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- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:52 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Time Travel
- Replies: 69
- Views: 2379
Re: Time Travel
Is it ethical to discuss a topic which has been declared impossible by a couple of the seemingly most influential participants on this fourm? it's like discussing penrose triangle in math forum - we can discuss how would it look like were it actually possible. And who is considered authoritative en...
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:51 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Asteroid Belt was once a Planet or Large Moon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 396
Re: Asteroid Belt was once a Planet or Large Moon
July 24 - 30 New Scientist .. article 'Keeping the Solar Wind at Bay.' Paraphrase from 3rd paragraph on page 40 .. 'Nasa's Galileo spacecraft flew by asteroids Ida and Gaspra in the early 1990s, finding both to hage weak magnetic fields, meaning they were both once part of a large body with molten ...
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: New theory for Quantum Gravity
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1018
Re: NS: Rethinking Einstein: The end of space-time
Rethinking Einstein: The end of space-time New Scientist | Physics and Math | 09 Aug 2010 Physicists struggling to reconcile gravity with quantum mechanics have hailed a theory – inspired by pencil lead – that could make it all very simple Hořava, who is at the University of California, Berkeley, w...
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: NS: Closing in on the inflaton, mother of the universe
- Replies: 2
- Views: 235
Re: NS: Closing in on the inflaton, mother of the universe
'Inflation' was one of many 'add-ons' invented to support the failure of Big Bang to live up to improved observations. "Oh, two plus two doesn't add up to five!? Well, we'll add a 'one' to that equation .. which means 2 + 2 = 6. Can anyone improve on that theory?"
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:27 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Weather!
- Replies: 2868
- Views: 1116728
Re: Weather!
Normal prevailing winds from the west in northern Ontario seem to have been replaced by southerlies .. which I assume is the planet trying to equalize temperature extremes due to global warming.
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:24 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Saturn as a baby (maybe...)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 524
Re: Saturn as a baby (maybe...)
These are the kinds of postings someone finds who is looking to scientifically educate themselves?
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:22 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: over 600 million metric tons at the north pole
- Replies: 6
- Views: 444
Re: over 600 million metric tons at the north pole
Considering the moon was once located where the Pacific Ocean is on our planet, I must question why anyone would be surprised at finding water at its poles.
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:20 pm
- Forum: Open Space: Discuss Anything
- Topic: Time Travel
- Replies: 69
- Views: 2379
Re: Time Travel
Is it ethical to discuss a topic which has been declared impossible by a couple of the seemingly most influential participants on this fourm?
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:17 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: New theory for Quantum Gravity
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1018
Re: New theory for Quantum Gravity
This whole thing was discussed long ago on this forum.
- Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Communications Center: Breaking Science News
- Topic: Asteroid Belt was once a Planet or Large Moon
- Replies: 5
- Views: 396
Asteroid Belt was once a Planet or Large Moon
July 24 - 30 New Scientist .. article 'Keeping the Solar Wind at Bay.' Paraphrase from 3rd paragraph on page 40 .. 'Nasa's Galileo spacecraft flew by asteroids Ida and Gaspra in the early 1990s, finding both to hage weak magnetic fields, meaning they were both once part of a large body with molten i...