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The Best Way to Board a Plane General Science / Mathematics February 14, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 120 vote(s) \| User comments: 18 Most airlines board passengers the same way, first filling the seats in the back of the plane, and then moving to the front. After a recent experience boarding a plane in this manner, Fermilab physicist Jason ...

Model of Easter Island Collapse Might Reveal Message for Today General Science / Mathematics February 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 80 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 When a thriving civilization suddenly collapses, it’s often a mystery – and an ominous one, at that. For Easter Island circa 1000-1400 AD, experts believe it was a case of humans overexploiting their natural ...

Animal communication plays important role in pattern formation General Science / Mathematics May 08, 2007 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s) \| No comments yet The way that a flock of birds flies or a school of fish swims may involve more than individuals simply judging the distance between themselves in the group. Recently, scientists from the University of Alberta ...