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11 February 2025 at 19:00

What's weirder is that muons turned out to be INCREDIBLY cute.

Incoming Asteroid

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9 February 2025 at 19:00

The bottom ones are also potentially bad news for any other planets in our solar system that have been counting on Earth having a stable orbit.

Suspension Bridge

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6 February 2025 at 19:00

As a first step, they can put in a secondary deck, to help drivers try it out and find out how fun the jumps are. After a while no one will use the old flat deck and they can remove it.

Rotary Tool

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4 February 2025 at 19:00

It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8.

Stromatolites

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2 February 2025 at 19:00

If only my ancestors had been fortunate enough to marry into the branch of the bacteria family that could photosynthesize, like all my little green cousins here.

AlphaMove

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30 January 2025 at 19:00

It struggles a little with complex positions, like when there are an even number of moves and it has to round down, but when run against itself it's capable of finding some novelties. At one point I saw six knights on the board at once; Stockfish rarely exceeds four.

Humidifier Review

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28 January 2025 at 19:00

They should add a little sticker that certifies that the humidifier supports water conservation, but in the sense of energy conservation or momentum conservation.

Muons

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26 January 2025 at 19:00

Update: I've been banned from the physics department for the way I pronounce "Doppler effect."

T. Rex Evolution

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23 January 2025 at 19:00

Unfortunately, body size and bite force continue to increase.

Unit Circle

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21 January 2025 at 19:00

They're continuing to search for a square with the same area as the circle, as efforts to construct one have run into difficulties.

Chemical Formulas

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19 January 2025 at 19:00

Can you pass the nackle?

Human Altitude

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16 January 2025 at 19:00

I wonder what surviving human held the record before balloons (excluding edge cases like jumping gaps on a mountain bridge). Probably it was someone falling from a cliff into snow or water, but maybe it involved something weird like a gunpowder explosion or volcano.

Uncanceled Units

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14 January 2025 at 19:00

Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian

Radon

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12 January 2025 at 19:00

A good ²³⁸Umbrella policy should cover it.

Chess Zoo

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9 January 2025 at 19:00

The zoo takes special care to keep kings separated from opposite-color pieces as part of their conservation program to prevent mating in captivity.

Trimix

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7 January 2025 at 19:00

You don't want the nitrogen percentage to be too high or you run the risk of eutrophication.

Features of Adulthood

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5 January 2025 at 19:00

I don't dig pit traps and cover them with sticks and a thin layer of leaves nearly as much as I expected; I find a chance to do it barely once a month.

Origami Black Hole

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2 January 2025 at 19:00

You may notice the first half of these instructions are similar to the instructions for a working nuclear fusion device. After the first few dozen steps, be sure to press down firmly and fold quickly to overcome fusion pressure.

Skew-T Log-P

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31 December 2024 at 19:00

The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.

Time Capsule Instructions

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29 December 2024 at 19:00

Inside is a third box, labeled DO NOT OPEN UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE TIME ZONE WHERE YOU OPENED BOTH PREVIOUS BOXES.