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Altered tinguaite/rhomb porphyry (foid-bearing alkali-feldspar trachyte, QAPF zone 6b), Fen complex. Classified as trachyte due to lack...

This type of measurement was a major part of my dissertation. As you have noticed, it's not a simple measurement. I have a few...

Tinguaite/Altered foid-bearing trachyte (QAPF field 6b), Fen complex. Brownish smears on 1:1 image are artifacts (dirty slide) and not...

Yes, there is still a hydrostatic pressure head, but other forces dominate in microgravity- capillary forces, etc. Astronauts lose bone...

Again, the merit of peer review relies upon humans acting professionally. Bad actors always exist, but that's why some journals are...

What do you mean? there is essentially no bouyancy in microgravity.

Unfortunately, the whole scientific enterprise relies on each individual researcher behaving ethically and professionally, even when...

True, that!

Ok, today it finally happened... I shot my first analog photo in almost forty years :smile:. I brought my vintage camera, Pentax...

@Andy Resnick : Some thoughts on the topic of post #10: https://www.math.uga.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/onteaching.pdf

This question was prompted by me stumbling across this article...

Blue Sky/Green Leaves: Blue Sky/Green Leaves/White Plane: (Not)Weeds: Shot w/ Nikon D810 and 105mm Nikkor, f/11 (top 2) and f/4...

I'm all for pushing statistics over calculus. Calculus is very STEM-oriented. Statistics is much broader. Knowing how to read a study...

Not to be glib, but that is a bad question. There is no agreement on what, exactly, results in someone being "considered a good teacher".

In the US, teacher licensing requirements vary from state to state. Even 'worse', different types of school (public, charter, private...