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You know how the World Series is the grandest stage of them all for baseball, like the Super Bowl for football, or E3 for video games? What would be that equivilant for science? I'm assuming it would be something some non-profit committee puts together where scientists from all over the world showcase their studies and discoveries, but what's it called? Where's it located? When does it take place? Curiosity like this drives me crazy, so please respond ASAP.

my mother had me build this in her back yard: she liked how it turned out, so now shes having me build her another one on the other side of the yard. i dug the holes a few weeks ago (the posts were a pain to get) this is the first hole: to see the second one, picture the exact same thing, but 10 feet to the left. this is the third hole: i dont know what to do about that, but im pretty sure i cant cement a post in it. any ideas on what would cause that, or how to fix it? (this is my first time using this image hosting site, let me know if there are problems accessing it.)

Well it does if you are talking billions Ridiculous isn't it how One Billion minus One Billion can equal 0.999 Billion, but it's true. How did we end up in such a situation? In fact I think both long and short formats are wrong and they shouldn't have a new name until the current one needs to be used again. So a hundred hundred is a thousand, a thousand thousand is a million, a million million is a billion, a billion billion is a trillion and so on.

I was wandering around the Internets and I came across something funny - a company called ReputationDefender. They claim to defend you against "unfair, revealing and hurtful" things on the Internet by getting them removed - their site aptly says "Next, we DESTROY" the content. Frankly I think it's all a bit dumb. Apparently, their method of choice to "destroy" content is to send emails to the owner of the site (one guy's experience). Obviously a lot of site owners are complying with the demands, or ReputationDefender wouldn't be in business. But seriously, though: ReputationDefender claims that it will help you get jobs or get in to colleges because they won't kno…

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Science is the literature of truth? in other words, Science is knowledge socially produced... I need some opinions, do you agree or disagree, why? I choose disagree because even science has and will sometimes come to wrong conclusions.

share on a way to stop a 10m high wave coming at you. you can post all your ideas. thank you

Science 'versus' God It has been posted that Carl Sandage wrote: "People have attacked me because I do only one thing. But that one thing is to try to figure how the world is put together. The world is incredible, just the fact that you and I are here, and that the atoms of your body were once part of stars. They say I’m on some sort of religious quest, looking for God; but God is the way it’s put together. Anyway," he laughed,"I’m a nut, you know. Crazy." The poster of the above message added: Few agree with Carl Sandage, he admits this with his own words. He attempted to theologize science. If you are making the point that unanimous agreement does not e…

What is selfishness composed of? What does it acheive for the individual?

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When Science is Displaced by Falsity The much applauded and controversial 'Big Bang Theory' is not a theory. It is an hypothesis. The much applauded and controversial 'Super String Theory' is not a theory. It is an hypothesis. (Please refer, Webster's dictionary, or, any dictionary of scientific terms.) These importantly expansive misunderstandings negatively influence and handicap the entire world of contemplation at the foundations of objective thinking. These endlessly repeated misnomers sustain themselves. Calling hypotheses 'theories' is unscientific and misleading, digressive and harmful. Would I be banned - or omitted from posting - for tactfully pointing t…

If global warming results in parts of the world becoming inhabitable then where will the immigrants? Presumably Europe and central america will be the least affected by climate change. So will a couple of billion extra people fit. Immigrants already have a stigma attached to them in britain and I've heard reports about problems on the US/mexico border.

I have an opinion that brains can be calibrated. Peoples brains were the first scientific instruments. Only the calibrated ones could return after travel with accuate information. A Plains Indian Scout would return and his accuracy would be critical to the tribes survival. Eastern religious orders cranked out monks and eastern science surpasses some aspects of ours now. Discipline and training in ordered, common sense thinking can let each capable mind reach its optimum abilities. Take 10 citizens on a street and let them observe a single confusing event. You will get 10 differing stories as to what happened Maybe one will describe the truth. This indi…

Hey! I am from Wharton at The University of Pennsylvania and I am doing some market research about online communities for a management class. I was wondering if any of you could take my survey, everything is confidential and it would be a lot of help! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=574823504507 Thanks, -Katie

you may remember that a while back i posted a little theory about what sayonara does in his spare time ( http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=22448&highlight=secret ) well, i've got MORE evidence! check out what he's selling. note the titles of EVERY single item. http://www.cafepress.com/sayo_sabotage

We've been plotting some new features for SFN and one was a sort of bookstore with all sorts of science-related books. So, I'd like to solicit ideas for science books. We should stick with the basics: books about physics, cosmology, medicine, etc. without having books that require a PhD. to understand. Things that someone highly interested in science, but without a degree in it, could sit down and read and enjoy. Suggest away.

this is mainly for the admin. but you may remember that a few months ago the site started redirecting people who just logged in to a blank page and the back button didn't do anything. well, its happeneing again, to me at least. i get redirected from the homepage (http://www.scienceforums.net) to http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/profile.php?do=dst

Obviously we won't be around forever, I wonder what the circumstances will be, a quick death from a catastrophic event? Maybe something that would be considered science fiction today? I wish I could travel into the future and see what society will be like.

Wow: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4017784a13.html Imagine if all roofing material could be made photovoltaic...

The scenario is the following. You have been given a permanent, completely unconditional salary, equivalent to that of a solidly middle class job, maybe a little above average. You pay no taxes. You can spend as little or as much as you want, however, there are several restrictions. You cannot make any investments. You cannot sell anything for money. You cannot take out any kind of loan. You can have a job, but you cannot accept any salary. You are allowed to save your money, and can access it anywhere, but you can collect no interest on it. If you think up any other loophole to increase your budget, assume you can't do that either. Also, you don't have the option of refu…

I have been puzzled by the course I will enrol. There are several options for me to choose but I don’t know which the best to choose is. They are all the best in my mind. teacher appreciation quote , education online and debt consolidation are the options. I hope someone can give me some constructive suggestions. Any help would be appreciated!

So you've popped your clogs, and as you look towards a white light you hear a deafening sigh, followed by, 'well, you may think you've lead an honest and fruitful life, but I beg to differ, as punishment you must be reincarnated as an animal, not of human traits...' The upside is you get to choose the animal for your reincarnation, but as above not a human. So what animal would you choose, and why ?

Hi all, I’d like your opinion on an idea of mine. It can be found on: http://alternativemishmash.blogspot.com. I’d appreciate your responses, be it constructive criticism, your approval, or admitting confusion. Corrections and additional knowledge will be welcomed with open arms. I don’t mind if you email or post a comment… I’m pretty desperate for feedback if you couldn’t tell. It involves renewable energy and a lot of physics, you know you want to check it out....

I was just watching the noon news today while I ate my lunch, and I almost lost that lunch when I heard a local reporter doing a story on the upcoming climate change report, which is due out tomorrow. The station had just done a report on the tsunami and was doing one of those after-story chat things with the local weather girl, and he actually suggested that the recent tsunamis may be the result of global warming. No. Really. Is it just me or are these people actually getting *dumber*?

I found the following quote by Albert Einstein. I like it. I can't remember where it came from. What do you think this quote really means? I think I know, but I'm having trouble finding the words to explain it. I'm looking for help. What say you?