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  Energy misdefined in physics

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  Physicists define kinetic energy as mass times velocity squared. Since nothing moves at velocity squared, the equation cannot represent real energy. Energy is real as gallons of fuel and watts of electricity. It must be represented as something that actually exists. The origins of the error are in a premise stated by Gottfried Leibniz in 1686
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  Pyramids of Giza built by trade unions of hired workers?

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  It is traditionally believed that slaves were the main labor force in the construction of the pyramids of Egypt. However, it is not true, at least in respect of the pyramids located in Giza. Not that long ago, a British archaeologist proved conclusively that these wonders of the world were built by free hired workers who even had their own unions
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  The Hay Fever epidemic

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  2012 was the peak in terms of pollen allergies in the northern hemisphere but what about 2013? Reports from across Europe indicate that a record number of people are suffering from red eyes, runny noses and sore throats - many of these for the first time. What is causing this epidemic?
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  Gene therapy used in mice protect from influenza virus

  Science » Technologies and discoveries

  A study by specialists at the University of Pennsylvania, in the United States (U.S.) revealed on Wednesday that a genes-related therapy protected mice against different influenza viruses that have caused pandemics such as the Spanish flu, that in the early twentieth century killed about 50 million people.
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  To survive, cockroaches reject sweets

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  Scientists find a neurological mechanism that creates an version to glucose used in baits to kill insects - One of the oldest ways to get rid of cockroaches was always to mix a sweet food (glucose is preferred) with poison in a bait. But at the end of the 1980s, something went wrong with this strategy in a flat test in Florida.