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Comment · 8 months ago
The temperature of the cosmic microwave background can be used as a universal clock.
Comment · 1 year ago
It's actually Act 2, Scene 1 and is spoken by Polonius.
Comment · 1 year ago
Oblate spheroids are round.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Just one ^n. Supermassive black holes are expected to have completely evaporated by 10^100 years.
Comment · 2 years ago
It's not really whether it makes scientific sense or not, it's just that it's so very highly improbable (really, really improbable) that other explanations make more sense: the video's a fake, it's mass hysteria, or even that we're living in a simulation.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
How can you tell from analysis of the physical circuit what assumptions the designer made about the flow of current? Surely the components (electrolytic capacitors, diodes, transistors, etc) are the same and can only work in one direction. Is it that the ground plane is connected to the positive terminal of the power supply?
Comment · 2 years ago
I think the problem with gas stoves is the nitrogen dioxide they produce. Do you have a meter for that?
Comment · 3 years ago
They have different magnetic susceptibilities. Gold is diamagnetic (repelled by magnetism); tungsten is paramagnetic (attracted). A strong magnetic field (neodymium magnets) and sensitive scales can tell them apart. I built a small rig a few years ago with parts from Aliexpress that worked for coins and for bars it's just scaling it up.
Comment · 4 years ago
It's like the old joke about Vegans. "How do you know if a physicist is an MWI proponent? Don't worry, they'll tell you soon enough..."
Comment · 4 years ago
You should take D3 with vitamin K2 (talk with your doctor first if you're on blood-thinning medications) to avoid calcium being dumped into soft tissues (K2 ensures it preferentially goes into bones).

It's a good idea to get your vitamin D status tested yearly and aim to be at least 50 ng/ml (120 nmol/l), but not more than 80 ng/ml (200 nmol/l).

As an example for dosages: I take about 7000 IU of vitamin D3 and 180 mcg of vitamin K2 daily. My levels test at about 180 nmol/l and my blood calcium is normal.

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