en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/theory/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/divisive_idea_explains_galaxies/ A controversial theory of physics may explain some aspects of galaxy behaviour better than rival, but more widely accepted, ideas. That is the claim of an astronomer who studied eight so-called dwarf galaxies. Modified Newtonian Dynamics (Mond) is p news science 2008-04-07 08:22:51 http://www.newsique.com/science/divisive_idea_explains_galaxies/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7329444.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/divisive_idea_explains_galaxies/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/princeton_physicists_connect_str/ Princeton physicists connect string theory with established physics String theory, simultaneously one of the most promising and controversial ideas in modern physics, may be more capable of helping probe the inner workings of subatomic particles than w news science 2007-05-03 16:25:33 http://www.newsique.com/science/princeton_physicists_connect_str/ www.princeton.edu http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S17/80/32S21/index.xml?section=newsreleases Interesting [8] 95 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/princeton_physicists_connect_str/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/new_theory_of_the_universe_marri/ Physicists have devised a theory that unifies two widely studied mysteries of the universe: why there is an imbalance between regular matter and anti-matter (scientists expect to see equal amounts of each, but observe less anti-matter), and the identity o news science 2007-01-23 00:15:29 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_theory_of_the_universe_marri/ Physorg http://www.physorg.com/news88684585.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/physorg/ 91 Insightful [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_theory_of_the_universe_marri/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/no_religion_and_an_end_to_war_ho/ People's fascination for religion and superstition will disappear within a few decades as television and the internet make it easier to get information, and scientists get closer to discovering a final theory of everything, leading thinkers argue today. opinion science 2007-01-02 09:38:15 http://www.newsique.com/science/no_religion_and_an_end_to_war_ho/ Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1980978,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1 http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Insightful [8] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/no_religion_and_an_end_to_war_ho/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/big_bang_theory_saved/ Professor John Lattanzio from Monash's School of Mathematical Sciences and Director of the Centre for Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics said the confusion surrounding the Big Bang revolved around the amount of the gas Helium 3 in the universe. news science 2006-10-27 08:16:55 http://www.newsique.com/science/big_bang_theory_saved/ Physorg http://www.physorg.com/news81094011.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/physorg/ 91 Under Rated [3] 85 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/big_bang_theory_saved/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/sound_causes_eclipse_shadows/ Mysterious bands of shadow which sometimes pass across the ground during an eclipse might be produced by sound pulses, according to a new theory. "Shadow bands" have been observed travelling across the ground before and after totality - when the Moon c news science 2008-05-22 08:22:48 http://www.newsique.com/science/sound_causes_eclipse_shadows/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7347180.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/sound_causes_eclipse_shadows/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/edward_lorenz_father_of_chaos_th/ Edward Lorenz, the father of chaos theory, died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. He was 90. He was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when he came up with the scientific concept that small effects lead to big news science 2008-04-17 08:12:22 http://www.newsique.com/science/edward_lorenz_father_of_chaos_th/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/16/lorenz.obit.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/edward_lorenz_father_of_chaos_th/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/911_demolition_theory_challenged/ An analysis of the World Trade Center collapse has challenged a conspiracy theory surrounding the 9/11 attacks. The study by a Cambridge University engineer demonstrates that once the collapse of the twin towers began, it was destined to be rapid and t news science 2007-09-11 10:03:11 http://www.newsique.com/science/911_demolition_theory_challenged/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6987965.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [4] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/911_demolition_theory_challenged/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/evolutionary_theory_challenged_b/ Surprising research based on two African fossils suggests our family tree is more like a wayward bush with stubby branches, challenging what had been common thinking on how early humans evolved. The discovery by Meave Leakey, a member of a famous famil news science 2007-08-10 10:07:43 http://www.newsique.com/science/evolutionary_theory_challenged_b/ CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/09/tech/main3151006.shtml http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbsnews/ 93 Under Rated [1] 20 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/evolutionary_theory_challenged_b/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/hiv_infection_theory_challenged/ A longstanding theory of how HIV slowly depletes the body's capacity to fight infection is wrong, scientists say. HIV attacks human immune cells, called T helper cells. Loss of these cells is gradual, often taking many years. It was thought infected news science 2007-06-24 12:28:45 http://www.newsique.com/science/hiv_infection_theory_challenged/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/health/6230580.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [2] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/hiv_infection_theory_challenged/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/scientific_american_15_answers_t/ When Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution through natural selection 143 years ago, the scientists of the day argued over it fiercely, but the massing evidence from paleontology, genetics, zoology, molecular biology and other fields gradually opinion science 2007-02-26 08:28:29 http://www.newsique.com/science/scientific_american_15_answers_t/ Scientific American http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleID=000D4FEC-7D5B-1D07-8E49809EC588EEDF http://www.newsique.com/sources/sciam/ 92 Insightful [5] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/scientific_american_15_answers_t/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/alternative_theory_of_gravity_ex/ In the standard theory of gravity—general relativity—dark matter plays a vital role, explaining many observations that the standard theory cannot explain by itself. 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