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Is Methane gas and (its associated components and) general gas as expelled in the act of flatus and defecation heavier or lighter than air? I need to change clothes daily in a public toilet and it often stinks to the point of having to hold my breath. Am I better off taking a breath when I change my shoes, or by standing on my toes? Google has not been of much help. Please assume good faith. Thanks. Anton. 81.131.40.58 (talk) 10:56, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
FWIW - a draft "ScienceNews template" (see copy below) has been created - QUESTION: Is such a template (or equivalent) useful anywhere on Wikipedia? - Comments Welcome - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 15:30, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
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I don't see where it would be useful, and even if it was, it certainly wouldn't be in this horrifically sensationalist form. "Awesome facts"? Random all caps? "FACT=>"? I'm not believing anything in this listicle even though I know the facts are true. Fgf10 (talk) 17:18, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
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There are many dubious statements here, and also misleading links. Some is speculation, guesses or estimates. When I see the qualifer "fact" at the front, I can expect to be deceived. I do agree that it is an amazing list however! Also the linking to external sites is not our way to do things here. It would be better to link to an article or subsection that covers this statement in detail.Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:12, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
As others have noted, the sensationalism looks very out of place. Also, this is not really the correct venue for this kind of question - we're here to answer fact-based questions. I guess the better place would be on the Village Pump. When bringing the subect up, it would be helpful to include how you intend it to work and what needs it fills. Are you just doing this yourself? How often are you doing it? Are you going to pitch a fit if a hundred people come in and change the entire thing around every minute of the day? Remember that there is no WP:OWNERSHIP on WP so you will have no control over what happens to it. IMO, it has no place here; the fact that you're here looking for a place to shoe-horn it in suggests you already know that. Generally speaking, it's much better to see a problem and then fix it than to design something and see what problems it might apply to. Matt Deres (talk) 17:47, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
NOTE: a new version (hopefully improved to the better Wikipedia standards) of the template has now been created - and, if interested, may be viewed below and/or here => "User:Drbogdan/ScienceFacts" - Thanks again for all the earlier comments - newer Comments Welcome - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 16:23, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
HIGHLIGHTS by Years (including 2000s); Breakthroughs; History; Outline; Timelines (Human, Life, Nature); Questions.
- Astronomers estimate[1] that there are as many as "One Septillion" (1024 or, 1 with 24 zeros) stars in the observable Universe – more stars (and earth-like planets) than all the grains of beach sand on planet Earth[2][3][4] – many more stars, at an estimated 10100, may be contained in a Universe (observed and unobserved) considered Inflationary.[5]
- Astronomers confirm[6] (as of May 1, 2024) => 5,662 exoplanets (in 4,169 exoplanet systems and 896 multi-exoplanetary systems) – after studying only a very small portion of the starry sky.
- The NASA probes currently active on the planet Mars (as of May 23, 2024) are the following:
Perseverance rover & Ingenuity helicopter => 1158 sols (1190 days) (3 years, 95 days) (landed February 18, 2021).
Curiosity rover => 4193 sols (4308 days) (11 years, 291 days) (landed August 6, 2012).
(USA flag on Mars – Mars Weather: Perseverance*Curiosity*InSight – Mars rocks – Martians found?[7]).
- A spaceship from planet Earth speeding 165,000 miles an hour (as fast as our fastest one),[8] would take nearly 20,000 years[8][9] to travel beyond our Solar System to the nearest star Proxima Centauri – with no worthy place to land.
- Spaceship planet Earth is speeding about "One Million" miles an hour[10] through outer space and, along with the rest of the Milky Way Galaxy, is traveling toward Andromeda Galaxy. (WikiTalk)
- The Universe contains life – on planet Earth – at least – and – we are not alone – life abounds – wherever we are – with microorganisms – at the very minimum.[11]
- Biologists currently understand that microorganisms were the only known life forms present during the earliest 85% of time since the planet Earth was formed 4.54 billion years ago – Plants and Animals appear much more recently – in the latest 15% of time – Modern Humans, much more recently yet – in less than the latest 0.005% of time.
- Biologists have estimated that over 99%[12] of all species of life forms that have ever lived on planet Earth are now extinct. Further, the total number of living cells on the Earth currently is estimated to be 1030; the total number since the beginning of Earth as 1040, and the total number for the entire time of a habitable planet Earth as 1041.[13][14]
- Chemists have determined that all life forms on planet Earth are based on one particular chemical – with astronomical variations.[15][16]
- Physicists have estimated that there is about 1082 (1 with 82 zeros) atoms[17] in the observable Universe, and that additionally, at least 99.9999999%[18] of all the matter in the Universe, from the very small to the very large, is empty space.
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- ^ Staff (2020). "How many stars are there in the Universe?". European Space Agency. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ Mackie, Glen (February 1, 2002). "To see the Universe in a Grain of Taranaki Sand". Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing. Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ Mack, Eric (19 March 2015). "There may be more Earth-like planets than grains of sand on all our beaches - New research contends that the Milky Way alone is flush with billions of potentially habitable planets -- and that's just one sliver of the universe". CNET. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ T. Bovaird, T.; Lineweaver, C.H.; Jacobsen, S.K. (13 March 2015). "Using the inclinations of Kepler systems to prioritize new Titius–Bode-based exoplanet predictions". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 448 (4): 3608–3627. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv221. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Totani, Tomonori (February 3, 2020). "Emergence of life in an inflationary universe". Scientific Reports. 10 (1671). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-58060-0. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ Staff (2020). "The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia - Catalog". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ Staff (2020). "Martians on Mars found by the Curiosity rover". 360cities.net. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ a b Cofield, Calla (August 24, 2016). "How We Could Visit the Possibly Earth-Like Planet Proxima b". Space.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ Bogdan, Dr. Dennis (2020). "Calculation - Time to nearest star". LiveJournal. Archived from the original on August 21, 2020. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Fraknoi, Andrew (2007). "How Fast Are You Moving When You Are Sitting Still?" (PDF). NASA. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ Kolata, Gina (June 14, 2012). "In Good Health? Thank Your 100 Trillion Bacteria". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ Novacek, Michael J. (November 8, 2014). "Prehistory's Brilliant Future". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ Overbye, Dennis (December 1, 2023). "Exactly How Much Life Is on Earth? - According to a new study, living cells outnumber stars in the universe, highlighting the deep, underrated link between geophysics and biology". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ Crockford, Peter W.; et al. (November 6, 2023). "The geologic history of primary productivity". Current Biology. 33 (21): P7741-4750.E5. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ Bogdan, Dr. Dennis (February 16, 2020). "The one particular chemical is Nucleic Acid - a basic chemical for all known life forms - in the form of DNA - and/or - RNA - that defines - by way of a particular genetic code sequence - all the astronomically diverse known life forms on Earth - all such known life forms are essentially a variation of this particular Nucleic Acid chemical that, at a very basic level, has been uniquely coded for a specific known life form". Dr. Dennis Bogdan.
- ^ Berg, J.M.; Tymoczko, J.L.; Stryer, L. (2002). "Chapter 5. DNA, RNA, and the Flow of Genetic Information". Book: Biochemistry. 5th edition. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
- ^ Baker, Harry (July 11, 2021). "How many atoms are in the observable universe?". Live Science. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ Sundermier, Ali (September 23, 2016). "99.9999999% of Your Body Is Empty Space". ScienceAlert. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved December 3, 2023.