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Does putting a reflective screen inside your car against the windshield have a meaningful impact on internal temperature?
In southern climes one can see many such reflective screens on cars in parking lots. Not all drivers use them, but many do.
Is there a meaningful impact on the internal temperature of your car? Does ...
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Could a solar flare cause economic collapse? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Will the Sun's magnetic activity disrupt electronics on Earth?
It seems that solar flares are one of the few things that have any factual weight among the possible ...
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Will looking at the sun make you blind? [duplicate]
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Does staring at the sun cause significant, permanent harm?
As a child I was told to never look directly at the sun because it can make you blind.
However:
I have ...
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Did NASA's STEREO spacecraft capture an image of a cloaked UFO near Mercury?
Apparently on Dec. 1st a video camera on board a NASA satelite captured a "UFO" during a solar flare, near Mercury (skip ahead to 33 seconds for the relevant footage).
Is it an alien spaceship? The ...
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Does bathing in chlorinated water ruin your tan?
Does bathing in swimming-pools (e.g., at hotels or water parks), where chlorine is added to the water, brighten your skin?
I've heard from many different people that bathing in pools with chlorine ...
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Did Bill Nye get booed by a room full of Texans for saying that the moon reflected the suns light?
Did Bill Nye get booed by a room full of Texans for saying that the moon reflected the Sun's light instead of coming from God? This is a well-known internet rumour. Is there any evidence ...
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Do solar storms affect human behaviour?
The other day, I found the following claim that solar flares cause a great increase in human agressiveness:
Chizhevsky found after intense
research that the rise and fall of
solar ...
