Backdraft
Backdraft — a phenomenon ocurring when oxygen is re-introduced to an oxygen starved fire resulting in an explosion.More information
Earth Liberation Movement
Earth Liberation Movement — This is probably based on the Earth Liberation Front, that "uses direct action in the form of economic sabotage to stop the exploitation and destruction of the natural environment"More information
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Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream — It can be done, here’s the recipe!More information
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Voronoi Diagrams
Voronoi Diagrams — (also called Dirichlet tessellations) defining a space into cells to determine distances of points within the space.More information
Radiocarbon Dating
Radiocarbon Dating — a dating method that uses naturally occuring carbon-14 to determine the age of an object.More information
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Kennewick Man
Kennewick Man — fossilized human remains found along the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. The find is controversial as five different tribes have tried claiming the remains as theirs for re-burial, but all lost in court battles.More information
Seven Bridges of Königsberg
Seven Bridges of Königsberg — A problem in graph theory proving that with an odd number of edges, a path that does not re-cross any edge is impossible.More information
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Steiner Tree
Steiner Tree — mathematical problem to solve for the shortest network connecting several verticesMore information
Information Theory
Information Theory — mathematical theory of data communication and storage founded in 1948 by Claude E. Shannon.More information
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