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I am reading Laurence Gardner's book `The Magdalene Legacy' and he waxes lyrical over what he describes as ancient knowledge of a special state of matter called `ormus'. The net is full of crazy stuff about it, and I have been unable to find any objective information. What I want to know is, is...

I need to identify a fluffy, white powdery substance I have. The material is extremely light weight and if you play around with it enough it seems to exhibit signs of being energetically charged somehow. It likes to stick to stuff and seems to jump away from itself when you break it up and push...

I'm looking for a natural example, outside biology, of a material that is formed by a chemical template, then breaks off from that template to exist independently. I think there might be such processes in the domain of liquid crystals. You can guess why I want this: Creationists claim that the...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1393306,00.html Why do Christians say they are persecuted and under threat when they hold such a sway over people with other, or no beliefs?

I understand that one can obtain the composition of anything through neutron bombardment. Are there other techniques? Where does one go for such a test? Do you need a cyclotron or something large and expensive or is it possible to do such stuff at home? I remember seing a sorta portable unit...