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As an Atheist, and a great believer in Science. I'm asking this question here as I feel its more appropriate. A good friend of mine has recently become a Christian, he's had some problem with alcohol...
following on from kendrick lamar's song ...if you really did have a swimming pool full of liqour and dived in, would you float in the same way you would float in water?
I am reading The 4% Universe by Richard Panek. It's an "easy access" romp through the history of cosmology and astrophysics (at this point, 100 pages in) and focuses on those who have searched for...
I have just watched the above, and thought it was a very poor and chauvinistic programme. Newton was a great genius and indubitably altered the course of scientific knowledge, but it portrayed him as...
For instance if we only had our galaxy , could our world have still been created ? If for instance could the big bang have been a little bang resulting in a single galaxy with its solar systems , one...
I've looked through the titles of many books but none of them explain how spacetime was created out of nothing. That has no more validity than saying it was created by God or who created God ? Can...
hi! I'm not sure what the title should be or even if this question is science, but here goes. Well over 50years ago I was on a double decker bus with my mum and saw the tall towers at the gas works...
My mind was wandering this morning and this thought popped in to my head for no apparent reason, so thought I'd see if anyone had an answer, just out of curiosity.
Hi ABers, Not been on for a while, been off reading and expanding my knowledge about my deepest troubles. And I return with a stonker for you, which I hope even the most hardened experimental science...
And if so, why, and what should be done about it? I asked having just watched Thursday's Question time where once again the MMR row raised its ugly head, but the media representative defended the...
We are told that we can look back in time, but can we really ? e.g. looking at a star that is say 2 light years away today, but if I look back next month. I would not be 'seeing' the same thing. It...
"It looks way too good to be true, but this photo of Virgin Galactic's air-launched spaceplane is the real deal." http://io9.com/this-unbelievable-image-of-virgin-galactics-spaceshipt-471817306 Looks...
My daughter needs help with an IGCSE biology question! Obviously, in the dark photosynthesis cannot occur as there is no light. Plants do use oxygen too, through the hairs on the roots, which is why a...
About a year ago I thought I'd lost my 'Powermonkey', it's handy for mobiles,etc. Well I found it again,but now it won't charge! I left it charging? ALL night but the light was still on Red and...
Part A. Calculate the mass of water produced when 5.46g of butane reacts with excess oxygen. Part B. Calculate the mass of butane needed to produce 97.2g of carbon dioxide. Part C. At a distance of...
Two seperate questions 1) Ive recently read that human female pheromones are chemically the same as iguanas. Sounds a bit far fetched but is it true? 2) Do other planets have anything similar to our...
On BBC news tonight they said that it had been found though doing a search it all seems a bit tentative. Anyone been following this in detail? does the higgs exist?