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'particularly' is the word. The more monochromatic, the more definite the nulls. Obviously, the first rings Newton observed were...

In practice, you will see Newton's rings, even if the color of the light is monochromatic, as in these pictures in the Wikipedia entry...

Because coffee is objectively disgusting-tasting (caffeine-rush-notwithstanding), and it is simply a matter of how much sugar and milk...

I think a MagLev track on the Moon could launch objects into space. But not on the Earth because of air friction.

Why would you worry that the instrument might be contaminated? It sounds like the count rates you got were normal background levels.

@couperusfred, please learn to use capitalization and punctuation in your writing. Your stream-of-consciousness posts are very hard to...

Thanks. Corrected.

One way to look at it is that the energy in a lightning bolt is about 1GJoule or 1,000,000 1,000,000,000 Joules. This is equal to about...

That would be wonderful if they could succeed. The old pictures and paintings show large stately trees with a huge spreading canopy...

Isn't this, in fact, the happy ending to Jules Verne's Around the Word in Eighty Days? Fogg thinks he hasn't made it by one day because...

Oh yes. Helion energy is banking on it. They started construction on a power plant in July, 2025. Whether they will succeed is...

I think what you are talking about is similar to the field reversed configuration, which is being studied as a possible path to...

I'm surprised to hear this. Silicone rubber sealant in a shower bonds very well to galss, ceramic tile, and many other things, and...

I would try silicone rubber sealant.