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One of the 10 commandments says something like Thou shalt not love another man," which could be interpreted as banning homosexual relationships, on the other hand it could be telling a woman that once you love one man, you can't love another at the same time.

I am guessing this is in the right place, This was on the local news today Canadian firm hopes to dump minerals in sea off coast of Cornwall in climate change experiment https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-03-02/firm-hopes-to-dump-minerals-off-cornish-coast-in-climate-change-experiment Is there any actual scientific basis behind dumping MgOH in to the sea, to reduce acidity, ? Another question is if this is so good, why not do this off the Canadian coastline. ? Just seems dodgy to me. This does seem related to an experiment I am trying to do which is to determine the pH of seawater (done) next step is to figure out if eggshells can affect the pH too, as in reduce the acidity, like they do with vinegar, Experiment to follow on a sample,. I think i may have mentioned this in the amateur science section. Paul

Agreed, with legal medicines if you buy say 30mg of paracetamol from a shop is what you get, if you buy from the internet you may get fake medicines as they are sold cheap for example. So with Alcohol the strength is controlled if the alcohol is for consumption for example. But as alcohol is legal, laws are in place to hold you responsible for what you do post drinking, hence drinking while under the influence is illegal. Alcoholic drinks are also taxed. With illegal drugs or medicatioin, you may not have any idea what you are getting, so going back to over the counter, fake Viagra for example may contain some of the actual drug, but the rest of the tablet can be made of anything, and or made in unhygienic conditions Seen examples on consumer programs in the UK, so could be sawdust mixed in to make up the weight for example. I don't know much about things like Heroin, Fentynl, cocaine, etc but again these are valuable, so dealers will sell at a high price to keep you addicted and coming back for more. The argument we have lost the war on drugs does seem to be powerful, Legalising drugs will allow sales to be controlled, taxed etc.

If I remember correctly from school Hinudism has about 7 levels, so when you die you are reincarnated and either move up or down depending on how you live your life, the top is some sort of ultimate goal of peace. This was a long time ago, so not 100 percent sure. Paul

People must care about the future or they would not make wills to ensure their estate and assets are passed to who that person wants,. or to donate to specific causes within their will.

So where would the GNU General Public License fit in to this? https://www.gnu.org/ Or perhaps creative commons licensing https://creativecommons.org/ Paul

"sexual approach from somebody of our own sex rather disturbing" Could this also be possibly construed as sexual harassment, so if you make a complaint then I don't think a counter accusation of homophobia would work. This is why people need to be taught to respect each other and peoples personal space.

In the UK American Football is open to everyone So Men, Women and Trans people, equally as long as they can play the sport then they are able to play. Granted this is at senior level, but it is in contrast to Rugby. I am sure the same rules apply to Youth Football. Paul

Cool, thanks for this, often wondered the same thing.

Thanks, I'll take another look at that section.

This was published recently on ScienceAlert. Found the link on the Fediverse. I am posting here under geology as I seems more appropriate https://www.sciencealert.com/in-an-incredible-first-scientists-have-discovered-whats-at-the-core-of-mars So posting as it may be of interest to geologists as One question if elements such as Sulfur have formed would that perhaps suggest that elements such as Nitrogen may also be or may have formed at some point ?

This is from Universetoday.com. So where is the LMC in relation to the Milky Way and Andromeda, I am guessing somewhere between the two or even closer. So this will collide with us first then the andromda galaxy, which is predicted in a few billion years, I think by that time the earth may be gone due to our sun expanding, however if the LMC gets here first and life still exists here, could there be implications for life on earth.? It does seem that if Andromeda is going to collide then our own galaxy is having some sort of influence already. Tue 2 Feb 2021 https://www.stsci.edu/contents/events/pls/2021/the-milky-way-vs-andromeda-when-galaxies-collide?timeframe=past&keyword=collide LMC article on universe today https://www.universetoday.com/161045/the-milky-way-has-trapped-the-large-magellanic-cloud-with-its-gravity-what-comes-next/

Cool thanks Paul

I did the codecademy course a few years ago, just more out of curiosity but it was good with the very basics, one way to learn is to both follow a course and install use it on your local computer or remote computer on the network too I guess. That is more hands on. Other than that I am not too sure, it probably depends on your personal learning style, perhaps take a look at the different options and try a course that is close to that so learning styles are generally. I know the codecademy course is interactive for example so you get to do activities. visual (pictures, video) Audible (so using sound) Read / Writing Kinaesthetic - learn by doing Hope this helps., hopefully someone else can help too Paul

This was posted to the Fediverse , just sharing here so we can discuss here too. ‘We are moving in the wrong direction’: New UN report highlights the scale of global climate change https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/04/21/record-heat-sea-level-rise-and-melting-ice-new-report-highlights-climate-changes-global-ad One question is, how many more reports are needed before we as a human race take things more seriously. There is only so much as individuals we can do surely. Paul

Only the move towards Electric Vehicles has created a huge demand for Lithium, which needs to be extracted from the ground, Modern technology has also created demand for other elements that are either only found in certain locations in enough quantity to make it viable to extract. People are able to upgrade their phone every 2 years with some mobile contracts, devices still seem to suffer from planned obsolescence to force us to upgrade. i agree we need to simple live with what we do have and consume much less. Paul

Is this what CRISPR does? So this can take a DNA sequence, remove a section and replace with another section of DNA.

This is sort of related to my post on Red Cabbage indicator in the Amateur Science section. https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/131382-red-cabbage-indicator/ So in terms of experiments that cause a change in pH should this be referred to as increasing and decreasing pH of a solution / substance. For example if I take Vinegar which is Acidic (so pH will be between i think 6 and 1, and add Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, which is an Alkali (pH 8 to 14). then the acid either neutralised or becomes more alkali, so the pH has increased. pH 7 being neutral of course. I am trying to write up an experiment or an idea I have had at least, and want to make sure I use the correct terminology. Thanks Paul

Indeed, I wonder what Babbage would make of a modern computer for example, or what would Einstein make of modern cosmology?

Excellent point here, things can be made too easy so we over rely on tech to do the most basic tasks for us, then when we need to actually do a task without tech we struggle. I still prefer, what would be old fashioned paper maps, the advantage is, if inserted in a clear paper bag, will also work perfectly in all weathers, paper maps don't need batteries either. So being able to think about where places are in relation to current location is helpful. I think there are also links between delaying conditions such as dementia and keeping the brain active and therefore healthy. Hence we have brain training activities. Paul

Just made up a new batch and it is the right colour. The new batch is in the beaker on the left, the old batch is on the right. Thanks to everyone for their help with this. Paul

It may be a hard water area, I will include a link to the wikipedia page as it may be helpful to others here too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_water I would guess you know what it is anyway, Paul

Cool, thanks will do that, yeah the infographic I have here explains the science behind it, pretty clever stuff, shows how nature seems to have an answer for all sorts of things. I would guess the washing up water goes blue as the liquid is usually alkaline. I will see what I can make this week, the other stuff still works ok, just from a science view point it should be done properly and any anomalies removed as not to either impact results of experiments or the interpretation of experiments. Paul

This could explain why I seem to be getting my results. I didn't make the indicator one of the my local library staff made some up for the STEM group we run at the library I think I have a few options Firstly determine what colour red cabbage indicator is normally, as according to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMXMlWybv8A It is more of a purple colour, so would suggest it is neutral 1. Make up a fresh batch, would using De-ionized water rather than tap water be better? 2. Repeat experiments and see if there is a change in result I will keep trying, Thank you again Regards Paul

Problem is, we can probably negotiate with states that are rational, even North Korea can be influenced by China (as suggested earlier). I agree that a bigger threat could come from rogue groups or individuals ?, Do they even need to raid silos,? they can perhaps get hold of nuclear material by other means if they wanted to,. As we saw with the recent US Dept of Defence leak, it only takes one person, and he was trying to impress his internet friends. He took a risk, got caught, how many leaks come from the inside, vs from persons on the outside. even universities have radio-isotopes of different elements. I think we need to look at where a threat may come from. Paul