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I’m gonna be honest I was a little bit scared of him so I never ended up being lashed by him. But Rest in Peace!! My favorite post by... -
Warning: pretty heavy stuff. In light of this, I was reflecting on my own mortality. I started collecting accounts and passwords to...
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That is very sad. He was smart as hell and funny with it. I was on the end of his caustic wit a few times, as I am sure many posters...
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I have some solemn news to report. Many in the community had been wondering where the prolific @Vanadium 50 has been. V50 hasn't posted...
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Astronuc reacted to Fra's post in the thread Mold in Plastic Water Bottles? What does it eat? with
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There also is no thing as a closed system in practice :wink: Your closed bottle probably has a cap, and if it has ever been ever opened... -
Theoretical physicist C.N. Yang died at the age of 103 years on October 18, 2025. He is the Yang in Yang-Mills theory, which he and his...
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Fermilab scientist Joel Butler is the recipient of the American Physical Society's 2026 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize...
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Astronuc reacted to PAllen's post in the thread I Some confusion with the Binding Energy graph of atoms with Like.
I guess it is worth pointing out that if you have two nuclei with equal and opposite momentum collide perfectly and fuse, the initial...
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Add more cool geology pictures if you have them.
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Astronuc replied to the thread I Some confusion with the Binding Energy graph of atoms.The graph shows the binding energy per nucleon, so it is the minimum energy need to remove a nucleon from the nucleus (on average). A...
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Astronuc reacted to Dale's post in the thread B Why would an atmosphere without greenhouse gasses be colder than with them? with Like.
No. Substantially more than it does now. That is the point.
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Astronuc reacted to russ_watters's post in the thread B Why would an atmosphere without greenhouse gasses be colder than with them? with Like.
The surface radiates and not all of that energy is absorbed by the atmosphere...
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https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/new-coronavirus-subspecies-sars-cov-2-mutation-discovered-brazilian-bat Gizmodo published an...
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Astronuc replied to the thread The Oldest Rock on Earth?.With regard to Western Australia, I meant to menton the Jack Hills, which "are best known as the source of the oldest material of...
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Astronuc replied to the thread The Oldest Rock on Earth?.I would hesitate to frame it as "the Earth's crust" forming, but instead consider that regions of the Earth's crust formed (solidified)...
