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Advocates of Intelligent Design (ID) creationism like to play Stump the Scientist by asking evolutionary biologists, "what would disprove evolution?" Several answers have been given 1 , but I want to add another: "spontaneous gene ...

Contest Spring 2010 Article - Adam Retchless - Jan 18 2013 - 9:50am - 0 attachments

So, is it or is it not possible? Can black holes be split? In my last blog I demonstrated that the laws of thermodynamics forbid the splitting of a single black hole. However, I also demonstrated the same laws don't forbid the splitting of a ...

Article - Johannes Koelman - Dec 18 2012 - 7:23am - 0 attachments

Celiac disease, defined as a 'chronic small intestinal immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals', affects about one percent of the population but occasional 'epidemics' have been notic ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 19 2012 - 11:43am - 0 attachments

... Italy is frowned upon - instead we just see griping about Galileo and gay pederasts whenever a Roman Catholic is mentioned.  ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 3 2012 - 9:13pm - 0 attachments

Many people struggle with, and even rail against, Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.  The way it is usually taught or presented often seems to make it appear to be ever so complex, far too abstract and opaque, and even downright "hokey".*&nbs ...

Article - David Halliday - Nov 26 2012 - 7:27pm - 0 attachments

... Nebula ". The trapezium cluster was discovered by Galileo almost four centuries ago. The stars in this cluster have been studied ...

Article - Johannes Koelman - Nov 6 2012 - 10:37pm - 0 attachments

... use that broadmindedness against scientists. Like invoking Galileo and Einstein despite knowing nothing at all about the actual careers, ...

Cool Link - Hank Campbell - Nov 14 2012 - 8:29pm - 0 attachments

... to reduce reflection at the surfaces of lenses.  With Galileo’s telescope, there were only four surfaces between sky and eye.  ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Nov 5 2012 - 11:43am - 0 attachments

... System (GNSS); GPS, GLONASS , the brand new Galileo and COMPASS , all of them. Dead. No signals. It also knocked out ... for the disaster response in Istanbul. Galileo satellites. Satellites are susceptible to solar storms and can be ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Nov 3 2012 - 8:05am - 0 attachments

Italy is a beautiful, crazy country. Take today's verdict, which condemns seven scientists ( Franco Barberi, Enzo Boschi, Mauro Dolce, Bernardo De Bernardinis, Giulio Selvaggi, Claudio Eva, and Gianmichele Calvi ) to six years of prison, plus a huge fin ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Oct 23 2012 - 4:01am - 0 attachments