Earth's magnetic field 'boosts gravity'

New Scientist ^ | 09:20 22 September 02 | Michael Brooks

[VadeRetro]

Ping!

[woofie]

anyway that I can loose 20 lbs from this?

[martin_fierro]

No need for that "Fat Tax" after all, as I don't weigh as much as I thought! <|:)~

[mad_as_he$$]

ping for Roddenberry.

[Consort]

Those hidden extra dimensions are probably misunderstood parts of one dimension.

[patriciaruth]

My husband loves to laugh at me because I once told him that one of these days they'll prove there is no such thing as "gravity," or "gravitons," that the force we feel as gravity is a vector, a resultant force from several forces affecting the neighborhood.

Sometimes I wonder if there were many big bangs, and there are waves of universes in front of us and behind us, so to speak.

[VadeRetro]

anyway that I can loose 20 lbs from this?

If going to the North Pole doesn't work, try going to the equator.

[PatrickHenry]

I donno. Were there anything to this, any electric motor or electro magnet should weigh more (or maybe less?) when it's operating, compared to when it's not. Wouldn't this have been observed by now? (Maybe not, if no one ever thought to look.)

[Physicist]

Funny how the New Scientist announces biweekly that the laws of physics have been overturned.

[VadeRetro]

No doubt that's why thinking too hard makes my head get heavy and I fall asleep.

[js1138]

How can you sleep at night?
;^)

[VadeRetro]

Funny how the New Scientist announces biweekly that the laws of physics have been overturned.

They should do it twice a week, doubling their chance of being right in a given time frame.

[PatrickHenry]

I have found that Smucker's strawberry perserves, when generously smeared on croissants, also seems to boost gravity. At least my gravity.

[sourcery]

If true, this is huge!

[VadeRetro]

My husband loves to laugh at me because I once told him that one of these days they'll prove there is no such thing as "gravity," or "gravitons," that the force we feel as gravity is a vector, a resultant force from several forces affecting the neighborhood.

EM and what else? There aren't that many forces in physics.

Sometimes I wonder if there were many big bangs, and there are waves of universes in front of us and behind us, so to speak.

Reminds me of "the Deteriorata" (parody of that New Age Desiderata). "You are a fluke of the universe, and whether or not you can understand it the universe is laughing behind your back."

[VadeRetro]

You can't spell "gravity" without "gravy."

[patriciaruth]

This was a fun read.

Link to www.realityphysics.com

[VadeRetro]

Already (one page read), I like the colors. Reminds me of Time Cube, but then I was educated stupid by evil dumb teachers.

[RLK]

Variations in the earth's gravitational field and surface gravitation have been known for some time. Gravitation is the result of mass and mass density. This varies at different places within the earth.