Neutrons, Protons, and Sir James
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The controversy continues. The White House wants to turn over U.S. ports to an Arab company. That's kinda like a Mexican company operating our Kaopectate factories. (Toms Lake Humor Company)
Mardi Gras is where you eat everything you want and drink everything you want, and then throw it all up for Lent.
Marvelous Monday
Michael Jackson won his first Grammy award on February 27th in 1980. That was way back when he still had his first nose.
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader was born on February 27th in 1934. The circumstances of Ralph's birth were unusual. Instead of an umbilical cord, Ralph was attached to his mother by a seat belt
James Chadwick was born on this date in 1891. You remember Sir James -- the English physicist who discovered the neutron one day in 1932 while playing with his isotope.
- The neutron is simply an uncharged elementary particle a teeny tiny bit larger than a proton. Are you with me so far?
- What you do is, you take a mass of anything and inspect its stable isotopes. If you see about the same number of neutrons and protons, your mass is okay.
- But, if you find a lot more neutrons than protons, you've got a problem -- not to mention a radioactive isotope -- and your mass is a mess.
Love & Learn
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Neil Patrick Harris Close-Up - Neil Patrick Harris plays Barney in the comedy “How I Met Your Mother” on CBS.
Now, today's exciting popcorn tip.
Keep your unpopped corn in the freezer and you'll get really fluffy popcorn. This phenomenon does not work, however, with Persian cats.
Et al.
Life is sweet. I haven't had a single charley horse since I sold my Thighmaster.
The religious right is a little different. On Sunday they take up a collection for needy Republicans.
The controversy continues. The White House wants to turn over U.S. ports to an Arab company. That's kinda like a Mexican company operating our Kaopectate factories. (Toms Lake Humor Company)
Mardi Gras is where you eat everything you want and drink everything you want, and then throw it all up for Lent.
Marvelous Monday
Michael Jackson won his first Grammy award on February 27th in 1980. That was way back when he still had his first nose.
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader was born on February 27th in 1934. The circumstances of Ralph's birth were unusual. Instead of an umbilical cord, Ralph was attached to his mother by a seat belt
James Chadwick was born on this date in 1891. You remember Sir James -- the English physicist who discovered the neutron one day in 1932 while playing with his isotope.
- The neutron is simply an uncharged elementary particle a teeny tiny bit larger than a proton. Are you with me so far?
- What you do is, you take a mass of anything and inspect its stable isotopes. If you see about the same number of neutrons and protons, your mass is okay.
- But, if you find a lot more neutrons than protons, you've got a problem -- not to mention a radioactive isotope -- and your mass is a mess.
Love & Learn
Kids Newspaper - Games, rhymes and riddles for children and their parents too.
Neil Patrick Harris Close-Up - Neil Patrick Harris plays Barney in the comedy “How I Met Your Mother” on CBS.
Now, today's exciting popcorn tip.
Keep your unpopped corn in the freezer and you'll get really fluffy popcorn. This phenomenon does not work, however, with Persian cats.
Et al.
Life is sweet. I haven't had a single charley horse since I sold my Thighmaster.
The religious right is a little different. On Sunday they take up a collection for needy Republicans.
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