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What Is Radar?
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Radar is used to track storms, planes, and weapons and also to create topographic maps. Learn about radar, radar technology and Doppler shift.
What Is Resonance?
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An object free to vibrate tends to do so at a specific rate called the object's natural, or resonant, frequency.
What Is Rust?
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Rust is the common name for iron oxide, which is created when iron bonds with oxygen. In fact, pure iron is only rarely found in nature because it interacts with oxygen so easily.
What Is Solar Wind?
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Solar wind is a continuous stream of mostly hydrogen and helium that flows outward from the sun in all directions. It does everything from disrupt GPS signals to create the aurora borealis.
What Is The Jet Stream and How Is Climate Change Affecting It?
Polar temperatures are changing more rapidly than equatorial ones, making the jet stream slower and wider, and extreme events longer-lasting.
What Is Water Boarding?
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Water boarding is a form of interrogation where water is repeatedly poured over someone's face. Learn about the technique of water boarding.
What Is Whiskey Fungus and Is it Dangerous?
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Distilleries call this evaporative substance "angel's share" and promise that it's not dangerous, but nearby residents find it coating everything around them and aren't so sure.
What Is White Noise?
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What is white noise? There's a little more to it than the ambient noise you associate with a humming air conditioner or whirring fan.
What Is Your Sun Sign? Meaning, Traits & How to Find Yours
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Unlock the mysteries of your sun sign! Explore personality, compatibility, and insights revealed by your zodiac sun sign.
What Is a Bomb Cyclone?
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Bombogenesis is a phenomenon in which the atmospheric pressure in the middle of a low-pressure system drops rapidly, intensifying a storm and creating a bomb cyclone.