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Hello, After dabbling with science on an amateur/foundation level for a year, I have decided to pursue a BSc in one of the science fields. However, I'm torn between physics, biology and chemistry, all of which I find appealing. Since I feel attracted to them all, particularly modern physics and biochemistry, which one would provide the best employment opportunities in the future? It seems at first glance that chemistry and biochemistry would provide the best opportunities, but would it be possible to study physics on the undergraduate level and then study electrical or mechanical engineering on the postgraduate level? That might cover both bases . Thanks fo…

How do you say UFO in French? OUF?

This rare species originates from greece. Bones have been found in liverpool near the river, we belive this to be the same as in greece. Does anyone have more info on this exciting discovery. It has been name ypsilantuseritus.

I always want to know what the other intra web people look like... Don't be shy...

I'm writing a research paper about adult stem cells, and I have came across termology im unfamiliar with. The term is canonical wingless pathway. In a report I have found <http://www.jbc.org.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/cgi/reprint/M406275200v1> this below is an exerpt how it is being used. thanks. "It is established that human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) from bone marrow are a source of osteoblast progenitors in vivo and under appropriate conditions, differentiate into osteoblasts ex vivo. Since hMSCs are recovered by iliac crest aspirate and enriched by virtue of their adherence to tissue culture plastic, the cells provide a convenient ex vivo model for the …

I'm an American and work for a European company in the US office. We have Sr. Mgmt from England over here and a number of British expats working under them. There's an enormous amount of nationalistic tension between them and the Americans. For quite some time I stayed on the sidelines of this feud because I saw the Americans as being more than equally guilty of progressing this, plus, I've worked in an international environment for quite some time and realize how stupid and destructive this nonsense is. One of the things that really tees off my US counterparts is that while the essence of an ex-pat package (and it's a nice one at this company) holds that it giv…

i am a Chinese boy,20 years old studying Computer science and Economics all right, i desided to study abstract algebra after graduation. if you are open minded and you love math and philosophy&religion then try to reply i will show my contact later

Just showing off...

Sooo... Half-Life 2 is available tomorrow (at least legally it is :> ). Anyone else going to buy it/has preordered it with Steam? I think it has had so much hype that if it sucks, some people (most likely including me) are going to smack their heads against the wall for a few months.

Imagine this,a rock flies up the air while cooling down,a projectile accelerating while losing heat.We never see this kind of phenomena happening even though it is follows the 1st law of thermodynamics,that energy mya be converted from one form to another without loss.However,the second law of thermodynamics states that entropy is one-way(ie. we cannot decrease entropy without an increase in it locally of a greater magnitude)As we can see, the amount of usable energy deceases at an accelertaing rate.The random movement of molecules can't be ordered up in a single direction,therefore decresing entropy and increasing the amount of usable energy.thermal energy,however conver…

I need one to fit... and I suck at teh intra web...

Can you make me an algorythym with a GUI that just has X and Y inputs? Three text boxes are all I'm need .. As inVisual Basic... Duh I have it on my mschine but dont remeber how to do it...

I have VB and could make one in thay but in lazy... any better ideas. Excell)?

All, thinking I might be victim of an Inet scam -- inbox items from my account on hotmail appear to have been read before I got to them. I'm curious: obviously it would be easy for anyone anywhere in the world to go to hotmail.com, enter an accurate username and then try to guess the password. I know the server locks one out after so many attempts (yes, I'm old and feeble enough where I sometimes forget my own pw so I speak from experience!). Is it possible for the wizards at hotmail to provide me with the IP of anyone who's tried to get into my screenname/acct? (Have tried email to them but no joy over the weekend, thought someone of an Internet background might know…

Hey guys, I just wanted to mention that I haven't abandoned you, I'm just totally overwhelmed right now with schoolwork and other projects. I've at least scanned over most of the threads in the Politics board, and you guys are having some great discussions in there and I wish I had time to jump in. As always the level of discussion that takes place here is just outstanding. Soon as things level off here I promise I'll be back in the fray.

All, please let me know if the following will make me look like an idiot. I have a cynical, comical group of contacts and I try to keep up. Soon we expect our third son and I'm thinking of sending this sarcastic announcement. Your honest feedback on whether it's funny will be appreciated: >> Pleased to report that Cameron James arrived xxx and weighed in at xxx. He’s in fine shape as is his Mom, who’s been a true star throughout the entire 65 months of this pregnancy. In fact, everyone’s just plain dandy -- even me. No, the stress of now being responsible for the livelihood of three kids in a troubled world hasn’t driven Dad over the edge. In fact, onc…

firstly, i chose my avatar representing choice.... not drugs! i was thinking maybe i should change it, however it is a way in which i represent myself, so should i change it and then people might not recognise me, or go for a new look?

Any Ideas for making one out of coffee filters (too corse) and houshold materials?

and i look like a complete idiot....

Does anyone know the name of the section in the brain that can cause your senses to make things seem bizzare, etc?

Any of you has fish at home? Can you tell me more about it ? How to remove the chlorine in water? How can I find some micro-organism for the fish to eat? What does fish mainly eat? Why there is a lot of microogranism on the surface of algae?

Alot of teenagers when they hear the word 'school' they just well grow sick and don't want to do it. I agree, it's boring sometimes, and i dislike all subjects except... Science. Something about Science interests me big time. I think it's the feeling that you get when a friend says 'Do you get this?' and you know you do. When i was younger scientists were like geniuses and everything to them was complex to me, but now that i understand some i feel part of that group. I love science. Why do you love Science? P.S. What is the name of the one-celled organism we all started out as? Started with a Z, forgot it...

Well, i'm not sure whether this sign is only experienced in Singapore. So, wanna ask your views on that. IN the past, i found that people tend to be more friendly to each other. For example, neighbours living around the same area would greet each other even though both are completely strangers. If it is not greeting, they would smile at each other and ask a question or two to start a friendly conversation? Yet, now, everyone seems to be becoming self-centred and cold towards one another. this greatly dampens the community spirit, and the joy of living together in one community. Food for thought: what has caused us to be like that? What are your views?

I have a modelling exam tomorrow on stuff like heat flow, wave equation, Laplace/Fourier transforms and fluid flow and I've come to the realisation that mathematics causes Gulf War Syndrome. Maybe one day the government will recognise my plight and not claim that my condition is purely psychological. Complex analysis is all fun and games until someone loses an i.