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As with pretty much everyone else in the universe I watched Avatar the movie, going in I knew that most of the movie I would spend shutting off my brain to James Cameron repeatedly socking science right in the groin. What I didn't expect was a near carbon copy of the script of pocahontas with millions of dollars worth of cgi facelifts done to the indians and a "everyone lived happily ever after" ending slapped on for good measure. I thought it would be fun to make a thread dedicated to Avatar and "If i was the director" changes in the plot or just blatant scientific blunders or grievances you have. If you loved it go ahead, I understand the movie wasn't designed for u…

So the decade of the 2000's is almost over, and as it seems the popular thing to do I though it would be interesting for SFN to make a list of what members thought were the greatest or most important trends, advancements, and developments in technology, science, and life in general. Some of the things which jump into my mind are: - The emergence of social networks like Facebook and Myspace. - The use of the Internet for delivering news around the globe. - CERN finally firing up the LHC. So what do you guys and gals think the most important trends, advancements, and developments in technology, science, and life in general.

Hello how do you guys plan to start the new year?

happy new year all of you..may ur new year brings alot of happiness to you.. ---------

What's your best moment today? I was working hard, reading, modeling, writing... and then I looked up and realised my roommate looks and acts a bit like Wallace (from Wallace & Gromit). It really cheered me up. Other days big events might be the highlight, but today this was it (so far). What was your highlight today? (Don't say "the moment I could finally go home", because that's a cliché even before it's written for the first time).

Greetings im a newbie here. Hopefully i mighnt be able to contribute to this forum. thanks alot.

I want to quote your post in my blog. It can? And you et an account on Twitter?

Debating global warming, their arguments basically boil down to this: - There is no proof for global warming. - Any scientist who believes in global warming is just being bullied into it - Most peer reviewed papers have made up data in them, because scientists just want more funding Every time I post a counterargument I am simply amazed at their skill to totally ignore and twist things. This seems to be the bane of my existence; do you argue with these types of people knowing that their ignorance will never go away, or do you just accept that you can't change their mind even though it grinds your gears to even think about it?

So I just joined this forum and I am wondering if anyone here is a member?

There's a popup which goes with it too, when you hover the mouse over it, it says

I am working on a new blog about inhabiting Mars sometime in the future. I am aware there are many issues we would have to confront before we could actually pick up and migrate to the red planet, but I would like to hear some suggestions from you guys, issues that might not be included. I would say that the biggest problem is the fact there is no dynamo effect on Mars, thus limiting the ability of the Martian atmosphere to hold in certain gasses essential to life as we know it.

Ok, so I'm just finishing my first semester in college and I was just screwing around on google and decided to see what sorts of jobs a sociology degree could get me. Needless to say, I was unimpressed. Now while I've always enjoyed the thought of doing research like Wade Davis and others, I've always found fields such as astronomy fascinating. The problem with that is I'm terrible/terrified of math, but I'm finding that unlike when I was in high school 15 years ago I'm not doing so bad. I'm almost 34, could I try for a degree in that? Would I be wasting my time? If not that, what interesting things could I use a sociology degree for (beyond social work...I don't…

Hey guys After watching star trek I was thinking .. why can't we build an awsome spaceship like that and send it off into space where it can warp to different galaxy's. 1.)What does it take? 2.)What materials are needed? 3.)IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE?! note: Im just a 16 year old trekkie inspired by star trek and sciencee Thankssss guys - I look foward for replies

Could be an oversight, but I don't recall it ever saying "peer-reviewed by _____ and _____" in a study or research printing. It occurred to me as I was reading through papers in the Scholars Research Library. How can one tell what's been peer-reviewed or not? Scholars Research Library journals offering peer-reviewed, scientifically based articles and original research, this contains information that will assist you in understanding intricacies of sciences. Scholars Research Library journals provide you with sound and expert research and advice to help you offer expertise to broaden information on the technology or the application of science The entry pag…

I am just wondering if anyone is interested in flight simulators.

Interesting idea. Google makes a kind of subject-oriented page whenever there's a major story, and you can visit that page for updates. So you go to the "Tiger Woods Infidelity Scandal" (my label) page and then follow updates from there. You don't have to scour the Google News front page for updates, or wait for email updates. They've got some pretty clever ideas going on on these pages, including summaries and timelines showing when each aspect of the story appeared in the media. Unfortunately all of the entries (and in fact all of the stories on the page) come from the same source, which is a sponsor for the page. (So far it's just the New York Times and the W…

where's our traditional winter logo? no santa hats, no snow men. whats up with you lazy admins!

I just read Toastywomble's blog http://blogs.scienceforums.net/toastywombel/2009/12/12/confronting-ignorance-kindly/ and read the whole thread that he referenced to about the information overload.. er factual overload. MY GOD THAT WAS THE FUNNIEST THREAD I HAVE EVER SEEN. at first it looked like the guy was legitimately asking for a unified theory of evolution.. in 1 sentence. However, as i read it became more apparent that he would not read any link or reference to such a theory. the thread eventually devolved into name calling. and about the end i realized just how trollish his OP was, and how his OP was designed to falsify every link to evolution, and how his OP …

what does sicar mean? sicar=half tuition scholarship is it true?

Does anyone know of any?

Yea, it's true; he's the coolest guy ever.

http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm Check out this website I found while cruising the interwebs. The ignorance of some astounds me so much that I am not sure if this is a joke.

i saw this video on how to make rust: i was just wondering what happens to the sodium in this reaction?

So, 2007-2008 has been a reasonably fruitful period in the category of awesome PC and console games, so I thought I'd make a thread about it. Played any recent games? Waiting for any? I think the two best games last year were BioShock and Mass Effect, truly great gameplay, graphics and plot in both cases. Crysis wasn't bad either. Mass Effect was recently ported to PC and I finished it a while back and it was better than I expected (and had many of the elements that made Star Control 2 so enjoyable, for example well-written characters, exciting exploration and hot sex with blue aliens), but the optional part of the game was missing a bit of diversity that would've bro…

So I was wondering why the image that is displayed on the right side of the post is not updated for previous posts you have made. I notice its the same for the quotes as well.