Shampoo myths and curious Qs about conjoined twins
In a Q&A style explainer, readers learn that most shampoo ingredients do not clean hair beyond the detergents, with formulas mainly water plus 5 to 20 percent detergents. The piece also covers conjoined twins Mary and Eliza, biblical rain claims, and big cats purring, citing experts and historical notes.
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Steve Antezak
New Scientist
England
Mary
Eliza
Bondeson
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Kenneth F. Dewey
Cherrapunji
India
Oregon
Aleutian Islands
Pacific Ocean
Iceland
Atlantic
Scotland
Norway
Mark A. Pokras
Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine
Sara Houcke
Strange animal purrs and levitation feat in science Q A
The column discusses a Ringling Brothers tiger purr myth with University of Minnesota biologist Craig Packer doubting purring in big cats. It also explains frog levitation via diamagnetism observed at Nijmegen lab, plus a football kickoff impact lasting about 0.008 seconds and forces near 2000 pounds, per physics texts.
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Ringling Brothers Circus
New York Times
University of Minnesota
Craig Packer
Seaworld.org
Nijmegen High Field
Holland
Roger Highfield
Sir Michael Berry
Timothy Gay
Bill
Rich
Compuserve.com
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