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Is there some form of pigment disorder that causes skin pigments, melanin etc to be overproduced for no reason, as the opposite of Albinism, where pigments are produced in very low quantities, if at all?

What happens when a positron (the antimatter equivalent of an electron) collides with a neutron? Antimatter reacting with matter annihilates an equal quantity of both, but how can an equal amount be annihilated here when the positron is a fundamental particle (of mass 1/2000th that of the...

On MSN Live! Messenger, there are games. One of these is "brain battle", an advert for Windows Live! search disguised as a quiz game. Peculiarly, the correct answer to one of the few questions (in this case, "Which former Spice Girl features in the latest series of "Strictly Come Dancing""?) is...

How do you browse sciforums? Do you use "New Posts" to ensure that nothing sneaks past? Do you look only at individual subforums, to avoid those threads which you know nothing about and would rather not see? Are you perhaps a casual poster, and only click those threads seen on the front page? Or...

1.Do these actually exist, or are they merely a handy interpretation which seems to explain most things? 2a.Is there any way of unambiguously proving their existance, such as a photo? 2b.Would light waves be unsuitable for viewing such particles?

On my windowsill (on the inside of the room) this morning were a few dozen tiny black worms, about 2-3mm long. They move like caterpillars. Most of them are in a group by the windowsill, but some of them have climbed to the top of my curtain (about a metre high) and some of them have climbed to...

I've been reading a lot of bad press about Norton these days, and since my Norton Internet Security subscription is running out soon, I thought that I may as well get a different program. Any recommendations? I'd like something that does everything Norton does except the the cycle-stealing.

http://www.carmarthenpinecentre.co.uk/ I made this site in Microsoft Publisher for my dads pine shop. I know, I know, but I can't get any other software. please tell me what you think of it, and how it can be improved.

Here we will extrapolate the personalities of members from their posts. I will start. 1: duendy. He has no PC, he posts from a settop box on his tv. He also believes in the illuminati and other conspiraacies. What can we deduce from this?

Surely sock puppets should be banned as soon as they are created? This is not a ban thread. I am using the Serb guy as an example. Next point: vincent28uk is violating this. He should be stopped. That is all.

Ok, I have a sound blaster live! 24 bit sound card, and creative inspire t7900 7.1 speakers. What I am wondering is how do I plug in my microphone? Al the satelites plug into the subwoofer, and the subwoofertakes up the black, pink and green jacks on the sound card, laving the blue one free. My...

I was wondering if you could design a car in such a shape that it would be radar-invisible, like the F117 or B2, to avoid radar speed traps. A bit extreme? Maybe.

What are the chances that my new graphics card ATi Radeon X850 XT will be incompatible with my system? Taking into account that the system has PCI-E and was brand new in March.

Has Nuttyfish been banned? I know he can log in but he cannot post. I imagine he has been banned because of Word association and things like that. Am I right? THIS IS NOT A BAN THREAD! PLEASE DO NOT BAN ME!

Check out this video of a pigeon I made in town the other day. http://venus.walagata.com/w/scicomham/Pigeon_movie.wmv

Ok, here goes. My grandmother wants to know what is a safe way to invest £3000 with maximum interest. Any ideas?

Ok, I just got a new PC but it doesn't have a gameport, so I borrowed a Gmeport to USB adapter. I plugged the joystick into the adapter, and the adapter to the PC, but I can't use the joystick. If I go to game controllers and try to add it, it says "Your gameport or gameport drivers are not...

Can someone recommend a good graphics card in the around £100 ($200) price range? I'm looking for game framerates, and would prefer ATI. Thanks!

It would be a good idea if todays incident happens again, we have a counter spam team ready to retaliate. What do you think?

Could someone tell me what this is please? I have looked on google but to no avail. Thanks in advance