helium

helium

The many uses for helium, but are we running out of it?
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    How much does a cloud weigh?
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    Brian Greene explains how the revolutionary idea of quantum mechanics is that reality evolves through a game of chance described by probabilities. This video is an episode in his Daily Equation series.
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    Dust and other aerosols suspended in the atmosphere provide the surfaces upon which water vapour can condense. These condensation surfaces facilitate the development of clouds.
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    We're basically living in one big lava lamp.
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