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Quotidian extraordinaire!

In this section we take all your question marks, straighten them out and add a dot to the bottom. You'll gasp, do a "wow!", jump up and down and then repeat the same dance of amazement with the next article. Remember to mail us if you have any gnawing "How does x work" questions. We'll phone up ol' Stevey H.


Perform the Balducci levitation (like David Blaine)

15 October 2007
(Pssst…turn the computer screen away from the prying eyes of friends and family when reading this article. You don’t want to give your secrets away, do you?!)


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Diamagnetism: Rebels in the atom world

12 October 2007
All materials in the world, including this computer screen, your fingers and the air around you are made up of atoms.


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How Spiderman clings: The workings of Van der Waal forces

01 October 2007

How does Spiderman manage to stick? The answer lies with the workings of forces within molecules called Van der Waal forces...


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