSodium is a required element in human physiology. The eleventh element in the periodic table, sodium is a soft, silvery white metal that can be easily cut through with a paring knife. It is highly reactive, and reacts readily and vigorously with water to produce sodium hydroxide, giving off a great deal of heat in the process. It would react as vigorously and more with body fluids and stomach acid.

Chlorine is a required element in human physiology. The seventeenth element in the periodic table, chlorine is a pungent, yellowish-green gas that has been used as an agent of chemical warfare. It causes blindness on contact, blistering, pulmonary edema, and destroys the lining of the lungs. It is commonly used as a bleaching agent because of its ready ability to eliminate unwanted colors and odors by destroying the molecules responsible for them.

When metallic sodium and chlorine gas are allowed to come into contact with each other, a very energetic reaction occurs in which the sodium metal actually bursts into flame. The union of these two elements produces one of the most innocuous materials known: sodium chloride, common table salt.