Phenomenon Definition and 213 Threads

is global warming a natural phenomenon? I think it is . But we can enhanced it such as we produce tonnes of carbon dioxide every day, causing the greehouse effect strengthen and finally lead to global warming .

Hey guys, I was just wondering, why can some pictures be only seen through a polarizing film, or when illuminated by polarized light? I would really appreciate your answer. Thx, Xen0 :biggrin:

Today when I was toying with a water rocket I came upon a strange phenomena. The setup was like this: I had a 625 mL coke bottle, filled half way with water. The cap had a nice hole in it, about 1.5 cm. I turned the bottle upside down, thinking that the water would just gush out, but low and...

What you guys think of crop circles? The latest one are astonishing and I don't imagine people on the ground hoaxing them. Maybe we are being manipulated by mass media and those crop circles are produced using computers by Hollywood specialists? Earliest crop circles I admit were made by...

This freaky story is in a book I have called Mysteries of the Unexplained. I found the following version on the web (nearly identical). It ties in with the dowsing threads, but unless it is a complete fabrication, I wonder what was causing all the car crashes: "Weird Phenomenon At Marker...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3671271.stm

I decided to write to you directly in front of the importance of my discovery. I hope that you will not hold rigour of it and of my tinted English of French Canadian accent.I believe that this discovery can bring answers that are missing to the models of the universe we have. During the last...

I have noticed that when you keep in direct communication with a person, you have a tenedncy to think alike. What I mean is, you often think the same thing at the same time, and say the same thing at the same time. This phenomenon has been reoccuring for many years with someone very close to me...

Hi all, maybe this is not the proper forum to post this. Because it rather belongs into a section 'strange effects in everyday life', or whatever. Well. Yesterday I opened a bag of peanuts. The ones that have the closed shells which contain two nuts each. I found the best way to crack them...

When a magnetic field is applied to a diamagnetic, the dipoles align opposite to the direction of the magnetic field. However, when a magnetic field is applied to a paramagnetic, the dipoles align to the same direction of the magnetic field. My professor mentioned in class that the...

Hi,everyone Everyone of you must have done the following experiment while you prepare your breakfast. Put an egg (boiled or not) in a glass or brig then put the glass under a tab and release the water, you will notice that seconds later the egg will slowly arise to the top of the water...

Can anyone explain to me the red shift

Has anyone else heard about this? http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/12mar_darkspot.htm?list827141