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I've wondered about this from a different perspective. I'm not a scientist nor am I in the US. I wonder if 'science' is very much a money thing. Why not outsource it? On the whole it seems potential homegrown scientists are being abandoned to things like intelligent design and if you cannot...

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Well..what is it?

Here's a link to some really good funny cover art from vintage sci fi pulp. (Plus links to download entire publications.) https://pulpcovers.com/tag/scifi/

Looks nice and tidy, good layout. If you think the airflow in the case is compromised you could just tape up those holes. In a few months check for dust accumulation.

A St. Agnes church that has a connection to Charles Darwin?

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Hi Buzz, thanks for that. _________ here's a pic of my motheaten analog :

I'm surprised and pleased to find I have a copy of analog science fiction science fact August 1977 with Enders Game in it (as well as something by Larry Niven.) Next in line to read. Thank you. My reading was stalling a bit. Lots of new material to read. And to reread. I Robot of course. I...

I think the short story is great for Science Fiction. I grew up reading If, Amazing, analog et.c. And have been reading a lot of SF Short Story Collections lately. In my opinion Asimov was a great short story teller. It seems much easier to have a great idea and tell it that way rather than...

You're welcome. In the end he says 'may all beings be happy' three times, the meditators say 'we agree'. It's an old tradition.

It is indeed possible to train the mind to be very focused using a technique that can be used wherever one is. It's a very old technique. It's called ana-a-apana, anapana or 'awareness of in and out breathing'.

I'm not a scientist. Isn't a scientific experiment something where you have an idea and you construct something that helps you to test that idea and based on that you refine the apparatus and hence the conclusions? If it's something like that isn't sticking a stick in the ground and marking...

"In 2154, Romulans covertly conspired with V'Las, head of the Vulcan High Command, to invade Andoria. V'Las's Romulan contact had the stated agenda of reunification with the Vulcans. A few months later, the Empire sent prototype holoships remote-controlled from Romulus to disrupt a peace...