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    Scientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c728ven2v9eo and the other main news websites. Does anyone have any idea what mechanisms could be involved?
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    News Who Was Behind the Death of Alexei Navalny?

    Not repellent enough. Navalny deserves a standing ovation but sadly will never see it now.
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    Opinion on Effective Shoplifting Prevention Strategies

    There used to be a scam back in the days (some 50 years ago,I'd say) when a shoplifter /scam artist would go into a store and pretend to hide an item on his or her person. (presumably they would be aware that they were being watched by cameras or otherwise) Afterwards ,they would secretly...
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    The one correct response to an insincere apology

    Is it a sophisticated form of "playing possum"? https://eu.citizen-times.com/story/life/2016/04/11/nature-journal-good-number-animals-play-possum/82806258/
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    The one correct response to an insincere apology

    Great thread and Hugh Dennis' quote was worth the entrance fee. Could you reply "Thanks for that apology" -and leave the ball in their court?
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    Thescienceforum.com up for grabs

    I think I saw the expiry date had been updated to 2024. I assume there is a new owner and hope that whoever it is will restart the site. The old owner never answered the phone and let the membership dwindle (unless that was going to happen anyway) It has been a couple of weeks since the...
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    Anyone here also a member at SciForums.com?

    Will I tell James or Bells you are locked out? I was going to reply to James quite soon anyway since he answered my question about Newtonian gravity a short while back.
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    Anyone here also a member at SciForums.com?

    I am a member there too.
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    B How can the Universe be flat? Ridiculous

    I can see how theoretical that probably is but what is the point to which they return? Is it a point in space or a point in spacetime? If the starting point is Las Vegas with Sinatra doing a residence do the parallel lines return to knock off his hat or has he long departed along with...
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    I Why is the speed of light the same everywhere in the Universe?

    Is it the case that the Lorentz transformations ,which are the only possible transformations between moving reference frames lead to the relativistic addition of velocities that only permit an invariant speed for c? I also think that the speed of light in a vacuum has been experimentally...
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    Music Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

    Dylan's "To Ramona" by Sinead Lohan et al Also Cream did a version of Spoonful that was originally (if he was the actual original) by Howling Wolf and completely changed it ,for better or worse. []
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    Big announcement about fusion energy coming soon (Dec-2022)

    I think some of you are giving these headline writers a hard time. I let a pot of tea go cold a while ago and ,a week later,when I found it and lifted the lid, I found that it was super conducive to getting a skin of mould on top of the liquid inside.
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    Big announcement about fusion energy coming soon (Dec-2022)

    It is only a breakthrough at the beginning of the path of development. God only knows how long it will take before it can make a contribution towards providing clean carbon free energy. As they say ,don't give up on the day job. Let us cut down on (cut out) carbon et al emitting...
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    English is not normal, says John McWhorter

    Ticks both boxes but you forgot to add "adequately quick on the uptake"
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    English is not normal, says John McWhorter

    I didn't get it either,although I did look up the cast of Casablanca for clues. Not so much "round up" as giving me the "runaround" :wink:
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