The experimental approach in scientific research depends on the use of practical experience in the study of scientific phenomena, as a research method characterized by research with accurate results, and high research value. Laboratory experiments are a powerful basis for proving hypotheses and theoretical rules. As is said in folk proverbs, " experience is the best proof " . However, not all experiments have the desired results, as in this report we highlight the most outstanding scientific experiments that could have destroyed mankind.
1. Experience « Starfish Prime »
In the July 26 (July) 1962, launched military researchers in the United States a large nuclear bomb to outer space, from their site on «Johnston» Island in the Pacific. The missile was named " Starfish Prime " and was launched as part of a series of secret experiments initiated by the US Department of Defense four years ago.
The 250-mile bomb was designed to disrupt Soviet missile systems during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The explosion capacity was 1.4 mt, and was seen 900 m. The plan also appeared to have been designed to test the effects of high-altitude nuclear explosions, especially their impact on the Earth's magnetic field.
The 250-mile bomb was designed to disrupt Soviet missile systems during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The explosion capacity was 1.4 mt, and was seen 900 m. The plan also appeared to have been designed to test the effects of high-altitude nuclear explosions, especially their impact on the Earth's magnetic field.
The magnetic envelope surrounding the Earth is an important layer of charged particles, which protect the Earth from radiation damage and solar wind. Starfiche Prime's experience caused a greater-than-expected electromagnetic effect that led to some undesirable incidents. Street lighting was suddenly weakened, local radio stations stopped broadcasting, and telephone services were disrupted for some time.
High-frequency communications systems have also been suspended for half a minute in other parts of the Pacific Ocean. The radiation from the explosion also formed a five- year- long belt that disrupted seven low-orbit satellites, which at that time formed one third of the communications space fleet.
2- Large Hydron Collider
The world's most powerful particle collider, built over 10 years ago, has been designed by more than 10,000 scientists and engineers. The machine is worth about $ 6 billion and is the largest machine in the world, located under the French-Swiss border, near the Swiss capital «Geneva».
Physicists use the collider to test the theoretical bases of particle physics by speeding particles up to very high speeds, crushing them together, then collecting data and analyzing results. The large hydron collider was designed to speed up a large number of protons in closed paths, about 27.3 kilometers long, and then collide with other protons to produce black holes that mimic the holes formed at the origin of the universe.
In other words, it was designed experiment sponsored by the European Organization for Nuclear Research a CERN ; to re - create the conditions that accompanied the Big Bang The ofBig a Bang , which is one of the theories that explain the origin of the universe.
At first some predicted it would be the end of the world, and that these holes would widen to swallow the whole earth, as do the black holes that arise in space when the stars die. None of this happened at the end, but scientists were able to discover the " Higgs boson ," the first particle believed to be responsible for mass acquisition of the substance, on July 4, 2012.
The discovery came after four decades of research, a triumph of modern technology and advanced particle physics.
3 - Test « Trinity » nuclear
On July 16, 1945, the US military blew up the world's first nuclear weapon, in the desert of the Jornada del Merto, New Mexico. This test, called the Trinity, was part of the " Manhattan Project " launched by the United States during the global arms race, which took place during the Second World War, after intelligence reports revealed that Germany was seeking to develop a nuclear weapon .
Until that time, the scientists ' knowledge about the atomic bomb purely theoretical, and came« Trinity test Trinity the Test » to become the first practical experience, the researchers tested the new weapon. Some feared the failure of the experiment, while others feared its success in a destructive way, may be uncontrollable.
It has expressed members of the Manhattan Project, including « Enrico Fermi , Enrico Fermi » (a nuclear physicist Nobel Prize), and « Edward Teller Edward is the Teller » (known as the father of the hydrogen bomb), expressed concern that a nuclear explosion leads to a combinatorial sequence of nuclei reaction Nitrogen ignites the atmosphere of the entire Earth.
Although these concerns slowed down the progress of the project, ultimately the sponsors felt that the prospects for such concerns were weak, and decided to continue with them and move forward. The test achieved the expected success without any casualties, and the force of the explosion was equivalent to about 20 kilotons of TNT , and illuminated the effect of the experience of the whole country with burning light, and the intensity of light above the sun.
Such a test marked the beginning of the nuclear age, and its success resulted in the United States using its famous bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Since then, nearly 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted, most of which occurred during the 1960s and 1970s. Repeated tests have produced spectacular results and have led to the development of newer and more lethal weapons, which have made nuclear weapons one of the means that one day humanity could destroy.
4- Deep well cola
" Well-Cola " was a scientific excavation project initiated by the Soviet Union on the Kola peninsula in northwestern Russia. The purpose of this experiment was to explore the earth's crust and to know the structural and chemical composition of the earth's depths.
Is the deepest drilling well in the world, began drilling in May 1970, and was aimed at drilling to reach a depth of 15 thousand meters. It reached a record in 1983, when drilling reached a depth of 12,000 meters, becoming the deepest hole in the world superior to the well-known Albertith Rogers well in the state of Oklahoma, which had a depth of 9583 meters.
The drilling stopped at the end of the year to celebrate that achievement. As a result of the sluggishness of the drilling, the soil collapsed around the well, leading to the loss of a large amount of soil that was lost 5,000 meters from its depth in September 1984.
The depth of the well was expected to reach 13,500 meters by the end of 1990, but the work stopped at a depth of 12,862 meters; it was found that the temperature was not reached as high as 180 ° C.
Several concerns were raised during the project's work, including the possibility that deep drilling in the heart of the earth would cause catastrophic earthquakes and widespread volcanic eruptions. He also raised several rumors in the media at the time, attributed the reason for the interruption of drilling to penetrate workers to the layer is very hot, and hear the voices of human screams from the bottom of the well.
Some of the churchmen claimed that the well had reached the hell of the Bible, and that these sounds were the sounds of the damned spirits in hell, but it turned out that the sound recorded by the microphones was part of the soundtrack of one of the films ( Blood Baron, 1972).
Some of the churchmen claimed that the well had reached the hell of the Bible, and that these sounds were the sounds of the damned spirits in hell, but it turned out that the sound recorded by the microphones was part of the soundtrack of one of the films ( Blood Baron, 1972).
Officials then denied the rumors and said the reason for the suspension was due to the suspension of funding by the Soviet Union. With this, Well-Cola has enabled scientists to gather abundant information about the earth's crust and to know what was happening on the planet more than 52 billion years ago. Evidence has also been found that life on our planet began at least 1.5 billion years ago, and discovered deposits rich in gold, copper, nickel and other minerals.
5. Plague as a biological weapon
The most recent outbreak of plague , also known as " Black Death " , killed an estimated 75 to 200 million people across Europe and Asia between 1346 and 1353. At the end of the 1980s, the Soviet Biological Warfare Research Program developed the use of plague as a biological weapon in warfare.
Announced defectors from the program after their withdrawal, the Soviet Union scientists were working on experiments to gain access to the methods of increasing resistance to microbial diseases, for use as biological weapons. The plague was one of those diseases that were being researched, to develop a copy of the resistance to heat and cold, in addition to many antibiotics.
Announced defectors from the program after their withdrawal, the Soviet Union scientists were working on experiments to gain access to the methods of increasing resistance to microbial diseases, for use as biological weapons. The plague was one of those diseases that were being researched, to develop a copy of the resistance to heat and cold, in addition to many antibiotics.
The plan also includes the placement of the new strain of microbes in warheads, which can be carried and launched on intercontinental missiles. Plan included « Moscow » during the Cold War as well as, the preparation of hundreds of tons of anthrax bacteria, and tens of tons of smallpox and plague viruses.
The US president has canceled « Richard Nixon by Richard Nixon » biological weapons program to the United States, while the United States continued to conduct research on programs to defend itself against any biological attack. But the Soviets never believed that the US biological weapons program had actually ended, and during the 1970s and 1980s they continued their own program in a secret arms race against any foreseeable threat.
No one knows whether the Soviet Union really plans to use any of these biological weapons intensively, but with that new, more deadly plague, they have the ability to destroy the entire human life on Earth.
6- The hypothesis of black matter
Have emerged since the 1990 hypothesis suggests that a form of energy, known as the « dark energy by Dark the Energy » may be the reason behind the accelerated expansion of the universe. This hypothesis resulted from the belief likely there is a point, then the universe stops decay more quickly and begin to slow down, according to the strange theory in quantum physics called « the influence of Zeno , Zeno Effect » .
This theory suggests that the constant observation and measurement of unstable particles changes the rate at which they decompose, which means that the observation of black matter will slow the decomposition of the universe and thus will exist forever. This has led to the emergence of more unusual theories suggesting that the scientific measurement of the death of several stars in 1998, which revealed the presence of dark energy for the first time, may have already reset the decomposition clock to zero and reset it to a quantitative decomposition system Faster.
In other words, scientists' observation of black matter reduces the age of the universe; its observation may result in its collapse, with the universe collapsing.
7 - Search for extraterrestrial intelligent beings
This experience may be a bit different, perhaps because it is still there. The Institute for the Search for Intelligent Creatures outside the Earth SETI is located in Mountain View, California. A nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to search for extraterrestrial creatures, possess the intelligence and ability to communicate.
In the 1974, scientists message broadcast over the radio waves into space, it included information on human beings and the planet on which we live, in addition to information about human DNA composition, and the diagram of a human population of the Earth, along with a map showing how to find us.
Many believe that sending this message to space is a bad idea; it may fall into the hands of an aggressive sex of space objects, offering them simply everything they need to know to erase all forms of life on Earth. Others also expect that contact with advanced space objects could lead to interplanetary warfare, which humans may not be ready to deal with yet, considering that they would be technologically advanced.
Although these beliefs may appear to be conspiracy theories or insanity, as well as the negative results of the SETI space survey, and the lack of definitive evidence to date suggest an intelligent life outside the planet, Some prominent scientists warn of the poor consequences of such experiments.
Including the famous physicist Stephen Hawking, who explained: "If Earth objects visit Earth, the result will be similar to what happened when Columbus landed on the American continent, which was not good for the Native American population."
Including the famous physicist Stephen Hawking, who explained: "If Earth objects visit Earth, the result will be similar to what happened when Columbus landed on the American continent, which was not good for the Native American population."