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This paper just showed up: Intermediate stages in the origin of metabolism at a phosphorylating hydrothermal vent It is open access and...

The internet has connected the public with experts and has expanded the public domain, e.g., Wikipeida. However, concurrently, the...

Ironic. I'd always assumed the era of historical ambiguity would come to an end once we started keeping indelible records of events. But...

It is kind of difficult to high five on what the white stiff really is unless one can go and poke it with a stick. One reservation I do...

Looking at this backwards. What causes the darker parts of the concrete surface, mud, or fungal growth ? Why, under the film reel, did...

nanobot replicators?? Is that what this is?

What is the self-accelerating decay time line? Hours, days, years before the film is unusable? What you see is typical for concrete...

A re-hash with some links of the complexity of present day timekeeping. The world depends upon accurate time stamps, past present and...

For the most part, Astronomy finds the time, Physics keeps the time, Politicians decide what to call it, and Software Engineers tell it...

Eisner reference to the Homicide graph...

Donkey + 9

Here an Artistic Ingenuity solution: From this thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/today-i-learned.783257/post-7318063

Yeah, the places people stand scream to high heaven! "OK, we're behind a cattle gate". That'll make a difference for sure, even though...

They put swimming pools on the top of high rise buildings, for the view. So far safe. In an earthquake, the water will slosh back and...