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Great feets

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A small human would require footwear nearly 7 kilometers wide to exploit surface tension sufficient to walk on water. Successful attempts at water walking have been made with shoe that are really tiny boats, rather than devices that mimic water walking as performed by insects.

Author: Mirsky, Steve
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
Analysis, Physiological aspects, Surface tension, Insects, Aquatic, Aquatic insects

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Charmed, I'm sure

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology offered its students voluntary attendance at its eighth annual charm school. The school was attend by 800 students who were exposed social behavior guidelines.

Author: Mirsky, Steve
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2001
Training, Curricula, College students, Etiquette, Conduct of life, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Charm

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Monumental error

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The Department of Home land Security announced on May 31, 2006, their anti-terrorism funding grants to US cities based on a formula determined by Homeland Security officials and scientists. The funding for New York City was cut by 40 percent because as per formula counts for the presence of 'national monuments or icons', New York City had no such national monuments or icons.

Author: Mirsky, Steve
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2006
Government expenditures, Financial management, New York, Land, mineral, wildlife conservation, Natl Monuments, Historical Sites, Finance, National monuments, Protection and preservation, Company financing, Government finance, United States. Department of Homeland Security, Antiterrorism measures

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