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Gravity 15 December 2022 at 19:00

Gravity

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15 December 2022 at 19:00

It's a long way down.

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Optimal Bowling 13 December 2022 at 19:00

Optimal Bowling

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13 December 2022 at 19:00

If you want to bowl a strike, the optimal place is almost certainly inside a bowling alley, although with a little luck any establishment uphill from one could also work.

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Hydropower Breakthrough 11 December 2022 at 19:00

Hydropower Breakthrough

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11 December 2022 at 19:00

A hydroelectric dam is also known as a heavy water reactor.

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Solar System Model 8 December 2022 at 19:00

Solar System Model

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8 December 2022 at 19:00

The Earth is, on average, located in the habitable zone, but at any given time it has a certain probability of being outside it, which is why life exists on Earth but is mortal.

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Mystery Asterisk Destination 6 December 2022 at 19:00

Mystery Asterisk Destination

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6 December 2022 at 19:00

If you ever see the † dagger symbol with no unmatched footnote, it means the writer is saying the phrase while threatening you with a dagger.

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Astronomy Numbers 4 December 2022 at 19:00

Astronomy Numbers

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4 December 2022 at 19:00

I adopted a cat that weighs 12 solar masses. Laser pointers love chasing it.

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Bendy 1 December 2022 at 19:00

Bendy

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1 December 2022 at 19:00

Squaring the circle is really easy with some good clamps.

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Spacetime Soccer 29 November 2022 at 19:00

Spacetime Soccer

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29 November 2022 at 19:00

Spacetime Soccer, known outside the United States as '4D Football' is a now-defunct sport. Infamous for referee decisions hinging on inconsistent definitions of simultaneity, it is also known for the disappearance of many top players during... [more]

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Faucet 27 November 2022 at 19:00

Faucet

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27 November 2022 at 19:00

It's okay, they can figure out which control positions produce scalding water via a trial-and-error feedback loop with a barely-perceptible 10-second lag.

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Paper Title 24 November 2022 at 19:00

Paper Title

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24 November 2022 at 19:00

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT: The authors hope these results are correct because we all want to be cool people who are good at science.

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What If 2 Gift Guide 22 November 2022 at 19:00

What If 2 Gift Guide

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22 November 2022 at 19:00

BABIES OR LITERATURE BUT NOT BOTH: Baby shoes

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Change in Slope 20 November 2022 at 19:00

Change in Slope

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20 November 2022 at 19:00

Squinting at a graph is fine for getting a rough idea of the answer, but if you want to pretend to know it exactly, you need statistics.

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Account Problems 17 November 2022 at 19:00

Account Problems

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17 November 2022 at 19:00

My password is just every Unicode codepoint concatenated into a single UTF-8 string.

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Feature Comparison 15 November 2022 at 19:00

Feature Comparison

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15 November 2022 at 19:00

Below the Web, and the Dark Web, a shadowy parallel world of Cybiko users trade messages on the Translucent Neon Plastic Web.

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Bad Date 13 November 2022 at 19:00

Bad Date

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13 November 2022 at 19:00

"Even split between us, this will pay way better than the Jumanji sponsorship I came into the date with."