Single massive asteroid wiped out dinosaurs: study By Will DunhamThu Nov 30, 7:09 PM ET A single, gigantic asteroid slammed into Earth 65 million years ago,...
Hello Gang, This information was sent to me in connection to a query I made last September, concerning any special events being organized in remembrance of...
Hello Gang, As a source of inspiration for the upcoming Carl Sagan memorial blog-a-thon check out the following website: CosmicVoyage : Tribute to Carl Sagan...
Hello Again Gang, In keeping with my past promise to to devote my postings in December mostly to Carl Sagan and related topics let me direct you to the Carl...
From Ann Druyan Beginning 20 December 2006 a new blog by Ann Druyan. Until then, a special posting (also featured in the latest issue of The Planetary...
Yesterday I was cutting onions, and, as usual, having some difficulty with my eyes. My daughter told me she had been told that chewing gum while cutting...
There seem to be a lot of remedies for this problem that involve putting something in your mouth. The only thing I can think of is maybe it causes you to...
... wrote: The vapour that causes the irritation is water soluble - that's why it's such a problem in your eyes in the first place as it forms a mild sulphuric...
Season's Greetings. Sorry I don't have an answer to your question as to why chewing gum would work, but the best way I know of cutting onions without it ...
While I am here, and as it is 'that' time of year, I might put a question that has puzzled me for a long time. Is it possible to drink yourself sober? (And if...
... Heh, heh. Well, it's possible to drink yourself DEAD. Is that sober enough? Maybe if you drank enough WATER, that would help flush your system, but I doubt...
Science Daily — Using VIMOS on ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of French and Italian astronomers have shown the strong influence the environment exerts on...
PARIS (Reuters) - The French space agency is to publish its archive of UFO sightings and other phenomena online, but will keep the names of those who reported...
... "Genetic" information? He's getting a bit carried away by the "Darwinian Evolution" comparison, don't you think? Interesting post, though. Thanks! Bill --...
... I have no particular complaint with the phrase "genetic information" so long as we interpret it as information inherent at the time the galaxy formed, and...
... Good point. ... I'm not entirely sure, but it appears that the term "Darwinian" was only used in the headline of the article, which means that it was...
Hi all In "god Delusion' Dawkins refers to a genuine evolutionaty theory of formation of universes in Black Holes that might explain the specificity of...
Bernadette, Your very welcome Bernadette. Alex ... From: Bernadette To: skeptics-forum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:35 PM Subject:...
This was meant as a serious question but I don't think you have taken it as one. And I was not talking about the apparent or alleged effects of drinking coffee...
Do weather bureaux employ statisticians? An article in today's (5 January 2007) issue of 'The Age' reads in part: 'The Met Office and the University of East...
I didn't respond to the query, since my lifetime consumption of alcoholic beverages wouldn't be enough to inebriate a squirrel. However, according to ...
Well as I said in my original email, it was my stepmother who claimed that her father used to do it. He died many years ago. I will ask my stepmother about it...
... No, sorry. It was just hard for me to believe you really meant it as a serious question. I mean, I can't think of a logical mechanism for becoming sober by...
... change ... years. ... occurred ... random ... by ... It's science Jim but not as we know it! Since there are no records prior to 1850 in the UK (and...
... I'm sorry that you think we have not taken it seriously but I have to admit that my answer would have been exactly the same. The only effect that...