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The process of submitting scientific manuscripts to journals is a crucial aspect of scientific publishing, and it involves various steps that require significant effort from scientists. Previous studies have explored various aspects of the submission process, such as the time required and the challenges faced by scientists. However, there is a lack of comprehensive research on the overall effort required by scientists when submitting manuscripts to journals. I invite you to contribute to our study. You can find the questionnaire at https://www.soscisurvey.de/MetaScienceQuestionnaire/ It will take approx. 5 minutes to fill out all questions. Tha…

My maternal grandfather once said that men were attracted to women and that women were attracted to men. He also said that genes were responsible for homosexuality. I have heard a number of claims, including from one chemist, that homosexuality was "not natural". Granted, humans do many things that don't seem natural like travel in automobiles, have plastic surgery, type here on science forums, put on messy makeup and wear clothes. I personally think many more living humans on earth are inherently attracted to others of the same sex (or perceived same sex) than many people dare realize. Modern man, often under monotheistic religious influence, has made this kind of …

Jews comprise a disproportionally large part of Nobel laureates: (List of Jewish Nobel laureates - Wikipedia). Is there a scientifically accepted explanation to this phenomenon?

To put my long story short, I'd like to call someone I don't trust. I do not really want to call him but I have to. I have his cellphone number. I think the best way is to do it through public telephone stand but such thing is getting rare. Which way is more anonymous? 1. By putting a few more number before his number, which is a way to hide the caller's number. 2. By making a call through Skype. 3. Any other method? If I make a call through Skype, will my nickname, email address or even any of my phone number provided to Skype/Microsoft be shown to his side?

I am currently looking into the following questions and would be open to hear thoughts, credible research findings in this area, or any reccomended references. Typically, what germs or bacteria is there on food items purchased in the supermarket such as frozen food packages? If so, are the known germs/bacteria harmful to humans on average and how long would they stay 'alive' on the items? If freezing food items that are packaged/boxed, what does this do to any potential germs/bacteria on the packaging? Would wiping down the boxes/bags of frozen items after removing them from the freezer actually remove the germs (such as wiping with warm water or antibacterial s…

I was just made aware of a bird call identifier called Merlin. Last evening a friend used some (name unknown to me) app to identify a plant; I used to have one on a previous phone, and newer iOS devices can leverage visual lookup to do so. In the past I’ve used an app to identify insects (bug identifier or picture insect) I also have a sound meter app. What else is out there for nature and science buffs? Preferably free, and stand-alone — nothing that needs to be plugged in to the phone.

There is a fascinating aspect of human physiology that I've personally experienced: the ability to initiate sensations akin to an adrenaline rush at will, without the need for external triggers. Through personal exploration and discussions with medical professionals, it's become apparent that this ability involves a deliberate activation of specific musculature, possibly connected to the autonomic nervous system. This activation induces a sympathetic nervous system response, leading to the release of adrenaline and subsequent physiological changes such as increased heart rate and pupil dilation. What sets this phenomenon apart is its self-initiated nature, devoi…

There are two issues that I am concerned. Probably paranoid? 1. Wireless charging 2.Magnetic Will it generate more radiation or anything around that could increase health risk? On the other hand, if my hand gets wet and I use the magsafe powerbank, could it lead to any danger?

Greetings. Soil, warmth and water usually does trigger to sprout. What if instead of water, some fluid nutrient 'tea' is used, for the event of the soil being less than ideal ? Read about using corn starch 'tea' but seems to be more oriented to suspend the seeds than supplying nutrients. Do you know of what has been tried ? Any guess on preparing such 'tea' ? Will not be cocacola, or orange juice, or milk, or vinegar, right ? Besides; if such has a radicle promoter added, better ¿?

I acquiesce that DrmDoc and myself are seldom in agreement on matters related to mind. And here is another "crackpot" intervention of mine; this time on molecular and evolutionary biology "Technical advances have brought an accelerating flood of data, most recently, giving us complete genome sequences and expression patterns from any species. Yet, arguably, no fundamentally new principles have been established in molecular biology, and, in evolutionary biology, despite sophisticated theoretical advances and abundant data, we still grapple with the same questions as a century or more ago." The point being made is that we easily remember what is right, but…

An abstract: Can there really be people who eat more than others and have a lower daily caloric expenditure and still weigh less? Perhaps many have wondered that, since conventional observations point towards that. There are people who eat more, spend fewer calories, and weigh less on the scale. This seems to contradict the calorie paradigm, which maintains that it is in turn based on physics that maintains that the universe cannot create or destroy matter or energy. However, something that some seem to have been ignoring when addressing this topic is that even building a building requires energy. If you build a building you probably use more energy than if you…

I must have watched 100's of videos on the recent solar eclipse but only this one shows the sun and moon move very quickly midway through this video. Why is this? Would appreciate any insight. Thanks.

I want to use this platform to propagate the movement of renewable energy thus the creation of this thread. I am not a scientist or qualified in any manner to discuss this technical topic but I hope to see this happen so I am promoting it. I am an avid reader of military thoughts in my personal life and resources are an essential component of military thought. The idea of having an abundance or even better, an infinite supply of resources to work with is insurmountable. From any living thing's perspective, having a never-ending flow of resources is both assuring and safeguarding. You do not need to be at the mercy of another being. On a species level, imagine what a speci…

Biological humans have lungs which use atmospheric gas to "fire"/"rust" our blood cells for synthases, which uses protons and allows human moves. This post allows all uses. https://futurism.com/proton-battery "What's A Proton Battery? Three Things You Need To Know." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S240582972300291X "Proton batteries shape the next energy storage" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2405829722005220 "Accessing the proton storage in neutral buffer electrolytes using an electrodeposited molybdenum phosphate" https://www.azorobotics.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=361 "The Best Sources of …

Hello all. In a future of the A.I. development taking root, call it loss of jobs, call it unfair competition, call it any nasty effect generating aversion from the public. How could it then be stopped from invading every aspect of lives ? Is there a "protection switch-off" its advancement ? Any 'way out' reverse gear ? If not generalized to the public; but to some or personally, is there a "switch-off" to prevent it from affecting ? A 'change channel' or 'do not use social web sites' sort of approach ? If profit is involved, will there be chance for A.I. to be stopped ? How do you see it ? Proceed with caution, or reject it, or embrace it, or make m…

For example an airship-hoist can be more useful than a helicopter. it's a kind of balloon in the drawing. What do you think about a useful h2-aircraft in the future?

Well, if you have ever published in a peer-reviewed journal, style nature, science, and others. Which are the requirements? Did you have to have accreditation from a university? How long did it take you?

I always thought that it was good to soak dirty clothes in water for hours before washing but recently I happen to find a lot of advice saying that it is not good to do that. What's the possible problem of soaking clothes in water? Would it weaken the fabric?

I read somewhere that a single 30m wide near-Earth asteroid (2012-DA14) may be worth some $20 trillion dollars in terms of its rare metals content. Meanwhile, the global precious metals market in 2022 was worth $290 billion dollars. That's approximately one hundredth of what DA14 could offer the world. Does this mean then that the mining of one small run-of-the-mill asteroid every few years would be plenty enough to satisfy Earth's needs for the foreseeable future? In other words having an entire offworld mining industry with fleets of asteroid mining outfits plundering the Main belt for its platinum-group metals etc, etc, would be superfluous. . . strictly for the birds,…

I'm currently doing a little research on Gematria. Would like to hear some opinions from the scientific community. Gematria Brief Intro: In its simplest form, gematria involves assigning a numerical value to each English letter. The numerical values are assigned based on the order of the letters in the English alphabet. For example, the letter A has a value of 1, the letter B has a value of 2, and so on. Gematria can be used in a variety of ways. It can be used to find hidden meanings in the Bible, For example, the name 'David' has a numerical value of 14, which is the same numerical value of the word 'king.' This suggests that David was destined to be king…

I was reminded of an interesting fact (?) when i was reading some psycho's claim here that Muslims knew the speed of light. I'm not puting my thing in the religious section, because the origin of my question is only a sidenote, my ultimate pondering is only scientific. Now though you're going to think i'm just an idiot because i cannot refind the source and precise wording of my fact in inquiry, so i hope you can figure out what is going on. A sacred Hindu number is 108. This number is aproximately how many times the moons diameter that it is from the Earth, AND how many times the Earth's diameter it is from the sun. Either that or its was how many times the sun's…

Here are a few of mine: 1. "SAGITTARIUS A STAR" This title bothered me for many years until I figured it out. Why do they call a supermassive black hole a "STAR"? Black holes are NOT stars! Then I finally realized it means "Sagittarius A ASTERISK." That is dumb. Call it "Sagittarius A Hole". 2. Why not call: Dark Matter = Unknown Gravity? Why not call: Dark Energy = Space Energy? Because no can do, we must stay with the original racist terms. 3. Why RPMs? That means either "revolutions per minute" or "rounds per minute." Call it something people, such as I, can relate to. Say "RPS" or "revolutions per second" and "rounds per second" to save y…

Was wandering if anyone could tell me what this is it very round and rattles

Hello. If an apple orchard is populated with half a dozen varieties to favor cross-pollinization, and an early bee lands on tree 'variety A' and makes its pollen distribution among the flowers of such tree... An hour later, a second bee that had been playing with 'variety B' blossoms somewhere else arrives to the 'variety A' tree which was already visited as explained previously. What good or effect will the second bee provide with its 'better/foreign/varied' pollen to the flowers that were already self-pollinated by the first bee ? Having proper tree varieties around to induce optimal fruiting does not mean success because some previous self pollinizati…

I don't see any folder on this forum for paleontology so I thought this would be the best place on this forum to post this. Dinosaurs are fascinating but Im wondering how paleontologists get the funding to do their research. I don't really see much of a demand for such research so most research would not be consumer funded I take it, and to the best of my knowledge the government does not fund such research so Im wondering where the funding comes from.