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When the attack comes, what will you do to make sure you don't become one of THEM?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1142564/Pre-historic-Viagra-Siberian-mammoth-DNA-boost-sex-life-let-live-longer.html This sounds like a movie plot: extinct bacteria found in ancient ice has massive life extending and enhancing characteristics to lab mice. Oh, and it improves sexual activity or something but that is hardly mentioned in the article. When they make claims like: ...are they sensationalizing some edge cases or saying the results are really this big? If this ends up impacting medical science, it just goes to show how scientific research in one area can have profound unexpected results.

The title speaks for itself. So please share your favourite stand-up comedian / comedienne, and a few words (if you like) why they're your particular favourite. If available (which is an almost guarantee with youtube), share some clips. My all time favourite, is possibly the late Bill Hicks, mainly for his tenacity and opinions which define his act. I'm also a massive fan of Bill Bailey (being a musician myself) I love the amalgamation of music and comedy, as well as his style. However, my current favourite (probably more suitable to a British audience) is Michael McIntyre, who's delivery is amazing IMO, and for me, has rebranded observational comedy, and d…

"Wait 'till I have finished my problem!" -- Archimedes of Syracuse (298-212 B.C.) The ladies have to go first. . . . Get in the lifeboat, to please me. . . . Good-bye, dearie. I'll see you later." -- John Jacob Astor, IV (1864-1912) You s.ns of bitches. Give my love to Mother." -- Francis "Two Gun" Crowley (1900-1931 "Shakespeare, I come." -- Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) "Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here." -- Nostradamus (Michel de Notre Dame) (1503-1566) http://www.ingilizce-ders.com/ingilizce-ders/quotations-ozdeyisler/last-words.htm

meet one special couple and their bundle of joy: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/14/boy.baby.dad.england/index.html?eref=edition What do you think? Plausible?

also , 2009 K1 grand prix yokohama The participating fighters Remy Bonjasky Badr Hari Semmy Schilt Peter Aerts Ewerton Teixeira Ruslan Karaev Gokhan Saki Melvin Manhoef Date : Saturday 28 March 2009 what do you think?

I wonder (star and planet names ) The Sun The Moon but Mercury(not the Mercury) Venus (not the Venus) but why?I didn`t understand

Hi folks! I've been perusing your forum and see that I'm out of my league. I watch documentaries (which I'm sure you guys could dissect in 2 seconds) and like to think of myself as scientifically informed, but I feel a little small reading some things here...You guys are DEEP... So I was wondering if some person(s) here could put stuff in layman's terms over at my political forum...Obviously, we're political with a dab of science, and you guys are science with a dab of politics... I was thinking you could throw some interesting ideas on our forum (We have a science thread) and include your forum here in your signature, and that should get some of my members ba…

As I understand although I may well be wrong. About +2% flation is good. Inflation (>0%) Things you buy become more expensive over time. Your income becomes greater over time. The rich they don't stay rich for long unless they earn money. Deflation (<0%) Things you buy become cheaper over time. Your income also decreases over time. For money you emediatly spend this is the same as when in inflation but any money you save buys you more stuff. People irrationally become anoyed that they are getting payed less over time and jobs are lost when this is maneged badly. Problem The problem with deflation is that if other countries are inflating while…

I'm curious about what people involved in science believe regarding God. Do you believe in God? Use any common definition you like.

I'm curious about what people involved in science believe regarding Thor. Do you believe in Thor? Use any common defintion you like. No, I'm not talking about, "Yes, as a literary character," nor as "Sure, as a mythological figure in Norse culture." No, I'm asking "do you believe in Thor?" Why do we completely short-circuit our normal reasoning abilities and logic when the word "god" comes up? I'd be willing to wager my right testicle that the vast majority of you right now find this thread silly, yet it's SO very similar to the thread "do you believe in god?" What the hell is supposed to be the difference? I'm genuinely curious.

PBS is re-running the Nova episode on Intelligent Design next week, so I just thought I'd mention it here. Exact timing for American viewers depends on local listings. The entire two-hour episode is available for viewing online anyway, but if you'd like me and prefer watching on TV, you can check it out. We talked about it here at SFN before, if memory serves, and I think the general consensus was that it was one of the best programs on the ID debate and the Dover trial specifically. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html

Ok, another ventilation post to make myself feel better about not fitting in the human race. There's really no reason to read this post. As much as I argue for free market capitalism, it has always been a bittersweet dilemma as capitalists have ruined the arts in America. Watching the grammys last night, I've never seen a room full of more pretentious children in my life. From what I could tell there were but a handfull of adults there to look after them. The funniest are always the rappers. Oversized hats and glasses, chunks of gold dangling from a chain, preference for gold teeth over natural ones, and incessant rambling on and on about how bad ass the…

which language do you think is the hardest to learn?

Here's a new chance to test your knowledge on bad science and learn some interesting facts: http://www.bad-science-quiz.info/

for us UKers, get your Free "Tree of Life" poster here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/darwin/ it`s at the bottom as the middle link, It`s to accompany the TV series` and Documentaries about Darwin that have been shown recently, and a Freebie from the BBC is jolly nice of them! needless to say I`v ordered mine and so should you.

One reason people believe they "just have to" convince science of the existence of the supernatural is possibly due to many a reporter's claim that scientists have disputed its existence, or are skeptical of it. However, I'm not convinced that many real scientists have claimed anything of the nature. The reporter probably either asked a wanna-be scientist, or did get a real scientist's opinion but presented it as a factual statement. Or the reporter may have colorfully tweaked the answer, so the scientist's claim has been totally altered. For example, a scientist's response might be "it's certainly not science" or "there is no evidence" -- you know, the typ…

Okay. Empiricism is our friend. There was a disagreement in the thread "Do you believe in God" and I'd like to clarify. If you voted in that thread, please vote here. When casting your vote about your belief in god in that other thread, were you referring to an Abrahamic/creator God (like Yahweh or Allah), a Greco-Roman god (like Zeus, Apollo, or Thor), or something else entirely (please explain)? My contention is that people at this site voting in that thread were implicitly referring to the monotheistic creator god based on abrahamic religions, and I wonder if the data will bear this out. Thanks.

Just came across this today and I find it mind boggling. I'm still slowly coming to terms with the fact that many people think a pen would float on the moon and that astronauts wear heavy boots to keep from floating away - but this really hurts my brain. http://failblog.org/2009/02/04/verizon-math-fail/ ...and to think people like this buy houses after diligently crunching the numbers and making sure they can afford to. Did I mention the hurt?

There's been an ongoing and frustrating debate with my roommate, one that hopefully you guys can resolve. He thinks a theory can evolve into a fact once it has enough evidence, and I think a theory will never become a fact because it explains the fact. Specifically, we were talking about gravity, he says it's a fact because we can see it, and I say there's a theory of gravity to explain that fact of gravity.

I'm sure this question will sound incredibly stupid to some, but until now, I've handwritten my assignments. I've started using LaTex, and I've already nearly finished an assignment, which looks fine, but... How do you insert breaks between sentences in LaTex e.g To determine the solution of <equation here>, we proceed as follows... <equation> <equation> I'm using MikTex, and the TeXnic center platform...however I keep using the \begin{flushleft} command to create a space between my equations...which isn't right. I've searched through the basic tutorials, and I can't find a basic command.

Would be cool if you could have glasses which let you see the greenhouse gases as they're released. And in other news (while on the topic of seeing the normally unseen) Google has added an "Ocean Bottom" viewer to its Google Earth app. (Wonder if one day it'll let us see the huge garbage trail encircling a huge swath of the ocean and making contributions to our dinner plates?)

http://iinet.net.au/customers/news/articles/741131.html How on earth did she not notice this?

The New Element - Governmentium (Gv) Recent hurricanes and gasoline issues are proof of the existence of a new chemical element. Research has led to the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A …

Is an induction heater basically an electromagnet with an alternating current instead of direct current? i'm finding descriptions a little vague