Teempakguy:

Hi there!
Teempakguy here.

So, I have been observing the science/technology section a lot recently . . . and I have to say, it focuses more on technology than science. I have also noticed that threads opened waste away, with about an average of two posts per thread. I think the problem here is a real life application the chicken egg problem. So, to solve it, the obvious solution, is to form a congregation of people interested in science in one place. Hence the creation of this thread.

So, here is how things go, we are going to be talking on topics based on the natural sciences. Physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, and of course, their basic applications. So, if you have a problem on any of those, try and post it here. In the mean time, if you stumble upon this thread and you don't have anything to add or subtract, please make sure you book space.
I'm serious. Book space and tell us your area of specialization so that other people can mention you in their posts. Because, honestly, in this section, nobody knows anybody else.

Meanwhile, I have some suggestions. If you want to give a complex mathematical expression, do not type it. Instead, write it on a paper or board and upload a photo of it. Same goes if you want to solve it. Or you could use mathlab android app. this is to make the whole process more interesting and easy to follow.

Any level is allowed. Whether it be primary school arithmetic or PhD string theory . . . you will eventually find someone to express interest in it.

You can just come by and drop interesting or random facts . . . like for instance, The Pythagoras' theorem is older than Pythagoras

Or you can just tell us something yoiu observed in your daily life . . . for instance, why does a bar of soap form an hourglass figure after regular usage?

You can also challenge popular views. For instance, since toilet floors are the most frequently cleaned in most houses, isn't it safer to eat food from a toilet floor than a dining room floor. Which gathers more bacteria than that of the toilet?

There. I am finished. Oyah, come and occupy, the floor. Remember, small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events. And great minds discuss ideas. Which one are you?

Cc.
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Pakingzzz
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Harjorlah
Peterken05
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Cheers!

menesheh:
You are in the wrong place.

Science is never for us, it is for Whiteman.

Whenever a Nigerian see a technology he/she feels is so awesome and complex, he will be like
[size=15pt]waw oyibo too much, oyibo na our second God[/size].

We don't know that to discover things is more easier than we thought it is.

A thread for science is statistically insignificant due lack of patronage and interest.


Your idea are supported despite am not a science student. But i love science pretty crazy

Hung up

menesheh:
You are in the wrong place.

Science is never for us, it is for Whiteman.

Whenever a Nigerian see a technology he/she feels is so awesome and complex, he will be like
[size=15pt]waw oyibo too much, oyibo na our second God[/size].

We don't know that to discover things is more easier than we thought it is.

A thread for science is statistically insignificant due lack of patronage and interest.


Your idea are supported despite am not a science student. But i love science pretty crazy

Hung up

hahahah
But you forget, science originated from the black man nah. For example, we are the first to start learning simultaneous equations, quadratic equations, and geometric formulas. In we are the ones the invented Pythagoras theorem.

We can still take back out glory. Don't you think?

ELYMAXiimus:

i'm in!
I hope more nd more science enthusiasts join, so that we can get to know nd help one another!


Btw, Nice post. That thing you said about the dining nd the toilet was really funny.
Keep the goodwork going..

I like your signature.
Welcome to the thread.
You see, there is one thing about science, sometimes, YOU WILL run into problems you cannot solve. As Einstein said, one can never solve a problem with the same level of consciousness that created it. One sometimes needs help from others. And that is the difference, I think. Between us and technologically advanced countries. They actively search for help. We actively hide our work. I don't blame though, in Nigeria, plagiarism often goes unpunished.

However, this is an online forum. Posting your problems and ideas here can actually prevent any form of plagiarism. It happens a lot in the literature section. Protect your work with copyright so that the fellow enthusiasts know not to copy you. Ever.

Anyway, welcome.

erico2k2:

WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE TOO SMART AND REALIZE YOU ARE 10 YEARS BEHIND I N WISENESS

menesheh:
I need a layman breakdown of natural selection, genetic mutation.

One bottle of smuggled ogogoro for the person since our literate president banned it.

Hi there!
I'm actually a teetotaler, so . . . if you have LA casera.
I still don't understand why it was banned though. It has been here for decades and it had not killed anybody. Now it kills a few and the government quickly bans it without extensive research? That sounds wrong. And, typical of naija.
Now, let's get to your question.

Natural selection.

This once highly controversial conjecture basically means that in life, two things happen constantly.
1. Things change.
2. The fittest survives.

In every generation, there is a slight change in the genetic make up of organisms. For instance, some people are tall, others are short, it is a mixture of their parent's genes. Some people see more red than others, some are exceptionally brilliant, like everyone on this thread
Now, having all these different characteristics, nature seeks to blend it. In fact, nature wants every member of each species to look and act exactly the same. . Which is why, for a specific location, after having all these impressive traits, NATURAL SELECTION begins. The variations most suited to that environment survive. While the ones that don't die out. For instance, if that terrain requires constant running and/or athletics, the muscular ones will become prevalent. Simply because the lean ones have died out because they did not meet up to the standards.

This explains races . . . species . . . and a lot of impressive stuff. Individual members of species keep changing. And nature "tests" those changes to see which will stand the test of time. in the process, new species emerge.
But one may ask, why? How? Why do these organisms change? What is going on here? Well, that brings us to your second concept.

genetic mutation

Imagine you are typing fast on your computer. And you make mistakes. Usually, you can just erase them. But what if you couldn't? what if your computer doesn't have a backspace button and any mistake you make is permanent? let me guess, that would suck, right?
Unfortunately, or not . . . that is what nature has to work with. During meiosis, DNA doesn't always get typed exactly as it should be. It makes mistakes . . . oversights . . . Typos!
So this means everyone has numerous mistakes in their genetic make up. Which . . . they cannot erase. These mistakes are called genetic mutation and are the basis for natural selection because nature has to find a way to deal with these mistakes, so, it kind of thinks, which of these mistakes can we pass off as a new style?
And that . . . is the best layman explanation I can offer. It is an oversimplification, but. I hope you got it.

Feel free to ask any questions. If I can't answer them, there will be other experts.

Cheers!

menesheh:



More insight need on this.

I only know of ancient Egyptian civilization being the first in the world.

Shaa good one.

Teempakguy:
Hi there!
I'm actually a teetotaler, so . . . if you have LA casera.
I still don't understand why it was banned though. It has been here for decades and it had not killed anybody. Now it kills a few and the government quickly bans it without extensive research? That sounds wrong. And, typical of naija.
Now, let's get to your question.

Natural selection.

This once highly controversial conjecture basically means that in life, two things happen constantly.
1. Things change.
2. The fittest survives.

In every generation, there is a slight change in the genetic make up of organisms. For instance, some people are tall, others are short, it is a mixture of their parent's genes. Some people see more red than others, some are exceptionally brilliant, like everyone on this thread
Now, having all these different characteristics, nature seeks to blend it. In fact, nature wants every member of each species to look and act exactly the same. . Which is why, for a specific location, after having all these impressive traits, NATURAL SELECTION begins. The variations most suited to that environment survive. While the ones that don't die out. For instance, if that terrain requires constant running and/or athletics, the muscular ones will become prevalent. Simply because the lean ones have died out because they did not meet up to the standards.

This explains races . . . species . . . and a lot of impressive stuff. Individual members of species keep changing. And nature "tests" those changes to see which will stand the test of time. in the process, new species emerge.
But one may ask, why? How? Why do these organisms change? What is going on here? Well, that brings us to your second concept.

genetic mutation

Imagine you are typing fast on your computer. And you make mistakes. Usually, you can just erase them. But what if you couldn't? what if your computer doesn't have a backspace button and any mistake you make is permanent? let me guess, that would suck, right?
Unfortunately, or not . . . that is what nature has to work with. During meiosis, DNA doesn't always get typed exactly as it should be. It makes mistakes . . . oversights . . . Typos!
So this means everyone has numerous mistakes in their genetic make up. Which . . . they cannot erase. These mistakes are called genetic mutation and are the basis for natural selection because nature has to find a way to deal with these mistakes, so, it kind of thinks, which of these mistakes can we pass off as a new style?
And that . . . is the best layman explanation I can offer. It is an oversimplification, but. I hope you got it.

Feel free to ask any questions. If I can't answer them, there will be other experts.

Cheers!

Teempakguy:
Exactly. The Egyptian civilization started with mathematics. And yes, they did solve equations in their time. Along with the Babylonians, they are the backbone of quadratic and simultaneous equations.

Teempakguy:
Hi there!
I'm actually a teetotaler, so . . . if you have LA casera.
I still don't understand why it was banned though. It has been here for decades and it had not killed anybody. Now it kills a few and the government quickly bans it without extensive research? That sounds wrong. And, typical of naija.
Now, let's get to your question.

Natural selection.

This once highly controversial conjecture basically means that in life, two things happen constantly.
1. Things change.
2. The fittest survives.

In every generation, there is a slight change in the genetic make up of organisms. For instance, some people are tall, others are short, it is a mixture of their parent's genes. Some people see more red than others, some are exceptionally brilliant, like everyone on this thread
Now, having all these different characteristics, nature seeks to blend it. In fact, nature wants every member of each species to look and act exactly the same. . Which is why, for a specific location, after having all these impressive traits, NATURAL SELECTION begins. The variations most suited to that environment survive. While the ones that don't die out. For instance, if that terrain requires constant running and/or athletics, the muscular ones will become prevalent. Simply because the lean ones have died out because they did not meet up to the standards.

This explains races . . . species . . . and a lot of impressive stuff. Individual members of species keep changing. And nature "tests" those changes to see which will stand the test of time. in the process, new species emerge.
But one may ask, why? How? Why do these organisms change? What is going on here? Well, that brings us to your second concept.

genetic mutation

Imagine you are typing fast on your computer. And you make mistakes. Usually, you can just erase them. But what if you couldn't? what if your computer doesn't have a backspace button and any mistake you make is permanent? let me guess, that would suck, right?
Unfortunately, or not . . . that is what nature has to work with. During meiosis, DNA doesn't always get typed exactly as it should be. It makes mistakes . . . oversights . . . Typos!
So this means everyone has numerous mistakes in their genetic make up. Which . . . they cannot erase. These mistakes are called genetic mutation and are the basis for natural selection because nature has to find a way to deal with these mistakes, so, it kind of thinks, which of these mistakes can we pass off as a new style?
And that . . . is the best layman explanation I can offer. It is an oversimplification, but. I hope you got it.

Feel free to ask any questions. If I can't answer them, there will be other experts.

Cheers!

menesheh:


But they are more or less white than black?

You know we are not talking about Africa but black and white in this context.

Teempakguy:

Hi there!
Teempakguy here.

So, I have been observing the science/technology section a lot recently . . . and I have to say, it focuses more on technology than science. I have also noticed that threads opened waste away, with about an average of two posts per thread. I think the problem here is a real life application the chicken egg problem. So, to solve it, the obvious solution, is to form a congregation of people interested in science in one place. Hence the creation of this thread.

So, here is how things go, we are going to be talking on topics based on the natural sciences. Physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, and of course, their basic applications. So, if you have a problem on any of those, try and post it here. In the mean time, if you stumble upon this thread and you don't have anything to add or subtract, please make sure you book space.
I'm serious. Book space and tell us your area of specialization so that other people can mention you in their posts. Because, honestly, in this section, nobody knows anybody else.

Meanwhile, I have some suggestions. If you want to give a complex mathematical expression, do not type it. Instead, write it on a paper or board and upload a photo of it. Same goes if you want to solve it. Or you could use mathlab android app. this is to make the whole process more interesting and easy to follow.

Any level is allowed. Whether it be primary school arithmetic or PhD string theory . . . you will eventually find someone to express interest in it.

You can just come by and drop interesting or random facts . . . like for instance, The Pythagoras' theorem is older than Pythagoras

Or you can just tell us something yoiu observed in your daily life . . . for instance, why does a bar of soap form an hourglass figure after regular usage?

You can also challenge popular views. For instance, since toilet floors are the most frequently cleaned in most houses, isn't it safer to eat food from a toilet floor than a dining room floor. Which gathers more bacteria than that of the toilet?

There. I am finished. Oyah, come and occupy, the floor. Remember, small minds discuss people, average minds discuss events. And great minds discuss ideas. Which one are you?

Cc.
Blakjewelry
Pakingzzz
Amaa4real
Harjorlah
Peterken05
Besea
Saintneo
Timflex
Soldierdollar
Beatsbyj2g
UrennaNkoli

Cheers!

menesheh:





Thanks menn.

Awesome.

As a non science-based person, wikipedia and other texts tends to give bogus and vague explanations that is rather confusing to a layman like me.

Anything more deeper will still be appreciated.

Cheer

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. And all encyclopedias are vague.
Sorry for the long absence. I had a battery problem.
So, you wanna go deep? Okay! let's do this. Mutation first.

Let see . . . mutation . . . well,

Imagine yourself. You ask, what am I? What are you made of? Well, you are a complex construction. An organism. Now, you are made up of systems. Such as the muscular system or the digestive . . . which are in turn made up of organs . . . like the kidney, or the liver, which are ij turn, made of tissue. Cartilage for instance, or blood. And even these are made of cells. Which, are the smallest units of life. Beyond the cell, there is no life. But to understand mutation, we must go beyond. So, stay with me.

In these cells, we have organelles. Like the golgi bodies . . . mitochondria . . . and most importantly, the nucleus. Which contain . . . . lolz, chromosomes. Beyond the chromosomes, what we have is just a set of instructions . . . which we will need! So, let's go! We have, in the very chromosomes, genes! And these genes are made up DNA!

Bros, abeg just a little more patience. We are almost there. DNA is made up of four major bases. Which I will not mention here . . . now, you see, this DNA, can copy itself. I mean, literally copy itself and form identical copies of itself . . . . or not . . . .
Remember what I said above about typos? You see, when a DNA tries to copy itself, it sometimes makes mistakes. These mistakes are called mutations.


Sorry, battery low again!
I will come back to finish. Watch out for part two. jaysniggs, thanks a lot.

Be right back!

ELYMAXiimus:

lalasticlala, ishilove... Fp pleeeeaaaasssse!

menesheh:
I need a layman breakdown of natural selection, genetic mutation.

One bottle of smuggled ogogoro for the person since our literate president banned it.

erico2k2:

WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE TOO SMART AND REALIZE YOU ARE 10 YEARS BEHIND I N WISENESS

Teempakguy:

The largest thing we know in science is a Brane.
Brands contain universes.
Universes contain clusters. But,
Clusters are made of galaxies.
Galaxies are made of stars . . . well, mostly stars.
Stars have systems.
Each star system has planets.
Planets have . . . "spheres" our planet, Earth, has a biosphere
This biosphere is made of living organisms. Like you and I . . . and goats.
These organisms are made of organic systems.
These systems are made up of organs. like that tongue.
Organs are made of tissue.
Tissue, is made of cells
Cells are made up of organelles.
Organelles . . . are made up of GIANT molecules!
Molecules are made up of atoms . . .
Now, atoms are made of subatomic particles . . . the electron, the protons, neutrons.
Wait . . . even the neutron is made up of the electron and the proton.
The proton is made of quarks!
And quarks are made up of little, cute, superstrings.

Gluons keep the atom core together and photons are the senior messengers that carry energy. little neutrinos are the junior messengers. they can go anywhere.
We must not forget the higgs boson. This bulky guy gives all the other particles mass!!
The electron is the negative guy that actually allows matter to occupy space!! Without that dude, matter would smash into each other and form huge black holes
But nothing would be complete without the graviton. A really, really small particle which is really good at hiding.
It allows you to play football, play "no bouncing" jump, play basketball, even swim

The universe is fascinating!! Each level of arrangements have a whole lot of juicy facts and patterns that can make your head swirl with excitement!!
Which is why we study it with mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology! And in science, our ultimate goal is to be able to explain every thing. To understand your universe. From the smallest string, to the largest Brane. In fact, EVERYTHING



Cheers!