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by obscurechemist
Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:45 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Orion Nebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen,... (2013 Jun 04)
Replies: 21
Views: 3396

Re: APOD: Orion Nebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen,... (2013 Jun 04)

Are the pseudo colors specific? Which color is which element? Or are they actual colors? blue (O), red (S)?
by obscurechemist
Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:39 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Evolution of the Moon (2012 Mar 20)
Replies: 35
Views: 8069

Re: APOD: Evolution of the Moon (2012 Mar 20)

Obviously the use of "evolution" was not in a biological sense in this instance. It has a variety of uses and your assertion that it trivializes any of Darwin's work is ludicrous. Ever try to teach evolution to a person who has a preconceived incorrect notion of what it is? This flippant ...
by obscurechemist
Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:52 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Evolution of the Moon (2012 Mar 20)
Replies: 35
Views: 8069

Re: APOD: Evolution of the Moon (2012 Mar 20)

Hey NASA scientists! Just a note from a retired NIH scientist: "history" is not the same as "evolution." Where is the replication? Where are the replicators? Where is the random variation? What were the selection pressures? Please. give me a break. You are perpetuating the misuse...
by obscurechemist
Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:31 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: 4 October 2009 Same Colour Illusion
Replies: 41
Views: 4595

Re: 4 October 2009 Same Colour Illusion

For me the illusion remains even in the "connected" pic.