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Does anyone know how the supercomputers did it rather than the empirical approach? Also, energy can also be converted to mass, but how? Is there any evidence of this occurrence? http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/sc_afp/sciencephysicseinstein_081120235605

arXiv:0811.2402 [ps, pdf, other] Title: A Realistic Cosmological Model Based on Observations and Some Theory Developed Over the Last 90 Years Authors: Geoffrey Burbidge Comments: 21 pages, conference Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph) This meeting is entitled "A Century of Cosmology."...

With unemployment fore casted to hit 8% or higher by next year? How are you going to prepare for the strong possibility that you might get the pink slip and see your 401 k(s) become completely worthless?

AOL reported that OJ Simpson was found guilty on 12 counts...13 Years to the Day of his other famous verdict...any thoughts on the irony? I'm not attempting to judge (or comment) on his guilt/innocence. It merely occurred to me that if he WAS found guilty the first time...he MIGHT have...

I'm listening to an astronomy lecture by Prof. James B. Kaler. He keeps pronouncing Pisces like Pee Cees. I've always pronounced it Pie Cees. How do you pronounce it?

apparently, and was replaced by the American mammoth, That's the result of mitochondrial DNA research: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26545527/ There is something with that excellent picture of the Yarkov mammoth mummy, heavy copyright fights. I hope this is the right place to post it.

What do you think will happen in that span of time? Will we find some wonderful discoveries or will we come across a global war over resources? Time to get your eight ball out...

A nice story on PBS tonight: Japanese Americans who were forced out of college and into internment camps, during WWII, were graduated last weekened at Oregon State University [Integral's and my alma mater]...

In some cultures and especially in the past boys at age 9 or 10 choose their wife that they will marry later on. Why? An example is in Mongolia in the olden days. Not sure if it still happens now.

Ok this is a pretty simple concept and in the electronics field I use it on a monthly basis, I can do it but I do not understand how it works and It is bugging the crap out of me. EXAMPLE: I have a pressure sensor, it reads pressure from 0 psi to .73 psi, and outputs a corresponding voltage...

Hi All, I understand that Einstein pursued the Unified Field Theory for the last 30 years of his life, pretty much going against mainstream physics. Of course he never succeeded because the necessary foundation was not yet in place for this pursuit. Does this mean that the last 30 years...

question as above, entering this fall, I wouldn't really want to buy one if I didnt really have the need to, btw, I am not staying on campus, i have my own place.

Masters degree? One of my friends has a B.S in physics, and a masters in mechanical engineering. He did it all in 6 years. Now surely an appreciable amount of physics relates to mechanical engineering, but is it typically that easy to complete another "separate" major like that? If I do 4...

This is probably an elementary exercise, but my head spins trying to think about it. Assume that on Earth we see something 1 billion light years away (i.e. light took 1 billion years to reach us). To simplify, assume no relative proper motion, although the distance will change due to universe...

Would a galaxy 7 billion LY away appear to be twice the expected size (angular size) as a consequence of the expansion of the universe? (Assuming the universe is 14 Billion years old). My math says yes. But of course, I am just using trig and geometry. Just curious.

Hi everyone ! I got the weird idea of revisiting my old math books from 20 years ago and I got stuck on an problem that is probably super easy for most of you. It's from the chapter where we learn about how to solve limits of the form 0^0, \infty^0, 1^\infty by transforming an...

Assuming we're not extinct, what will maths be like in one million years. Can the language be improved in any way? Would we be more efficient with fewer/more digits than 9. Imagine if we we're using roman numerals how crap everything would be...

For the first time in twenty-five years I made a mistake that damaged a customer's piece of equipment. I was doing a last minute I/O check as there had been some discrepancies, and I inadvertently started a piece of equipment that provides no indication that it's running. My first clue was the...

what will be development of computer in next 20 years?

Hi all, after 10 years without any physics, I have trouble solving the following problem: "If your mean surface temperature is 28 C, what is your emittance? If the mean wall temperature in the room in which you are standing is 20 C, what is the average thermal irradiance at your surface...

Here is the part that I am confused on. I have to calculate the number of years the employees have been working for us, I believe the function I need to use is TODAY but it is not working, how can I get that function to work? I also need to figure out how to use the functions when looking at...

I had posted this in the wrong thread before I believe, so I moved it here. This is my first post, so I hope I am following the guidelines. I have a bachelors degree in Physics and a minor in math which I completed back in 2000. Back then I was sort of an average student, but I also did laser...

The contents of this forum has, for me, made the prospect of becoming a theoretical physicist very intimidating. I now find myself wishing that I had become interested in the field at the beginning of high school, instead of at the end. But instead of dwelling on what I cannot change I have...

Hello everyone, If you meet a person who graduated with a degree in 6 years. What would be you first impressions or you impressions in general about it? Will it be diffirent if the person did graduate with a degree in Engineering? I need some guiadance in this regard. Thank you.

Hello, everyone. From what I understand at universities there are three terms in one year and students are required to take 5 subjects per term for 2 of these terms (ie. 10 subjects per year). So, if a student wanted to go to school for all three terms that would be 15 courses per year...

Hi, This is probably a beginners question, but ill ask it anyway as it has me confused.I have read quite a few posts from clever people here (so I assume its correct) that the closer to light speed you get, the slower time gets, and also distances get shorter. Effectively meaning that, say for...

Is it possible to build an ion cannon(it's a super weapon that orbits around the Earth in space) with the technology we currently have or will have within the next 5-10 yrs?

By DAVID BROOKS, Op-Ed Columnist, October 9, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/opinion/09brooks.html I am hoping for the day that my children are fully independent and on their own - voluntarily. They don't have to get married or start a family, but having their own place and being...

Hi! First I apologise for my english, I don't write to much... I live in Swiss, and i have startet study at the epfl, but some money and family problem stopped my studies... so in 2002 i left the epfl and have worked a little. Now I m 33 and i would like to start my studies again in the...

...that's what this headline says anyway. There's a lot more to calculus than infinite series... Also by the time Newton came along most of calculus had been discovered. Newton was the one who saw the big picture & showed that it was all part of the same theory.

Percolation and Gibbs states multiplicity for ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller models on Z2 http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0305-4470/31/45/005 One of the two student authors was the actress who played Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danica_McKellar

And are most of the uranium supplies outside the US? thanks

Hi. I would like to discuss this: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070524094126.htm "Now, physicists Lawrence Krauss from Case Western Reserve University and Robert J. Scherrer from Vanderbilt University predict that trillions of years into the future, the information that...

Why does this article make me think they may miss another one? :rolleyes: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3188967&page=1 Of course, in fairness to NASA, it may be a Reuters typo. Let's hope so! :smile:

http://www.intel.com/technology/silicon/45nm_technology.htm http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20070128comp.htm According to one news report, they are talking about 1 teraflop CPUs in five years.

Why have guns been essentially the same mechanism since the invention of gunpowder? Has there been any improvement in their physics recently?

You ain't going to believe this. I finally brought my turntable home after not being able to use it in over 15 years, and am listening to my old LPs. While 'Jody' was playing, I thought to google Joel Gregorash to check his bio. Guess what the first hit was...

[SIZE="5"]Eh Oh! The "lovable" (or despicable, or scary) Teletubbies http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070329/ennew_afp/entertainmenttelevision_070329182256" on TV! Long live Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. I love them, especially Tinky Winky, just because they annoy Jerry Falwell so much...

Is it possible to get a Maths degree in, say, 2 years? Or less? Or a joint Maths degree with another subject (eg language)? Are there any institutions in the UK or US which allow you to do this? When do they enrol? I will explain why I'm asking later but thanks in advance to anyone who replies.

If my arms were as long as 10 light years and I waved, wouldn't they be going faster than the speed of light?

Does the core of the Earth belong to the Earth or did it come from outer space and collide with the Earth.In this scenario the volume of the moon added to the volume of the continental rocks should equal the volume of the core ( the collision would have displaced material from inside the...

What an incredible story: An unpopular and short lived series refuses to die, and now, along with its offspring, Trek spans forty years that have inspired countless young minds. http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ [The History Channel is currently running a two-hour documentary...

I read on http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2006/11/the-sky-is-falling/The long term trend in stratospheric temperatures is clearly downward. For the last decade, however,stratospheric tempratures haven't changed much.How can the stratosphere temperature be independent of the...

300 years after the Scot's hand was forced into signing the act of Union with the English, there is some REAL debate on whether the Union is mutually beneficial. Whether being *British* is still something that Scots are proud of, and want to keep. Whether Being independent from Westminster's...

Hello, I am a fourth year student at a decent public school. My GPA is 3.986, I haven't taken the GRE yet but I got 99th percentile on my SATs, and I have done very well on practice tests, so I am hoping to have very high scores. I also did an REU last summer and have been doing research with a...

Woot! I was at a party on new years eve and at around 11:30 pm a lot of us climbed up onto the roof of the house (the house was HUGE :bugeye: ) and when I looked up, there was a clear halo around the moon. It was cool O_O. Anyway, a few hours later it was barely visible. It's just awesome...

Homework Statement Occasionally, huge icebergs are found floating on the ocean's currents. Suppose one such iceberg is 149 km long, 27.7 km wide, and 152 m thick. (a) How much heat in joules would be required to melt this iceberg (assumed to be at 0 °C) into liquid water at 0 °C? The density...

I've recently read a few articles on the subject of quantum computers, and I'm curious to when they are going to be developed to the point that they are a recognisable way to process information. Do you think they will be in use within the next 50 years? and why?

Greetings! I have read/heard from various sources that none of the cells in my (or any other human's) body now are the same as they were seven (At least one source said nine years) years ago. I remember reading from one source that some cells don't "die" but all of the separate parts are...

to the earth. I will arrive at Earth a little over 5 years from the time I depart, correct? How many years will I have aged as a passenger on the spaceship and how long will someone on Earth have aged during my journey?