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what would society be like if drugs weren't illegal? it is interesting trying to omagine. or maybe not even that but just like a scanner darkly or something where its illegal but like 50% of the population does it... i don't know if life then would be fascinating or just horrible

(Please note that I start this discussion a month before I start an undergraduate degree in the sciences. I don't purport to be an expert in anything I'm talking about here.) (people with no attention span should skip to that one-line paragraph down below) Recently I received access, via the University of Texas library system, to hundreds of online journals. I can look up journal articles in pretty much any subject I please, trying to find good information and answers to my questions. I think this is fantastic: online journals make accessing the information far easier and let ordinary undergrads like me learn about research done by pretty much anybody. That's …

When you learn a new concept, such as Einstein's theory of relativity, sleep on it. After initially reading or being told about whatever it is that you're learning, go home, fall asleep, and then dwell on the matter at hand upon waking up. Many great scientists have reported using this technique. The idea is that the newly found knowledge simply marinades, making it easier to understand and in turn allowing more to be learned from it. Just dwell on something and sleep on it a few times. YOU'LL GET IT EVENTUALLY.

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Hi everyone, DFG Science TV, the online television channel provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), is back with a second series: http://dfg-science-tv.de/en After a successful first series in 2008, scientists and researchers take to the camera themselves once again to document and explain the work they do - including exciting research projects in Germany, China and Siberia in many different fields: paleontology, geology, biochemistry, biology, engineering and others. Apart from the main target audience - young internet users- the shorts on DFG Science TV also make it possible for teachers, media experts …

NASA created this short video. Enjoy,

I'm just going to ask a couple of simple questions here; what, exactly, would it mean for a future computer A.I. to be better than their human counterparts? What would such a system be like? There is much talk about creating such systems (after we figure out how to make it more human-like), and certainly many sci-fi speculations as to what might happen, but they don't really address the epistemological issues directly. Say we did create a system that did indeed surpass us in intellectual and cognitive abilities. What would that be like and how would we know?

Hey Everyone :-D I was just wondering if there are many Science Jobs out there focusing on paranormal activity? I would really like to look into this kind of work as i find it fascinating, I also enjoy gathering info on other dimensions such as dream planes and how the subconscious mind works. Iv included a Wikipidia link to give an idea of what kind of areas I would like to go into. Any suggestion would be welcome Mel

LRO-LCROSS Webcast Part 1 of 2 LRO-LCROSS Webcast Part 2 of 2 NASA video that explains the lunar mission, no ads. Enjoy!

Is it possible to see an infrared light by pointing the device (a remote control) at a mirror?

I would like to recieve responses in this post regarding people's understanding of the universe. Or rather how they perceive it. Was there a beginning and will there be an end, or is the universe static?

Hello everyone I have a quick question why is the air less dense higher up you go. I can understand air expands and the volume is bigger hence less dence but that only happens if it is warm, higher you go it is cooler so how does air expand. Thank you!!

Does anyone know of any good freeware program for plotting scientific data ? I use Originlab at work, where we have the license. Thanks, McCrunchy

i am stucked in 2 time frames, sometimes multiple. can somebody give me a hint how to break the cycle, eventually ill remember but i just dont want to waste anymore of my time. i dont like this planet.

Okay I have this really puzzling question. People say years from now that the water supply will get really low.But we have miles of ocean that can be used and purified. Suprisingly we can't get it from the ocean to the purification place. I have a solution though or atleast a hypothesis to solve the problem. Why don't we just use them like to phone cables in the ocean? They travel along the ocean to the purification! Please state your flaws with my idea, your own ideas, etc.

WARNING: bad grammer ahead I kept wondering.. since i was 5.. teachers kept telling me that "the big bang" made the universe.. but i just couldn't understand how the "universe" came from a bang.. so, from then on, i always thought that empty space resulted from the bang... (i learn later that matter/energy.. etc) now, here's what i dont understand.. if the universe came from a bang.. then, what did it expand into? another universe or just space? like.. how can space go on forever,.. ive always imagined space to be a big box of empty space.. but.. sooner or later, won't you reach a stop?.. and if you do reach that "wall".. what's after that wall.??? if space loop…

And is the UFO-type squeak necessary for it to work properly ? McCrunchy

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Im doing a presentation for school and I need different perspectives on peoples ideas on the limits of science (eg like on genetic engineering, using science to kill(eg atomic bomb)) Here are some questions; What do you think the limits should be? Why do you think this? Has anything in your own life influenced this? And the generic questions (for status and what not) age- county- job-(if you want) thanks alot

2 people struck and killed in the last 2 days. According to the National Climatic Data Center, there were over 750 lightning incidents/reports across the United States in 2008. So which state reported the most lightning incidents in 2008? (Lightning incidents include buildings and humans struck by lightning) Full details: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5181-Jackson-Weather-Examiner~y2009m5d30-Lightning

If im right, theres only a set amount of things to learn in the universe before you learn it all, and i know theres alot of time until so, will we or any other civilization learn it all so science is no longer science and it is just learning already recorded things? I hope im wrong.

Unable to find any proper justification to place this in any other category, I suppose this shall suffice, however I have a question. I'm thinking, for an upcoming science fair, to do a project regarding a possible method to stop shoreline erosion. I've delved into the basic concepts, chemical and physical weathering, transportation erosion, on the general topic, however, I find myself lacking ideas. Asked my teacher for help, which I gained little of, though he gave the hint of looking up how the direction of shoreline currents play an active role. I searched on google, but found little. Any ideas perhaps on the subject. Information is important, however, might anyone a…

I want to hear some opinions on what was the most helpfull area of science for life in general,{not only humans},there is. What do you guys think it is?

hi. im a freshman in highschool, and i want to finish highschool much faster than its going. i know i can learn all the stuff myself through the library and internet{wich i am} but i still have to go through 4 years of stuff i already know. im not saying that im smarter than anyone else, i just am more interested in science in particular and take in information becuase i want to, not because i have to, so its alot easier for me than the average teenager who takes 4 reluctant years to learn stuff that their going to discard afterwards anyways. my point is that i wanted to see if anyone knew of any ways to get out of the 4 year thing, still learning the same stuff, jus…