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Rains that fall lately in russia (after oil refinery fires) are an extreme example.

Previous answer was more to the point for a realistic earth, with the error given here of correct magnitude. This answer here though is...

The water cycle includes atmospheric evaporation and condensation, so I suppose that can be called a natural distillation. The adjective...

The problem is the circle packing problem. How many circles can fit is a specific area? For a circle of radius r, 1 circle will fit in...

Not so fast. Consider e.g. if instead they were almost the same density as the water, also hexagonal in section and 1m tall. (Btw, not...

Hello all, I indulged myself a curiosity today on the question of how much the sea levels would rise if we covered them with tennis...

A Point 5 could mention the area size of the oceans so one can check that number out. Something tells me that there isn't enough rubber...

That's a rather odd piece of writing. It kind of reads like someone trying to say relativity is daft because something something...

Very good. So GR used its first dibs on Alice in Wonderland by claiming the Mad Hatter. Then about 90 years later QM staked its claim...

This piece was published in 1921, so five years after Einstein wrote "Relativity: The Special and the General Theory" for a general...

Of course there is that too as an interpretation of survey results. The article by the author as written to substantiate a biased...

I think that is as it should be. Software engineers have used the title "engineer" for decades. This is one of the important things that...

The bate headline should have read " Of companies using AI, 80% find it difficult to impossible to replace workers."

That is funny. I can imagine technical workers working with AI being more efficient, thus requiring less of them in the work force (or...

Indeed. https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/judge-rules-both-sides-lawsuit-misused-ai-disqualifies-lawyers-2026-06-09/