Re: [Phys-l] Why ants survive in a micro wave oven. [Obviously "off list"!]

["Dr. Keith S. Taber" <kst24@cam.ac.uk>]

They say they survive nuclear war as well. (So it's not just that on 
the ant scale they are in a radio-wave oven.)

Keith


> According to Ben:  The ants are small and waves are big, so the 
> waves just travel over them.
>
> bc's favo TV programme, and is considering purchasing the DVDs. 
>
> Outnumbered - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outnumbered
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> BBC One - Outnumbered
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> http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fq31t
>
>
> p.s.  I'm watching #  112  and the Head is asking Pete (the father, 
> history teacher) to reformulate the school's prospectus, i.e. do a 
> stats fiddle, just like in the news (Claremont McKenna).  This makes 
> him a "team player".
>
> College admits inflating SAT scores to boost ranking - The Answer 
> Sheet - The Washington Post
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/college-admits-inflating-sat-scores-to-boost-ranking/2012/01/31/gIQAo0H1fQ_blog.html
>
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