Recently, a women from Massachusetts experienced a near death situation. Intoxicated my large consumed amounts of alcohol, this women stumbled down into the path of an oncoming train. Unable to get up, bystanders wove down the oncoming train warning it to stop. Fortunately, the train is able to make a complete stop inches away from the women. In addition, when try to make her way up before the train came to a stop, she almost got electrocuted by the third rail. Escaping two near death experiences this women is lucky to be alive.
All events no matter how categorized can be related to science. In this case, the fact that this lucky women could have almost died from the trains third rail is how this event can be related to science. Although everything is science, in this situation the electrical matter of the third rail is just one of the science parts. A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails o f a railway track. It is so because third rail systems are a means of providing electric traction power to railway trains. Third rails contain so much power that even by the slightest touch, an electrical shock could cause someone death such as the women situated in the train incident.
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Nice job I really liked the way you related the news to science and your blog was very interesting.
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