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    IQ, Career & Engineering - Your Thoughts?

    I think people who study sciences tend to do well on the ravens IQ tests. You get used to looking for patterns in your lab work etc.
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    IQ, Career & Engineering - Your Thoughts?

    133-149. Is utter rubbish though, I'm pretty average.
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    Why do Physics Professors Always Seem Unhappy?

    You pay to go out for dinner but there's still etiquette to uphold!
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    The most ridiculous bit of pseudoscience

    that you've ever heard? Was watching an old episode of QI the other night and came across drapetomania, which is utterly shocking. Have heard a lot of nonsense being passed off as science in the past, what's the most ridiculous you've heard?
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    Why do Physics Professors Always Seem Unhappy?

    I'm in the UK and unfortunately our education system isn't as flexible as that in the US. We specialise at 16 which in my opinion is far too early. I would hate to teach something I'm passionate about to kids/young adults who couldn't care less about maths or physics.
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    Why do Physics Professors Always Seem Unhappy?

    Mine have always been brilliant but I'm a mature student. One professor did admit that its disheartening when they get younger students that have no real interest in physics but are taking it to get high paid work or their parents have pushed them into it.
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    What SciFi universe would you live in?

    Alastair Reynolds revelation space.
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    Ever feel like you failed somewhere?

    I didn't go to uni at 18 and instead worked then had my two kids. I am now studying again but feel old and left behind. I have also struggled getting the balance between the kids and my courses right. I either feel like a crap student or a crap mum.
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    A thought on plumbing, water wasted

    It can be used for gardening as well, my idea was for it to collect in a rain butt type container out side of the house. There would be no need for a pump then. So much water gets wasted by burst pipes any idea would have to save a household money rather than being concerned with saving a...
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    A thought on plumbing, water wasted

    This is a good idea. People always talk about reusing grey water from baths and showers. I always thought it would be a good idea to channel it to a water butt outside of my house. When I did some research I found that the water could only be stored for about a day without treating it so I...
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    Website full of physics problems

    Have you looked at the maths and physics learning resources? I can't think of any site, I tend to use the problems that are posted on this site (homework section?) and then check my answers against the other users.
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    How did you decide on your career?

    I haven't graduated yet but I was advised not to specialize early on. I still don't know what I want to do, I am currently toying with the idea of doing a phd.
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    Need helping comming up with an Astronomy Project - Its open to anything ?

    Living in space is a very interesting topic. You could dress up, wrap food in foil etc.Might be too much about human biology though. I did watch a lecturer years ago demonstrate the wobble seen by stars with planets by holding hands with a much larger person and both spinning round. Might be...
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    Astronomy or Cosmology Christmas gift ideas

    I really like these http://www.bathsheba.com/crystal/largescale/ . I once saw one of saturn but can't find it now. If not then like everyone else has said books or prints are always nice.
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    Making Paper Movies: Experiences & Ideas

    How long did it take you?
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