Topic: What is the most beautiful thing(s) that demonstrates science for you?

[daemonowner]

I hate how people think of science as a thing that produces phones.

[superdave]

I hate how people think of science as a thing that produces phones.

I mentioned that  in a diff thread a few days ago.  I wish i could find a study so it's more than just a hypothesis.

[stonesean]

Tiktaalik.

Paleontology, geology, and biology, team up and agree "all the evidence says we should find a transitional form at point x at depth y".

A dig happens at previously unexplored point "x/y"

Fossils found at point x, depth y, exactly where research conducted elsewhere said they'd be.

Fucking awesome.

[Citizen Skeptic]

A dig happens at previously unexplored point "x/y"

Do you guys get "Diggers" over there? In the last episode they dug up a privy in Brooklyn. Pretty surprising finds in the shitter. They hauled up a few thousand dollars of stuff ranging from bottles to a tin box full of more goodies.