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Armageddon super virus by RobVG February 20, 2012 11:05 am

A guess would be that mutation is coming down the pike anyway. If it hit without epidemiologists being ready ... by bowser 2012-02-20 15:52:06
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Godspeed, John Glenn! by Jeff-Wash February 20, 2012 10:59 am

Fossil water by RobVG February 6, 2012 5:59 pm

"Pressure solution" Ice this thick weighs enough to depress the continental crust below it. However the interface between bedrock and glacier ... by podrock 2012-02-18 21:29:38
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- What about insulation? by RobVG 2012-02-19 12:18:27
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I wonder why it's liquid? Is there some source of heat down there, or is there some other reason ... by ER 2012-02-06 18:15:01
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- Well, Antarctica does have an active volcano, so I wouldn't be surprised if geothermal heating is involved in 'warming' that lake's ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-10 01:38:14
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- Well, there's always radioactive isotopes. by alcaray 2012-02-07 22:26:10
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- Exothermic microbial action? n/t by RobVG 2012-02-07 19:35:03
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  - Now that would be scary. A lot of bugs down there generating enough heat over thousands of years to ... by ER 2012-02-07 21:04:05
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- Maybe it has something do do with the lake sediment? Just a random guess. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-07 15:15:55
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- Looks like the lake might have existed before the glaciers by RobVG 2012-02-06 19:08:46
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  - That's true, but you still think it would have frozen solid by now, unless there was some source of heat. ... by ER 2012-02-06 19:22:53
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    - Another thought. Doesn't water need impurities to freeze, the way steam needs small dust particles to form drops? by bowser 2012-02-06 20:14:27
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      - At STP, even the purest water will freeze. However, adding a solute, such as a salt (or a water soluble ... by ER 2012-02-06 21:17:52
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    - The Earth's core heat comes to the surface in a lot of places - volcanoes, hot springs, geysers. There's ... by bowser 2012-02-06 19:40:46
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The Witch Head Nebula by Lee February 12, 2012 5:29 pm

A huge wind turbine, a remotely piloted helicopter, and an incredible video. by bowser February 10, 2012 4:23 pm

Leapfrogging technologies by bowser February 10, 2012 2:43 am

The Google self-driving car by TB February 7, 2012 8:33 pm

Belgium and its light pollution (Antwerp is the bright light just below the ISS arm

Belgium from the ISS :-( by Raoul January 30, 2012 2:16 pm

I'm assuming the "sad face" is the response of a night-sky enthusiast to all the brilliant lighting? by TB 2012-01-30 17:25:57
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- Yes, indeed! Disastrous! by Raoul 2012-02-02 15:06:35
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  - You must really hate those night-time maps of Earth. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 01:44:48
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Mojave Space Port by TB January 31, 2012 8:24 pm

How easy was it to fly the Roton (in your perspective)? Also, is the name I see in Rotary Rocket's Wikipedia ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 01:39:29
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Well, you have to admit they couldn't have had a better looking poster boy. Maybe if they'd gone with ... by bowser 2012-02-01 01:10:09
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I sure thought that was a good idea. I even tried to invest in it, back when I had faith ... by FrankC 2012-01-31 23:31:24
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Li-Fi? by TB January 30, 2012 5:31 pm

Norman Edmund, RIP by TB January 28, 2012 10:11 pm

He lived a long and useful life, and touched many people in a positive way, including me. What better epitaph ... by ER 2012-01-29 06:35:47
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Rethinking "Out of Africa" by TB January 19, 2012 4:38 pm

All we have is what we know of the end result, and what we've dug up of the fossil record. ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:44:55
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How did the Orangutans get out of Africa? by Lee 2012-01-22 14:25:10
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- Joan of Ark. by bowser 2012-01-28 02:12:48
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- Orangutan walking by Robert 2012-01-27 09:46:20
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- Maybe God put them there by magic so we wouldn't have to believe in Evolution. by ER 2012-01-27 07:13:02
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- Before the end of the last Ice Age, all those islands were a peninsula, and I suspect this was true ... by TB 2012-01-22 14:53:17
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- Yeah, and how did they get to America? I've seen orangs myself! by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:40:29
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It is interesting. I think the role of experts is to make things more complex, more complicated. I ... by bowser 2012-01-19 19:28:19
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