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Scientific literacy test by TB December 10, 2011 4:03 pm
  • 13 missed, a couple were just dumb errors. The rest would have been lucky guesses if I tried a dozen ... by FrankC 2011-12-11 15:12:49
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    • I got them all right!!!!!!!!!!! ...and I have some swamp land to sell in Arizona. by Jody 2011-12-11 16:06:55
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    • Fun, I missed 11 by RobVG 2011-12-11 13:21:31
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      • Spoilers! by ER 2011-12-10 20:38:22
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        • As with you, there were some of them I wasn't sure about, but was able to nail down from various ... by TB 2011-12-10 21:31:40
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          • All you need from memory is the boiling and freezing pts in both F and C. We know there are 100 ... by ER 2011-12-10 23:04:29
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            • It's a little ironic that you and the test writer used a fractional coefficient. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-13 13:07:21
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              • By fractional coefficient, do you mean '9/5'? There can be no other choice. I don't understand what you ... by ER 2011-12-13 16:17:15
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                • I don’t remember ever seeing the conversion formula written with “9/5”. by RobVG 2011-12-13 17:15:11
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                  • I don't think the use of fractions was made obsolete by the metric system at all. The metric system certainly ... by ER 2011-12-13 17:48:06
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                  • Still say it was easier to remember "-40." by TB 2011-12-13 16:52:14
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                    • I've never been in below 0 F temperature in my life. Even when I was N of the Arctic ... by ER 2011-12-13 17:50:11
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                      • What? by bowser 2011-12-14 23:40:09
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                        • I was briefly N of the Arctic Circle in October, '68, in maneuvers with the Nato fleet in "Operation Silvertower" ... by ER 2011-12-17 13:38:12
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          • What I whiffed (spoilers) by TB 2011-12-10 17:48:55
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            • That's very, very good. I missed 10, and about half of those I should have picked up. by bowser 2011-12-10 16:20:50
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              Lunar eclipse Dec. 10 by TB December 8, 2011 12:16 pm
              • The atmospheric refraction effect is very real, and must be corrected for in sextant observations in celestial navigation. The ... by ER 2011-12-08 17:34:31
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                Voyager in the borderlands by TB December 7, 2011 9:44 am
                • A lot of information there, not the least is that a craft like those two can last 34 years in ... by bowser 2011-12-07 10:29:13
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                  Among the most unimaginable: "Two black holes most massive ever found, astronomers say" by bowser December 5, 2011 7:53 pm
                  • The "event horizons" on these are 5 times the distance from the Sun to Uranus. by bowser 2011-12-07 10:25:32
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                    Many habitable planets by johannes December 5, 2011 12:45 pm
                    • USA today also covers this. History is in the making here folks. Next step: FTL Drives. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-05 15:08:10
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                      Guide for going into space by TB November 29, 2011 9:27 pm
                      • For a while I thought I could do it. Then I checked what I thought were deep pockets. It was ... by bowser 2011-11-29 23:24:35
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                        Mars rover launch successful by TB November 26, 2011 10:11 am
                        • The landing is indeed the hard part. Although the technology has been used by the military for some time, ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-26 11:17:19
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                          • Friendly question, I don't know the answer. Where has the military used this landing process? by bowser 2011-11-27 13:57:26
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                            • I saw something online a couple years ago but am having a hard time finding it. It was an ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-05 18:26:25
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                              • Probably lowering stuff from helicopters? Just a guess. by TB 2011-11-27 14:42:51
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                            Oppy's Thanksgiving by RobVG November 24, 2011 12:40 pm
                              Neutrinos are FTL-capable again. by Robert November 18, 2011 11:12 am
                              • ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-23 17:26:51
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                                • How about if the acceleration is constant but the speed is not. Do photons accelerate to their propagation speed; if so, ... by johannes 2011-11-19 18:41:35
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                                  • Maybe half true...density does matter to photons, however...it does not matter to its neutrino carrier, so when the photons "stop", ... by Jody 2011-11-25 08:55:56
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                                    • I'd say that if there's acceleration, then the speed won't be constant. But the basic conceptual problem here is that ... by Robert 2011-11-19 19:17:04
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                                      • That is an interesting concept, it would mean that the photon is moving at the speed of light even when ... by johannes 2011-11-20 19:30:17
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                                    • Wouldn't the speed of light be the speed of perception? The observable? Maybe neutrinos are the speed of the unobservable? by Jody 2011-11-19 10:54:28
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                                      • It sure would. Sounds like you've been plugged into the Krell machine again ;-) When I puzzled it out, it began ... by Robert 2011-11-19 13:26:52
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                                      • Newtonian physics explained things well until more sophisticated clocks came along. Einstein was complemented by quantum mechanics. As measurements get ... by bowser 2011-11-18 14:58:39
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                                        • What makes Alcubierre's idea so clever is that it doesn't actually violate Einsteinian physics. The ship would be motionless inside ... by Robert 2011-11-18 18:28:29
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                                          • When Spock looks at the readout, it says "unknown form of radiation." by TB 2011-11-18 19:41:00
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                                            • You're right that "radiation" is ambiguous, and now that I think about it, Spock's cliche is "unknown form of energy". ... by Robert 2011-11-19 13:40:35
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                                        What if: by Jody November 16, 2011 8:53 am
                                        • Hmmm, Looks like somebody's been using the Krell Educator by RobVG 2011-11-16 17:37:18
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                                          • Wrong VGer...This Personally I like the deer in the headlights look myself...I wear it well. by Jody 2011-11-16 20:09:05
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                                          • ...on the hedron collider, because it is round, all we will ever be able to see are mathematical instances. Run ... by Jody 2011-11-16 10:59:34
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                                            • this even takes out the fun of the double slit experiment. Because in an perfect vacuum where this takes place ... by Jody 2011-11-16 11:01:08
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                                              • OK, what have you done with the real Jody? by Eri 2011-11-21 05:33:21
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                                                • Resistance was futile for carbon based unit. by Jody 2011-11-21 09:27:06
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                                                  • Heh...my son, a buddy of his and I brainstormed for over a week on and off until we came up ... by Jody 2011-11-21 11:36:54
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                                            MSL Sampling Tools by RobVG November 15, 2011 9:44 am
                                              No airbags by RobVG November 14, 2011 9:00 am
                                              • What happens to the sky crane assuming all goes as planned, lands and becomes another lab? by FrankC 2011-11-15 19:13:14
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                                                • Hmmm, apparently it just flies off and crashes. Seems like they could get some little experimental value from it's final ... by FrankC 2011-11-15 20:47:18
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                                                • As TB says, what could possibly go wrong? I sure hope that works, but I'd bet against it if ... by bowser 2011-11-14 19:02:22
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                                                  • I feel the same way by RobVG 2011-11-14 19:26:07
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