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I probably shouldn't post this... and I am posting completely and absolutely only as a member, not as a moderator/administrator. I started this...

Does the phenomenon of a thermal recoil force both slow and accelerate Spacecraft now? Although the unsatisfactory solution might, if stretched,...

Apparently we are about to discover the truth about the UFOs once again, starting next Monday, in Congressional hearing style:...

A while back, I made a post that pointed out what I felt were weaknesses in three of Phil Plait's articles (My take on Phil Plait's AGW article). ...

Hello ! I do not know a lot about this subject but i have just started an audio book that deals with this question. I understand that we can not...

Hypothesized by Newton. First measured 71 years after Newton's death by Cavendish using a torsion balance and lead balls. Recently measured using...

So you're watching a comedy, and it's pretty funny, but a moment naturally arises that works best as drama or an instance of emotional reflection or...

Hello, everyone, this fresh off the press, you read it here first™!! This morning, a GRB occurred, fittingly labeled GRB 130427A, which is turning...

People who profess that it's okay to let stupid people really hurt themselves. Especially those who cite "gene pool filter!" That came up after I...

What if solar technology was perfected decades earlier? You could have solar-powered cars and airships (the latter is just now being experimented...

I'm working on a roads-not-taken alternate history story, and I'd like some examples of working inventions and lines of development that were not...

Superman, Spiderman, X-men etc have had comics for decades with hundreds or even thousands of adventures and stories. So, why are movie Producers...

Well, I got kicked off that alternate-history forum again for another week - this time for trying to prove to the members that I was brave and tough...

It has been often remarked amongst the older BA members that `things are going to pot'(well BA/Baut/UT) It `would' have been better for some...

Does anyone know about any investigation into what people in general know and think about the universe and astronomy? What are the most common...

Been watching some cooking shows, and I'm just curious - especially considering the rise in popularity over the years of pasta and rice dishes. ...

Regarding the talkative blah blah blah doctors whose dictations I transcribe: "I find your lack of brevity...disturbing." Next. :)

When did the expression "meh" come into common use to indicate the speaker is not impressed with something?

First, some numbers. 2267 = 254 years into future 100 years apart 2367 = 354 years into future 2013 1759 = 254 years into past 100 years...

As part of an alternate-history story, I'm trying to develop a civilization that never invented the train. Their first steam engines are in...

Split off from the Cool but unused technology thread, this thread is specifically about extrapolation of what if familiar technology had developed...

Hey all! Haven't been logged in in a while ("...who the heck is this guy?") but I do come by for an occasional read. I always get good, solid info...

Materialism, as I recall, is the idea that there is not a supernatural explanation for any material occurrance. Anything that can be measured,...

This just in from Twitter, including a photo (via lovemeow.com): Princess Monster Truck the cat. I like it. We had a cat years ago, which I...

Thirteen questions, and you can compare your score with the people that took it as part of a research project....

There is a surprising relation between Compton wavelength, charge radius of proton and baryon matter, dark energy of the Universe. According to...

What is the likely hood of there being advanced civilizations in the Milkyway Galaxy? In my own opinion I believe that there could be hundreds of...

Two weeks to go before I hit the BIG 50 and I'm trying to put this event into perspective. I don't feel fifty and in my mind's eye I don't look it...