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I've met Kaku at CCNY.
Even Adobe Photoshop can't change me.
A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!
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He is a professor in the department of Physics.Originally posted by Toramana View PostEven Adobe Photoshop can't change me.
A line[Durrand line] of hatred that raised a wall between the two brothers -Hamid Karzai
For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan."
The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patáns—but God knows!
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This image was recently posted by astronaut André Kuipers, on board the International Space Station.
This is a droplet of water, with an air bubble injected inside. On Earth water droplets appear flattened and any air bubbles quickly rise to the top and pop. Without gravity, this is what you get.
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I love Michio Kaku[QUOTE=Afghanistan2010;658085][B]He is no different [COLOR="Red"]than us[/COLOR][/B],[B]he[COLOR="Red"] blindly believes [/COLOR]in the words [COLOR="Red"]of other men[/COLOR][/B],:[/QUOTE]
2010 Admitting he's a blind believer not in God, but what other men says.Comment
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Australian photographer Lincoln Harrison spends hours with his camera set on a tripod in the Australian Outback trained on the night sky. He then joins hundreds of images of the foreground and the stars together to create magnificent star trail pictures of beauty spots near Lake Eppalock in the southern state of Victoria. The colourful spirals are the result of the Earth moving, creating the impression that the stars are travelling across the night sky.
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Who cares (directed at Kaku's questions). People should work on becoming better inside. Dunya is short, Akhira is forever. You could be a Stephen Hawkings, but what's the point without having an Oz of faith in the all-mighty? You'll get all the answers when you die, until then, it's all Thesis's. A thesis isn't factComment
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Scientists find strong evidence of 'ocean of water' on Saturn moon
Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has found strong evidence for an ocean of water beneath the frozen crust of Saturn's largest moon Titan, scientists said on Thursday.
The finding propels Titan into a shortlist of places including Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's smaller moon Enceladus suspected of harbouring underground seas.
"The evidence is strong that Titan is squishy," said planetary scientist Jonathan Lunine, with Cornell University.
The evidence was put together during six passes over Titan by Cassini, which is orbiting Saturn, between 2004 and 2011. During the fly-bys, scientists measured minute changes in the pitch of radio signals passing between the spacecraft and Earth to figure how much Saturn's gravity deformed the moon.
They then turned to computer models to match a 10-meter (33-foot) distortion with possible scenarios to explain what was going on. The more solid the moon's interior, the less it would be impacted by Saturn's gravity.
"The measurement is pretty conclusive about the existence of an internal ocean," said lead researcher Luciano Iess, with Sapienza University in Rome, Italy.
"The presence of water does not imply life," he added. "“But Titan has many interesting ingredients – hydrocarbons, a hydrological cycle and a thick atmosphere."
Scientists have no idea if the ocean is in contact with rock, a possible source of minerals and other components believed to be needed for life.
Based on the Cassini findings, Titan's suspected ocean lies about 100 kilometres (62 miles) beneath the surface.
Although the moon sports lakes of liquid hydrocarbons, such as methane and ethane, Titan's ocean is probably mostly water.
"The subsurface ocean has to be made of water, or water mixed with a relatively small percentage of salts," Iess said.
If the ocean were liquid hydrocarbons, the heavier surface ice would sink and Cassini would see a global hydrocarbon ocean on the surface, he added.
Scientists hope to refine gravity maps of Titan after additional Cassini fly-bys planned through 2017.
Cassini arrived at Saturn in 2004.
The research appears in this week's issue of Science.
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Originally posted by Toramana View Post
This image was recently posted by astronaut André Kuipers, on board the International Space Station.
This is a droplet of water, with an air bubble injected inside. On Earth water droplets appear flattened and any air bubbles quickly rise to the top and pop. Without gravity, this is what you get.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...cise-in-space/
One amazing thing about the fact a droplet of water will have a spherical shape when there is weak gravity is that it teaches is the properties of the molecular shape of water.[QUOTE=Afghanistan2010;658085][B]He is no different [COLOR="Red"]than us[/COLOR][/B],[B]he[COLOR="Red"] blindly believes [/COLOR]in the words [COLOR="Red"]of other men[/COLOR][/B],:[/QUOTE]
2010 Admitting he's a blind believer not in God, but what other men says.Comment
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Cosmos
It isn’t easy creating a map of something invisible, but that’s what astronomers did earlier this year when they unveiled the largest-ever survey of dark matter.
by Adam Hadhazy
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why does not knowing about where the air came from etc etc, have to be any more strange than a person who may not be capable of just 'being' and experiencing, because their mind is incapable of relaxing.
have you ever seen peasant farmers in the fields, who offer you some of their precious crop, that they have been busy farming. with beautiful smiles on their faces and a glow of their being? i have seen people who live without the necessity 'to know' in the way of a 'scientist'.
by their personal experience, they may 'know' even more than a person who lives too much in the mind.
different people have different paths.Comment
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We cannot underestimate the importance of science.
The only difference between the East and the West is the understanding of science. And what a huge difference that is..."If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be".
"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives".Comment
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