Category: Scientific theories
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More proof for relativity. More… what? [OR: The true science]
A high-performance computing researcher has predicted a physical effect that would help physicists and astronomers provide fresh evidence of the correctness of Einstein's general theory of relativity. [1] So. More proof of Einstein's general theory of relativity. So. Have we believed in the theory all this time with not enough proof? Discover science. Proof is…
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Falsifiability. Essential for science. And why we should NOT care!
Last Thursdayism (sometimes Last Tuesdayism or Last Wednesdayism) refers to the idea that the universe may have been created last Thursday, but with the physical appearance of being billions of years old. Under this notion, people's memories, history books, fossils, light already on the way from distant stars, and so forth would all have been…
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Asteroids. Spark of life. Testing hypotheses.
Some scientists believe microorganisms from outer space hitched a ride to Earth aboard an asteroid or a comet, since life arose during a period when our planet was pelted with space rocks. Other scientists say life arose from spontaneous chemical reactions on Earth. Now, chemists in the Czech Republic say they have evidence to support…
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Science providing explanations. Heart providing guidance...
The universe shouldn't exist — at least according to a new theory. Modeling of conditions soon after the Big Bang suggests the universe should have collapsed just microseconds after its explosive birth, the new study suggests. "During the early universe, we expected cosmic inflation — this is a rapid expansion of the universe right after…
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Science, scientific method, knowing...
The closest and brightest supernova in decades, SN 2014, brightens faster than expected for Type Ia supernovae, the exploding stars used to measure cosmic distances, according to astronomers. Another recent supernova also brightened faster than expected, suggesting that there is unsuspected new physics going on inside these exploding stars. (1) We expect things to happen.…
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