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At least according to This. Though I do not understand why they split neurobiology from biology proper.

We're starting a new project about science. We don't really want to wait to finish it before talking about it. It's gonna be a long way and we would like to do it step by step with people who are interested in science. To do it short we need your help and support. The aim of the project is to gather high quality resources in one website. Those resources have to be enjoyable and instructive, level by level. That's what we do with our students and we would like to share this kind of work. But we need to develop it with a more ambitious project. Here the alpha 0.0.0.1 version : www.sciencemashup.net We've got only videos but we want gather every kind of suppor…

As above, anyone using a seedbox?

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Hello! How are you doing? There exists number of IPhone apps out there. Some of which we love and have them on our IPhone. What's your favorite IPhone application? Mine being Geomium, a local social IPhone application, which helps me locate events, bars, restaurants and deals in my area. I love it so much, you can check its webpage Finally, what's your fav Iphone app? ! Moderator Note We don't allow advertising. Links have been removed

It appears this manufacture has made light bulbs that heat up and cause fires. Just think of the heating cost savings. Link to recall below: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11001.html

Baseless assertions, repeated claims Reality you're in my way Repeated Strawmen and moving goal posts Logical fallacies dance around in your brain Ooooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of troll that surrounds you Negative rep is upon you Stuck your nose where it don't belong So make another post, ask the same thing for your bros One more repeat post and the mods will ban you! Ooooh that smell Can't you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of troll that surrounds you Now they call you the prince of smarmy Can't type a word with out being rude Say you'll be on the forum come tomorrow But tomorr…

I'm a bored college student. I'm going to school for Chemical Engineering and I'm looking for some fun projects to do. I don't want anything crazy hard or expensive, just something to take up some free time. I was thinking about growing bacteria or something like that. Any good science DIY projects?

Cool idea. These guys attached an iPhone to a balloon, along with a parachute for recovery, turned on the HD camera and let 'er rip. Some insulation and hand-warming wire kept it from freezing for almost the whole trip, and the built-in GPS function allowed them to quickly locate it after landing. One of the neatest DIY projects I've seen lately. Check it out, with video, here: http://www.i4u.com/41078/what-else-can-iphone-4-do-how-about-record-video-space

Can any human do anything peculiar only to humans without any kind of intelligent thinking involved, or according to any criteria of intelligent thinking involved?

Nice obit at the Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8069558/Benoit-Mandelbrot.html "Benoit Mandelbrot, who died on October 14 aged 85, was largely responsible for developing the discipline of fractal geometry – the study of rough or fragmented geometric shapes or processes that have similar properties at all levels of magnification or across all times. "Before Mandelbrot, mathematicians believed that most of the patterns of nature were far too complex, irregular, fragmented and amorphous to be described mathematically. Euclidian geometry was concerned with abstract perfection almost non-existent in the real world. Mandelb…

First I'd like to say I am not into this only or money. I like science and it would make sense to make money doing what you like obviously. Anyways I wanted to be a planetary geologist and do a lot of work that relates to studying the climate and geology of other moons/planets. I was advised I would either have to major in geology, chem or physics. I was just wondering how in demand those jobs are for someone with a major in physics. If I majored in physics, exactly how well would that work out for me in this economy? Would I have a hard time getting a job or work? I'm no Carl Sagan, I am not great at teaching.. or even math at this point. I was told to do what I lo…

Hey dudes, haven't been on here in a while, had no internet for about 6 months, fuck it's been boring. I used to come on here as ItzAlex901 (if I remember correctly), just thought I'd get familiar with everyone again.. P/S I'm not trying to 'dupe', I can't get any of the details for my old account as I've forgotten the password and can't access the email account either.. What's everyone been upto? Oh, and damn this place looks different, anyone else agree? - Alex.

Why do children learn languages faster than adults? What's the biological difference to account for these phenomena observed in young children but not adults? For example, are there any specific types of brain cells that are present during the critical learning period for learning languages in young children that gradually disappear as one approaches teenagehood. Unfortunately, I've missed the critical learning period for learning languages most efficiently. During that time I was only given the opportunity to learn one language and partially learn another. Now I feel retarded because many of my friends speak 3-4 languages however this was mainly because they were exp…

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Hi, i was thinking, that if we change the state of something simply by consciously interacting with it via the observer effect and so forth in quantum physics. Doesn't that mean that everything we know is not correct in actuality because it has all come from observation and measurement which is conducted through consciousness.. And wouldn't this also mean that stuff like mathematics etc is not actually the correct or true description of reality, only how 'we' describe what 'we' perceive. And so couldn't this be applied a theory that ultimate reality is impossible to describe in terms of scientific methods like maths, simply because its literally out of the reach of co…

Why is there no psychology subforum at SFN? I mean there are for biology, chemistry and physics. What's wrong with psychology?

Hello, This is my first post to the forums and I hope I'm posting in the right place. Actually I'm not a Microbiologist. I'm an architecture student and I'm currently working about a " Microbiology Research Center " project. I would be really grateful if a microbiologist could help me out with some data about the Microbiology Laboratories. Since I don't really know alot about the microbiology Laboratories. What I need to know is the types of Microbiology laboratories, the area of the lab nearly, the best zoning locations of laboratories and the devices and equipments you use in each lab. To be more specific, I'm working on a medical microbiology research center. …

Recently an Earth-like planet was discovered in the habitable zone of a star 120 trillion miles away in the constellation Libra. Let's get there. What do we need? Off the top of my head: 1)Ship capable of carrying animals/plants/cargo 1a)capable of ~1g constant acceleration for the whole trip(possible Destiny-esque refuel) 1b)modular design for use as domiciles in the colony 1c)equipped with a tether for using the ship as an elevator upon reaching New Earth 2)Reusable hazmat suits 3)animal stock 4)crop stock

Ok, so obviously i like science but everybody else doesn't.. I was bored and on FB. but i thought this was freaking hilarious, but apparently no one else got it. Tell me what you think. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Someone else< I know I wanted it to rain, but I would also like a mystical umbrella that floats over my head to keep me dry. Getting out of the car after I post this. Come on mystical umbrella!! >someone else<Well, no umbrella, but the rain did slow down enough that I didn't get soaked through on my walk. Optimism makes the world go round >me&…

Steve Irwin need to step aside. This guy is good. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11424547 http://www.kmbc.com/r-video/25183352/detail.html

i was just wondering. If this is a science forum, that would mean almost everyones views or interests are very scientific based. Consequently, this could mean that everyone here would side with darwin's theory of evolution, over creationism. am i correct ?

I don't mean to be a sh1t stirrer... But I have always felt that transparent processing is a good thing. I found this in another thread, that was closed: Uhm...I didn't know that Scruffy or Azurephoenix had mod privileges...or Insane_alien for that matter... I really don't care, but I think that it is nice to have it all out in the open, ya know?

Thought I would share this with you all. A couple of days ago I had a dream. A single wasp came at me and landed on me. It was so vivid that I woke instantly, jumping up and brushing myself off. When I finally convinced myself that it was just a dream and there was not a wasp hiding in my bed somewhere, I went back to sleep. I should note that I am generally not scared of wasps. And the last time I was stung by any sort of bee was over 20 years ago as a youngster. Anyway, the day I woke up from that dream, I was stung 4 times by wasps. I was in the woods hunting for mushrooms and I must have disturbed their nest. Freaking things chased me all the way bac…