KOOL 98 » Science http://98kool.com Lubbock's Greatest Hits of All Time! Tue, 21 May 2013 08:06:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 There's Actually a Scientific Reason Why You Can't Resist Sharing Cat Videos http://98kool.com/theres-actually-a-scientific-reason-why-you-cant-resist-sharing-cat-videos/ http://98kool.com/theres-actually-a-scientific-reason-why-you-cant-resist-sharing-cat-videos/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:37:05 +0000 Landon King http://98kool.com/?p=107268 Here's why the Internet is completely overrun with cat videos, Instagram photos of dogs, and Facebook walls full of baby photos.

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]]> http://98kool.com/duke-university-creates-harry-potter-style-invisibility-cloak/feed/ 0 Redorbit.com 10 Food Myths You Probably Believe http://98kool.com/10-food-myths-you-probably-believe/ http://98kool.com/10-food-myths-you-probably-believe/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:53:22 +0000 Ruth Waxman http://thefw.com/?p=138529 All too often we get carried away believing (or worse, repeating) everything we are told and don't spend enough time questioning what's actually been said. We've picked 10 very common health mantras you hear everyday and weeded out the worst of the lies, because we want you to eat all the avocados. All of them.

]]> http://98kool.com/10-food-myths-you-probably-believe/feed/ 0 Flickr, Thinkstock, Tumblr 10 Awesome Facts About the Internet You Didn't Know http://98kool.com/10-awesome-facts-about-the-internet-you-didnt-know/ http://98kool.com/10-awesome-facts-about-the-internet-you-didnt-know/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:45:19 +0000 Emerald Catron http://thefw.com/?p=159194 And because we can't do cat videos all day every day,* here are ten amazing facts about the internet. From how many likes there are on Facebook daily to the actual weight of the internet, this video just might blow your mind. (Hence the title.) Learn something new today, so you can watch a cat stuck in a jar over and over guilt-free!

]]> http://98kool.com/10-awesome-facts-about-the-internet-you-didnt-know/feed/ 0 YouTube Have Scientists Found a Pill That Cures Racism? http://98kool.com/have-scientists-found-a-pill-that-cures-racism/ http://98kool.com/have-scientists-found-a-pill-that-cures-racism/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:09:05 +0000 Landon King http://98kool.com/?p=38352 I guess racism is a type of disease, but we don't really think of it the same way we think of syphilis or cancer. Maybe we should.

]]> http://98kool.com/have-scientists-found-a-pill-that-cures-racism/feed/ 0 Flickr Trips To the Dentist May Soon Be Less Horrible http://98kool.com/trips-to-the-dentist-may-soon-be-less-horrible/ http://98kool.com/trips-to-the-dentist-may-soon-be-less-horrible/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:34:24 +0000 Landon King http://98kool.com/?p=916 Here's a pretty brilliant invention by some scientists in England.  With their invention, trips to the dentist might NOT be the most awful thing in the world anymore.  They'll still be awful, just not the MOST awful thing in the world.

The team has invented a special chip that attaches to the earphones on your iPod . . . and blocks the sound of the drill.

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