Recent content by jenny_shoars

Sorry, I discovered my error very shortly after reading Dragon27's reply. I had made a very simple mistake where I wrote \frac{N}{N^2}=N. Just not enough sleep I guess.

I did, but still didn't seem to get it to come out right. But, now that I know it's just me, I'll figure it out. Thanks!

I'm doing my first paper review and an equation is holding me up. I can't tell if I'm just missing something silly or if the author made a mistake. Given that: \sum_{n=1}^{N}s_{n} = 1 The author says that: \sum_{n=1}^{N}(s_{n} - \frac{1}{N})^{2} = \sum_{n=1}^{N}s_{n}^{2} - \frac{1}{N} I seem to...

Thanks. These are ±70ppm. The sensor I was looking at (MG811 Sensor) is ±50ppm and only $35. So with a homebuilt setup (add on a simple microcontroller and something to power it), I could probably get away with a setup just over $50 (excluding the solar panel cost). If there isn't a better...

I thought it would be an interesting project to build a detector that will measure and log the outdoor atmospheric CO2 levels. These (global average) levels are currently about 400ppm and these (global average) levels vary by a few ppm every year. Looking for a sensor though, I can't seem to...

I wondering what actually happens when you brew coffee (or tea) with hot water. Every source I can find simply talks about how long you need to brew it to "draw out" the flavor or "release" the caffeine. I'm interested in what's actually physically happening to the coffee grounds that makes it...

I want to support a scientifically oriented politician in the upcoming US midterms. I'm not looking to have people argue about which party is more scientifically oriented. Specifically, I want to support someone who either has a primarily scientific background or makes science a top priority...

Alright, thanks! I guess I was just being overly cautious and assuming that they were only considering lower power laser pointers here. I'm guessing the sky doesn't count as a public place? I'm still a bit wary that I might be called out as trying to point my laser at planes since there are so...

I've been searching for a while, but all I seem to find is information about how it's illegal to sell laser pointers to minors in New York City. That and I find some information on what else is illegal to do with a laser pointer in NYC (pointing at vehicles, officers, etc.). There's a lot of...

How does Jupiter "protect" Earth from comets and such? I've commonly heard that Jupiter protects Earth by flinging comets out of an orbit that would otherwise leave them heading for Earth. I understand that Jupiter can throw comets and other objects out of their current orbit when they pass by...

Just in case anyone else would like to know, I found at least one such book: http://archive.org/stream/elementsofastron00vincuoft#page/12/mode/2up/search/Ceres Archive.org apparently has some very good tools for searching. If anyone else would like to find others, simply search for books of the...

Thanks for the Project Gutenberg, I will give that a try for sure.

Does anyone know of a (relatively) cheap astronomy book which has Ceres officially labelled as a planet? I realize it may not be extremely cheap seeing that it would have to be from the 1800s, but perhaps there's one that was commonly enough in print to not be so hard to find? It's both...

So I know a meteoroid is the small thing floating in space while an asteroid is the large one. I know a meteor is the streak of light a meteoroid creates as it falls through the atmosphere and a meteorite is what remains after the impact on the Earth. Also, that meteorites can sometimes be...

Of course. You're right on both accounts. Thank you much!