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    How are the two Alligator species so far apart?

    In my understanding, the only two extant species of Alligators exist exclusively in the US and China. *Nowhere else. They are said to have existed for 200 million years, but Pangea broke up 250 M years ago. Just for the sake of argument, say they had evolved on Pangea and just got separated...
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    Faster than light information transfer

    You're misreading and misquoting me. I wrote that electrons do not have to move the entire distance so there is very little speed necessary. All the electrons in the circuit move a tiny bit at the same time throughout the entire circuit.
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    Need a name for my new pet spider

    Lock the spider in the cupboard with a random timer released vial of poison and call him "Schrodinger."
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    Why Didn't the Cold War Stop at Non-Deliverable Nuclear Bombs?

    Both sides realized this, but could never develope a degree of trust between them to stop thinking that the "other guys might develop a new system of delivery that would allow them to destroy us before we could react." Hence the arms race could only be stopped by either war, or the economic...
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    Early Universe: Heat without Mass? | Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

    It seems we're stuck on light and radiation, but as I've pointed out, Hawking stated that, "...in the early U there was no light and no matter." And radiation is created by actions of particles of matter and their decay.
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    Early Universe: Heat without Mass? | Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

    As I originally wrote, I agree with that definition of heat, and as I quoted Hawking of saying, the early U had no particles nor atoms. Only an "ultra hot fog of energy."
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    Early Universe: Heat without Mass? | Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

    I'm not clear on what you're trying to state Raybesto, but as far as I've ever seen all forms of radiation are created by matter and it's actions and decay. Which stills leaves me asking "how" can there be heat, let alone radiation, without mass. BTW I understand subatomic particles have mass...
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    Early Universe: Heat without Mass? | Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

    Exactly. So no one has answered my question. How can it be "ultra hot" when it has no matter? Is Hawking just making eroneous statements because he's trying to dumb it down to laymen terms? On a side note; the same program stated the "Milky Way is 6,000 billion miles wide." 6,000 billion...
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    Early Universe: Heat without Mass? | Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

    In "Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking," when describing the early universe prior to, and seconds after the start of TBB, Hawking says it was an ultra hot 'fog' of energy. No light yet existed, so no IR radiation, and no mass existed until the energy cooled down and formed nearly equal...
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    Troubleshooting DoA RAM Chip: 3x2 Tri Channel Set

    After making sure it's DOA (try starting and running the PC with just one stick and repeat for each stick), RMA that kit. You DID buy it from a reputable source, right? If not, then you've learned why we buy PC hardware from Newegg.
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    What specific New Technology is the most useful to you personally?

    For me it would be cryptography and WiFi so we can all access anything from anywhere without compromising security.
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    NASA Discovers Planet With 2 Suns

    The animator was imaging it from the opposite vantage point.
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    How do we know everything in the universe is made of atoms?

    The vast majority of the universe is currently thought to be made up of Dark Energy (Einstein showed us that matter and energy are tied together) & Dark Matter. The vast minority of the make-up is matter & antimatter. So it would seem the OP's question is built on false premises.
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    Example of a mass orbiting more massive, less luminous body?

    All the stars in the Milky Way are more luminous and less massive than the super massive black hole at the galactic center and they all orbit it. So, yes.
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    Can a Planet Explode Like a Star?

    True, but that's using H-bombs. Supernovae are not caused by hydrogen fusion. They're caused by run-away fusion of Carbon, or Silicon, or mixtures of these and a few other heavier elements that creates such a rapid release of energy the star explodes. We can make a planet explode. We need...
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