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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85182 Views Science & Technology Forum |
22 December 2012
Saturn at Night
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, Cassini Imaging Team
Splendors seldom seen are revealed in this glorious picture from Saturn's sha... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85182 Views Science & Technology Forum |
29 November 2012
Super Moon vs. Micro Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Catalin Paduraru
Did you see the big, bright, beautiful Full Moon Wednesday night? That was actually a Micro Moon! On tha... |
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2012 ;(
6 Posts • 3316 Views Talk Talk |
Did the Mayans have an actual prophecy or did the calendar just end at a certain date? Cause my calendar I got up right now ends next December and I'm really scared time won't exist after th... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85182 Views Science & Technology Forum |
1 October 2012
Introducing Comet ISON
Image Credit & Copyright: Ligustri Rolando
Could this dim spot brighten into one of the brightest comets ever? It's possible. Alternatively, the co... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85182 Views Science & Technology Forum |
8 September 2012
Cosmic Rays at Voyager 1
Credit: Voyager Project, NASA
Launched on a grand tour of the outer planets in 1977, by good fortune the twin Voyager spacecraft were also headed in the... |
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SocietyArguments for the prohibition of drugs
22 Posts • 9048 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Yes, some propositions such as Oregon's 2012 prop 80 went to the direction of legalizing marijuana. However, this seems to be mostly in the western states. Try being a young black man in Brooklyn... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85182 Views Science & Technology Forum |
7 December 2012
Earth at Night
Image Credit : NASA, NOAA NGDC, Suomi-NPP, Earth Observatory,
Data and Processing: Chris Elvidge and Robert Simmon
This remarkably complete view of Earth at nigh... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85182 Views Science & Technology Forum |
22 September 2012
Austrian Analemma
Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Pölzl
Today, the Sun crosses the celestial equator heading south at 14:49 Universal Time. An equinox (equal night), th... |
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LawU.S. Military has the right to detain Citizens
5 Posts • 3659 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
700. National Defense Authorization Act (1/2/2012)
The Gift of New Year 2012 President Obama gives Americans is a new law that ripped their civil right – NDAA.
1. It is a stealth raid on people... |
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Law"Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Into Law"
4 Posts • 2983 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
700. National Defense Authorization Act (1/2/2012)
The Gift of New Year 2012 President Obama gives Americans is a new law that ripped their civil right – NDAA.
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85182 Views Science & Technology Forum |
5 March 2013
Comets Lemmon and PanSTARRS Peaking
Image Credit & Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (ESO)
Two impressive comets will both reach their peak brightness during the next two weeks. Taking ad... |
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Reality & MetaphysicsTime, existence, and reality
25 Posts • 9424 Views Philosophy Forum |
The concept of mass from no mass is difficult, but it is in alignment with present physics. Imparting mass to an object requires the Higgs boson to exist. (That is why non-scientist layman labeled it... |
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AstronomySun Pictures
3 Posts • 5873 Views Science & Technology Forum |
When I look at pictures of the sun, it's not a casual experience. I surmise that it must innately be that way for all humans, but people just don't talk about it, or don't allow themsel... |
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SocietyCost Comparison: Mars Curiosity Vs Olympics
7 Posts • 8564 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
London 2012 Olympics Cost = USD$14.46 billion:The original budget for the Games was £2.4 billion, but this was increased almost fourfold to about £9.3 billion ($14.46 billion) in 2007.
Beijing 2008... |
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AstronomyAstronomy Picture Of The Day
216 Posts • 85182 Views Science & Technology Forum |
30 August 2012
Apollo 11 Landing Site Panorama
Credit: Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, NASA - Panorama by Syd Buxton
Taken by Neil Armstrong looking out his window of the Eagle Lunar Module, the fram... |
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EconomyMarket Meltdown 2008
3 Posts • 2026 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
I totally agree that distributing money we don't have so we can buy things made overseas is not a solution to the problem. It is like putting a band-aid on a severed arm.
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Rehab & AddictionNew Study: Shows Neuropsychological Decline In Cannabis Users
1 Posts • 3828 Views Health & Wellness Forum |
Ever since junior highschool, when I had to do a class speech and I chose marijuana because my mom at the time was doing some early childhood course and had pamphlets on the topic - I have had it ingr... |
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Random QuestionsWho here was born on August 2nd of common years?
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I was born on August 2nd of a common year and I am looking for my birth mates. Who here was born on August 2nd of common years as well?
Leap years are
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PoetryDong Dong Dong!
1 Posts • 2658 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Dong Dong Dong!
A poem by Wolf Larsen
She was as reversed as a gh-jik-lomp!
Flew like a used tire on a flying somewhere!
But she had no
Deeeroooonnng Klipeeteee Ding Ding Ding Ding!
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Random PicturesRandom picture thread.
1169 Posts • 298088 Views Photos, Videos & Music Forum |
Anyway, when it snows in London and is six inches deep (giggity) it's called the worst snowfall in decades! But when it snows n Great Yarmouth (woot) and is about A FOOT deep in the town centre,... |
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EconomyThe failure of the world econnomy
3 Posts • 2344 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
In the past a country's currency was backed with precious metals. Today all country"s print money at will with nothing more than empty promises backing it up.
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PoetryBeezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop
1 Posts • 2376 Views Stories & Poetry Forum |
Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop
a poem by Wolf Larsen
Woooooooooow! Heeeeeeeeey!
Oh my schnocks! Schneeepadeeee, whooopaaaaaaaaa!!
Wow zip! Wow zip!
Who can the who? Who? Fliiiiiinngggg! Fla... |
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In The NewsCost of olympics 2012
3 Posts • 2160 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Anyone people watched the closing ceremony last night?
I felt like shooting myself when they started playing Lennon's Imagine. That song means something. Word for word. Its hypocrisy playing t... |
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Christianitysecond coming
53 Posts • 16172 Views Religion Forum |
Another interesting thing to consider when it comes to the end of days, is the Mayans. While they don't have a specific scenario for the armagedon they do have this nifty calender. The Mayan cala... |
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Physics & CosmologyGod FOUND by Scientists!
6 Posts • 4007 Views Science & Technology Forum |
That's another great event of 2012! Explanation of the Universe physics, energy and so much more!
Peter Higgs said: "I am astounded at the amazing speed with which these results have emer... |
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