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The US Government appears to be taking UAPs/UFOs seriously, these papers suggest that the US government is taking Unidentified Objects seriously and even suggesting they exhibit technology beyond our own. There papers dance around UAPs being extraterrestrial but do suggest they might be extraordinary events at the very least. The video is short but explains the premise. I still have to come down on the side of these objects being most likely drones from adversary nations but this is almost as disturbing as the extraterrestrial hypothesis. https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/…

Developing a standard vaccine for coronavirus will take at least a few months - what might be too late. However, its sequence is already known, and is nearly identical - suggesting recent single point of origin for human host. So the question is if/how there could be quickly started production of some provisional vaccine - not perfect but fast to introduce? Also exploiting the fact that these viruses are now nearly identical. For example synthesizing its outside proteins and putting them on liposomes - would its introduction to blood have a chance to prepare immune system for the real virus?

This just came out so there is not a lot of clarity on it: "GENEVA (AP) -- Scientists at the world's largest physics lab say they have clocked subatomic particles traveling faster than light, a feat that - if true - would break a fundamental pillar of science." http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BREAKING_LIGHT_SPEED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

“Yes, everything in physics is completely made up – that’s the whole point” https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/everything-physics-made-up/ Is it ever true, then, to say that an electron is ‘real’ when it’s in motion? If we believe that electrons are real things, have we just made up the wavefunction to make the math work out? Absolutely – that was, in fact, the whole point. We couldn’t get the equations to work if the electron was a solid, isolated particle, so we made up something that wasn’t, and then the numbers started making sense. … physics isn’t built around ultimate truth, but rather the constant production and refinement of mathematical approxi…

(preface: i had absolutely no clue where to put this. i considered physics, Engineering and a couple others but decided to just guess and let mods move it if they want) http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.nuclear/index.html?hpt=T1 apparently a Japanese nuclear reactor's power source has been disabled by the earthquake in japan and the backup was disabled by the tsunami and now they can't cool the core what possibility of there being a meltdown (Chernobyl like melt down) or any significant release of radionuclides from the power plant?

Apparently they are storing the cooling water in leaking tanks at or near the plant. Doubtless the leaking is bad enough, but lets hope there isn't another disturbance similar to the one that preceded the current situation, resulting in all that apparently highly radioactive water being dumped into and onto who knows where. Yes, you've guessed correctly, I'm of the view that nuclear power is the most dangerous method of power generation.

The genetic basis of individual differences in attitudes, including personality traits, physical characteristics, and academic achievement. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11414369 Wow....... So this study and claim are saying the person IQ , education achievement and academic achievement is base on genetics? If person dos really bad in school vs some one has PHD or tow PHD's is base on genetics? In others words if you smart or dumb is base on genetics? Or how well you do at school or your job?

Today registered a decline metiarita! Flash seen for 300 miles! Does not work mobile. There are wounded from cuts of broken glass! The evening will fly folder, NASA will be broadcast live! Here is video:

https://phys.org/news/2018-11-climate-simulations-wetter-windier-hurricanes.html Climate simulations project wetter, windier hurricanesNovember 14, 2018, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory New supercomputer simulations by climate scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that climate change intensified the amount of rainfall in recent hurricanes such as Katrina, Irma, and Maria by 5 to 10 percent. They further found that if those hurricanes were to occur in a future world that is warmer than present, those storms would have even more rainfall and stronger winds. Read more at: https://phys.org/n…

This giant of biology has recently passed at the age of 97, leaving behind a coloured legacy. What's the verdict? Gifted pioneer of scientific inquiry or scheming, bigoted plagiarist? There is no middle ground. https://www.irishtimes.com/science/2025/11/19/an-irish-perspective-james-watson-1928-2025-the-dna-titan-with-a-downside/

Here is a link to the article announcing this expected discovery confirming Einstein's prediction. The article provides several informative links on subject and it's current research. Data results from the LIGO (Advance Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) experiment will be released Thursday. Ripples in space-time detected, wow!

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-scientists-philosophers-nature-evolutionary-law.html

For dark matter to be in fact the gravitational influence that explains the motions of spiral galaxies via gravitational influences therefore exonerating General Relativity and Newtonian gravity it would need to have a specific observable behavior. This dark matter hypothesis now seems to be in serious question based upon this link. Opponents of conventional gravity models have made such predictions since the advent of the dark matter hypothesis, my own model being one of them. http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112486232/hubble-findings-cast-doubt-on-dark-matter-theories/

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-spacex-tourist-crew-healthy-happy.html SpaceX's tourist crew 'healthy, happy and resting': Extract: Its main goal, however, is to prove that space is accessible to ordinary people as the United States and private companies like SpaceX seek to further commercialize the cosmos. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: OK, don't get me wrong, as personally I would jump at the chance to be a part of something like this. But I can't help thinking, shouldn't an astronaut/professional be part of the payload? Great to see automation and remote control from E…

Can London, Paris and Hong Cong file similar suits? Will these lawsuits smother the oil companies?

Surely, you've heard about the off-shore oil rig explosion that is now leaking hundreds of thousands of barrels crude into the gulf a day. At $75 a barrel, why isn't there a company out there outfitting a tanker right now to collect it? I'm envisioning a small skimmer, that then pumps the oil into the tanker...? I mean no one 'owns' this oil anymore right? Granted, it is spread out over an area as big as Delaware, in a layer only several millimeters thick, but it's free money just floating out there. --- While this has been a news story for days, there been no real sense of urgency attached to it. The Drill Baby Drill folks have ben awful quiet, bu…

Maybe some of you are familiar with this, maybe not. On 9th December, early in the morning, before sunrise, many norwegians were witnesess to strange phenomenon, which lasted for about 10-12 minutes. earthfiles.com Article dailymail.co.uk Article with good quality video Short description of the event in Wikipedia When i first saw the pictures i immediately thought that they were fake, but seemingly later reports confirmed the spectacular nature of the event with more photos and videos. Not to mention that thousands of norwegian citizens eyewitnessed the phenomenon. The official explenation, which is propagated all over the internet news web…

See also: http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/82847-processed-meat-bad-for-health/ http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/82630-nutrition-beans-reduce-cholestorol/ More evidence that a vegan/vegetarian diet is more healthful.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/barbara-hollingsworth/string-theory-co-founder-sub-atomic-particles-are-evidence-0 Very intriguing stuff.

I recently came upon an oldish (2015) "physorg" article, that some may like to discuss......(The title by the way, is the title of a book by Jimena Canales) The artlcle... https://phys.org/news/2015-05-science-historian-story-einstein-dangerous.html Two of the 20th century's greatest minds, one of them physicist Albert Einstein, came to intellectual blows one day in Paris in 1922. Their dispute, before a learned audience, was about the nature of time - mostly in connection with Einstein's most famous work, the theory of relativity..... extracts: The philosopher in the title, and Einstein's adversary that day, was Henri Bergson, a French philosophe…

https://phys.org/news/2017-10-heavy-chemical-elements-theory-quantum.html A series of complicated experiments involving one of the least understood elements of the Periodic Table has turned some long-held tenets of the scientific world upside down. Florida State University researchers found that the theory of quantum mechanics does not adequately explain how the heaviest and rarest elements found at the end of the table function. Instead, another well-known scientific theory—Albert Einstein's famous Theory of Relativity—helps govern the behavior of the last 21 elements of the Periodic Table. This new research is published in the Journal of the American Chem…

I thought this was the onion or something when I first saw it, aether? FTL? Universal time? http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_special_theory_of_relativity_has_been_disproved_theoretically_999.html

Glasgow University study. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-36110880 This study made particular reference to developed countires and those where there is gender equality. The conclusion is that efforts to attract girls to science, techniology and maths have largely failed and that girls are more likely to suffer 'Maths Anxiety' than boys.