In 1643, one of Galileo's pupils, Evangelista Torricelli, put an empty tube on top of some mercury. When it was really nice out, more mercury was pushed up into the tube. What tool for measuring air pressure had he invented?
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What measurement, equal to about 4 inches, is used to measure the height of a horse?
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A condition named for tennis is technically known as lateral epicondylitis, which occurs on the outside of this body part, while the related condition named for golf is on the inside and is called medial epicondylitis. What body part is this?
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Which scientific term is defined as a physical particle with a negative charge?
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What upper chamber of the heart fill with blood, which it then squeezes into the ventricles that pump blood through the arteries?
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What kind of flight occurs when air is sucked into turbines, mixed with fuel and then ignited before being pushed out the rear nozzle?
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Human Body - which of these words is spelled correctly?
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Which of these is similar to the way sound travels?
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Known in Burma as an oozie and in Thailand as a kao-chang, a mahout rides and trains what animal?
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Gastric juices are so corrosive they would dissolve what organ that holds them, were it not for a thick layer of mucus and four layers?
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