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Sedna: 10th planet?
A thread to discuss the apparent tenth planet in the solar system, of course you don't have to if you don't want to it.
:: STARTED BY The resistable rise of Reidcourchie
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:44 14.09.06
The US Navy has heard the call of Cthulhu
CNN.com article about recordings of undersea background noise by old US surveillance devices which contain loud sounds of unknown origin. theorized by british scientists to emanate from a giant deep sea creature, possibly a squid.
:: STARTED BY Gus
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:18 09.09.06
The Possibility of Immortality
Is physical immortality and eternal vitality a reasonable expectation of scientific, technological and medical advancement?
:: STARTED BY Henningjohnathan
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:17 09.09.06
2006 fields medal - maths' nobel (one turned down, one to an aussie!)
offerd to four, accepted by three: first time a fields has been declined! who'd have conjectured?
also, an australian among them! and one i have two degrees of separation from!!
:: STARTED BY astrojax69
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:47 01.09.06
Re-write the text books - we have twelve, count 'em twelve, planets: and a chance to name new ones!
so, nine is wrong, twelve is what we know and maybe a dozen more besides... planets, silly.
:: STARTED BY astrojax69
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:28 25.08.06
Apple to announce Intel 'Switch'... rumours or truth?
Have Apple gone mad? Will they change to Intel chips like sources suggest? Or is it all just the rumour control at top speed?
:: STARTED BY Yay Paul
:: 34 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:47 23.08.06
Paperless Loo
A new Loo for you! No Paper, just press a button, but you still have to wash your hands.
:: STARTED BY Slate
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:16 22.08.06
Multi-Point Touchscreen Technology
Existing computer touchscreens register a single point of sensitivity. What about a screen that can register several points (like, say, each of your fingers) at once? Watch and be amazed...
:: STARTED BY CameronStewart
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:26 17.08.06
"New" sea urchins, and "new" species in general.
Wherein the ninjah posts a link to reports of "newly" found species and asks people to discuss this and similar findings.
:: STARTED BY kidninjah
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:22 17.08.06
Following up 'Food of the Gods'
Is anyone applying recent leaps in palaeoarchaeology to the "stoned ape" theory of consciousness championed by Terence McKenna? Even negatively?
:: STARTED BY gyrus
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:53 11.08.06
Biohacking
Are there people sitting in bedrooms somewhere tinkering with genetics? File under: something else to worry about
:: STARTED BY captain piss
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:13 27.07.06
Memory Pills.
Pills that can help you remember. And pills that can help you forget. Just by how much should we tinker with our memories?
:: STARTED BY slinky
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:06 25.07.06
Childhood allergies
What are the reasons for the increase in childhood allergies?
:: STARTED BY Jack Vincennes
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:55 20.07.06
How Human would one need for "human" rights to apply?
How will human in terms of human rights be defined in the future?
:: STARTED BY Crestmere
:: 42 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:17 17.07.06
Mushrooms under the microscope
Researchers are once again studying the effects of psychedelic mushrooms -- and apparently couching it in terms of mysticism and "life satisfaction."
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:13 14.07.06
Dark Energy
Until the mid-1990s most cosmologists believed that gravity sculpted the Universe. Now it seems a cosmic force is driving the Universe apart, what's that about then?
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:07 14.07.06
Burkhard Heim
AIAA presents best paper prize to hyper/antigrav drive. GUT , UFO , Nazi , superconductors, extra dimensions, testable results.
:: STARTED BY Wombat
:: 44 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:04 14.07.06
Inflatable Space Hotel
Exactly what it says on the tin- the Bigelow space hotel, and how to get there.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:55 14.07.06
Quasars, the Earlyverse, Dark Matter and Antigravity
Could an undiscovered anti-gravitational force explain quasars and dispell dark matter?
:: STARTED BY Henningjohnathan
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:44 14.07.06
Super Reflecto Vision!!
Is it possible to see the ultra-distant past in reflective surfaces on celestial bodies?
:: STARTED BY Henningjohnathan
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:12 13.07.06
New radar invented
Should the new radar be restricted technology?
:: STARTED BY Dragon
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:42 12.07.06
Asian Bird Flu.
A thread for discussing and sharing information relating to the spread of Avian Bird Flu and its potential as a human disease.
:: STARTED BY Evil Scientist
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:49 12.07.06
Giant Asteroid Misses Earth!
Keep track of potential extinction level events here, Apollo class asteroids that intersect the orbit of our fair planet.
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:19 12.07.06
Switching off my brain, and other extreme measures in the name of science
exposing yourself to risk for science - what's it like and what's it for? talk to us, we'll listen and understand. and ask sticky questions....
:: STARTED BY astrojax69
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:18 11.07.06
Woman "eight weeks pregnant with clone"
Controversial fertility specialist Severino Antinori claims that a woman involved in the human cloning programme which he spearheads is eight weeks pregnant.
:: STARTED BY Less searchable M0rd4nt
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:11 29.06.06
Roads as solar cells
To discuss schemes for getting useful energy out of the heat absorbed by roads. Also to discuss the inspirational power of resting sheep.
:: STARTED BY kidninjah
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:58 22.06.06
Cure For Aids?
Blood Elecrification and Viruses
:: STARTED BY robot
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:35 21.06.06
The Aquatic Ape Theory
Is the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis defensible? Is it pseudoscience or a plausible explanation of many features of human biology?
:: STARTED BY Quantum
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:44 19.06.06
Tyrannosaur soft tissue found
70-million-year-old soft tissue (blood vessels, maybe cells, maybe proteins, maybe DNA) found in a fossilized legbone.
:: STARTED BY Perfect Tommy
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:09 11.06.06
New (5 Million Year Old) Invetertebrates found in cave in Israel
An intriguing find
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:53 07.06.06
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