Because the moon is moving away very slowly there will be a last total solar eclipse at some point. We’re lucky to have such good ones currently
Because the moon is moving away very slowly there will be a last total solar eclipse at some point. We’re lucky to have such good ones currently
Pirates of the Burning Sea
Never heard of it, either
It’s not a straw man, the guy knows what he’s talking about. Destroying biodiversity is a major problem with a lot of tree farms and tree planting programs. Tree planting doesn’t HAVE to do that but that kind of management is hard to do, like the guy said
That’s a false dichotomy in a lot of the comments here
We do both
Carbon capture isn’t so we can continue to use fossil fuels. It’s because once we get to 0 emissions we still need to draw down the carbon in the atmosphere
An ounce of prevention is almost always worth a pound of cure but we’re still going to want that cure because every extra tenth of a degree we can bring the Earth back to normal is going to be worth it
The title for this article was written by Skynet
Who knew I knew about more than just Parus Major
Skincancer.org is my source for darker colors being better protection
I don’t have the highest degree of confidence in it but it makes sense to me that absorption matters more than reflection because a lot of the reflected UV will be going through the shirt and onto your skin
That’s why materials like linen aren’t as good for UV protection. They’re light weaves and let a lot of light through, still
Tradeoff is dark colors absorb more UV so it provides better protection from the sun
I know it’s referencing this but don’t know enough about Bayesian probability
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cracking-open-a-cold-one-with-the-boys
You are a Monarch among men
Paris Major, of course
I originally thought the wheels had oxygen in them somehow but they’re just benzene rings
http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.6901.html
This version is less confusing some still maintaining the bicycle shape
Is this a thing?
While I can’t attest to the veracity of this website, and my objection to the practice of raising chickens for meat has more to do with treatment than anything else, this website gives common reasons why the modern broiler chicken is an unhealthy breed
K-pg extinction is the one that killed the dinosaurs. I guess there was a kind of turtle that died during that extinction event?
Okay, this is really neat
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/pdf/10.1152/physiologyonline.2000.15.4.181
Concerts used to be loss leaders to drive album sales
With albums sales down the concert has become the product and ticket master’s business model is to be the only game in town and wring out as much money from concert goers as possible