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...
... It's pretty easy to mislead with statistics, and I think you really have to be an expert (and I'm NOT one) to determine whether they're being used...
... I don't know, but most climatologists understand something about statistics. ... Since this is a prediction, it is not new information. However, it is ...
... If you read it in context, it is clear they mean the ten warmest years out of the past 150, not the ten warmest of all time. ... Um, you can't just ignore...
... Wouldn't THAT be nice! :-D Thanks for the very clear postings, Eric. You're certainly better at picking out the important points than I am! (And I see I...
... Thanks for the compliment. Below I've posted the data on the past 157 years that I found at some website, sorted by temperature anomaly and ranked...
... 157 ... and ... rank, ... is ... could ... past 26 ... within ... the ... real ... I wasn't seeking to deny that it's currently hot (relatively speaking)...
... Okay, let's use the data YOU picked to see if this is random or not. The probability that if you randomly pick 30 years out of 157, that only two or fewer...
Hubble makes 3D dark matter map By Paul Rincon Science reporter, BBC News, Seattle Astronomers have mapped the cosmic "scaffold" of dark matter upon which...
... It seems to me that one possible effect, not commonly considered, is the potential for losing even more of Earth's species. We are witnessing a vast wave...
Space life search turns to TV, radio signals By Andy Sullivan Mon Jan 8, 11:26 AM ET Is there intelligent life on other planets? If so, what do space aliens...
Here are the changes JREF intends to make, and Randi would welcome comments: REVISION OF THE JAMES RANDI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION CHALLENGE. As we presently...
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