Star-hopping by the outhouse
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A man describes viewing the Comet Hyakutake the night before its closest approach to the Earth with a number of amateur astronomers atop Mount Tamalpais, just north of San Francisco, CA. Although enveloped in the stench from a latrine that had been knocked over, the group was impressed by the comet.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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Newton 1, Einstein 0
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The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center sponsored a car racing competition for the benefit of Peninsula Community Foundation in fighting alcohol abuse among teenagers. One of the most striking participants of the soapbox derby is the Z-Mobile, a gravity-powered vehicle.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Computer bombs
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The Department of Energy's science-based stockpile stewardship program aims to use supercomputers to assess the safety of nuclear weapons in storage facilities and their damage potential in cases of detonation. Funding for the program is set at $4 billion per year.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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