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berkeman replied to the thread Undergrad DH Mt Bike - Optimizing Drop Landing Ramp Profile.Another fun video about dropoffs (well, and some other stuff)... :smile: -
berkeman reacted to mjc123's post in the thread Why do octets lead to a stable configuration? with
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They don't intrinsically. A sodium atom with a single electron in the 3rd shell is more stable than a sodium ion (with a closed shell... -
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Animal navigation, long mysterious, may about to become better understood. An unexpected mechanism in homing pigeons appears to sense... -
berkeman replied to the thread High School A question about the rotation of points on a wheel.I did this Google Videos search and got good hits: -
berkeman replied to the thread High School A question about the rotation of points on a wheel.Have a look at this article about the Cycloid motion of a point on a wheel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloid... -
berkeman reacted to renormalize's post in the thread Hello from an Independent Researcher in Cosmology with
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Welcome to Physics Forums, but do note that discussing unpublished personal work is not allowed here: Speculative or Personal Theories... -
berkeman replied to the thread Very cool inrtoduction.Welcome to PF, Sam. :smile: -
berkeman reacted to PeterDonis's post in the thread Artemis 2 launch - humans return to the Moon after 54 years with
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There's a fairly narrow band of trajectories that will give a free return to Earth, yes. They plan for mid-course correction burns to... -
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berkeman reacted to DaveE's post in the thread Undergrad Capacitor Voltages at t = 0: Zero or Split? with
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If y'all think repeating your position over and over, and over and over, and... will convince the other guy, you may want to focus a bit... -
berkeman replied to the thread High School A question on the geometry of black holes.Thread is closed briefly for Moderation... -
berkeman replied to the thread Undergrad Calculating sample size?.Is that a valid assumption, though? @Andy Resnick -- what are the typical causes of contamination in this setup? Does it usually come... -
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The use of capital V for volume and voltage is confusing. I will use lower case ##v## for voltage and upper case ##V## for volume. Your...

