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If the apple didn't fall on Newton's head, could mankind ever get his priceless theory? What would have happened to the present world if Pythagoras never discovered the famous theorem? Could modern trigonometry develop without it? Or, is it more probable that some other person would have invented them? Could modern science be developed without Faradays' experiment or Maxwell's explanations about electromagnetism? It seems that if those legends hadn't been born, our world would have never come to this level. What do you think about this? Any thoughts or ideas or imaginations?

hey guys... If you have interest in science and enjoy learning and studying, does this necessarily make you a hard working employee should you join the workforce? In what situations would this be the case and in what situations would this not be the case? What is everyone's personal experiences from viewing the world? I heard people who enjoy learning about science tend to be quite lazy and this explains why they have so much time to ponder upon scientific/philosophical questions ordinary folk don't even bother looking into or thinking about. thanks, mad_scientist

Can someone remember the title/name of a sixties television show/program featuring competitive, athletic type of activities, with creative challenging games ? -Not standard sports- I remember little as being black and white; same exact era Shindig! was aired; usually took place in stadiums, participants were mostly teams of universities? or countries. By some reason I think Germany had some to do with it, but unsure.

If you would like to watch Donald Trump say the word “China” 234 times then... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-says-china_us_55e06f30e4b0aec9f352e904

anybody know? what percentage do out of the total?

My name is Teodor Kirchev i am from Bulgaria and i would to help the world's industry , i love physics and engineering but for the most part of my life no one cares about that even my parent do not care, all they care is do i study a language . but i would like to help the world with the energy supply . and to make technology so that we have better tomorrow but my high school teachers made sure that i will not go to university/college , so for year and half i am living with my mom and when i do not work i try to learn new things , and i would like to build technology for the earth and all the living in it . but i am taught not to mess with people and just to be a sheep…

How do people typically refer to being employed by a company as a member of the company as opposed to as a freelancer? If you were to phrase it: "I want to work for you, whether freelance or _____"

Hello Science Forums, This is my first post here and I came to this forum so I can ask people for advice on a web show I am working on called AID - "Amazing Internet Discoveries". The webshow will be small 3-4 minute videos consisting of new science news, innovative technology, cool gadgets, and other amazing internet finds. Right now I have 2 videos up on Youtube with the 3rd being worked on right now. Here are the 2 videos: First episode - Flying concept bike, Heating homes with Internet https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=26UihaNPdek Second episode - World's first rotating skyscraper, Keeping instincts in check Some advice I am loo…

I have my speculations that I am. I drank 2 3 cupfulls of choclate milk before I went to sleep about 2 days ago, and let me tell you something. I was not comfortable once I went to bed. There was a lot of "thunder from down under" if you know what I mean. What about your experiences.

I'm 16 years old. My school classes suck. I live in Turkey. I live alone with my parents. I don't have friends. I don't have self-confidence. I don't have phone. I'm usually always on the computer. I'm learning computer. Am i too late to be a scientist?

Hi guys, I recently heard that now there are glasses that you can buy if you are colour blind to see the missing colours from one's regular vision (http://enchroma.com/). I am just wondering and have been thinking all humans are actually all colour blind to a large extent as we cannot see the large range of light out there except what is in the visible light spectrum. The mantis shrimp for example (http://www.livescience.com/42797-mantis-shrimp-sees-color.html) has 12 colour receptors in its eyes and has excellent vision. Will science ever advance in our century enough to provide glasses which we can use to see light from the infrared, UV and other ranges so…

So, what's your favourite sport or game?? It can be outdoor or indoor. :-)

I've got a sudden chess tournament coming up tomorrow. I haven't practiced or studied, but I would still like to do well. I have identified that my most major issue in chess (and other things) is lack of concentration. It happens more often than it should that I have a good/better position then I blunder after a long game because I lose focus and just wait for the game to be over. That's why I'm disproportionately bad at blitz (speed) chess as opposed to classical. It's not just chess. When I studied for college, I would often just stare at the page for a long time not reading anything, because my mind tends to wander off too much. Does anyone know of any good wa…

i tried to post some creative art i did here and im not sure if i didnt post it or it got deleted though i cant imagine why so heres a small scifi comic i did some time ago on a reflection if mankind can achieve some day immortality through clonation and ego loading the sixth day movie way: what do you think of it i dont know if i should continue making comics: http://s40.photobucket.com/user/raaaid/media/comic2/1_zps1rp0ynb2.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

Brilliant use of the comma in a recent moderator decision: And, while we are at it, there is the Oxford comma: And the comma of direct address (more informally known as the Donner Party comma) which makes the difference between: "Let's eat, Grandma!" and "Let's eat Grandma!"

I didn't see any general discussion immediate bitcoin threads on SFN in the search the last time I looked, so I am making this thread. I'm outsourcing. If you don't know about bitcoin, you may want to start here: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf I have read and read about the bitcoin project, and it seems great. I took some accounting classes in high school, been paid a paycheck, had to experience what it's like to "know the value of a dollar," so I understand the principles of what is going on. What I like about Bitcoin is that on a more mature level, it's like it's auditing the value of a dollar so that you REALLY know what it means to earn that dollar, thus r…

Instagram, twitter or Facebook have been a thief of a teenage's time and mostly some adults. Back into the big question "How a teenager should manage the social media?" the answer should be to control the time that we spend on it? we just delete our accounts? how much care we have to have? And i mean, when we post a picture on our profile is a past in that. How we add the effects, why we choose that photo. The media is taking ourselves more dependent of others. and thats is good or wrong? Should we spend many time a day checking others life...? the cyberbullying is increasing because more people care about this medias. Whats the right and smart solution? Put your account …

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I'm currently taking Zyban and due to stop smoking completely this coming Monday. I think I can handle the withdrawal in the day because it's not too hard to find something to do to distract myself but lying in bed at night when there's nothing but my own thoughts, before I fall asleep, might be a big challenge. Anybody have any ideas how to deal with it? It might not be a problem because the Zyban should be fully working by then but I don't know how much yet it will attenuate the withdrawal symptoms. I'm trying to preempt the problem and be ready to deal with it if it turns difficult at that time of night,

Why is this word so widely used in English, with apparent multiple meanings if it really means anything ? Where does it come from ? jackass jackrabbit car jack jacknife jackalope jackup jackhammer amberjack Monterey jack pepperjack blackjack lojack jackscrew jack-o-lantern skipjack jackpot jack in the box cracker jack jack-o-lantern Jacks in playing cards Plus the ones you know...

So which are you h/t to Academia Obscura

I'd like to hear from native speakers of English only here. When I say someone works as a salesman, does that mean to you someone who works at a store (say selling computers) or does that word have a more general meaning that includes that, as well as someone sitting at an office, calling people up to offer them wares, traveling salesmen etc.? If I want to refer to someone who works at a computer store or a shoe store, would you refer to that as a retail salesman, necessarily?

"There's only one true king of rock 'n' roll," said Stevie Wonder. "His name is Chuck Berry." The death at a great age of one of the true legends - and the coolest musician perhaps ever http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39321495 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11991161 And is this possibly one of the greatest memorials that could be imagined? And as a sidenote - "Carl...sorry, Professor Sagan (I feel that I know you although we have never met) you are coolest science dude and I mourn that we lost you so early"

The US army has just declassified and scanned some old footage of atomic bomb test which were on the brink of becoming unusable. Here is the playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvGO_dWo8VfcmG166wKRy5z-GlJ_OQND5 I thought some of these might be interesting for you from a physics perspective, especially the one detonated high in the air, which shows a uniform fireball followed by some interesting physics. This last one looks especially mesmerizing to me: