A Matter of Faith or A Sure Bet?
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Lonely Planets
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Nice review Thomas.
It baffles me how anyone who has seen the Hubble Deep Field image... http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/ releases/1996/01/...can say there exists a finite number of suitable planets which can sustain life.
As you might have guessed, I'm one of the believers. The discussion on probability in my college statistics class, coupled with that Hubble image, has more than convinced me. Call it faith. Call it hope. I think it's a sure bet. Will I live to collect? Probably not.
The high rate of employment in IT has been of concern to me. My neice recently graduated from Gonzaga. I worried she might not be able to find employment in her field (Computer engineering), but she was picked up almost immediately by a defense contracter in southern California. According to her, they interviewed 200 graduates and hired well over 50 of them.
It makes me think companies are opting to fill open positions with younger people whom they can hire at a much lower salary.
Here's a solution. Require the voting Academy members to attend a theatre to see the movie, just like the rest of us do. Not only would it solve the problem of movie leaks, it would offer added support to their industry.
Hey, I'm for anything that saves washing dishes!
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The Cheese Slicing Laser
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· Score: 2, Funny
Bring it on!
Now if they'll just invent a laser-powered washing machine we'll be making some real progress.
The drug companies may not touch it, but this is one of the Big A illnesses... Alzheimer's, AIDS, and Autism. It could draw a lot of attention at the NIH level.
Remember, the drug companies weren't all that hot on research to oust hormone replacement therapy(HRT) either, but the Women's Health Initiative went forward with a vengance. As a result, Wyeth-Ayerst's Primarin took a nose-dive as millions of women decided to opt out of HRT.
This 100 year old drug may become a "hot topic" in upcoming medical research. I just hope they have a few more patients in the next study.
The prevalence of Hematite on Mars strongly suggests there was an abundance of water on the planet at some point in its history. Hematite, an oxide of iron and a compound chemically similiar to rust, forms in the presence of water.
Of course, Mars may have been bombarded with a bunch of Hematite asteroids, but it seems unlikely given the absence of craters.
Any extinction to this degree will have a huge impact on evolution. However, the severity of the impact is not caused so much from the radiation damage to DNA in surviving species, but from the removal of multiple species(sic "limbs") from the evolutionary tree. Granted, this may not set evolution back that far, but it will certainly cause a difference in the direction that it takes.
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Nice review Thomas.
/ releases/1996/01/ ...can say there exists a finite number of suitable planets which can sustain life.
It baffles me how anyone who has seen the Hubble Deep Field image... http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive
As you might have guessed, I'm one of the believers. The discussion on probability in my college statistics class, coupled with that Hubble image, has more than convinced me. Call it faith. Call it hope. I think it's a sure bet. Will I live to collect? Probably not.
The high rate of employment in IT has been of concern to me. My neice recently graduated from Gonzaga. I worried she might not be able to find employment in her field (Computer engineering), but she was picked up almost immediately by a defense contracter in southern California. According to her, they interviewed 200 graduates and hired well over 50 of them.
It makes me think companies are opting to fill open positions with younger people whom they can hire at a much lower salary.
The simplicity of this reflectin protein is astounding.
It can take months to sequence some human proteins, yet the squid uses a mere 6 amino acids to construct his "flashlight".
Is there a single protein in the human body that uses only 5 amino acids? Makes one wonder if a cost of evolution is biochemical inefficiency.
Here's a solution. Require the voting Academy members to attend a theatre to see the movie, just like the rest of us do. Not only would it solve the problem of movie leaks, it would offer added support to their industry.
Bring it on!
Now if they'll just invent a laser-powered washing machine we'll be making some real progress.
The drug companies may not touch it, but this is one of the Big A illnesses... Alzheimer's, AIDS, and Autism. It could draw a lot of attention at the NIH level.
Remember, the drug companies weren't all that hot on research to oust hormone replacement therapy(HRT) either, but the Women's Health Initiative went forward with a vengance. As a result, Wyeth-Ayerst's Primarin took a nose-dive as millions of women decided to opt out of HRT.
This 100 year old drug may become a "hot topic" in upcoming medical research. I just hope they have a few more patients in the next study.
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However, tax cuts and massive spending don't work.
Truer words were never spoken! Jeez, look what it did for us in California! Thank You Very Much, Gray Davis!
The prevalence of Hematite on Mars strongly suggests there was an abundance of water on the planet at some point in its history. Hematite, an oxide of iron and a compound chemically similiar to rust, forms in the presence of water.
Of course, Mars may have been bombarded with a bunch of Hematite asteroids, but it seems unlikely given the absence of craters.
Any extinction to this degree will have a huge impact on evolution. However, the severity of the impact is not caused so much from the radiation damage to DNA in surviving species, but from the removal of multiple species(sic "limbs") from the evolutionary tree. Granted, this may not set evolution back that far, but it will certainly cause a difference in the direction that it takes.