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Blinding science.

Publication: National Review
Publication Date: 04-JUL-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Blinding science.(THE STRAGGLER)

Article Excerpt
MY son and I were, I'll admit it, a little miffed at not having won either First or Second Honors at the school science fair. We did get an



Honorable Mention: "Which kind of glue makes the strongest bond?" by Danny Derbyshire.

This was the Straggler family contribution. We had assembled five different kinds of adhesive, ranging from a Staples glue stick to an epoxy cement with a list of ingredients that looked to have been harvested on the planet Krypton, all spheno-" and "poly-" and "chloro-." We had cut ten lengths of wood and stuck them together in pairs, one pair per adhesive, assiduously following the instructions on each product. Each stuck-together pair had then been put in the angle of Dad's folding ladder, erected on the back lawn, and had barbell weights hung from one of its components until the adhesive bond broke. The weights had been...

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