It's questions like these that keep me up at night......

[bloodrayne]

Hey, Wufongtan...Your post just made me think of a famous quote...It's better to burn out, than just fade away"...So, does this have to go in the music forum now?...Just kidding:D :p

[Vodstok]

Oooh. i Like this subject.

Most Physicists are of themind these days that the universe is Accellerating as it expands. Rather than losing momentum, it is, in fact, gaining it. This means it would never implode, just continue moving out and out. This appears to contradict much of what Einstein believed. It also couples with the "unaccounted for" matter in the universe (some ridiculous amount like 50% of the universe's matter cant be accounted for), hence the theory of "dark matter". And so the X-Files had a weekly plot, and even had an episode with Tony Shalub.

You are correct in saying that the sun would envelope the earth, but from what i have seen, many scientists are on the fence about whether or not mars would be touched. Even if it wasnt, it would be close enough to it to be in the same state mercury is in right now.

Oh, and I have the answer to the chicken/egg controversy. It all depends on your belief:

Science:
Evolution says the egg. The bird that wasnt quite a chicken, just before the first true chicken was born, layed the first true chicken egg.

Creationism. God Made chicken, chicken laid the egg, chicken came first. Women like apples. Men will do anything for a naked woman (this holds true in a scientific belief system as well)

[friday13thfan]

how do my feet smell if they don't have a nose?

[wufongtan]

I know this isnt a Q. just a weird fact. on average a elephant lives for 80 years and a feild mouse for a bout 5/6 months ( i think ) but yet their heart will beat just about the same amount of times before dying

[fattybluetit]

the elephants probbably eat them

[Freddy Krueger.]

Originally posted by ShankS
here's one,

at what rate in speed and at what length will the universe continue to expand?? Will it slow down, speed up, will it implode on itself, reducing our solar system to nowt.

E=MC2.

Originally posted by friday13thfan
how do my feet smell if they don't have a nose?

"Smell" has two different meanings:
1. To use the sense of smell; perceive the scent of something.

2. To have or emit an odor:

In the statement "your feet smell" is the use of the second meaning, dear Edward (guessing you got that form Ed, Edd, And Eddy).

Originally posted by Vodstok

Science:
Evolution says the egg. The bird that wasnt quite a chicken, just before the first true chicken was born, layed the first true chicken egg.

Creationism. God Made chicken, chicken laid the egg, chicken came first. Women like apples. Men will do anything for a naked woman (this holds true in a scientific belief system as well)

God did not make the chicken. God made the prehistoric animals and evolution. A creature simplely evolved during recapitulation.

[Freddy Krueger.]

Originally posted by wufongtan
I know this isnt a Q. just a weird fact. on average a elephant lives for 80 years and a feild mouse for a bout 5/6 months ( i think ) but yet their heart will beat just about the same amount of times before dying

A feild mouse is much smaller and puny then a elephant. A elephant has few predators because of their tremendous size and weight so it isn't surprising that an elephant lives so much longer.

[Vodstok]

e=mc2 is a calculation to show that as speed increases, so does relative mass. This is how they came to the conclusion that light speed is impossible for true matter to reach, since as an object hit light speed, it's mass would become infinte, and therefore stop moving. It has very little to do with the expansion of the universe, except that the universe is apparently breaking this rule by speeding up as it ages, rather than slowing down.

Also, as far as the mouse and the elephant go...

Biologists believe that pretty much every animal has the same number of hearbeats in it's lifetime. But smaller animals have MUCH fater heartbeats, there fore live shorter lives. Elephants have extremely slow heartbeats (comparatively speaking), so they live much longer.

Humans appear to fit this equation as well, but thanks to medical technology, we are able to take a huge piss on natures plans.

[bloodrayne]

Originally posted by fattybluetit
the elephants probbably eat them

Actually...Elephants are afraid of mice, because they are small enough to fit up their trunks and suffocate them...Another useless fact :rolleyes:

[wufongtan]

ya that. but also if they both lived to their full life expectency. their hearts would beat the same amount of times.