Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back from 1 to 10+ pages to re-sync the thread and this will then show the latest posts. Thanks, Mike.
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Which science has best served humanity? (title fixed)

2»

Comments

  • #52
    gondorff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 388 ✭✭gondorff


    Solid State electronic switching.


  • #53
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,474 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Flush toilet is up there , but that's more engineering.
    Bacteriology but most of the improvements in fresh water supply were figured out before they ID'd all the organisms involved.
    gondorff wrote: »
    Solid State electronic switching.
    can't help feeling that we would have eventually made much smaller vacuum devices , using similar photoreduction techniques , so small that they would operate at much lower voltages, possibly without needing filaments.

    Astronomy/Cosmology has had massive effects on religion indirectly by answering a lot of the basic questions.

    Which science has best served humanity? hamburgerology :pac:


  • #54
    elpresdentde
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭elpresdentde


    agriculture


  • #55
    Svenolsen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭Svenolsen


    seamus wrote: »
    Mathematics > all.

    purity.png

    AAAND........Mathematics is just applied LOGIC.

    The End....


    .


  • #56
    Scarinae
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 11,362 ✭✭✭✭Scarinae


    Geology is actually quite useful... Hydrocarbon extraction provides us with fuel, plastics, and deodorant (if that's not serving humanity, I don't know what is!) Mineral extraction provides us with metals such as iron and zinc, gemstones such as diamonds, as well as silica, sulphur, pumice etc. Hydrogeology overlaps with engineering and can be used to supply water in arid regions, saving lives. Also, geological principles are used in civil engineering for construction - makes our tunnels and bridges safe! And don't forget that most of the data about past climates come from boreholes that are analysed by geologists, making us important in the study of global climate change.


  • #57
    Bryan Habana
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Bryan Habana


    Medical and biological sciences for me. Improving quality of life for those with debilitating illnesses, life-saving surgeries etc.


Advertisement