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Reply to Researchers have captured the signal of neutrinos from a nuclear reactor using a water-filled neutrino detector, a first for such a device. The finding offers the possibility of making neutrino detectors from a nontoxic material that is easy to handle and inexpensive to obtain. by MistWeaver80
Now what are we supposed to do with all of this carbon tetrachloride?
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Reply to comment by Narrow_Competition41 in Why is wind energy generation greater during the night? by ZeroTheHero524
The Sun heats up more of the atmosphere when the incoming rays are tangent to the surface, such as at the terminators at twilight, than when the incidence is normal to the surface, and it is also normal to the atmosphere. This extra energy in the atmosphere at twilight typically results in greater wind speeds.
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Reply to comment by aggasalk in When our eyes are adjusting to new light levels, what are they actually doing besides dilating the pupil? by Ryan949
Full dark adaptation can take up to an hour but it varies with age and individual, typically 30-60 minutes.
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Reply to Moral disapproval mediates the relationship between compulsive sexual behavior and religiosity by chrisdh79
Not very well apparently, it doesn't seem to work for Catholics at least.
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Reply to comment by Different_Muscle_116 in How come space probes generally take photos of moons or asteroids from several hundred (or thousands) of kilometers away from the object they orbit? by Different_Muscle_116
When the trade is between coverage and orbital altitude, coverage wins and closer is not necessarily better. It is also more dangerous to insert a spacecraft into such a close orbit, where it is also affected more by the perturbations induced by the body it is orbiting and thus more difficult to navigate. Look into the history of the MESSENGER mission and you'll see that once complete coverage of the surface was obtained the orbit was lowered progressively until impact was achieved at end of life, this seems to be the scenario you are asking for.
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Reply to TIL that Ulysses Grant was made commander of all Union armies at 41 and President at 46 by IllustriousAct28
Before the War he was pretty much an abject failure.
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Reply to comment by MichaelZeiler in A unique website dedicated to just 4 minutes and 27 seconds, the maximum duration of the Total Solar Eclipse of April 8, 2024 across North America. Where will YOU be? by MichaelZeiler
I've seen 10 and it is the most surreal experience on Earth.