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The U-235 isotope article on Wikipedia displays the following article: Link I realized that being the skeptic I am, if a discovery of that magnitude was in the papers today I'd probably think to myself "Yeah right, some pseudoscientists wanting publicity again". I can only wonder what were people's reactions back then, with the war going on and all.

I don't suppose anyone else here listens to Lemon Demon? It's a one man geek rock band. I highly recomend these songs. http://www.lemondemon.com/lemondemon/Word%20Disassociation.mp3 http://www.lemondemon.com/lemondemon/Action%20Movie%20Hero%20Boy.mp3 http://www.lemondemon.com/lemondemon/Kitten%20Is%20Angry.mp3

I just noticed that "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins is currently the #3 best selling book on Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/new-for-you/top-sellers/-/books/all/ref=sv_b_2/102-6972547-7015328 It is currently #8 on the New York Times Bestseller List for hardcover nonfiction. http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/002-2663731-6688824?ie=UTF8&docId=239332

This is for people who like chemistry and games. For fifty bucks should I get lots of chemistry stuff or Battlefield 1942 Battlefield 1942

First, I hope that this post doesn’t offend anyone. If the moderators feel that this topic is inappropriate, I won’t mind if they delete it. Today, I made the decision to stop attending church. For several months, I’ve been attending only because I felt like I needed to. It seemed like my family expected me to, and it would be difficult for me to explain why I didn’t want to attend anymore. My parents were surprised when I said that. They instantly started blaming Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins, since I had bought their books a few weeks ago. However, I had made my decision long ago with the help of several SFN members. My parents told me that it was my d…

I have a slot 1 pentium3 cpu on an old Brilliant 1 MB. Currently I have an ATI rage graphics card, What is the best card I could use without changing to a DVI monitor oh and using Windows 98?

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=f5f9386c-83ff-4634-9452-eb0d385921ba Now, I'm all for deflating pseudoscience, but I think this guy's assumptions are seriously flawed. He assumes that every time a vampire feeds, a new vampire is created. However, many versions of the story have it that most of the time vampires simply kill their victims, and only rarely create another vampire. Also, it's assumed that all vampires survive and regularly feed until there's literally no food left. I see no reason to assume this, since a)vampires might not actually need to feed at all, and b)if vampires, why not vampire hunters, thinning the herd? As for ghosts, …

Hello buddies!! It has been since June 12, 2006 that I have posted on SFN!! I have been doing good, as I'm taking Mechanical Engineering at University of New Brunswick. (In New Brunswick, Canada). It is keeping me really busy, as I just finished my midterms, but I love it. I also noticed that LaTeX appears as smudges on my laptop. Any resolution(s) to remove it? Thanks and hope to hear from you guys again!

So Im walking home from work and I'm in a good mood,(rare) even singin along to the songs on my mp3 player on the way. Then I get home, open the front door, and right away I see my sliding glass door is open. After frantically checking the apartment to make sure there wasn't still anybody inside I checked out the damage. My ps2 is gone, my DVD rack is empty. And worst of all, the cd wallet I keep all my games and movies in is gone too, bringing the total damage up to probably a couple thousand dollars. And to top it off im about 99% sure it was someone from my apartment complex, so now I feel totally paranoid about getting robbed again. And no there is no p…

The irony mark. Also, the sarcasm mark. My life is changed forever.~

I just wanted to put this out there and get some responses on this 'theory'. by sun, i mean exposure to the sun.

Has anybody seen the web site http://www.laststophell.com? It’s absolutely hilarious to read, but I think the author meant for it to be serious! Here are some of the craziest quotes from the pages of this web site:

http://www.badscience.net/?p=314 (scroll down a bit for the actual essay) I found this one hell of a read. Thoughts, anyone?

So, Daniel Dennett and some other EDGE people attending an Evolution conference were sitting around, and Paris Hilton showed up... http://edge.org/ (Yes, that sounds like the set up for a bad joke, but it actually happened) Too bad big thinkers can't be superstars...

Yesterday during my 3ds Max class, someone next to me was[i don't think they were in the class; it's a VERY relaxed environment ] was doing this Rubik's Cube like flash game. It's pretty sweet. Check it out, it's called 3DLogic And speaking of Rubik's Cube, that really got me into puzzle games[i'm trying to expand my mind so I can be a better programmer:D], so I think I'm giong to get a Rubik's Cube soon. I guess it was a fad a few years back, still looks fun. Any of you play with Rubik's Cubes?

Hi everyone, I'm looking for a few good books on tribal societies and culture. Specifically, I'm looking for something on African tribes and South American tribes - one book for each would be preferable. I'm looking for something as broad as possible - culture, arts, religions, politics, social dynamics, ecology, etc. Anybody know any good books?

Yeah, we really kind of jacked up the whole planet didn't we. Oh well, me likey. How about you?

I don't know what this is supposed to proove.... I am just interested in the results this poll will provide.

Hey all, I went through a very rough time recently. Mostly becaouse of stereotyping and people spreading rumors. This was not a highschool scale problem, it could have had a huge impact on my life. However, justice came through, even if some people did not. So I feel like talking about opinions, stereotypes and their infliuence on sociaty. Please leave your 2c as I feel it is an important topic. Forming an option about someone should be a careful and rational procedure. It is often too easy to assume or borrow opinions from others. However, assuming and stereotyping are rarely reflections of reality. How do you know that person said that? How do you know he did th…

I hope i'm not being presumptuous but i assume in a science forum i won't have to explain what it means. Personally I like 'how many roads must a man walk down' ***Discuss***

Over the past... however many weeks it has been since school started, I have grown increasingly frustrated by my government class. It is an AP course (AP U.S. and Comparative Government, for those of you residing outside of the States) and should be university-level education. However, the class reminds me more of grade school than uni. We constantly do nothing in the class. We continually do projects that teach us nothing and allow us to fake doing work. In the past... two months I don't believe I have learned a single thing in that class. In fact, the teacher has made progress in dumbing us down - she encourages 5-paragraph essay format, which is heralded by o…

Couldn't find anything through google (that specifically answers this) for some reason, very simple question, my red savina chili plant has been flowering for nearly two weeks now, does anybody know when it'll start bearing chilies...yes, I'm being impatient.

I'm looking for a good name for a website that debunks various pseudoscientific claims. Any ideas? Thanks.

Woohoo!!! i have to write this fast because the power could go out any second. anyway we have a ton of snow and the power is out everywhere. trees are falling, its amazing. YAY MOTHER NATURE!!!!