Great article, sharing my sentiments precisely! From my observations on social media, I’ve found the level of like for David S Pumpkins to be a fairly accurate barometer on whether I get along with someone IRL or not. I also agree that The Black Jeopardy SNL skit was GREAT! I believe that comedy is best when it has…

"Although the concept originated in physics, it has applications in multiple fields of study, including biology and chemistry." Hmmm which concepts did not originate in physics? :P —physicist.

I think you're spot on! Your question makes me wonder why manufacturers even put in the lower powered and high powdered ports...

Sorry to ruin the story but it wasn't the white shirt. Neutrons, electrically neutral sub-atomic particles, do not care much about the electron distribution of the dye on your shirt. Light or photons do. And white will reflect these only. What caused the chain reaction to proceed was the hydrogen (and carbon) in his…

Can someone post actual statistics of the likelihood of electronics being damaged by surges? I have not used surge protectors for around 10 years and own on average around 20 electronic devices at any given time. And I don't think I've had anything damaged by surges. Looking at the prices of the devices on this post,…

Really? As an academic in the natural sciences (experimental nuclear physics to be precise) I have never used a librarian. You make me feel like I'm missing out on something!

For now.

I'm interested in knowing what the decrease in food production caused by farms switching to "organic" sites to satisfy the demands of the richer segment of society.

Heh. For my PhD research we built a magnetic trap out of 140kg of neodymium (iron boron) magnets. Fingers and appendages were very close to being lost on many occasions. I was working with an undergrad at one stage and I strictly told her to keep those stainless steel scissors well away from the magnets. A few moments…

I didn't realize the Tower Bridge was only built in 1886-1894. I thought it was a lot older for some reason. So they did get the timing right in the Sherlock Holmes (2010) film, where the final scene was on the unfinished bridge.

You're spot on. But this is precisely what Jason says in the article, and you are just repeating it. Are you trying to build myelination?

I loled.

The more important question is: did they fix the screen dimming problem on iOS. It's driving me insane! I'm use google maps to find where I want to go, and then copy and pasting the address across to Apple maps just to avoid this. It's very cumbersome!

PhD physicist here. Your two pictures are disingenuous. On the left, with the TP over, since the roll is free to rotate, when you apply a force (i.e. pull), this force will still end up being transverse to the perforated line so one gets the same "rip" effect as you depict in the picture of the right.

Girls will start to distort their heads to the "duckhead" connector's shape for their profile pics any minute now....

Sarcasm missed.

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