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>Space colonies aren't possible.
All it takes is a small asteroid traveling 60,000mph to puncture a hole and depressurize the entire thing killing everyone.
>Near light speed travel isn't possible
All it takes is hitting a small asteroid at 180,000mps to puncture a hole and depressurize the entire thing killing everyone.
Why doesn't anyone ever mention this?
Deflector shields dumbass
>>8162849
ever heard of cushions?
>>8162849
>Space colonies aren't possible.
>Live on space colony called Earth.
>Being constantly hit by small asteroid traveling 60,000mph
>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/SmallAsteroidImpacts-Frequency-Bolide-20141114.jpg
>get hit by large asteroid once
>100 teratonnes of TNT
>life...
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The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
>>8160435
good thread
Is the mitochondria's matrix symmetric?
Dark Mane memes in 2016
Are there legitimate reasons to hate this company?
1) They are a monopoly and treat farmers like employees. So if you liked farm live, you will hate them making it a corporate growing field.
2) They make a ton of money for inserting the proteine of a fungus that had already existed in nature. No research and development accomplished the insecticide so they're opportunists in this regard.
3) Prolonged use of the insecticide protein can lead to resistance in the insects it is supposed to kill. Once that happened, the natural remedy (the fungus) is also rendered ineffective. There have been cases outside of the...
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lmao when will these monsantards will ever learn ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovKw6YjqSfM
>>8165018
hey lets ban gasoline because when you drink it it kills you
Does reading books make you smarter?
>>8167341
no.. it most certainly does not. you should try to form your own opinion rather than reading the opinions of others.
Its generally beneficial but it doesn't just make you smart.
>>8167341
No. Proof: It would be possible to compile thousands of /sci/ posts into a book.
What is the best laptop for a physics major? Also
/sci workstation thread
>>8163527
are you serious?
> cheap linux netbook with university batchfarm
>>8163527
Alienware xevb9001. I don't think it's actually possible to graduate without one.
>>8163527
physics students don't need laptops
Minecraft computer guy here. Here's the computer I said I was working on if anybody remembers the last thread.
http://imgur.com/a/lPZbk
Damn.
what does it do anon
>>8155262
Calculates pi to 5 decimal places.
WHAT THE FUCK IS LIGHT
How would you explain what light is?
A small piece of energy? An oscillating electromagnetic field? But what are those things. Please help me understand what light is at the most fundamental level (if u say photons u beter explain more)
Light is a disturbance in the aether, like a wave in an ocean.
Figure out what the aether is and you'll understand light.
>>8162552
Unfortunately, no-one has ever seen or been able to observe light in any way, so all we know about is are vague hypotheses and supposition.
In fact, most scientists consider it impossible for light to exist based on what we know of physics, and the lack of an explanation is the biggest current obstacle to a unified theory.
>>8162552
photons.
What does /sci/ do when they are not learning/working/studying?
>>8164939
>Browse /sci/ at home
>Lift while browsing /sci/ on phone
>Go out drinking, spend most of the night browsing /sci/
>>8164939
contemplating my failed life, being depressed, thinking about suicide
>>8164939
Animu and mango.
Some videogames too.
Is there any proof that watching porn is bad for you?
>>8163970
Only if it interferes with your sexual or everyday life.
It can cause ED in some if you rely solely on porn for masturbation. It's good to have a balance of masturbation without porn and with porn. Or just get a fucking girlfriend.
>she honestly believes psychology is a science
>caring about what a female thinks
I will take the bait. Psychology employs the scientific method and is therefore science. It might be a useless non-predictive science but it is science nevertheless.
>>8163218
>female
Only street folks use that for women,are you from the street anon?
Are people born gay? Are people born in the "wrong body" and are people born straight? Why or why not?
Just curious, I've seen a lot of people argue over this fact but little scientific evidence. Thanks.
>>8163029
Who the fuck cares.
As long as they can function in society and produce value then I will be totally fine with them.
If they are fatass tumblrites that sit on their ass 24/7 to post on tumblr and do those SJW vines then fucking persecute them for all I care.
But most homos and 'non-binary' people are not shit, and they are a tiny minority so why do you even care?
>>8163046
I'm not looking to discriminate people. I don't care myself. A close friend of mine who is gay had a discussion with me and was also curious, recently. I'd just like some more information on it. I've looked around on google and there wasn't much to be found that wasn't propaganda from both sides. Hoping to find something more in depth.
I just think if it was down to environmental circumstances it's strange how a close friend of mine whom I've known since I was a baby...
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>>8163054
Okay, then I'll throw my 2 cents assuming you are not /pol/ looking to stir up /sci/.
In my opinion it is not natural, it is just a craving. Some boys are born girlier than others and ones are born just girly enough to see girls and be jealous and think they want to be a girl.
Then they crave being a girl and because they are already identifying, this craving never wears off so when they learn about hormone therapy and transition surgeries they do it, thinking that it will make them happy... and...
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There is an argument happening on /k/ right now about whether or not air is a material.
>>>/k/30393928
(ctrl-f "air is not a material")
The basic argument that one anon is making is this: in certain kinds of tank armor, where hollow spaces are designed as a part of the armor (due to the effect these spaces have on incoming fire), this effectively makes those hollow spaces a "material", and therefore "air is a material".
What's your take on this, /sci/?
>>8165856
Air by definition is a material, otherwise it would be a vacuum.
>>8165867
This.
>>8165867
But does it count as a material in a design where it wasn't added, and it just happens to be there, because the design has empty spaces in it?
is meat bad for us?
>>8159471
Yes, meat is bad for frogs.
>>8159471
ask some vegans with brain-damaged kids
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Why when the atomic bomb explodes everything gets instantly dusty, but then later the actual shockwave from the blast sweeps everything off ?
Whats the initial wave that lifts off the dust from the ground way before the shockwave gets there and what causes it ? It almost looks like it reached there with lightspeed.
>>8158063
Heat.
>>8158063
>It almost looks like it reached there with lightspeed.
because it did
that's the heat wave and all the other radiation
that's what sets fire to stuff after a nuclear blast
the shockwave comes after
The flash from an atomic bomb delivers a lot of energy. So, shit gets lit on fire just from the amount of energy delivered by the wave of photons emitted from the reaction a rather impressive distance from the detonation.
>tfw you've proven a new theorem, but you're too tired and lazy to type it up
Literally me everyday.
>>8159089
>le smart but le lazy
When will this meme die?
>>8159095
It's because public education in the United States has to cater to the lowest common denominator such that even the biggest drooler can pass. You get normal kids who aren't droolers passing classes without trying, while their mams congratulate them on their snowflakiness, so when they are eventually challenged and unable to succeed without effort, they deal with not being able to do the work by telling themselves the comforting thought that they "really are smart, just lazy".
It's a...
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