Physical Science

Time is an illusion. Time is as elusive as the sound of one hand clapping. Time is humanity’s concrete attempt to quantify an abstraction:  its own – *our* own – conceptual child – its…its…inaccurate conception! In other words, time is bunk….
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In the articles “Exploring the theory that time does not exist” it has been suggested that time does not exist. Although this view may at first seem attractive, the view becomes untenable upon closer examination for several reasons. While the…
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In response to “What is Magnetism?” (Discover science magazine – “Blinded by Science” article – May 2008), here are a few words from one of Mr. Maddox’s fellow “Dummies” who no longer has a seat at the dinner table for…
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Dark Universe The universe is expanding at an increasingly faster rate, and much of it we cannot “see.” Current explanations for these two phenomena gave rise to terms such as dark energy and dark matter. The former is very mysterious…
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NUCLEAR FISSION AND FUSION EXPLAINED I. INTRODUCTION The terms fission and fusion identify two types of reactions that involve the nucleus of atoms of matter. Matter consists of molecules and elements. A molecule is a chemical combination of two or…
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General Relativity tells us that gravity is the effect of a distortion in time-space caused by the presence of matter. The basic idea is that if a mass is placed in space, it will bend it in a fashion very…
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Yes. Under the right circumstances there is no reason why simple molecules cannot be transformed into atoms. Atoms combine into molecules and when one figures out the energetics, it can be shown that in many cases the atom version should…
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As sure as 7:30 comes to ruin every morning of my existence, time is a very real part of our world and universe. We may lead haphazard lives, but take a look at everything else around you; there is a…
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The semantics of the question can molecules be changed into atoms is silly if not ludicrous. All things are composed of atoms, and all molecules are the result of the unification of particular atoms into any given substance. Can molecules…
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Galileo plays a vital role in the history of astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, and physics with his discoveries of the astronomical telescope, the thermometer, the compass, the pendulum, and many more. While these discoveries paved the way to many new insights…
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