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I've seen another article on the same story some time ago. It's really awesome that they are actually taking this seriously. There are two big what ifs: (1) They must prove that it's scientifically possible in the lab. (2) They must prove that you can practically implement it. This would certainly be one of the biggest inventions in history. I hope this works and that I'm alive to experience it.

My first project in grad school was a review of the emotion contagion literature, and, in short, yes, you can "catch" moods, and they don't have to be just bad moods. Positive moods are contagious as well. If you're interested in learning a bit more about the mechanics, I would suggest taking a gander through Google scholar's offering for emotional contagion. I'm most familiar with Totterdell, Petty & Cacioppo, & Barsade, but it looks like the field was expanded quite a bit since I dived into the literature.

well, why the frak doesn't some entrepreneur set up a bunch of huge tanks and start hoarding Helium, hmmm? $0.50->$100 as current market upside of 20,000% and with scarce limited resources that percent will surely go up over time, right?

actually the government already did that http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19920920&id=vPwhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s6MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1295,1387847

but frankly, it's not finite. Helium is the 2nd most abundant element in the Universe once we get fusion working we'll have more helium than we know what to do with, it'll be cheaper than clear water. Oh, and asteroids, lots and lots of asteroids. and the moon. lots of places.

I've rarely met anyone who is "SUPER against" X, and could be persuaded by evidence. However, a good place to start is with Ben Goldacre's <em>Bad Science</em>. He has a Ted talk if you can catch your wife on an open-minded day.

I don't know about books - I bought the "for Dummies" book on Chemistry, but never really used it. I have used Khan Academy for help with Organic chemistry. Those videos helped a ton. Perhaps they'd be useful to you as well?

http://www.khanacademy.org/

I'm using the physics one to supplement that class, too. =)

Milk? http://www.flickr.com/photos/sventillack/4354368076

http://www.pxleyes.com/photography-picture/4dfb7f126894e/Milk-and-water.html

Seems like it would be easily killed by pool cleaner, it's protein right?

I can´t answer your question but a related topic is the one where it is suspected that wind turbines "set of" clouds causing an increased number of thunderstorms.

Here´s an article that ran in Sydsvenskan (Swedish newspaper) a few days ago:

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=sv&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;layout=2&amp;eotf=1&amp;sl=sv&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sydsvenskan.se%2Fdanmark%2Farticle1521365%2FJattemollor-ger-fler-blixtar.html

When I was a kid, my chemist dad and I used to make gak with Borax. It's cheap to do... And most of it is fairly cheap/probably in your kitchen.

How old are they? I'd give you more suggestions, but a lot of them involve fire. Which, under adult supervision is still safe, but you don't want to give them the idea that things in the kitchen are meant to be burned while you're away.

Nothing I could find suggests that what you say is true. Heat rises which would suggest the top of the fridge is the warmest. Page 4 on this PDF from the UK government suggests the same thing.

Your raw meats should be stored properly as to prevent leaking. If they are leaking, you're doing it wrong.

Stars do actually have various colors (all colors except green for some reason), but they're pretty faint.

E.g., look for Betelgeuse (in Orion) - it's a fairly visible angry red. Use Stellarium if you can't find it otherwise; Orion should be up in the sky these days (nights actually).