science

Please, please tell me now (Is there something I should know??) from wensum24 658 days old

Is there something under the surface that we have missed, or have we not evolved enough to 'unearth' what we always have felt is life 'out there'? Do ...

24 weather forecasting 'facts' from wensum24 660 days old

As it's Burns Night, I am reminded of a well-loved-but-not-always-right weather forecaster from the north, Ian McCaskill* and so, to continue the weather ...

The Science of well-weathered innuendo undefined. from wensum24 660 days old

A lesson in factual meteorological terms, and not to be assumed otherwise. 22. Virga (tails of water, drops or ice coming from a cloud) 21. Hoarfrost 20. ...

Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow from wensum24 662 days old

Physicists have found that one erratic driver can cause a traffic jam. Most traffic jams have an obvious cause. Sometimes it is a blocked lane or a ...

Learning curve of medical practice... from wensum24 663 days old

Some medical students thoughts and answers on the practice of medicine; General: "The body consists of three parts - the brainium, the borax, and the ...

regularity of the calendar from wensum24 1102 days old

Regularity of the Calendar by Peter Meyer The main objection to the Common Era Calendar, as used in combination with the usual 7-day week (composed ...

why seven days in a week? from wensum24 1108 days old

Why Seven Days in a Week? by Peter Meyer Wherever the Common Era Calendar (a.k.a. the Gregorian Calendar) is used — and it is now used by the governments ...

aristotle and the philosophy of nature from wensum24 1135 days old

Aristotle sees the universe as a scale lying between the two extremes: form without matter is on one end, and matter without form is on the other end. ...

do you believe dr. newberg? from wensum24 1136 days old

[ ... ] even when science can dispute many of these claims? Is it because we are uneducated, or are our brains designed to interpret and seek out such ...

nature is my leader, take me to her from wensum24 1139 days old

[ ... ] pollution. Science writer, Janine Benyus, calls it "biomimicary"; having observed the beauty, resilience and intricacy of spider silk and ...