Science experiment gone wrong causes student to get expelled
16-year-old Kiera Wilmot of Bartow High School in Florida has been expelled after a science experiment gone wrong. Kiera was mixing household chemicals in a plastic jug on school grounds when the chemicals interacted in a way she didn’t expect,…
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Woman runs facebook page, internet shocked
Elise Andrews is the woman behind the most popular science page on Facebook, I F*cking Love Science, inadvertently outed herself as a woman by posting a link to her real-life twitter page in an attempt to get more followers. Commenters…
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Do you think aliens exist?
Archeologists unearthed some pretty freaky looking skulls in Mexico that they believe to be over a thousand years old. The skulls look pretty much like every alien in old science fiction movies. Scientists are explaining the weird find as being…
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Should tuition be based on your major?
Florida is considering basing college tuition costs on whatever major students choose. The proposal would have performing arts majors and some social science majors paying more because of the lack of jobs in Florida based on those concentrations. Majors with…
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Did you watch Felix Baumgartner make history?
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner made history today when he broke the sound barrier during a skydive from the edge of space. Traveling at speeds of over 800 miles per hour, he jumped from twenty-four miles above Earth and had a…
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What is the most pointless high school subject?
The purpose of a Gen-Ed curriculum in school is to allow students an opportunity to learn about every subject, hopefully giving them an idea of a field they might be interested in pursuing as a career later on down the road. However,…
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What is the one study high school could do without?
English. History. Math. Science. High school is all about introducing a number of different areas of studies. The “well-rounded” education is designed to teach an array of information as well as present different career paths. But is there one study…
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