Can you help me find the fascinating and mysterious forum postings of a self-proclaimed robotic entity on sciforums.com? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2008 - 1 answers

Help me find a cool screen saver that won't infect my computer. [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 11 answers

How does the button on the pedestrian crossing lights work? Does it actually send some sort of signal to the traffic lights, or is it just a psychological thing? It seems rather random timing-wise.
posted on May 14, 2008 - 20 answers

My question is that I want to know what computer science classes at a community college I should take before enrolling in a MLS graduate school? [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2008 - 11 answers

20-something INTP, bored to death in his corporate gig, asks: What should I do with my life? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 27 answers

StatsFilter: I want to compare quantitatively the results of subjecting two different groups of people, A and B, to two different "programs". Which statistical test do I use to see which "program" had a greater effect? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 5 answers

Please help me convince my in-laws not to take colloidal silver (silver water). [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 11 answers

What are the modern fields in science currently under crisis? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 23 answers

Question about obscure science fiction short story, "Allegory," by William T. Powers, which was reprinted in Groff Conklin's 13 GREAT STORIES OF SCIENCE FICTION. The question is: what is this story an allegory of? To put it another way, is there some real-world or historical event that this story is a comment on? [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm looking for websites which document people just getting together and doing weird, quasi-scientific experiments for fun. [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 8 answers

Where can I find accurate, concise information on short-to-medium term technical problems in the data-center/server/colo markets? [more inside]
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 1 answers

Does modern science prove the theory of heliocentrism wrong? [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 18 answers

Should I participate in a 4-week sleep study? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2008 - 13 answers

Who first came up with the concept of lots of small (though not necessarily nanoscale) robots performing useful tasks collectively? [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 10 answers

Yet another what-is-this-book/story question (sci-fi, possibly young adult, writen pre-1983) [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 15 answers

Cutting edge strides and theories in neo-psychology - does an up and running, active Wiki exist? [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 2 answers

A novel about a computer that attempts to create art? Help me identify this sci-fi book. [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 5 answers

When asked, I couldn't recommend any good Computer Science or Engineering books for kids. Do such books exist? To avoid buying a stack and going through them myself, can anyone recommend any? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 8 answers

i want something sort of like this, only more to my liking. recommendations, please. [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 4 answers

What are some (at least somewhat) objective studies on healthy children demographics? I'm specifically interested in single vs. multiple children, and for multiple children, differences in age, gender, relationship to parent (adoption vs. biological), and race. [more inside]
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 2 answers

What are the little black pebbly things that are in the bottom of this floating thermometer . Are they what makes it float? Are they toxic?
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 6 answers

Background: I am 41 years old. I am 16 credits shy of graduating with a BS in Mathemathics. my GPA is 2.79, I have over 250 hours of attempted coursework, 144 of that is being counted towards my degree. I program and design software systems for a living. The Problem: I really love math and computer science but I am lousy at learning. when I say lousy I mean slow. [more inside]
posted on Apr 13, 2008 - 24 answers

Francofilter (part 2) (part 1): What's my best option for a science/technical French-English/English-French dictionary? [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 5 answers

Why does our brain perceive tilt-shift photography as tiny little toy models? I'd love to know the science behind this popular effect.
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 19 answers

looking for a book, its about a geneticly altered boy (his whole colony was altered thus) he is really big and strong, they raise dangerous animals as pets. Anyway he is the first of his colony to go off to a sort of galactic school, where he ends up fighting all sorts of creatures, near the end he fights a huge mutant bear and wins by smashingits head with a camera. I aplogize if this is not the proper place to post but i could not find what i need
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm going to college soon. (Age 24; been working a desk job in health care since I was 18.) I've got an inkling I want to study biology. Recommend me some books to help me get the lay of the land and get fired up about this. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 23 answers

Please point me towards some useful data on foodborne pathogens. Specifically, I'm looking for incidence. Historic, current and emerging pathogens are all up for grabs. More inside of course... [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm looking for examples of crowdsourcing approaches to conservation science, where anyone - not just scientists - can help in conservation efforts by gathering data, etc. [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2008 - 9 answers

From time to time, I help my liberal arts type friends with resume writing, job hunting and interview coaching. I've now had a scientist ask me for help. How can I help her best? [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 1 answers

What books or online courses will best help me learn science and engineering? I'm especially interested in physics, astronomy, general electronics, and computer science. [more inside]
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - 8 answers

GeekyScientistFilter: Help me find the right software for my research project. [more inside]
posted on Mar 23, 2008 - 28 answers

SCIENCE! > Has anyone in paleontology explored the possibility that some aspects of dinosaur morphology can be explained by air pressure much higher than Earth's contemporary atmosphere? [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2008 - 15 answers

Help me find a book about evolution by Kirchner. [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 4 answers

I was very interested in the study reported everywhere in the news today (for example: CNN) regarding how 1 in 4 teen girls has or has had an STD, however every single article was exactly the same leading me to believe they were all simply summarizing a press release. I'd like more info but where should I look for it? (Places I've tried inside) [more inside]
posted on Mar 12, 2008 - 10 answers

Please help me determine the best way to ask for feedback from a company that I'm very interested in, but doesn't seem to be interested in me. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 13 answers

I'm looking for information for applying to grad school while abroad. (PhD programs in Political Science/International Relations). I graduated from college in spring 2006, and I'm planning on applying next year (Fall '09) to start in Fall 2010. I'm also considering going to Israel in July and staying for about 10 months, and I want to make sure this won't impact my grad school plans in any way. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 7 answers

Normally I would go back to my university (aka Wikipedia) for this question but I'm not getting the full picture... can you help me understand the whole pharma/biotech value chain and the major inputs and outputs of each major phase (R&D, development, clinical trials, pharmacokinetics, manufacturing, distribution (guessing)) and the risks that threaten each step. Thanks
posted on Mar 7, 2008 - 8 answers

Can you recommend some books about spirituality/religion that a take a fairly rational/skeptical approach to the subject? [more inside]
posted on Feb 26, 2008 - 30 answers

Scientific History Filter / Native German Speaker Filter. What did Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard's 1985 exclamation, "Das war ja toll!" mean? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 11 answers

I am trying to find a SciFi book that I read the first couple of chapters of. It involved two companies racing to come up with some kind of genetic cure and in the process creating a monster or something. [more inside]
posted on Feb 23, 2008 - 6 answers

How can I find the original source image from an anatomy poster? [more inside]
posted on Feb 22, 2008 - 4 answers

My cousin's four year old son is obsessed with things like quarks and infinity. He insists to his mother that infinity is the last number. She isn't so sure, and wants to know more about things like strangeness. I don't want to determine this kid's future, but it seems fun to feed his curiosity. And since my wife's babysitter was Murray Gell-Mann, the responsibility has fallen partially on my shoulders to help answer his questions. What kinds of information can you recommend that I give to his mother so that she, an attorney and not a mathematician, and her son can learn more about this information. In particular, what kinds of books, games, and projects would introduce him to other neat ideas in mathematics and physics?
posted on Feb 16, 2008 - 27 answers

How do you explain the this object? [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 30 answers

Looking for a Science Fiction book about an alien/cyborg surgically altered to appear human that is sent to New York City to make sure a planned visit by his people goes ok, because they're sick and tired of all the NASA probes. To help him blend in, his crampt spaceship is disguised to look like a rooftop building air conditioner and his superiors have already got him a job as an assistant science editor for Time Magazine. [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 7 answers

Please help me to find a video. A while back I remember seeing a short video online that showed the earth from the beginning to now. It was not too long. It was basically something like a "hip" graphic history of the 4.5 billion year old earth in a few minutes. I am looking to show this to a 9th grade biology class as a short introduction to our lesson on evolution. TIA
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 8 answers

ScienceFilter: Creationists, crystals, and thermodynamics. [more inside]
posted on Feb 6, 2008 - 19 answers

Please help me find a specific sci-fi book [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 6 answers

How is the meaning of art and artefacts being altered by the methods we use to: Experience, Define and Preserve them... In other words, in what ways have technologies been used to experience, re-define and/or preserve art and artifacts? [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2008 - 12 answers

Where can I find which quantitative/technical skills are hot, and which ones aren't? [more inside]
posted on Feb 3, 2008 - 13 answers

New Macintosh user needs help getting his Pro set up for academic research. [more inside]
posted on Jan 29, 2008 - 10 answers