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 Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (1871 – 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who discovered the structure of the atom, revolutionizing our understanding of the very small.
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Claims of cell phones causing brain cancer are becoming common. An examination of the basic properties
of electromagnetic radiation and suntanning shows that this cannot be true.
We examine what a scientific theory is and how it differs from the usual English meaning of the word.
What Laws of Physics are and why we should pay attention to them.
Gain some practice with the Laws of Physics by applying them to some puzzles and movie plots.
Cellphones are causing more and more cancer!
The journal Science is reporting that two studies claiming that radiation from cell
phones can cause DNA damage are fraudulent.
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