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Astronomers Peer into Atmosphere of Rare Exoplanet that 'Shouldn't Exist' . . . - DanS - 11/2/2020 10:24:11 PM
- I really want to learn more about this planet now. - Vitruvius - 11/2/2020 11:14:54 PM

Trump Lifts Protections for Alaska's Tongass National Forest . . . - DanS - 11/2/2020 10:21:08 PM

Hot Earth - johannes - 9/27/2020 4:25:27 AM
- A little bit of Column A... - Vitruvius - 10/2/2020 9:47:46 AM
  - Thank you Vitruvius. - johannes - 10/8/2020 11:13:36 PM
    - I'm gonna have to stop you there... - Vitruvius - 10/16/2020 2:43:44 AM
      - One more thing - johannes - 10/25/2020 4:49:10 AM
        
        Dimensional analysis is your friend... - RL - 10/25/2020 1:43:38 PM
      - We have done the numbers repeatedly for Johannes... - RL - 10/16/2020 4:32:05 AM
        
        To RL - johannes - 10/25/2020 4:55:32 AM
        
        Point to one place where I ever claimed you could - RL - 10/25/2020 7:52:29 AM
        
        pointing to one place - johannes - 10/25/2020 8:15:23 PM
        
        Two decades and you still have not managed to learn that much... - RL - 10/25/2020 9:37:30 PM
        
        Two decades - johannes - 10/26/2020 7:17:58 PM
        
        When you assert that energy has units of velocity squared then you are not conveying information... - RL - 10/26/2020 10:22:45 PM
        
        And I thought that you understood mathematics.!!! - johannes - 10/28/2020 1:14:05 AM
        
        Dear Johannes - ER - 10/28/2020 1:00:47 PM
        
        Thank you ER. Teachers like you are very valuable. - johannes - 10/29/2020 2:46:38 AM
        
        I know very little Relativity, Special or General. - ER - 10/29/2020 3:48:40 AM
        
        E=mc^2 is actually only for the rest mass energy - RL - 10/29/2020 5:10:47 AM
        
        Quantum and Relativity were lumped in "Modern Physics" in my day. - ER - 10/29/2020 1:16:17 PM
        
        /0 - podrock - 10/28/2020 4:52:50 AM
        
        At least that would be something... - RL - 10/28/2020 7:01:12 AM
        
        Johannes, your 'equations' are gibberish - RL - 10/28/2020 1:25:10 AM
        
        If you were a bird what would you do every day? - johannes - 10/29/2020 3:03:48 AM
  - Not bad enough . . . - DanS - 10/2/2020 5:04:46 PM
    - We don't HAVE a few generations to get it right - RL - 10/2/2020 6:29:47 PM
      - Maybe you should just go and pull the covers over your head. - DanS - 10/8/2020 3:52:24 PM
        
        Nope, I am not a Republican... - RL - 10/8/2020 6:37:29 PM
        
        I didn't write the article, all I did was post it . . . - DanS - 10/8/2020 10:53:50 PM
- Antarctica Could Melt 'Irreversibly' Due to Climate Change, Study Warns . . . - DanS - 10/1/2020 5:53:53 PM
  - Look on the bright side, Dan. - ER - 10/1/2020 7:20:52 PM
    - Earth is self-healing, true . . . - DanS - 10/2/2020 5:22:07 PM
    - It will also get bigger - podrock - 10/2/2020 12:04:12 AM
- Yet again... it is a matter of scale - RL - 9/28/2020 2:03:45 AM
  - Again yes - johannes - 10/1/2020 12:53:27 AM
    - "I have my answers I’m waiting for yours." - RL - 10/1/2020 1:16:18 AM
      - Again yes - johannes - 10/2/2020 3:54:36 AM
        
        *Sigh* Good-bye Johannes - RL - 10/2/2020 4:09:52 AM
- Welcome back, Johannes. - ER - 9/27/2020 11:59:11 AM
  - Hi! ER. - johannes - 9/27/2020 5:49:16 PM
    - Hi! ER. - johannes - 9/27/2020 5:51:27 PM
      - A Pierson's Puppeteer - ER - 9/27/2020 6:42:04 PM
        
        Thanks for the explanation: I’m not familiar with Larry Niven’s work; sounds interesting. - johannes - 9/28/2020 12:56:39 AM
        
        Ringworld! - DanS - 10/2/2020 5:24:28 PM
        
        If you like Ringworld ... - Vitruvius - 10/3/2020 9:43:21 PM

Effect Predicted by Albert Einstein Spotted in a Double-Star System . . . - DanS - 10/28/2020 3:55:08 PM

More troubling news from the Arctic Basin - ER - 10/26/2020 3:04:23 AM
- Scary yes it is. My question has been; - johannes - 10/26/2020 7:49:41 PM
  - Your question has been answered many times.... - RL - 10/27/2020 1:12:53 AM
  - No. it is caused by greenhouse gases alone. - ER - 10/27/2020 12:05:48 AM
    - To ER - johannes - 10/28/2020 1:08:12 AM

The Habitability of a Planet Depends on Many Factors . . . - DanS - 10/27/2020 5:43:46 PM

The Milky Way's Quiet, Introverted Monster Won't Spin . . . - DanS - 10/27/2020 5:35:15 PM

SIBERIAN ARCTIC - johannes - 10/25/2020 8:52:27 PM

Fault Near Portland Could Unleash a Major Earthquake . . . - DanS - 10/24/2020 10:43:17 PM
- The first four minutes - podrock - 10/25/2020 12:18:29 AM
  - If it is going to happen, 2020 is the year... - RL - 10/25/2020 3:09:31 AM
    - Long Read - podrock - 10/25/2020 4:19:29 PM

NASA grabbed a piece of asteroid - RL - 10/23/2020 3:25:46 AM
- and it grabbed a FINE piece of asteroid... - ER - 10/24/2020 1:44:39 PM
  - '...and when you're a robotic probe, they let you do it. You can do anything!' - RL - 10/24/2020 11:39:32 PM

Smile, Wave: Some Exoplanets May be able to See Us, Too . . . - DanS - 10/24/2020 10:41:26 PM

Lunar 'ExoCam' Project . . . - DanS - 10/22/2020 9:02:37 PM

China -- 2024 and Beyond . . . - DanS - 10/22/2020 8:59:48 PM

Molecule that May Disarm Coronavirus . . . - DanS - 10/22/2020 8:44:18 PM

RIP, John Barrow, 1952-2020 - ER - 10/18/2020 7:54:24 PM

Huracan - ER - 10/15/2020 4:12:06 PM
- Nothing weird about it - Vitruvius - 10/16/2020 2:11:48 AM
  - I just provided a data dump, not an opinion - podrock - 10/16/2020 4:24:25 AM
    - Nothing annoying about it - Vitruvius - 10/16/2020 10:49:04 AM
- From the BBC yesterday: - podrock - 10/15/2020 7:25:30 PM
- Graphic data, 1851-2015 - podrock - 10/15/2020 6:11:21 PM

Scientific American Makes First Political Endorsement In 175 Years - RL - 9/15/2020 10:18:23 PM
- So did the New England Journal of Medicine. - ER - 10/10/2020 9:32:32 PM
  - THIS is why Trump loves the poorly educated - RL - 10/11/2020 12:14:48 AM
    - Its part of why we educate. - ER - 10/11/2020 8:12:58 PM

Shaken, not stirred - ER - 10/11/2020 12:05:21 AM

Nobel Prize in Physics just announced - RL - 10/6/2020 5:47:06 PM
- I have one famous friend. - ER - 10/6/2020 8:00:36 PM
  - Ha! Not even remotely famous - RL - 10/6/2020 8:31:48 PM
- Fantastic! - podrock - 10/6/2020 6:17:32 PM
  - Check out these videos - RL - 10/7/2020 3:41:11 AM

Hold that thought... - RL - 10/7/2020 2:32:24 AM

The September minima - ER - 10/6/2020 5:27:13 AM

More ice news, snowflakes - ER - 9/23/2020 2:01:44 PM

2020 SIE - ER - 9/17/2020 3:11:24 AM
- What does it all mean? - ER - 9/18/2020 2:39:55 PM

NASA Image Shows Fires, Hurricanes Across the U.S. - DanS - 9/16/2020 10:27:28 PM

August Arctic sea ice extent - ER - 9/3/2020 2:36:20 AM
- More Tundra Farts - podrock - 9/4/2020 5:53:45 PM
- Greenland Ice Sheet out of equilibrium since 2000 - podrock - 9/3/2020 3:39:09 PM
  - What led you originally to believe in your 2008 estimate? - ER - 9/3/2020 11:08:26 PM
    - Well, - podrock - 9/4/2020 12:29:37 AM
      - Do you have a list of links related to your ice cap posts? - Vitruvius - 9/5/2020 9:04:09 AM
        
        I don't. - podrock - 9/5/2020 3:33:45 PM
        
        No worries - Vitruvius - 9/16/2020 12:57:09 AM
        
        A good glaciology blog: - podrock - 9/8/2020 4:49:20 PM
        
        NSIDC.ORG has a link to detailed and recent Greenland icecap studies.. - ER - 9/7/2020 12:07:47 PM

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