Physical Science

There are essentially two arguments for why the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) may not be a good idea: it is a waste of funds, and it may end up attracting unwanted attention from hostile or exploitative alien civilizations. On…
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Physical scientists have a whole world of work to do in the Gulf Oil Spill. From anthro-biology to ethno-zoology, there is something to study and there will be practical applications that need to be developed from knowledge that is both old…
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Down the runway they walk: pinched models with jeans in blue, green, black, gray, even vibrant oranges and reds like cardinal feathers. Down the centuries, jeans have gripped the world, favored by workers for their toughness, by the casual person…
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Behind the beautiful color of the flames, there is a complex chemical process behind it. The process involves the Bohr theory and jumping electrons. The process and explanation are as followed:The Bohr theory of the atom says that electrons occupy…
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The law of conservation of mass, which is a central theme of chemistry, is one of the first conservation laws to be discovered. It was established in 1789 by French chemist, Antoine Lavoisier, who is regarded as the father of…
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Over the long term, asteroids pose perhaps the most serious threat to life on Earth. Large asteroid impacts are believed to have been responsible for at least some of the nearly catastrophic extinction events in Earth’s long history, such as…
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At the heart of the Fermi Paradox is the observation that we have not made contact with other civilizations from alien worlds, despite the seemingly high probability that there is other intelligent life in the Universe, that is at least…
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Ever since it was discovered, approximately 3760 BC, the quality of mankind’s life has depended on the properties of carbon. From birth to death, carbon has proved indispensable to our lives. It is in the air we breathe, the jewellery we…
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The Mars Curiosity Rover from NASA continues to be nothing short of a masterful success as it has once again provided yet another “first time ever” image from the “Red Planet” known as Mars. Rover has sent a truly astonishing…
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The first and most basic fact of carbon is that without it there would be no life. It has been around ever since life has been since it is necessary that every living thing contain carbon. In its three forms…
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