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I was reading a collection of short stories by the Japanese writer Akutagawa and one of the stories in the collection is called Kappa, which is apparently a creature from Japanese folklore that lives in rivers and ponds and described as follows by Wikipedia: They are typically greenish in color[7] (or yellow-blue[8]), and either scaly[9][10] or slimy skinned, with webbed hands and feet, and a turtle-like carapace on their back. This reminded me of the Creature from the Black Lagoon (aka The Shape of Water creature), although I don't know whether that creature is based on folklore or just an invention of 50s b movie writers, and it also reminded me of a claim I'm…

Hello. Germinated indoors in January, now my oxheart tomato plants are fruiting reaching 1.30m. Read about trimming, topping, thinning, pruning... Question. Can an adult fruiting tomato plant be topped down like at 60 - 80 cm height keeping its roots intact and moved indoors during the winter season, kept from too much growth by pruning; to have a mature and well grown plant ready to resume production in next spring, with no need to wait 4 months from seed to become just a young plant, perhaps even fruiting indoors meanwhile ? The point is to keep alive a plant that otherwise would freeze-die in order to gain/save future time.

Hi, I am writing to inquire about the most suitable solar panel option for powering an entire household and to seek information on the company that provides the most favorable installation offers for solar panels in the United States.

Greetings. Is there a method with science instead of the tales of experts, to analyze if a mushroom will put me in a casket or not ? My backyard has since a couple of days, shiny gold color 15cm. mushrooms on sunlight, silver color when overcast. How to preserve them alive or ensure their propagation ? The smell is just like fresh champignons. Went to take pictures a moment ago, a visitor intruded. Color today shows as more whitish. Would a close-up image of some part help identifying ? Adding pictures...

For several hundreds of years important statements in natural sciences were called "laws". But some time ago new "laws" stopped to appear, and the important statements now seem to be rather called "principles" and "equations." Is it so? If so, what was the last "law"?

I found a handbag, made of faux leather, together with a plastic zipper bag inside, put somewhere dark and left behind for at least 4 years. They are still perfect. My home is shined with strong sunlight and my personal experience is that in a few months of exposure to sunlight, almost everything starts to go wrong, not to mention faux leather and plastic zipper bags. But they are perfect now. I start to wonder if sunlight is the primary cause of damaging most things, if not everything? if there is any damage to something put in dark for 100 years, when other conditions are normal, not particularly better or worse? Expecting any comment.

Is it to act as an alarm trigger when data is breached? In this scenario no information is transmitted. The wavefunction acts as the trigger.

I am receiving offers for solar panels and various configurations, with and without batteries. To make a decision I need to have a clear reason, why would I go for it. What are the possible reasons?

Potential truth behind aphantasia I propose that the development of aphantasia, characterized by the inability to form mental images, is influenced by one's early upbringing and experiences. I suggest that the absence of mental imagery is a result of specific factors during the formative years, such as the dominant sensory modality relied upon and individual cognitive tendencies. For instance, individuals who heavily rely on visual stimuli during their upbringing may be more inclined to engage in visual imagination. In contrast, those who heavily rely on auditory input may naturally lean towards an auditory-focused monologue. This preference or bias in m…

This question was brought about by a claim I saw on Twitter Another person lower in the thread says that Feynman tested 125 at 12. Which, from what I understand, doesn't mean you'd expect him to have a higher IQ as an adult. The tests supposedly adjust for age. Anyway, is this true? Did he really test 125 and at what age?

is there a way to make some thing out of house hold stuff to make a absorbent powder

Please follow the link to view a table of element reactions. https://shipwr3ck.com/research/lib/ionic-or-polar-covalent/

Is anyone else into Trail Cams? The idea of spying on wildlife is fascinating to me, watching their behavior when they don't know anyone is watching can be very interesting but there are also some trail cam photos that are... not sure the words I should use but they are are either weird beyond belief and portray unknown phenomena or are hoaxed in ways i would love to know how it was done. A lot like magic tricks, you know there has to be a catch but the trick is not evident at all. This one is pretty good, mostly just candid shots of wildlife. If I come across any of the weird ones that seem to need explanation I'll post them. There is one of a little girl in the w…

From time to time, I'm in a position of having to read studies or review articles from various fields to figure out what science says on a particular issue. One obstacle I encounter is not knowing how reputable the journal the paper was published in is, the reputation of a journal being a useful heuristic for a non-expert for having some sense of how credible the information is. Is there some way to determine this?

Good day. My pomegranate tree is 2 year new, about 2m tall in a drained 20 litre bucket outdoors now. Shows pale portions on most of leaves. Anyone familiar with a cause ?

I have lots of these and they date back some 30-60 years.(so no washing instructions on them) Now I think I may have bed bugs or similar in my bed and so I want to clean the bedding. Easy enough with sheets but I am not sure about the woolen blankets as the (=my) rule with wool is to wash at a cold water temperature-and this may not be very effective for killing these bed bugs My suspicion is that it may be possible to go to a warmish temperature without damaging them but not the 90%that I am using on the sheets. I doubt this is a problem many here will have faced but I can't seem to find another discussion forum dealing with washing clot…

The British sewage network is one of the oldest still in service today, it designed for less heavy usage than today, but ultimately succumbing to the amount of rainwater washed into the system. Although this rainwater helps to naturally clean the system, there would be no possibility of discharge into natural water supplies, were the network designed to separate the two. Which countries have taken this route ?

So technology seems to stabilize after awhile where it won't advance much further and there are examples of that. First I will start out with an example of a technology that has more or less stabilized, the gun. The first guns were these big cannons from the 12th century. Then as they got more advanced they were able to shrink guns down to the size where they could be used and carried by a single person and we had matchlocks which were long guns that were fired by a burning wick that was lowered into the flash pan with a lever, setting the powder off. Then we had wheel locks which used friction wheels instead of matches that produced sparks which set off the powder.…

Good day. What single crop could be cultivated to provide humanity an emergency substantial and reasonably balanced diet by itself, as if critical climate changes prevented variety of foods to be produced some day ? Some root, tuber, grain, legumes, leaves, beans... ?

under the condition that they are not allowed to talk so that you don't know their accent. Is it possible to make a promising guess through their biological appearance i.e. not their dressing style and what would that be?

Greetings. Seen often that after dough is left to rise for a long time, is purposedly deflated and put again to a second rise. Why destroying the first rise ?

What's usually the major difference? Could cheap wine be made through less expensive processes or costs so that the wine is less beneficial or even more damaging to health? I understand that wine isn't generally considered to be good for health after all.

I’m not scientific so please excuse the dumbness but I’m sure one of you can easily put a firm stop to my wild theory. The pyramids seem almost impossible to build due to the weight of each block. It also amazes me how big dinosaurs were so has anyone considered that we could have possible had a lower gravity field which would’ve made it easier for pyramids to have been built and for larger animals to have existed??? Could a meteor hitting the earth have moved it off its original trajectory and made gravity stronger???? Please be gentle

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share how the world looks to some people. To help me, I will be using Octavio Ocampo's paintings. Basically, some people see faces in almost everything.

The title of this thread is a title of recent article (Photographer Nicolas Remy captures image of the rare spotted handfish | CNN). How would you read it: the photographed fish is rare, or a fish walking on its "hands" is rare?