At this point the energy is high such that the core vaporizes faster than the shell, thus forming a cup on the face of the positive carbon, which is the main source of light. Rare earth compounds in the form of oxides and fluorides are mixed with carbon powder and introduced into the ...
t more of a hindrance than a help in the dusty, sooty, iridium-laced post-impact world. Anyway, there are interesting clues that the air sac systems of extant birds are just one subset of a much greater original diversity, like most (all?) birds starting out embryologically with a dozen...
I made a very similar point a few months ago inThese new “artificial intelligence” programs don’t know what they’re talking about.If the responses were obviously wrong, there wouldn’t be too much of a problem here. But this is close enough to fool most people most of the time. As...
but the simple uplifting power of a hot cup of tea is often extolled in the wartime periodicals in our archive. The cup that cheers but does not inebriate was a welcome warmer in harsh weather conditions, whether on the front lines
Horse (top); and evil mutant horse with 23% longer torso (bottom). To me, that second picture is wrong enough to hurt my eyes a little; your mileage may vary, but I suspect those among you who love horses will feel ill when you look at it. This image was one of the reasons —...
Now that the talk’s done, I’m letting my “abstract” out into the world, here (link) and at the bottom of this post. I put “abstract” in scare quotes because it’s a short paper with references and figures. The freedom to go big with the abstract is what convinced me to tak...