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The Scientific Method

1) Develop a new hypothesis. A hypothesis is merely an idea that is usually based on passive observations of natural events. An idea does not have to be supported, but if it does not, then it remains only an idea.

2) Search for related data, which ...

I've been adding one or two lines to this article each day since I started it. All of what follows below has been derived in some way from the emotive posts found on the Wrong Planet website. Credit is given only to those who openly submit an entry to this list and who give permission to post it. Le...

Something to think about...

Archeological excavation of a Stone Age burial site in central Germany has yielded the earliest evidence of people living together as a family. The 4,600-year-old grave contained the remains of a man, woman and two youngsters, and DNA analysis shows they we...