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Astronuc posted the thread M7.6 Drake Passage; M7.4, M6.7 Philippines, M6.3 Papua New Guinea Earthquakes in Earth Sciences.M 7.6 - Drake Passage 2025-10-10 20:29:20 (UTC) 60.196°S 61.799°W 8.8 km depth... -
Astronuc posted the thread Mount Everest (Qomolangma, Sagarmatha) Weather and Exploration in Earth Sciences.Recently, there were stories of hikers and trekkers caught in blizzards and snow storms in the region around Mt Everest. None were on...
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Astronuc replied to the thread Radiation Hard Electronic Design for LVO Long Mission.LVO = Low Venus Orbit? What references has one found regarding the radiation environment around Venus, or at For example: Venus...
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Astronuc posted the thread RIP John Lodge (82), bassist and lyricist with the Moody Blues in General Discussion.https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/10/moody-blues-singer-and-bassist-john-lodge-dies-aged-82...
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Astronuc replied to the thread Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025.https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/university-of-melbourne-professor-wins-nobel-prize-20251008-p5n165.html Robson, 88, is...
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https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2025/popular-information/
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https://phys.org/news/2025-10-powerful-precise-multi-lasers-chip.html All one needs is the right materials, junctions and optics...
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Indeed. I grew up in America's heartland, although not on a farm (I was a city boy). But my childhood friend's father worked in the...
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Astronuc replied to the thread Today I Learned.TIL about "silo gas," unfortunately from an accidental death of a agricultural worker. I don't know the details, but apparently he...
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Zwiebel is onion. Zweibel has no meaning. It is unclear whether her name came from switching the vowels or, e.g., from the word Zweifel...
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Astronuc reacted to gmax137's post in the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid with
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Astronuc reacted to BillTre's post in the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid with
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Woe, woe, woe. When I was a kid (different times) Saturday mornings were very important to my education. I learned a lot of sarcasm and... -
Astronuc reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid with Haha.
And I learned a lot about how not to use high explosives from watching Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. :wink:
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Astronuc reacted to gmax137's post in the thread A three month long summer vacation from public school seems stupid with Like.
These things are not monolithic, at least in the US. Here, school systems are local, run by the county/town/city. Back in the 1990s I...
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Astronuc reacted to Klystron's post in the thread RIP Jane Goodall (91), primatologist and conservationist with
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I have a Jane Goodall anecdote that I think about often during these strange days. While visiting at Stanford University in Palo Alto...