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Does anyone know what distances have been involved thus far when scientists have measured the link between the two particles? Are we talking miniscule distances? Other side of the room? Down the hall? etc. Thanks

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Surely that would, in fact, mean that he sucks? Heh - you're an evil man, atinymonkey

This is taken from the Beeb This is taking prosthetic enhancement far beyond replacement limbs, organs etc. What are people's opinions on the ethics surrounding this? Is the process of prosthetic enhancement ethically sound or just a whole can of worms that should stay securely shut?

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Blimey - that kid has got issues. Still not as bad as some of the UK ones, although infinitely more disturbing *shudder* You really have to wonder what's going through these kids heads - "Hmmm, what shall I do today? I know, get up infront of a TV audience of several million and ritually humiliate myself". The presenter could also do with a quick "TV Presenting/Interviewing 101" course.

Greetings Jinx And welcome. I think that the Great Google is the cause of many of us waifs and strays stumbling across this little oasis So what's your main area of scientific interest?

Classic - I just stumbled across this gem in my daily internet meanderings.... Full story: http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030723.uboyyn/BNStory/National/

lol - you'll have to forgive me, as I come from the UK the worst a wild spider can do over here is crawl up your leg under the duvet and give you a nasty look. But why the hell did the infected person live with that for 10 DAYS before getting it looked at??? Nutter.

Ew, ew ,ew ,ew EEEEEWWWW! Suddenly my brekkie fry-up isn't so appealing And I am *so* turning off "Show image attachments in posts"

Well said, Sir. Huzzah, indeed

Heh - Yeah, you can probably hear my synapses fizzing from where you are as I try to imagine 70 sextillion stars But it's not depressing - it's awesome, absolutely FANTASTIC! The visible sky is absolutely teeming with activity - it's a busy, vibrant cosmos most likely with more variety that we can ever imagine.

Uh-huh - whatever you need to tell yourself

"Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?"

Drawing upon my own limited understanding of this subject, I can immediately see a few problems. The first being the mistake that just about everyone makes - you seem to be thinking of the universe as maybe a bubble or balloon in that it has an edge, an inside and an outside. In truth, the Universe has no edge but it bends in line with the theory of relatively - so you could travel in one direction and just arrive back at where you started. It's more of a donut than a ball?? There is also no centre (or plughole to use your metaphor) that everything is expanding from or contracting into. As Clown said, all galaxies are moving "away" from each other or, rather, the space between them is increasing. I also think that the big bang didnt happen in a vacuum in the true sense of the word - I think it's called a false vacuum but I'm not sure. So try not to think of it as an explosion - it's also not expanding into anything so that really chucks the entire explosion metaphor right out of the window. This link might be useful... http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/bigbang.htm

Eeeeewwwwww!!! Out of all the analogies you had to choose, you decided upon bits of dead skin floating in a scummy bath.

Better go order me a 10' Supreme Feast Article from Reuters

Cool stuff But here's an updated piece on Dark Matter from space.com http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/dark_matter_map_030718.html

If you want to check your spelling and/or grammar just use Word or some online dictionary. If, on the other hand, you mean check that your essay is "correct" then it's most unlikely that one exists - you'd be talking about a system with VERY advanced AI, an encyclopaedic knowledge of every known subject and text, and the ability to analyse and apply the relevant knowledge to an abstract piece of information (not to mention a host of other obstacles). So it's also highly unlikely that one could be built.

As far as I'm aware, evidence tends to lean towards homosexuality being congenital. In the majority of cases, there is no psychiatric explanation for a persons sexuality - various Psychiatric and Psychological institutions have now confirmed that homosexuality is not a illness and removed it from their list of mental conditions.

I don't think it says that red-haired people are bad - but just about everyone in the Bible who is evil or a bit dodgy "happens" to have red hair - evil by association you could say. But let's remember that this is the same book where people live to 600, their wives turn into pillars of salt and sex with close family members is okay as long as a passing angel gives you the nod.

I think he's hit the nail on the head - fear. Racism, sexism etc in many respects is born out of fear of the differences (physical, emotional, mental, moral - take your pick) between the 2 groups - the fear that this other group will disrupt their own comfort zone, put into question long-held beliefs and values, and challenge the established culture and way of life. It's probably significantly more compex than that but fear most likely features in the heart of the matter somewhere. Everyone at some point in their life has been the subject of some form of prejudice, whether that is as a result of race, religion, gender, sexuality, age etc. The trick is to try to learn from that experience and not engender the hatred but that's easier said than done.

roflmao Bless you, sir - I'd gone looking for a working link to that Star Wars Kid movie last week but couldn't find one so I could only imagine the contents (and it was infinitely more terrible).

I'm surprised that the devs didn't include that with it's release - it seems wrong somehow to have a Star Wars game that doesn't involve space travel Now just to hope against hope that it'll be a seamless transition (unfortunately that's very doubtful *sigh*).

From BBC: The Universe may be teeming with starless galaxies inhabiting its most isolated regions, says an Australian scientist. Graduate researcher Brad Warren, of the Australian National University, has identified galaxies in our local region of space that are mostly gas with very few stars. "If you look for gas with a radio telescope you see an enormous blob of gas. If you look for stars through an optical telescope you only see a small smudge of stars on the sky," he told BBC News Online. For some reason these galaxies have failed to form stars out of their hydrogen gas. The search is on to find out why. Read More...