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this may be the most stupidest thing iv ever said but in my uneducated head it makes sence ;) is it possible that the universe as always been here, that it dint start from a central point or the big bang but is constantly expanding and shrinking? at the moment were expanding because of dark matter over powering graity, but as the universe expands the dark matter ...

Obviously not so live now but if you missed it and want to catch it then look no further.

Dara O Briain and Professor Brian Cox celebrate the night sky. They take a look at the search for the evidence for life on Mars and the latest attempts to explore the red planet. Episode 1

Brian, Dara and their guests return for an extra half hour of chat, debate and audience participation celebrating all things ...

Happy New Year to all forum users.

I always see interesting ideas and opinions on here, so I'd like to ask you to send your thoughts to the magazine - you could win a prize.

The prize for the 'message of the month' in the March issue, which we're working on now, is a Toshiba STOR.E Slim 500GB external hard drive in silver colour. See http://www.toshiba-multimedia.com/eu/store-external-hard-drives/slim/ for more info.

I'm collating letters now, so if ...

BBC Focus Forum: Telepathy , telepathy is possible???

1. Air: The Elixir of Life

Peter Wothers explores what alchemists knew about air and reveals how our knowledge can be used to control fire, defy gravity and harness lightning's power.

2. Water: The Fountain of Youth

Peter Wothers finds out if the elements lurking in the water can restore his youth and discovers how exploding balloons could solve the energy crisis.

3. The Philosopher's Stone

Dr Peter Wothers explores the elements within the earth ...

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the forum
Not a creature was stirring, not even a spammer..., cept me obviously.
The stockings were hung by the server with care,
In hopes that someone soon would be there.

The users were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of gadgets danced in their heads.
And Mr M in his ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long ...

I read with interest the article in this month’s magazine, ‘What killed the dinosaurs.’

Given that it concluded by stating that it is believed an asteroid strike wiped out over 75% of all life on earth, I find it difficult to believe that the remaining 25% did not consist of a vast majority of surviving dinosaurs, given that they were abundant and everywhere.

And yet we now believe that all birds evolved from dinosaurs, though ...

Tis the season for calamity with the end 'o' the world in four days time..., or not but it's still in the news so to speak. Anyhoo, this is an intriguing two hour speculative feature on what may occur had we seventy-five years left before certain and complete destruction of the planet via a rogue neutron star taking a gambol through the system. The threat is so severe that there is simply no way of ...

Is it possible (in theory) to create an electron plasma battery?
Perhaps in some sort of tokamak?

Could it be possible in some distant future?

Speaking as someone with a vested interest in the oil and gas industries you might think I would be all in favour of this but in all honesty I think it is a crackpot idea born of a government in panic over its looming energy shortfall. It is being billed as great for the consumer, helping to keep costs down etc but really, if some experts are right, what they are doing is risking some ...