Space, Science & nature

Talk about science: of space flight, future missions and past, and astronomy; of evolution and natural selection; of physics and chemistry. How far has science come? How far can it go? Are UFOs, crop-circles and ley-lines science or are they hokum?

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Pinned Earthquake Swarms Started by pottyprof, 03 Oct 2011 earthquake swarm, volcanic swarm and 1 more... 1 2 3 9 →	Hot 172 replies 11,006 views	john pike Today, 00:55
Pinned General Volcanic Activity Thread! Started by Coast, 16 Apr 2010 1 2 3 79 →	Hot 1,577 replies 118,361 views	john pike Today, 00:00
Pinned Solar and Aurora Activity Chat Started by shuggee, 03 Nov 2006 1 2 3 192 →	Hot 3,825 replies 291,193 views	Polar Maritime Yesterday, 18:40
Pinned Earthquake Activity Thread Started by Mesosphere, 11 May 2008 earthquake 1 2 3 74 →	Hot 1,472 replies 114,850 views	john pike 16 Jun 2013
Pinned Useful Links Found by Our Members Started by pottyprof, 25 Sep 2007 1 2	30 replies 10,407 views	Tim B 11 Mar 2013
Pinned Aurora & Sun Activity Resources Thread Started by kar999, 10 Mar 2005 1 2	29 replies 30,747 views	jethro 06 Jan 2013
Pollution in Northern Hemisphere helped cause 1980s African drought Started by knocker, 16 Jun 2013	5 replies 72 views	Styx 41 minutes ago
Jet stream changes cause climatically exceptional Greenland Ice Sheet melt Started by knocker, Yesterday, 16:01	7 replies 151 views	Gray-Wolf Yesterday, 19:19
Enchanting Whale Songs, Stories of a Changing Arctic Started by knocker, 16 Jun 2013	1 reply 32 views	Gray-Wolf Yesterday, 19:12
Birdwatch: Peregrine falcon Started by knocker, 16 Jun 2013	1 reply 55 views	Gray-Wolf Yesterday, 11:03
Sociology of the ‘pause’ Started by knocker, 16 Jun 2013	0 replies 46 views	knocker 16 Jun 2013
Honey bee losses double in a year due to poor winter Started by Coast, 13 Jun 2013	9 replies 120 views	pottyprof 16 Jun 2013
UCLA climate study predicts dramatic loss in local snowfall Started by knocker, 14 Jun 2013	2 replies 125 views	frogesque 16 Jun 2013
Project Loon - no really Started by 4wd, 15 Jun 2013	2 replies 101 views	triple_x1 15 Jun 2013
Dark Lightning Started by pottyprof, 14 Jun 2013	7 replies 138 views	Coast 15 Jun 2013
Humming birds Started by knocker, 14 Jun 2013	5 replies 76 views	knocker 15 Jun 2013
Study of oceans’ past raises worries about their future Started by knocker, 14 Jun 2013	0 replies 44 views	knocker 14 Jun 2013
A Glamorous Killer Returns Started by knocker, 14 Jun 2013	1 reply 82 views	Jax 14 Jun 2013
Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic? Started by knocker, 12 Jun 2013	3 replies 212 views	Gray-Wolf 14 Jun 2013
Moving Iron in Antarctica Started by knocker, 12 Jun 2013	0 replies 82 views	knocker 12 Jun 2013
Four energy policies can keep the 2 °C climate goal alive Started by knocker, 12 Jun 2013	0 replies 37 views	knocker 12 Jun 2013
Luminous Bacterial Proteins Detect Chemicals in Water Started by knocker, 12 Jun 2013	0 replies 30 views	knocker 12 Jun 2013
C/2012 S1 (ison) Could Be The Brightest Comet Ever Seen By Mankind Started by Polarlow, 25 Sep 2012 1 2	21 replies 1,424 views	Lee aka Boro Snow 12 Jun 2013
Oldest record of human-caused lead pollution detected Started by knocker, 11 Jun 2013	0 replies 80 views	knocker 11 Jun 2013
X-rays Restore Lost Segment of 200-Year-Old Opera Started by knocker, 11 Jun 2013	0 replies 38 views	knocker 11 Jun 2013
Nanofiber sensor detects diabetes or lung cancer faster and easier Started by knocker, 11 Jun 2013	1 reply 67 views	Jax 11 Jun 2013
Noctilucent Clouds 2013 Started by Backtrack, 25 May 2013 1 2	30 replies 847 views	mushymanrob 11 Jun 2013
Strong smell of "rain" Started by Weather-history, 11 Jun 2013	3 replies 111 views	laserguy 11 Jun 2013
A breakthrough in the creation of an 'invisibility shield' ? Started by Coast, 11 Jun 2013 invisibility shield	2 replies 85 views	Coast 11 Jun 2013
Another 6th sense? Started by Staffordshire, 02 Jun 2013	15 replies 269 views	Styx 10 Jun 2013