Recent content by MotolovCocktail

I remember reading some time ago that in 2001, they discovered that the speed at which the universe was expanding was accelerating. According to current models, that would mean that the universe may expand forever and maybe even rip itself apart. But then, there is still some debate as to...

As of right now, I need to find parts for it, such as adequate rails, before I can actually build one and launch stuff from it. I'll keep try to keep you guys up to date though.

Well, I'm still a high school student, and I'm planning on going to some technical university in Massachusetts to major in physics. As for daily life, I just sort of hang around. I'm usually on the computer a lot. Since I live in New Hampshire, I have about a foot of snow in my area right now...

For my particular model, I do not see any practical application for it. It is just something that I am planning to build. In fact, it's probably serve the same application that a trebuchet does nowadays, in that I can use it to chuck things very far away. Also, some of my friends are trying to...

I've actually been wanting to build one of these. For those of you who don't know how they work, pretty much all it is is that you have a power source, two rails for current to go through (hence the name railgun), and then you have a projectile that is conductive. The current creates a magnetic...

It might be overkill, but I know for certain that my computer is secure :) .

All right, all right, I'm sorry if I acted a bit rash. I just take great pride in my abilities, that's all. And I know memorizing digits of pi isn't necessarily math, but it does help in that department. And about much earlier, I didn't mean for that comment to come out the way it did. I was...

My, my. Just because I know 120 digits of pi you automatically assume that I have no life. I don't spend a large amount of my time memorizing digits of pi. I don't have any idea how your brains work, but for me, it does not take me a long time to memorize a large amount of information. It took...

I don't really know the exact measurements of the galaxy, in fact nobody on Earth does. However, the galactic disk has been estimated to have a radius of 60,000 light years. Based on this figure, I would estimate the circumference to be around 360,000 light years. Or, if you want a more accurate...

How many of you over here are familiar with the twin paradox? I am personally quite fascinated with this phenomenon predicted by General Relativity. In a nut shell, since your relative time slows down at speeds close to the speed of light, it implies that if, say, your twin brother were to go...

I know the first 120 digits of pi: 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651whew! thats all I know off the top of my head.

Hi all, I'm new to this site. I'd thought I would introduce myself here. You know, you should have an "introduce yourself" thread on this site. Well, anyway, I'll introduce myself. I'm 19 yrs old, live in New Hampshire, and I'm still a student in High School. I'm really big into science...