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...simulate a nuclear explosion 300 miles deep in space. Parts of the tunnel will collapse, and tons of irradiated rock will hurtle through the pipe, but the explosion should remain contained, thanks to seven giant doors. The last barrier, a mile distant, is a gas-sealed door made to withstand temperatures of 500 degrees F and pressures...
...Still, as tough as the Georgia bill is, it did ultimately include some notable exceptions. Residents will not have to prove their status to receive emergency medical care, prenatal care and immunizations of children, though cynics say that was done solely in order to withstand court challenges. The Act also targets big business, forcing employers to prove employees are legal and providing for fines if found otherwise...
...that no other animal has been able to,” Girguis said. “What a great adaptation.” The findings help scientists understand the limits to which the chemical structures common to all animals can be pushed. The worms, known as Paralvinella sulfincola, can withstand conditions where water pressure reaches 4,000 psi and temperatures can change from 2 degrees to 350 degrees over a few millimeters. Girguis and his team recreated this temperature gradient on a smaller scale in their lab, constructing a tank of water that was cold...
...says Sullivan, the athletic communications director. “Some people say football should be played on grass, forbidding any artificial surface at all, but we really haven’t had the mass outrage.”A synthetic surface would cost less to maintain and would withstand unpredictable weather. In the 2004 football season, for example, the field never completely recovered from the season opener against Holy Cross, which was played at the tail end of a hurricane. Sullivan added that the increased popularity of synthetic surfaces at both the professional and college levels bolstered the case...
...Belvedere, on the other side of Innisfail, Bruce Crausaz was confident his squat solid-brick home would easily withstand the gale-force winds - until he saw his wall-mounted television spear towards him. The heavy set catapulted him onto the floor. Rain pelted down on him. The roof was gone. Crausaz crawled out of the kitchen and in terror grabbed a plastic bucket, which he put over his head. For the next 40 minutes he half-knelt, half-lay on the floor with the bucket on his head, tightly gripping the door. "I know it wouldn't have stopped much...