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Republicans Reject Evolution in Favor of Devolution

Physics AdLib - December 30, 2013 64

The irony is that such people use the fruits of science daily, such as televisions, cell phones and the internet to wage their war against that evil practice of science.

Michelle Bachmann Meets the “God Helmet”

Physics KQµårk 死神 - June 9, 2011 135

Probably my favorite pop science series in the last few years is "Through the Wormhole" narrated by Morgan Freeman which examines the latest scientific theories...

HuffNo Friday Music Night: The Realm of Possibilities

Physics KQµårk 死神 - November 6, 2009 82

One of the scientific discoveries that change our perception of reality the most in the twentieth century was quantum mechanics. Einstein's theory of...

This Is How It Ends: Black Hole

Physics ADONAI - January 15, 2012 12

God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen. ~Stephen Hawking In this particular post we will be discussing...

Dark Matter (WIMPS) the other Holy Grail in Particle Physics

Physics KQµårk 死神 - January 1, 2010 90

The Higgs Boson aka the "God Particle" is the talk of the popular science community now because billions and billions of Euros were spend...

The Pond

Physics Questinia - July 1, 2010 44

After buying the old farmhouse at the end of March, I quickly went around to its back to look at what I had really...

Time Travel

Physics ADONAI - May 22, 2011 10

I myself believe that there will one day be time travel because when we find that something isn't forbidden by the over-arching...

You Can Run Scientific Experiments in Your Own Home

Physics KQµårk 死神 - January 23, 2010 13

One of the things I found out about years ago that too many people have not heard of today is how you can use...

The View From the Left Hemisphere of the Universe

Physics whatsthatsound - April 23, 2011 144

After the Big Bang came the Great Darkness. In indescribable darkness, matter raced away from itself in all directions, pushing space into being as...

Game Changer? Cold Fusion? At Least We Should Know Soon

Physics KQµårk 死神 - August 17, 2011 10

I have extreme doubts but I sincerely hope Andrea Rossi proves us all wrong with his device. With his "energy catalyzer" (called E-Catalyzer or...

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The city of Anchorage is set to host a meeting that could re-shape Europe and global security. [...]

'About our lives, but without our voice': Sidelined Ukrainians look on

Left uninvited to key talks, many Ukrainians look on with a mix of fatigue and mistrust. [...]

Global plastic talks collapse as countries remain deeply divided

The latest round of UN-led talks have ended in deadlock, with disputes over plastic production and recycling. [...]

Far-right Israeli minister taunts prominent Palestinian prisoner

Video shows Itamar Ben Gvir telling the most prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti "you will not win". [...]

Flash floods kill nearly 200 in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir

The majority of deaths were recorded in Pakistan's mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa area. [...]

My family may be killed if deported, says son of Afghan caught in UK data breach

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