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Have you ever wondered how the state of Vermont got its name? The state is one of many from the original 13 colonies to be named by European explorers, as Europeans scouted the land in the early 1600s ...

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In fiction, magic makes levitation easy. With a simple swish-and-flick of his wand, Ron Weasley yanks a troll’s club high above its head in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Through graceful ...

Using sound to get objects to float works well if a single particle is levitated, but it causes multiple particles to collapse into a clump in mid-air. Physicists at the Institute of Science and ...

A business owner must create a bill of sale to transfer a company vehicle to their personal name. The company must sign the vehicle's title over to the individual, as businesses cannot gift vehicles.