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Submission + - Possible Explanation for Hexagon on Saturn?

Submitted by permaculture on Thursday April 26, 2007 @08:28AM

permaculture writes: Could Saturn's hexagon: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070403.html

be explained by this Geometric whirlpool phenomenon: http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060515/full/060515 -17.html ?

Submission + - Liquid Explosives on a plane - not feasible.

Submitted by on Thursday August 17, 2006 @01:29PM

permaculture writes: This article from The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/08/17/flying_toi let_terror_labs/

Describes the difficulty of mixing up a batch of liquid explosives on a plane. Further, it opines that such a plot might work in a Hollywood film, but not in the real world.

Liquid explosives were used for the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, according to the Official Account. Or not, as now seems more likely.

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