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Posted Thu Apr 10 2014: from Washington Post: The sneeze: Show these new MIT pictures to people who won't cover their mouths http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1397172808 ...Researchers had previously viewed the sneeze as a collection of individual mucous droplets. After an "achoo," they thought, larger droplets flew farther than smaller ones because of momentum....Using high-speed imaging of coughs and sneezes, as well as laboratory simulations and mathematical modeling, the researchers came up with a new measure of the sneeze and its trajectory....Because the droplets are in a cloud, they stay suspended and travel further -- particularly smaller ones, which travel up to 200 times farther than previously estimated. [Read more stories about: pandemic] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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