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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Viral (RNA and DNA) polymerases, inhibitors and antiviral drugs.As someone with a long held interest in, but no academic background in, molecular biology, I find this is helpful. I became interested... -
Andrew Mason replied to the thread Does David Reich contradict Nicholas Wade?.There is a difference, not necessarily a total contradiction. Based on genetic analysis of European skeletons older than 5000 years...
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Andrew Mason reacted to haruspex's post in the thread Finding proper value for centripetal acceleration in a plane rising up with
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Yes, I do realise that. The purpose of my post was to challenge the statement I quoted in post #12 in a way that might convince the... -
Andrew Mason replied to the thread Finding proper value for centripetal acceleration in a plane rising up.Yes. But it is not flying level at the bottom portion of the flight path, which is a quarter circle with radius 300m. AM
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Finding proper value for centripetal acceleration in a plane rising up.The question is a bit of a trick question. It says the maximum upward acceleration is 6g. The correct answer is given by...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Measured Spectrum of Stopped Wood Organ Pipe Shows ALL Overtones.Interesting point. The only opening for sound is the mouth of the pipe and for sound energy to exit there is an acoustic coupling...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Measured Spectrum of Stopped Wood Organ Pipe Shows ALL Overtones.Yes, but the stopped wooden organ pipe does not produce a square wave. I am not suggesting that the physics of musical instruments is...
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Andrew Mason reacted to Astronuc's post in the thread Undergrad Abundant water from primordial supernovae at cosmic dawn with Like.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02479-w, published 3 March 2025 It's those Population III stars again...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Measured Spectrum of Stopped Wood Organ Pipe Shows ALL Overtones.Right. That is how the vibrations originate. So I am confused by your previous reference to "Even harmonics are generated by...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Measured Spectrum of Stopped Wood Organ Pipe Shows ALL Overtones.?? In an organ pipe, the harmonics do not result from clipping sound wave amplitudes. The fundamental and harmonics are generated by...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Measured Spectrum of Stopped Wood Organ Pipe Shows ALL Overtones.The terms are interchangeable - at least for our purposes. This is a fairly short pipe so there may be some end effects, lip anomalies...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Measured Spectrum of Stopped Wood Organ Pipe Shows ALL Overtones.A closed pipe with a fundamental frequency of 667 Hz should have overtones of 2001, 3335, 4669 Hz etc corresponding to odd multiples of...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread New cases of Nipah virus.Perhaps the US will reconsider its decision to cut $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development...
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What to know about the Nipah virus https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/health/nipah-virus-explainer I heard about the new infections this...
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Andrew Mason replied to the thread Undergrad Measured Spectrum of Stopped Wood Organ Pipe Shows ALL Overtones.Seems that you may have a leaky pipe stopper. If the stopper is not tight to the wood you will get even and odd harmonics because the...