Questions tagged [science]
The Science category includes proposals in subjects like the applied, natural, cognitive, formal, and social sciences.
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Text Book and Paper Recommendations
Can we ask questions looking for text book recommendations and suggestions for academic papers in certain fields of economics in the Economics proposal?
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Natural Science
Proposal: History of Science And Mathematics
So far the followers of History of Science and Mathematics are dominated by physicists and mathematicians, and the questions largely reflect their ...
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About my question on “alien/alternate-history mathematics”, and more generally on “figuring out which questions belong”
Proposal: History of Science And Mathematics
I proposed a question on possible "alien/alternate-history" mathematics that got thoroughly downvoted here.
I would like to make a case that it does in ...
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Is Econometrics inside Economics Proposal?
Econometrics is related to Economics Science also Statistics. Is it possible that it be an independent proposal like as Game Theory ? Can we enter Econometrics questions in Economics proposal?
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Should open science questions just be asked on academia.SE?
Proposal: Open Science
There are a number of open science and open access questions already on academia.edu. Perhaps an easy way to get these kinds of questions answered is to ask them there. ...
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Discussion about Education vs. Mathematics Teaching and Pedagogy
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
Proposal: Education
This question was originally about Math Teaching being a duplicate of Mathematics, but the discussion turned to comparing ...
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Would Langley calibration questions be on topic
Proposal: Earth Science
Would questions about how to interpret Langley plots for different FWHM values be on topic here?
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More followers wanted!
Proposal: History of Science And Mathematics
The number of new followers per day seems to be dropping. At this rate, we'll likely make it to the required 60, but it would be nice not to scrape past. ...
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Am I confused or does this already exist?
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
This isn't https://math.stackexchange.com/...?
There is already an education tag there; why not just use it?
I understand the "our education ...
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Shouldn't there be more involvement in the discussions as well?
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
There have been various discussions about
(1) Framing the site definition.
(2) Discussing and voting for an appropriate name.
(3) Determining ...
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Ideas for questions
Proposal: History of Science And Mathematics
Users are only allowed 5 questions, but may have more in mind. I suggest we pool them here, for people with available questions but no ideas to take ...
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Do all math history questions need to be “technical”?
Proposal: History of Science And Mathematics
I'm noticing that all of the proposed questions are of a technical nature, and while these questions are very valuable and probably the most important ...
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Vote here to decide the name
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
This thread is to vote on the name for this Stack Exchange. Before voting, you may want to read the first discussion and second discussion on ...
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Let's discuss the 10 point limit issue
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
Intro: I'm putting this question here in the context of the particular proposal because a moderator has recently deleted some comments that ...
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Any reasons you would disagree this being a valid sub-category of Chemistry.SE and/or Biology.SE?
Proposal: Laboratory Techniques and Safety
When I saw the proposal "Laboratory Techniques and Safety", something told me that it might be a valid sub-category at Chemistry.SE.
To be sure I wasn't ...
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How to attract more Followers?
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
At least recently, the addition of Followers has leveled.
It seems we need some postings on relevant sites to attract more attention.
I myself ...
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Alternative names Math LSE, take two
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
This is a thread in preparation for the vote on the names. Meanwhile there are already many proposed names and the idea of this thread is that ...
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Rules for Voting on the Name
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
Note: This is not a vote thread. Please do not post candidates.
Since the discussion in Alternative Names seems to have petered out, it seems ...
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How can we attract more K-12 math teachers?
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
I have the sense that many of the current followers for this site are (like myself) mostly interested in college teaching. Certainly the ...
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What should be the final target audience of Mathematics LSE
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
There is already quite some discussion about the (final) name of the site, but to me this seems somewhat backwards. I think we should start ...
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Wanted: 45 more upvotes
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
Just some statistics on our progress towards completing the Definition stage:
We now have the required 60 followers (yay!).
We have 31 out of ...
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How do we actually change the name?
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
There have been several possible different names proposed in this question, to replace "Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education".
My ...
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What questions (if any) should we consider to be ”too soft”?
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
Teaching mathematics is different from teaching most other subjects in many aspects, one of them arguably being that it is better fitted for ...
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Newcomers: Please upvote five questions!
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
At least 40 questions must receive a score of 10 or more to get this site off the ground. Each user is limited to five upvotes, so please vote ...
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What levels are appropriate?
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
Are we happy with questions about teaching numbers to preschool students? What about questions about teaching graduate courses or advising ...
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math homework site?
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
So, what should be the policy on "do my homework for me" type questions? Will this forum reject all math-content questions, to concentrate on ...
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Alternative names
Proposal: Mathematics Learning, Studying, and Education
Some other possible names for this site:
Mathematics Education
Mathematics Teaching and Learning
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I want to commit to game theory proposal but
Proposal: Game Theory
Are questions on topics in operational research/optimal control/optimal stopping welcome here? The current definition is rather narrow and I want to know the answer to these ...
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The problem of more than one answer
Proposal: Earth Science
All geosciences, excluding geomatics, are not exact sciences. That means, that almost any question can have many correct answers, even in the limits of one accepted theory.
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Some other possible geo sciences to be supported here
Proposal: Earth Science
Some other geo sciences - to be or not to be included?
Geodesy - the science for measurement basing on the Earth model or its part and creation of these models. The subject ...
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Is there a way to add support less than a full committment?
I very much want the Game Theory proposal to succeed, because g.t. is an area in which I occasionally have questions--usually during periods in which I'm actively studying a related area (e.g. ...
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Does Geoscience include “Areology” - Geology of Mars?
Mars' geology, geomorphology and paleoclimate are the fastest growing fields of science, literally growing Nth fold is the past year.
Should Mars Geology, neologised as "Areology", be included in ...
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Should Recruiters be allowed to use this site
My Aviation Professionals Site on LinkedIn (114k members) has a high level of recruiter activity. Generally the quality of the questions are quite low and they tend to have little respect for the ...
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In terms of defining acceptable content, Is Amateur Built and Experimental Aircraft Building acceptable content
Amateur Built and Experimental Aircraft form HUGE part of aviation today. Topics relevant to these would include R&D, licensing, operation, building, safety, design, modification, flight testing, ...
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Don't allow votes as duplicates of closed proposals/beta sites
Proposal: Economics
I noticed that the economics proposal was marked as a duplicate of Economics (Update: no longer listed as a possible duplicate), which seems reasonable if you don't check the link,...
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We need more up-voted questions and re-distributed votes
Proposal: Game Theory
At the time of this writing, we have some 7-8 questions with 10+ votes, some 2-3 questions with a little less than 10 votes, and a large number of questions just hanging around ...
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Be careful with your draft work you plan on publishing
Its great when a community wants to help out and proof a paper for you. Just be careful when advertising your pre-published work. You could get scooped by somebody else.
This point should probably ...
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The scientific way of living : hinduism [closed]
Proposal: Hinduism
As I heard a speech about science in Hindusim yesterday, I wish other people get a brief introduction about this great ancient Indian culture and know how much it is related to ...
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Would questions about lighter-than-air aircraft such as hot air balloons and dirigibles be considered on topic?
Proposal: Aviation
For instance, if I had a question about licensing requirements to pilot a hot air balloon, would that be on topic?
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Should gliding and sailplanes be a topic of this site?
Proposal: Aviation
What do you think? I was trying to create a new proposal concerning Gliders and Sailplanes and I came through this proposal.
Do you think gliding should be part of this proposal?
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Proposal was only short 5 questions and was gaining adherents [duplicate]
Proposal: Mechanical Engineering
I think it's a good policy to shut idle proposals down after a year, but this particular proposal was gaining adherents throughout September. I think the issue was ...
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How can I join the private beta site of astronomy?
I have committed the proposal of this site from commitment zone and now it is going to be a private site but after 3 days of private beta zone there is no invitation link in my e mail address. Is it ...
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So what's still missing for launch of beta?
Proposal: Astronomy
Do we need some more high-rep committers or something like that?
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Rebooting Economics.SE site
Proposal: Economics
I am starting this discussion because I truly believe that a Q&A site related to economics and econometrics can be a success. Right. So why the first attempt failed?
I ...
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Where is the Beta site of astronomy?
I see after completing the commitment zone there is no beta site for this topic yet and only one weird sentence in the above of proposal is appeared for some days and says:
Ask your Astronomy & ...
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Are parachutes a part of this site?
Proposal: Aviation
Parachutes uses drag to slow up the speed of an object. Since they are also aerodynamic bodies. So, are they part of this site?
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What should 'Aviation' be tagged with?
Proposal: Aviation
Other discussions are indicating that 'science' may not be the correct tag for this site. What should it be tagged with?
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Would be questions about celestial navigation on topic?
Proposal: Astronomy
I've asked the question about navigating using moon on The Great Outdoors: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/4576/learning-to-find-north-using-moon-phases. It seems it ...
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Is biological oceanography include in the topic of the proposal geoscience?
Is biological oceanography include in the topic of the proposal Geoscience?
Here is the definitions of biological oceanography given by some of the most famous oceanographic institution:
From MIT ...
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Remote sensing in Geoscience?
Proposal: Geoscience
Is it planned to consider remote sensing in Geoscience? It would be great to aggregate all the related questions into one place and not to scatter them on Stack, Cross Val and ...
