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    Start Learning Astrophysics - Texts & Resources

    You don't have to buy anything. You have an internet connection- my friends here can provide you with copious links to all the material you'll need.
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    Are Gamma Ray Bursts a Threat to Life on Earth?

    Speak for yourself. My existence is due to more than the lack of GRBs.
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    Name a good nuclear Physics book

    http://www.fusor.net/board/download_thread.php?site=fusor&bn=fusor_books&thread=1019539423 http://www.fusor.net/board/view.php?bn=fusor_books&key=1155155616&first=25 http://www.fusor.net/board/view.php?bn=fusor_books&key=1033599178&first=75...
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    Why is there a decline in interest in science majors among US citizens?

    I was well within the topic. I could just as easily accuse you of hijacking it by over-reacting to what (I presume) you incorrectly identified as racism. Stating "in my opinion" in hopes of differentiating it from fact is redundant when the subject isn't dealing with strictly accepted...
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    Why is there a decline in interest in science majors among US citizens?

    I already explained why any statistical data in support of my argument would be woefully incomplete and hence, pointless. If someone took it on as a Phd thesis, it would still be incomplete because there would be too many factors involved. I suppose it could be the subject of a book, but the...
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    Why is there a decline in interest in science majors among US citizens?

    A lack of scientific evidence doesn't mean my assertion is incorrect. Since it is on such a broad scale, statistical data is just too specific, and there will always be exceptions to the rule. I just know it; I know it in my bones, I feel it in the air, that we as a species are getting dumber...
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    Why is there a decline in interest in science majors among US citizens?

    Sorry, I don't have anything to back up my claim, but if I did it could easily be criticized from various angles (which is why such sensitive studies are seldom if ever done). The basic facts as I see them are this: Economic class is never a measure of intelligence, but on a broad level it is...
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    Why is there a decline in interest in science majors among US citizens?

    Do you want the cold, honest answer? It's because of the shrinking intellectual quality of the gene pool. Stupid people keep having children, and they keep having more children than smart people.
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    Schools Can high school students submit paper?

    In all likelihood you would impress the potential scholarship granting intitution more with the background knowledge you have that could lead to writing such a paper than with the actual paper. This is because even if you know what you're talking about and the subject has ingenuity and novelty...
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    How universal are the laws of physics?

    But how do you know that the infinite universe doesn't have universal laws? What is the law that says all laws must be change? Since we don't yet have evidence of fluctuations, we don't know.
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    How universal are the laws of physics?

    Is there irrefutable evidence that the laws as we know them apply to all the galaxies in the observable universe with a fine tuned universal degree of accuracy throughout, or is it more likely that they vary from one galaxy (or galactic cluster) to another? Do you have any links that explain this?
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    I keep dreaming of my parent's place

    Well over half the dreams I have are set at my parent's place, which is the original home where I was raised. But I haven't lived there in 14 years. Anyone else experience this? What is my unconscious telling me? That I need to get in closer touch with them? Or is it just that my first 17 years...
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    Is there or has there been a board or thread discussing Nanotechnology.

    http://www.nano.gov/html/research/home_research.html http://www.foresight.org/
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    STAIF-2006: Space Technology & Applications International Forum

    It costs $500 just to attend, but it seems to be the only conference for high energy/ revolutionary / physics propulsion ideas. Has anyone gone or know anyone who has? STAIF Administrative Staff RE: STAIF-2006 News and Updates All the papers are in, the proceedings at the...
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