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Updated by Chaz Fox on Mar 30, 2014
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Why Do You Connect?

I have seen many articles here on Bubblews saying what other Bubblewers should and should not write about. Although I may disagree with the sentiment expounded, I do support their right to state these things. If your world is worrying about what other people write, and how that might be construed on Bubblews, then go ahead.

Flu Pandemic Is On Way

With the reports in the US and Canada of deaths due to H1N1 influenza, it behoves us to ask when this outbreak will arrive elsewhere, and what can be done to alleviate the worst of its effects. In the UK, the changes to the NHS, instituted by the Coalition government, could be a major problem to the containment of an epidemic.

How A Magnifying Glass Makes Things Bigger

What happens when we look at, say, a leaf, is that rays of light thrown off by the leaf are brought together to our eyes. When we use a magnifying glass the rays of light pass through the glass and bend, as a stick appears to bend when put in water.

What Are The Cedars Of Lebanon?

What Are The Cedars Of Lebanon? The Cedars of Lebanon are cone-bearing trees of the fir family, found growing on the slopes of the mountain's of Lebanon and Syria. At one time there were thousands of them there, but now the Grove to which this name is given has all but disappeared; the last vestige being the Cedars of God.

What Was The Sword Of Damocles?

Four hundred years before Christ Sicily was governed by a cruel monarch, Dionysius, whom the people greatly feared. Though hated, Dionysius was clever, rich, learned, and powerful, and he had many flatterers around him. One of them named Damocles said to him one day that he must be the happiest man in the world.

How Does A Siphon Work?

A siphon is a bent tube with one arm longer than the other. If it is filled with water, or other fluid, and if it's short arm is dipped in water or fluid in the vessel, the fluid will flow from the vessel along the bent tube, and down the long arm till the vessel is almost empty.