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There is a such thing as a stupid question and its any question that is in all caps. I have gotten 6 of these today, with 20 items up for sale thats been about average. My new policy is that any email written in all caps gets deleted without response. I dont mind questions about shipping cost...

I don't mean this thread as another discussion on the (a)morality of abortion. I'm just curious about how skeptic pro-lifers would answer the following: 1) Are you against abortion in cases of rapes ? 2) Are you against abortion when tests show severe developmental problems of the fetus ? (we...

I recently bought a wholesale lot that included 3 electron microscopes. Does anyone here know something about them? I know they're older models and supposed to work.

Had a discussion going in another thread that brought this subject up. I know nothing about what happens in a recording studio. I am interested in the technology behind recording and mixing the music that I buy. Is this typically done directly to digital now? Is it a well-known format, such...

I'm writing an article about the Million Dollar Challenge for my homepage, and I have some questions about it. Before I get into that, I just want to congratulate especially Kramer for the challenge. Especially the recent applicants in the "Challenge Applicants" forum have all been handled very...

I couldn't resist posting a link to today's Sinfest, discussing the afterlife.

I've just had rather a scary eye exam. This isn't precisely news, as potential problems with my optic nerve were first picked up a year ago and that's why I was scheduled for this imaging in the first place. Nevertheless, it wasn't very reassuring for the opthalmologist yesterday to tell me my...

If you could sit down with a top religious leader like Reverend Robert Schuller or Billy Graham, what questions could you pose to them about their religion that would really throw them for a loop and make them question their own faith? Assuming they would keep an open mind (I know, this is a...

A close relation of mine has recently developed a rash. Her whole body is constantly itching - her back, chest, neck, arse, legs, behind her ears, arms & even in between her fingers. When it is scratched it goes red and inflamed and goes lumpy. Her lips are swollen and her eyelids are red. She...

1. How can ghosts "speak"? Discussion: Humans need vocal cords in order to speak. Moreover, humans need their special vocal cords in order to make human language possible (i.e. Dogs are physically incapable of speaking in human language). After death, the vocal cords, like the rest of the body...

Hello all, It ia better to discuss specific subject on diabetes here. I am just trying to understand effects of hyperinsulinemia--natural, induced or medicated esp. in type2 with IR patients. In this respect I want to know:- 1. Whether we have yet studied, progression of diabetes in...

Hello all, (Let me try again, if we can be some really productive.) Can you contribute to questions posted at folowing link;- http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?t=46884 In addition, I have more questions for you:- ..4. How can C-peptide & Insulin tests tell the whole story about...

Amusing, if ballsy, teen goes on experiment to see how far recruiters will go to sign a drug addicted high school drop out. Got it on tape/video. The kid sounds like a great candidate for some kind of civil service. I just can't decide which.

I'm reading "The Ancestor's tale" by Richard Dawkins and (at the moment) I am trying to picture what a concestor is. I have no education in these matters, simply curiosity, so I hope I don't ask a dumb question (in the wrong forum too!) I gather a concestor is a creature from whom's immediate...

I asked about QM before - and have since read a bit more about the topic. I still have 2 questions though: 1. Can scientists "see" the particles that make up protons and things? Meaning - do scientists have some sort of super-duper microscope that can actually see these particles? If not - how...

There are some people on these forums who have a much better understanding of relativistic effects than myself, so I was wondering if anyone can answer these questions, which might help me to understand it. Imagine a spaceship 189,000 miles wide, with a light source on one side and a mirror on...

Hello all, I give below some definitions;- SIN; an offense against religious or moral law: transgression of the law of God :a vitiated state of human nature in which the self is estranged from God: to commit an offense or fault... Balance of nature; A term for an ideal condition in which the...

I've referenced Dr. Mary J. Ruwart and particularly her book Healing Our World a number of times on this forum. I'll have a chance to speak with her on Sunday and wondered if anyone here had any questions they would like me to pass on to her. I'll post any answers I get here in this thread.