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Does anyone know of any good science TV programs coming up in the next couple of months?

Okay...Topic theme: Suggestions for the future, predictions of the future and hopes for the future. Ideas: 1. (Near[ish?] future) Currently there is a bee shortage. Bees are awesome and necessary. Farms [growing crops] need them. My idea is to combine apiaries with farms/orchards. This would provide farms with another means of income. They would also have their fields pollinated. These apiaries would be situated near or in the fields that need pollination. I doubt all farms would do this. I wouldn't like all farms to do this either. I just don't see why agriculture and apiculture have yet to combine. This would provide more reason to keep bees alive. 2. Green…

I'm thinking of making a science forum , so what are the steps I should follow for doing this !? I've heard that you must pay money for this , I've also heard that you can steal the design of a website and change text .. !? Well , after surfing the net , there are several free making websites such as yola - - But I think that this must be learnt so it must take time , not minutes !!! Thanks in advance, Regards

Don't watch that much anime, but my favourite so far (in no particular order) would probably be: -Bleach -Naruto Shippuden -Highschool of the Dead -Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin -Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood -Death Note -Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion -Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 -Clannad -Clannad After Story What are everyone elses?

EndNote is a reference management software. I've noticed I keep reading science articles more and more. As such, I've considered that maybe I'll reference what I've read throughout the years. Not sure, but I've considered maybe I should keep track of them rather than just saving them all to the harddisk. Thoughts? Ideas? Buy? don't buy? I know there is free, and or open-source software; but it doesn't seem to compare to the longevity and consistent use of Endnote.

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why not have all countries print their paper currency .with a gold thread inserted in the money. where a $5 will have so much gold inserted but $100. will have five times more and have then peg to u.s currency then all money will have the same value

we are all the same many people would say i am lying but we are we judge people we do things that we regret no one is perfect because it would be the end of that person life and all of our lives we judge people by their apearance color knowledge and so on but we feel sad when people do that to you we always think of ourselves first because its the law of the world if we would always help people the world would shatter we need bad to have good if there is only perfection there is no life there would be no world since we would love us all people when they say per example "my boss just screwd me over he fired me" you would think that he is bad but you should be in the bos…

I'm actually wondering , the importance of the signature . Do I need to have a fancy signature so that it's hard for others to make the same ! Can my signature be my name ?! Thanks in advance.

First I'd like to tell you that I'm Chinese. And I can't use English very well, so please just ignore my grammar mistakes,thanks. I got a serious problem recently. I have a very good friend We have same interests,same religion,same future dream. It may hard to believe,but I just be honesty say that, we have never had any confliction. It's just amazing.We have been good friends for 4 years. But now I find one thing ,which make me...feel horrible. He is Multiple-personality Disorders. In the past we (me and high school classmates) thought he is Asperger's syndrome. Because he is clever, but shy,and can't speak fluently. He don't like the crowd. Wh…

My husband just finished his Masters in Dec, He had got a loan for about 40,000. in January we received a bill for $250 then a couple months later aces said we now owe $500/month.so i paid that. Then a month ago i got a bill from Nelnet for $250.so i was now paying $750/month. Now just a couple days ago Nelnet now says we owe $374/month. We called and they said we can’t consolidate or defer the payments.. Does this seem right?

Chinese vending machine which dispenses live crabs... yum yum! http://gizmodo.com/5670648/this-vending-machine-sells-live-crabs

The story has been making the rounds lately and I thought it worthy of attention. Put simply, a person is on film from the opening of a Charlie Chaplin film in 1928 who has their hand to their ear as they walk and talk. It looks for all the world like someone talking on a mobile phone. Here is the original youtube post where the "finder" describes exactly where the footage is on the DVD. If you want to skip that, go to about 2 1/2 minutes in and see the footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv9f-s0KmOU&feature=related There have been a number of opinions and explanations put forward for the footage and why it could not be a traveller, but all so far fai…

Well, some may say I am the peculiar guy... I read the goodbye post of Bascule. I don't want to discuss the content. I just wondered, why did he login under a new name? This post was not from Bascule, it was from a new member named "Goodbye Bascule". Did Bascule forget his password? Was Bascule banned? (Bascule has a 723 reputation score, and is member since April 2005). Or is this imposture?

Hello everyone. I used to be a regular on these forums. But I purposefully changed my account credentials to the point I can't recover my account. This is because I don't think posting on these forums are productive. I feel that, at best, all I can accomplish on any of the controversial forums where I generally post, such as climate science and politics, is to get people to agree on single points while they continue to disagree with me as a whole. Other than that, I generally feel that the climate science forums are dominated by climate denialists, and that the politics forums are dominated (and administered) by Fox-style spinmeisters. For example, I strongly …

Hi everyone, I hope this is the right forum to post this in. I wanted to raise awareness that Invitrogen has developed a new Life Science on-line search tool called Select. It has been designed to significantly reduce the time spent searching on-line for the latest papers and developments and is ideal for those studying and researching. Select uses unique RSS spidering technology to constantly monitor over 200 Life Science journals and libraries, including PubMed, Nature, Biocompare.com, Bionity.COM and Cell, to name but a few! Users can define their own search terms and subscribe to any number of journals from within the Select Library. Any matching pap…

Hi everyone. I'm a writer, amateur comedian, philosopher, and have always had a great interest in science and skepticism. Recently I started writing articles for a site entitled "Things that Shouldn't Still Exist." My most recent article is on hatred towards science (which seriously has no right still existing-- particularly in developed nations). Anyhow, I'm always looking for more topics to write about, so if anyone has suggestions, let me know. So far, I've also covered: Racism, Ghost Hunting, Square Dancing, and Circumcision. The site is an odd mix of philosophy and humor (which is necessary when you're an analytical thinker in a world of dubious, frustrating c…

Hi all. Does anyone knows what is this pictured item ? It is about 7 to 8 inches, appears to be iron. Thanks

I'm not able to reply in the philosophy, and as it is 1 in the morning and I may be a little out of focus is there an agreement statement I need to agree to first, whats the deal here?

I wasn't sure where to put this, since I am not meaning to discuss gay marriage here, but wanted your opinion on a thread at rationalskepticism.org. As you know, this is SFN's "partner" site, so I think it is a fair enough topic. Could you please take a look at this thread and let me know what you think. In particular, please take a look at my own posts and the reaction I go to them (I lost it a bit at the end, so edited my last post out). I genuinely am confused as to what the problem is. I gave the argument (which people here are familiar with) that I am opposed to state organised "marriage", irrespective of the gender of the participants. But these guys just do…

Actually I am preparing for my engineering day in college.So my idea is too build a truss bridge , since it's my first experience in this field. In fact , I am still thinking of how I will present my bridge , would I add some videos clarifying what is a truss bridge , how it works , or what ?! I'm working on modeling my bridge at the moment. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance NB: The bridge is made of balsa wood.

Hi, I wanted to know how to boast my reputation on the forums. I have completed century of posts (Hurray !) and still have that one little green card or boxes,call it what you like. Any idea!

My son was wondering if there was any way around the rule that you have to be 15 for at least a drivers permit. I thought I would post it on here to see if I got any answers better than mine ( It was no.)

What are the scientific benefits of watching anime? Are there any uncovered scientific pros for watching anime?

I'm always trying to find others interested in similar things as myself to work on projects together. I scour here there and everywhere and honestly have never worked with anyone on anything outside of a professional environment. I'm just curious if anyone here is aware of places that have something which addresses the needs of individuals such as myself. Like a hobbyist projects help wanted adds system but closely nit to the scientific community. I have the added disadvantage of not being educated! For the most part I am looking for others who are interested in Scientific Computing/Mathematics, Robotics and General Engineering. I would like to work on Bio projec…