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There's a nice photo montage of major sunspots (1947, 2001, 2014), all of which are wider than Jupiter; partial eclipse sunset; AR2192 solar flare close-up taken by someone from Corona CA (geddit?)....
Has anyone watched this film, an interview with Stephen Meyer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZTzMNRO_7I&feature=youtu.be I found it rather compelling, and I thought he answered well the critics who...
Wildwood's query about dice and probabilities reminded me of a problem I came across recently which showed that even fairly able mathematicians can get confused by probability. Suppose you have a sock...
Not sure where to put this so hope this is ok here. According to Pascal, the chance of throwing a double six with two dice is 1:36. To my layman's thinking there are 11 possible results throwing two...
Is it unseasonally warm where you are? Does anyone have any idea what the long term forecast is going to be - I appreciate that it's difficult to forecast with any degree of certainty but the met...
You? The local council or the government or does this depend on how valuable it is? Another question is how much are these beautiful pallasites worth and if peridot can be found in them then could...
Our microwave oven has been making a creaking sound for some time now , when not in use , but when the electricity is on - i.e. plugged in . ( well that's when we hear it - it may well be creaking...
http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1409.1837 I've been of the opinion that the amount of science in the recent threads here has been small, so I offer the above link for discussion. No real question, save...
I’m researching for a book – if it were possible, using the spacecraft that we have today, to fly to Mercury and orbit that planet, how long would it take to get there?
Thanks in advance...
Anyone heard of a recent bacteria which absorbs Co2 and converts it to Oxygen?
Also heard NASA are planning to 'seed' the Martian atmosphere with it in 2016?...
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/total-lunar-eclipse-wednesday-rare-selenelion-132704595.html#TpkcPPa I hope so! Woke up without a hangover again but I took it easy with the rose wine and nothing stronger...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-create-crystal-which-could-allow-us-to-breathe-underwater-9772871.html Could this be administered via an inhaler? Could this mean thinner...
A few bad pits in it, obviously been disposed of. Is there anything will return it to a flat surface, other than hours and hours of rubbing steel against it. ? The little area that isn't pitted is...
The Daily Telegraph has featured a reflector telescope for the past couple of months (Zennox 76x700), reduced from £250 to £70. I have looked at some reviews online - sone people say that this model...
Okay so i started a new job last week and there is a Polish girl that works there. We didn't speak at all for the first few days but since then we talk everytime we see each other....Although her...