What can science not explain?

kneemos

Dark matter.
Why nine out of ten people are right handed.
How the Suns corona is hotter than the surface.
Why we yawn.
Are some of the things beyond the wit of the learned lab coat wearing giant brains of our time.What other mysteries are we waiting patiently to have explained

endacl

There's a world of difference between 'can not explain', and 'has not yet explained'...

irishgrover

God?

The_Valeyard

Why Kneemos keeps starting these threads

kneemos

endacl wrote: »

There's a world of difference between 'can not explain', and 'has not yet explained'...

Not really.How do we know it can be explained?

Gravity.

The_Valeyard

kneemos wrote: »

Not really.How do we know it can be explained?

Why is there order to the universe or perhaps more importantly why does life exist. The universe would be just as happy without life or existence.

Nodin

....why I have a pain in my gee despite not having one.

endacl

kneemos wrote: »

Not really.How do we know it can be explained?

If a phenomenon can be observed and measured, it can be explained. The shortfall isn't the scientific method. It ps the observational tools available at this time.

Here's some headway into the sun's corona question.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130204094608.htm

endacl

Deleted User wrote: »

Gravity.

Has been well explained.

kneemos

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Why is there order to the universe or perhaps more importantly why does life exist. The universe would be just as happy without life or existence.

Why does the universe exist?

Topper Harley

How does a bicycle stay upright?

xzanti

How they get the figs in the figrolls.

brevity

What happens to the other sock.

endacl

endacl wrote: »

Has been well explained.

Gravity's effects are easily observable, but theories regarding its cause differ.

Skylinehead

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Why Kneemos keeps starting these threads

The greatest mystery of our time.

All we can but do is say "shoo back to your thread".

Skylinehead

Gwan, we'll give it a shot.

Oh and most people are right handed because most people are left brained. Mystery "solved"

Mesrine65

How do birds migrate to & from the same area annually?

Skylinehead

Mesrine65 wrote: »

How do birds migrate to & from the same area annually?

Magnets.

MadDog76

The Placebo Effect.

MadDog76

Why Stephen Hawking is still alive ......... ?

Drexel

MadDog76 wrote: »

Why Stephen Hawking is still alive ......... ?

He knows something we dont

SEPT 23 1989

What exactly is the universe expanding into

When challenged the boffins sheepishly reply "nothing" but I say to them loudly what's holding the nothing in then

Nothing but silence

Valetta

How the f did Un De Sceaux get beaten so comprehensively today?

Drexel

Is there more than one universe.

I always imagined things like a map in a video game.

Close up view is earth, zoom out one and you have the solar system level with however many solar systems. Then galaxy view with all the billions of galaxies.
Could there be another layer? Zoom out again and have universe view with billions of universes ?

Space is just too big to find out I suspect, we still havent landed a man on our nearest planet so how can we learn stuff about things so far away.

I really believe that there is a lot of life out there but the distance will mean we never meet.

Either God, the ghosts, Satan, or the guy with the shifty eyes is the answer.

Miracle cures/nice weather/great haircuts/parking space where you thought there'd be none: God

Murders/Illness/pestilence/pizza burn/papercuts: Satan

Bumps in the night/shadows/unexplained sounds: Ghosts

Mystery scratch on car/peeping tom/litter/fart smells: Shifty eye guy.

12Phase

Why the Irish electorate have collective amnesia and what Americans find so attractive about Donald Trump...

12Phase

Drexel wrote: »

Is there more than one universe.

I always imagined things like a map in a video game.

Close up view is earth, zoom out one and you have the solar system level with however many solar systems. Then galaxy view with all the billions of galaxies.
Could there be another layer? Zoom out again and have universe view with billions of universes ?

Space is just too big to find out I suspect, we still havent landed a man on our nearest planet so how can we learn stuff about things so far away.

I really believe that there is a lot of life out there but the distance will mean we never meet.

We learned quite a lot from probes.

Voyager 1 and 2 are *still* going!

DEFTLEFTHAND

Innate conscience in human beings?

Captain Chaos

The ultimate fate of the universe. There are 4 main theories 3 cannot be ruled out and it may be a combination of 2 of them but we need to now more about dark matter and dark energy to really know.

12Phase

Why cats always land on their feet.

Seriously, scientists who have tried have been hissed at and very badly scratched...

AndyBoBandy

Science can't explain what a tracker mortgage is,
Or how they get the figs into the fig rolls.

RobertKK

Why there is something rather than nothing, as with life and the universe.

kneemos

ESP . It's real apparently. https://www.google.ie/url?q=http://www.espresearch.com/realityofesp/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjuypSa_cXLAhUBdA8KHSrBBsUQFggbMAA&usg=AFQjCNHYyEmau5NsuUv4j6jdR5lA7-hgOw

saabsaab

The biggies for me are consciousness/self awareness and how this is possible that a section of matter can be aware of its existence and be examine itself and the rest of the universe? Some believe that a sufficient number of nerves/interconnected memory storage devices will develop consciousness with sufficient input. Why is the internet not self aware?

Also what started the universe? What was there before? I know someone will say big bang but that is just a theory and does not explain what caused it if it is true?

somuj

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

What exactly is the universe expanding into

When challenged the boffins sheepishly reply "nothing" but I say to them loudly what's holding the nothing in then

Nothing but silence

The space between galaxies is expanding. Hense redshift

SpaceSasqwatch

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Why Kneemos keeps starting these threads

on the plus side he/she has stopped polluting the feedback forum

pragmatic1

endacl wrote: »

Has been well explained.

It's not well understood at all.

darkpagandeath

People not understanding it ?

pragmatic1

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Innate conscience in human beings?

Because it's beneficial to our species and we have big brains.

riffmongous

somuj wrote: »

The space between galaxies is expanding. Hense redshift

So what's at the edge? :P

Boom_Bap

Dear Science,

Can I Kick It?

Regards,

Boomer






Dear Boomer,

Yes You Can.

Regards,

Science



That solves that conundrum.

somuj

riffmongous wrote: »

So what's at the edge? :P

We dont know if there is an edge. Can only see some 14 odd billion light years away. Could be infinite space and galaxies beyond that.

riffmongous

somuj wrote: »

We dont know if there is an edge. Can only see some 14 odd billion light years away. Could be infinite space and galaxies beyond that.

The infinity solution always strikes me as a copout, 'we cant say and we probably never will be able to.. lets say its infinite and then this problem goes away'. This crops up a lot in physics and astrophysics

osarusan

Science will never explain this 'historical' display at the Creation Museum.

Capt'n Midnight

endacl wrote: »

Originally Posted by Braonain View Post
Gravity.

Has been well explained.

Gravity well :pac:

somuj

riffmongous wrote: »

The infinity solution always strikes me as a copout, 'we cant say and we probably never will be able to.. lets say its infinite and then this problem goes away'. This crops up a lot in physics and astrophysics

Its not a cop out. There is no answer because no one knows. Could be infinite. Could be an edge out there somewhere to a membrane where another universe begins. Could be that there is no universe and all of this is only a simulation.

JustTheOne

We know something can't come from nothing.

So how did everything end up existing if things can't come from nothing?

joe40

In the beginning there was nothing, and then it exploded!!
Terry pratchett joke, can't claim it as my own

SEPT 23 1989

Nothing won't stand up to scrutiny

Lemsiper

JustTheOne wrote: »

We know something can't come from nothing.

So how did everything end up existing if things can't come from nothing?

What about that time with Messi against Villarreal?

He picked the ball up around half way, beats numerous opponents an slots the ball home.

He made something out of nothing.