Scientific Definition and 514 Threads

"...Bush's administration distorts scientific findings" http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/19/scientists.bush.ap/index.html

Lately in a biomedical ethics class I am enrolled in, we've been discussing the underlying values and moral issues involved in testing on non-human animals. Most ethical theories advocating the use of animals in research run into trouble when they attempt to draw a line between humans, and...

Where did the "Scientific Method" actually come from? I don't mean historicly who thought of it. What I mean is what actually makes it valid? Observe Question Hypothesize Experiment Observe Above is one form of the "Scientific Method". What it basically states is that the best way...

This is an abstract version of the idea of scientific method. You percieve (Detection, not understanding). }Experiment You understand patterns from your perceptions. } Theory Sentience: The ability to perceive. You can of course do experiments on your own brain and find it's...

Has anyone read this? Either the physicists interviewed in this article were ridiculously stupid or they're so smart that they go right over my head. People at NASA sent out some sort of probe which was just intended to go out into the uiniverse with no particular destination. It constantly...

what triggers laughter? i am speaking of the kind that brings you to tears, makes your belly shake, makes you smile real big...what chemicals are responsible for true laughter? or is it a socially learned response?

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0009748F-3954-1F5E-905980A84189EEDF

The "Scientific Process" Hi guys, I'm new to this forum, and I just want to start by saying that it's really great and I've gained a lot of knowledge and insight. I have a minor question regarding this so-called "scientific method" that is taught so often in K-12 schools and is usually...

dear reader, is it possible to make an atom glow without another atom near it[?]

I was wondering how it could be possible to make some other ("sci-fi" thinking, I know...) intelligent lifeform aware of human knowledge and scientific status by means of a symbol or something - assuming of course that this other lifeform can interpret two-dimensional vector graphics as a means...

http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/wpnz/howdoweknow.htm"

[SOLVED] Black Holes: Viable Scientific Theory? Or Voo-Doo Science? The "Black Hole" theory has been around for quite a while now and it is amazing that people still talk about it. When it is regarded with even a cursory objectivity it does not satisfy any scientific criteria that would enable...

Just thought this was some interesting information. A Doctor Papaconstantino in Galveston TX is currently working on two things. One, what makes people fat and thin, Two, how to slow down or stop aging. The research has not gone beyond research mice yet, but he has two lab mice for the...

The concept of paradox has many meanings. Essentially it refers to the apparently contradictory but true, contrary to common sense, inexplicable, or self-referential and self-contradictory. Thousands of years ago in ancient Greece formal logic was first developed and, when this occurred, it...