StringJunky

If De Santis, Pence and others run on the Republican presidential ticket, will that dilute Trump's vote tally if he runs?

How much habitat was flooded to make it?

What we are seeing looks like brinkmanship on the part of the Russians, I think.

Is steadily lowering their yield making them more likely to be used? Is there a case for specifying a minimum yield in a treaty between adversaries?

I forgot pectin was in the equation.

Manufacturing is one expense, and making them to fine tolerances is another. Accuracy cost money. You got the high and low tolerance meanings the wrong way. 'Low tolerance' is the high accuracy stuff.... as in having a low tolerance for errors.

It's cool stuff. I'm tops with Zaphon.

China has already been taken to task for that because of the orbital debris it causes, if you remember. It seems more and more that Putin is ideologically bound to the idea that Ukraine is an inseparable part of Russia. On my earlier comment about taking out satellites:

Russia appears to be airing the idea of taking out our satellites that help the Ukrainians. Will that cross any militarily agreed red lines?

Try UK politics atm. In fact, look at the state of a lot of international governments. I'm not sure I've seen so much political/existential turmoil in my life

If one don't know the whys and wherefores of distilling and go the pure sugar yeast and water route, methanol poisoning will probably be the outcome.

I have a strong interest in the gut microbiome, but my ignorance of organic chemistry is stumping further progress. Can anybody suggest any good primer titles to get me started. My current level of inorganic'physical chemistry is around 17-18 year old student stuff. It's probably a bit more now as a 60 year old but that's the general idea. @hypervalent_iodine @CharonY

How's it looking from the US side of the Atlantic?

It's matter of principle that science preseves some state of philosophical uncertainty in its confidence level. It's a matter of fact that certain aspects of nature will always be fuzzy in the degree of accuracy that can be attained.

JWT and Hubble are reflectors, and I think, irrc, and these are more suited to panoramic, widefield views.

Like this?

Nice comparison image of the two telescopes together. The improvement is definitely noticeable.

I don't expect a 10 year old to work. They don't owe their parents anything... it was the first-world parents wish, presumably, to have them.

The roots are capillaries; until they are severed they will lift water.

My guess is a settlement is an informal grouping of dwellings that were a precursor to the formation of villages

Given that the US has been hostile to the Nordstream pipelines, could it possibly be them sabotaging?

I thought it coincidental that another pipeline has just come online.

That's a linguistic rabbit hole we don't need to go down.

A sardonically amusing piece from the Moscow Times: