• Christianity and Science: Partners in the Search for Truth Part 1

    Updated: 2024-10-15 21:04:21
    : Skip to content Proslogion Thoughts from a scientist who is a Christian not a Christian Scientist Menu Home Categories Archives Links ABOUT Dr . Jay L . Wile Calendar Handouts Contact Christianity and Science : Partners in the Search for Truth Part 1 An artist’s conception of Roger Bacon performing an . experiment Roger Bacon was the father of the modern scientific method , and it is no coincidence that he was also a devout Christian . Most of the great scientists of the past were Christians , and their motivation for studying the natural world was to learn more about God . Indeed , Roger Bacon claimed that a good scientist should rely on Divine inspirations to help him understand the world around him . If you would like to learn more , read my post on Memoria College’s . blog

  • New Words from British TV

    Updated: 2024-10-15 21:04:15
    Vocabulary gained while watching British crime shows. I will only show the meaning from the context in which they were heard. I like and would adopt most of these here in the US if others knew what they meant. My favorites are the words in orange. Editorial Let me say a few things about British […]

  • Helium and the “Howling Gasser”

    Updated: 2024-10-15 21:04:15
    Global demand for helium is expected to double by 2035. Helium is a critical, non-renewable resource used across the world. It is found in natural gas deposits in limited number of gas wells. Helium is the second most abundant element in the universe behind hydrogen. But this is averaged across the universe. Any helium the […]

  • Amassing Cannon Fodder is an Old Soviet Tactic

    Updated: 2024-10-15 21:04:15
    After reading a biography of the Russian Marshal of the Soviet Union, Georgy Zhukov, it becomes apparent that there are parallels between Soviet tactics in WWII and those used in the Putin-Ukraine conflict. Beyond the deployment of similarly vintaged tanks and weaponry, General Zhukov was notorious for committing his forces to battle with little regard […]

  • Aromaticity, Asphaltenes, Maltenes, Asphalt and Asphalt Concrete

    Updated: 2024-10-15 21:04:15
    9/11/24. At present numerous oil production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have been evacuated because of Hurricane Francine. One of them is the “Who Dat” O&G field. The Who Dat field produces O&G with low wax content and no asphaltene flocculation. The origin of the phrase “Who Dat” comes from the Acadiana region of […]

  • Albert Michelson

    Updated: 2024-10-15 13:55:42
    : Chemical Forums 1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever October 15, 2024, 05:04:29 PM Forum Rules Read This Before Posting Home Help Search Login Register Chemical Forums Chemistry Forums for Students Physical Chemistry Forum Albert Michelson previous next Print Pages : 1 Go Down Topic : Albert Michelson Read 39 times 0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic . serotonin Regular Member Posts : 15 Mole Snacks : 0 0 Albert Michelson : on Today at 09:55:42 AM Albert Michelson measures with almost absolute precision the constant limit of the universe , speed of photo c What would a possible instantaneous transfer of the photon mean Which concepts would be strengthened and which would be weakened Is this correct : There would be a perfect superposition of two points at any time . It is

  • Re: What fuel to burn on a mini Hibachi without poison byproduct?

    Updated: 2024-10-15 06:40:28
    Sterno.Although every fuel will probably give some specific taste, different from charcoal.

  • Re: What fuel to burn on a mini Hibachi without poison byproduct?

    Updated: 2024-10-15 04:52:49
    Yes, it would work. It'#039s also called spirit alcohol

  • Scientists Explore Proton Therapy as Safer Cancer Treatment Alternative

    Updated: 2024-10-11 21:58:23
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us on Social Substack Google News FaceBook Twitter X Bluesky Threads Instagram Our Bloggers Search Scientists Explore Proton Therapy as Safer Cancer Treatment Alternative October 11, 2024 U.S . Department of Energy Cameron Clarke is leading a study to evaluate whether proton therapy cancer treatments may serve as a safer alternative to treatments using radioactive isotopes . Researchers at Jefferson Lab are investigating whether proton therapy could replace radioactive isotope-based cancer treatments , potentially reducing radiological . risks Summary : A team at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is launching a study to evaluate proton therapy as a safer alternative to traditional radioisotope-based cancer treatments . The research aims to

  • Limitations of Quantum Computing

    Updated: 2024-10-07 16:57:37
    Note: First, let me make clear that I am not a computer scientist and while I’ve learned FORTRAN, BASIC and PASCAL in the early 1980’s followed by coursework in quantum chemistry in grad school- and somehow passed– the question of how quantum computation actually computes with qubits remains a mystery to me. Honestly, I’m weary […]

  • Lawfare

    Updated: 2024-10-04 19:53:22
    There is an interesting substack post by historian and NYU prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat discussing the latest filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith that was just unsealed and released by Judge Tanya Chutkan. The full 165 page document can be found here. Boiled down, the filing makes the case Trump is not immune from prosecution. Ben-Ghiat […]

  • Imbeciles All

    Updated: 2024-10-02 22:17:42
    I just read that conservative influencers and even former president Trump have been referring to VP candidate Walz as ‘Tampon Tim’ over the state law mandating free menstrual supplies be available in grades 4-12 in Minnesota schools. The issue for some is that these supplies be made available to all needing access to the products, […]

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