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In reply to the discussion: Student science experiment finds plants won't grow near Wi-Fi router [View all]IdaBriggs
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Student science experiment finds plants won't grow near Wi-Fi router [View all]
IdaBriggs
May 2013
OP
Possibly but it certainly begs further study and therefore was a successful experiment.
Kablooie
May 2013
#37
That would be good, but they would also need the person watering the plants not know
Thor_MN
May 2013
#153
I promise you that the plants growing next to the router will not be dead ...
Buzz Clik
May 2013
#66
Definitely deserving of more research. Good on the girls regardless of eventual outcome. nt
stevenleser
May 2013
#11
It is the results of a regional science fair that is generating international interest
IdaBriggs
May 2013
#147
Ida- for a lot of DU'ers it's not about conversation but proving ones intellectual superiority.
KittyWampus
May 2013
#118
And for others it's not about understanding another's point, but proving one's ignorance.
cleanhippie
May 2013
#164
"can only shake my head in awe at those who believe that all the discoveries have already been made"
winter is coming
May 2013
#122
We had to constantly cut the weeds growing around the 50KW transmitter antennas.
hobbit709
May 2013
#19
Here is a real life experiment that proved to be the cause of dying plants in my home.
kelliekat44
May 2013
#23
No need to debate. The test will be refined and run by others and the truth will out.
GoneFishin
May 2013
#24
I'm skeptical.. the statistics is way too much for not to be observed long ago. My bet is that it...
JackN415
May 2013
#25
And driveways. Grass is low along driveways and tree trunks are rarely by them also.
uppityperson
May 2013
#103
I was amazed last summer. I went to work one morning, came home and all the trees along the power
Thor_MN
May 2013
#154
My cell phone instruction book advised not to waer next to body......its a prepaid samsung.....
Gin
May 2013
#34
I had a cousin who never used a cell phone, died of brain cancer at 50. Didn't use cordless phones
uppityperson
May 2013
#104
I know a lot of people who use cell phones but don't have brain cancer. I haven't seen reputable
uppityperson
May 2013
#135
I am convinced that my daughter's MMR vaccination is related to her development of IBD
Ms. Toad
May 2013
#152
A lot of people boost wifi range by making little antenna dishes out of tinfoil.
backscatter712
May 2013
#91
(most) Everyone is waiting for better science. (most) Everyone is applauding...
Junkdrawer
May 2013
#93
Yeah, my 1994 Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley is about to be made worthless
MNBrewer
May 2013
#127
The woo is the presumptive theory that non-ionizing radiation could have an effect on living matter.
Thor_MN
May 2013
#155
+1. It's one thing to observe that plants didn't grow in the wi-fi room
winter is coming
May 2013
#165
Wow. Glad my wireless router is in another room & I don't use cell ph. much.
Honeycombe8
May 2013
#131
We are bathed by radiowaves every second of our lives. Most of them are not from humans.
Gravitycollapse
May 2013
#136