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Yes, I do think it is possible that kids today don't need to learn the Riemann - Roch theorem. I don't think your birthdate is the issue...

Try speaking with faculty at your institution working in computational physics/chem/bio or applying ML to physical/chemical/biological...

- Cloning mammals. Dolly the sheep was a bit of a surprise. - Gene editing (CRISPR etc.). Still early days, but I doubt Watson, Crick...

All of the problems? No one does every exercise, do they? I'm pretty sure we did Goodman, Fourier Optics, cover to cover at school...

It may be easier to express the first two as $$ (1 - sN_i)(1 - c_i \lambda) + sN_i = 1 - c_i\lambda + sc_iN_i \lambda = 0.$$ Newton's...

OK, disclaimer... Native California guy here... So what? Today there were 8 M2.5 or bigger earthquakes in the US. M 2.5 is the smallest...

Golgi was Italian I believe. Besides discovering the Golgi Complex, Golgi came up with the Golgi stain which fills a subset of neurons...

Google says this: And I use "sunk" as a verb, like "the whale sunk the boat".

Maybe you need a psychiatrist instead of a psychologist. Many mental illnesses begin to manifest severe symptoms at around your age...

This was (is?) a significant human factors design issue with aircraft cockpit displays. In older or cheaper aircraft the gauges were...

While maybe a bit off topic*... By "swim around forever" I think you mean without decompression stops in your ascent. Time at depth...

The article above is in this ball park. Recall that 33 feet of water is 1 atm. "Air embolism can occur in as little as 4 feet (about 1...

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/injuries-and-poisoning/diving-and-compressed-air-injuries/barotrauma

Sorry, y'all missed my point. Scuba divers know that reduced pressure creates air emboli in you blood. Anyway, I don't think you can...

Clearly not a scuba diver asking. Even though space is cold, it's also a pretty good insulator. Heat transfer is from radiation and...