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How Far Can the Human Eye See?
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Just how far can the human eye see? There's no exact formula to figuring it out, but we do have an idea.
Can you calculate how far away lightning struck by thunder?
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You may have heard that you can figure out how far away lightning is by how long it takes for the thunder to arrive after you see the flash. Is this true? How do you calculate it?
How are astronomers able to measure how far away a star is?
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It turns out that measuring the distance to a star is an interesting problem! Astronomers have come up with two different techniques to estimate how far away any given star is.
When a baseball player hits a home run, how do they know how far the ball traveled?
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When Mark McGwire hits a home run, the distance the ball traveled is always announced on the scoreboard and on television a few seconds later. How do they know how far the ball traveled?
What the Stuff?!: 4 Discoveries Made by the Large Hadron Collider (So Far)
Could the LHC really disprove the standard model of physics? What has it taught us about the Big Bang, quarks, and the multiverse theory?
How far in advance should I check the weather forecast?
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If you check the weather regularly, you may have wondered how much good it does you. Learn when the best time to check weather in advance is.
How far underground are oil deposits?
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The U.S. consumes 19.1 million barrels of petroleum each day -- almost half of it in the form of gasoline, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
20 Memorable Moments of the 21st Century So Far
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The world has come a long way since we were prepping for Y2K. We've witnessed some major moments since then. HowStuffWorks looks at 20 big ones.
12 Far-out Charismatic Leaders (and the Trouble They Caused)
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Throughout history, charismatic leaders have emerged and changed the world - for better and for worse.
How are the Voyager spacecraft able to transmit radio messages so far?
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The Voyager spacecraft use 23-watt radios. This is higher than the 3 watts a typical cell phone uses, but in the grand scheme of things it is still a low-power transmitter. The key to receiving the signals is therefore not the power of the radio, but a combination of three other things.