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I have research a lot of evidence to suggest that Ben Franklin was involved in illegal anatomy. This evidence suggest that the body’s were found in his home were 4 adults and 6 children all with saw marks and drills. This was because that grave digging and stealing body came illegal and murder was an option for many anatomists. what do you think?

Sweet: pineapple and fudge. Savoury: bacon and egg.

Whats the meaning behind your username? Mine comes from back in my AOL days (private room: VB, VB5). When I first started using AOL I got into programming little "proggies" to run on top of the AOL software. Everyone who programmed had an alias, and so I needed one. I started out calling myself "one", but I quickly realized everyone and their mother probably went by that name. Soon thereafter I made the screen name OnE2BLiKe (one to be like). One day i was like hrm....I think I'll call myself blike... ...that was around 5 years ago. Now all of my online names have blike in them and its typically what people call me online. Now that I've shed light on my shamef…

USS George H W Bush was commissioned today. It was televised, so you should be able to view it on YouTube soon should you want to.

American carol the DVD just came out and my friend told me it was good so we watched… I wanted to woop him until I watched it.. I thought it was GREAT!!!

I planted serrano peppers this year and they're just starting to be ready for harvest. Anybody have any good hot sauce recipes? I've been wanting to make my own for a while. (Also growing my own tomatoes and garlic)!

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/expelled.php PZ Myers, the blogger behind Pharyngula, was almost arrested when he tried to attend a showing of Ben Stein's new anti-Evolution movie Expelled. However, they completely missed his guest...

So, we have multiple examples of iconic music in our past. Monkey Man by the Stones comes to mind. Imagine by Lennon. Even Born in the USA by the boss. Whole albums by Willie Nelson or Neil Young also fit the bill. What music has come out recently that you think will achieve the iconic status? What songs by what people will stand the test of time? I posted this in the General Discussion forum, but please feel free to speculate. Who are the performers to watch? What are the songs to hear? DISCLAIMER: I need a new album in my collection that won't bore me after a week.

accessing this site on a Nintendo DS you tend to notice things you wouldn`t ordinarily see or pay attention to, having a look yesterday I noticed our Members count (currently 9,969 Members). so Not long now!

Well, now that I'm back, I'm going to disappear again, albeit only for a bit more than a week. Every alternate year, Brown sponsors a trip for the new grad students and a group of undergrads to Belize for a trip into the jungle and then fieldwork on a small coral island. Unfortunately, this means I'll be without internet from the 11th to the 20th. On the upside, I leave freezing Providence for a week in a tropical paradise, and may actually get to do some experiments I've wanted to for a long time (brittlestar locomotion). Mokele

I need to know some decent books/authors for the following topics: 1. Astronomy and Cosmology Phsics 2. Modern and Theoretical Physics 3. Relativity 4. And...why not, maybe one about Genetics. I would really appreciate some books, or some famous Science authors to look for. I prefer to read books than to connect various information across the internet. Make sure they are not advanced books, im new to Physics.

Don't forget to add a second onto your timepieces at midnight GMT. Apparently we have to do this so that high noon won't be at 1 pm in a few hundred years.

SFN has hit a new milestone in the usage of our blogs:

As of today, January 4th (well, it's still today here...), I've been a member on SFN for five years. Wow. Back when I joined I knew practically nothing about science, hardly understood the conversations on the forum, and of course made about 25 posts per day. (I still hate reading old threads that I posted in. You can tell I was clueless.) In the time since, I've learned enough that I can actually participate and sound somewhat intelligent (at least I think), become a member of staff, turned 17, and learned how to manage a complex Linux server. Without the existence of SFN, I would never have learned as much about science or been nearly as interested in it…

What is your life number? It’s basically your Date of Birth! If you are born on the 21st, then its 2+1 = 3, if 19th = 1+9 = 10 so 1+0 =1. Curious to see if there is a common no in this forum!! ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 (10/1, 19/1) The Life Path 1 suggests that you entered this plane with skills allowing you to become a leader type rather easily. Your nature is charged with individualistic desires, a demand for independence, and the need for personal attainment. Many of our military generals, corporate leaders, and political leaders are men and women having the Life Path 1. When you display positive 1 traits your…

Hi everybody, my name is Farid and I am new to this forum because of this question I have. My question is, where does consciousness come from when we are all made from atom, which seems to be unconscious? This seems like putting piece of cloth together and getting a conscious being, is it possible? I might get answers such as the brain or even heart, but are they too not made of atoms? Thank you.

Here's a video of people paying with pennies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsz__5aium0 Enjoy

Firstly Happy New Year to all forum users. I've just watched the film 'Superman Returns' (for the physics mistakes of course!) which was on over the holidays and noticed that when Superman carried the "kryptonite island" off into he space he gave it an almighty push and off went the island into space however Superman stayed where he was. Wouldn't Superman have been propelled backward with an equal force to that which he gave the island, or are we to assume that Superman has infinite inertia?

Here is a theory. I don't mean any insult by it although it could be taken the wrong way in terms of PC sensitivity. If you look at the profile of the average serial killer, it includes white male. What this implies, under the same inducing conditions, the rest of the demographics are not affected the same way as the white male. At a social level, the white male is sort of put on a pedestal since equality laws are designed for the rest of the demographics to balance the field. What this seems to imply is the white male has the furthest to fall (subjectively within). In other words, if one is put down and sees their place in the pecking order subjectively lower the f…

I've been trying to find something decent that would help me grip more knowledge on science. I need extremely beginner lessons/information. Some of these words in the forum i have never seen in my life. Im in public schooling high school though...so i have an excuse! I'd really prefer books or webpages. Forums are alright, I will probably attempt to come back here in the future, but most likely if I stayed I would just embarras myself, heh. And one last heads up, i don't know any of the "sections" of science either, so i do not know which i would be more interested in, which is why i want a more open-sided information that can display all science. Thank y…

im starting this tread just so people can post how they came across SFN and science, good luck, youll need it

This thread exists for the sole purpose of calling out those who need to change their avatar for various reasons. Dudde, my man, it's time. You've had that avatar for years.

I would love to make some biofuel for myself using vegetable oil, ethanol and a catalyst due to the prohibitively high cost of fuel at the moment and the probability that the cost will remain high in the future. The question is, will it be economical to do so or is it not worth the hassle?

I wish Google Earth would broadcast videos with live webcams, it would be so expansive today, i know, but still it is a matter of the nearest future. Imagine you can view anything live anywhere in the world. There is an privacy issue though that would be hard to solve. On the other hand crimes and illigal business would diminish:cool:

What the hell inspired your name?