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Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Gliese 710 Close Approach - Much Closer ! in Astronomy

I always wanted to live to see the sun's planetary nebula. Now I read that the sun may be a little too small to have a decent planetary nebula. Well,...

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Yesterday, 07:11 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Phosphine, a strong biosignature, has been detected in the atmosphere of Venus in Life in Space

There is a fact article by one of the original scientists on this issue is in the Analog for May 2021.

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2021-Apr-21, 10:39 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Allergies and genetics in Science and Technology

Evolution on the timescale of a few hundred generations...cool!

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2021-Apr-20, 06:47 PM

Tom Mazanec started a thread Allergies and genetics in Science and Technology

Do people inherit a general tendency to allergies, or do they inherit tendencies to specific allergies? Does one inherit hay fever as opposed to...

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2021-Apr-16, 10:51 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Is Planet Nine almost certain, probable, possible or unlikely? in Astronomy

Cut down to size and further away: https://www.sciencealert.com/if-planet-nine-is-out-there-it-may-not-be-where-we-think

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2021-Apr-14, 02:26 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Freezing in refrigerator in Off-Topic Babbling

No ice inside. Same flavors. No thermometer. Maybe I will just have to wonder...

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2021-Apr-13, 11:12 AM

Tom Mazanec started a thread Freezing in refrigerator in Off-Topic Babbling

I keep bottles of flavored carbonated water in my fridge. It is set at about half power. The water is cold but not unpleasantly so. Except one...

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2021-Apr-12, 06:17 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread This night sky does not exist in Off-Topic Babbling

Also came across butterflies and beetles, but they seem defunct (one is an add for the domain name being available, and the other is a security...

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2021-Apr-12, 06:15 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Pants fitting in Off-Topic Babbling

Checked. Did not misread. I's probably stretching, I guess. I wore the old ones with a belt before, but gained about 20 pounds over the last few...

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2021-Apr-12, 04:09 PM

Tom Mazanec started a thread Pants fitting in Off-Topic Babbling

My cousin took me out to get new jeans. We were in a hurry, so we just bought 36s (the size on my jeans that I already have was 36). I fit in these...

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2021-Apr-12, 01:29 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread This night sky does not exist in Off-Topic Babbling

I guess I've just been lucky in my tries. Here are some more: Art: https://thisartworkdoesnotexist.com/ Abstract paintings. Autos:...

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2021-Apr-11, 02:53 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread This night sky does not exist in Off-Topic Babbling

The really creepy one is This person does not exist: https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ Humans are supposed to be quite sensitive to the slightest...

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2021-Apr-11, 11:21 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread This night sky does not exist in Off-Topic Babbling

I mean before the horizon, sorry...they sometimes seem to have a gap at the bottom. Maybe the few times I actually saw the Milky Way was not quite...

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2021-Apr-10, 10:47 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread This night sky does not exist in Off-Topic Babbling

The galaxy is often fat, blobby or cut off at the horizon. Of course, it depends on the individual sky, but I expect the Milky Way to be a thin band.

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2021-Apr-10, 12:41 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread This night sky does not exist in Off-Topic Babbling

So it is long exposures in the sample photos that make the generated night skies look wonky?

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2021-Apr-09, 05:14 PM

Tom Mazanec started a thread This night sky does not exist in Off-Topic Babbling

What could you deduce from these night skies? To me, they look often like a view from the edge of a galaxy, or a world in an irregular galaxy....

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2021-Apr-07, 11:01 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Coalsack's future in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

The article says this will take "millions of years". Any guess as to how many megayears? Two? Five? Ten?

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2021-Apr-06, 08:14 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Coalsack's future in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

stars will eventually light up, and the coal “nuggets” in the Coalsack will "combust", almost as if touched by a flame. BTW, I assume this is a...

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2021-Apr-06, 03:41 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Coalsack's future in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

I looked up some references for the Coalsack, but didn’t think of including ‘future’. Thanks.

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2021-Apr-06, 11:44 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Measuring calories in Science and Technology

I went from ~260 pounds to ~160, then slowly rose to about 185 and leveled off there.

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2021-Apr-05, 10:30 PM

Tom Mazanec started a thread Coalsack's future in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Will the Coalsack condense into a star cluster? Or is there some reason it can't?

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2021-Apr-05, 10:32 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Does gravity have speed? in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Is there "aberration of gravity"? As you rotate around a primary, does the primary "feel" as if it were slightly ahead of where it actually is?

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2021-Apr-02, 09:08 PM

Tom Mazanec started a thread Makeup of neutrinos in Science and Technology

What percentage of the universe's neutrinos are made from radioactive decay? What percentage by stellar "burning? How about supernovae? And from...

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2021-Apr-02, 11:18 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Measuring calories in Science and Technology

"Fridge thought" If they measure calories by burning the food, how do they measure calories of stuff like milk?

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2021-Apr-01, 05:01 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Hiccups in Science and Technology

With gestation and suckling as hypotheses I wonder if monotremes hiccup (iirc they lick and I know they lay eggs.

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2021-Apr-01, 11:48 AM

Tom Mazanec started a thread Hiccups in Science and Technology

What are hiccups for? How did they evolve?

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2021-Mar-30, 04:36 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread What do you think is the most likely explanation for the Fermi paradox? in Life in Space

No reproducing organism wants to curb their own spread, but they do so in nature to maintain a balanced niche and not devour their way to extinction....

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2021-Mar-25, 12:38 PM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Sometimes extinction is not forever: Lazarus taxons article in Science and Technology

It's even got alliteration! Orion's Arm has actual Lazarus Taxa, and they pride themselves on their technology being at least remotely plausible.

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2021-Mar-24, 11:07 AM

Tom Mazanec replied to a thread Terraformed planet of O star in Space/Astronomy Questions and Answers

Thanks, Grant! And we know neutron stars at least can have planets (an idea I had a good laugh about with my astronomy professor back in 1976).

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