Recent content by Clive2

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    Can wormholes act like time machines?

    .. plus our Solar System orbits the MW galaxy, our galaxy hurtles through the universe.. Could (in theory) end up light years from where we intended, "Lost_In_Space". hmm.. a movie theme?
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    Looking for a new multimeter.

    I'd suggest go for a good quality Majortech or Toptronic, browse pawn shops if budgeting. (Test in store). If your DIY includes electronics, Cx, Lx and Hz (capacitance, inductance, frequency) are very useful.
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    sound advice please.

    You can also buy a 5m stereo patch cable (extension) and plug it into the headphone socket of the TV.
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    Lunar Ice / 3He - why not vaporize it?

    Watching a recent documentary on Discovery Family, the topic covered scientists trying to perfect an ice drill. This is intended to extract water-ice and frozen Helium 3 at the lunar South Pole. A problem to overcome is the drill heating and getting stuck when the melted ice re-freezes. I'm sure...
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    MTN Smart S phone is a disappointing stripped down JioPhone

    Hi all.. What is OBB? Vodafone Smart Kicka 4. Browsing thru phone files.. empty folder OBB. It's on the phone, not SD card. Scratch head in puzzlement??? No idea what this is.
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    This Massive, Nightmare Bee Was Once Thought Extinct. Not Anymore.

    A future Hollywood sequel to The Swarm - Biologists return to L.A. with Indonesian bee D.N.A......
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    Lightning's electromagnetic fields may have protective properties

    ELF EM wearable transmitters - next gadget on the biomedical market? :barefoot:
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    'Radically new' wing from NASA and MIT automatically changes shape

    right wing or left wing?
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    The Mariana Trench

    Good pics of ugly faces - no, not not you, honey - I'm blogging.. Regarding nukes & TNT - wouldn't that be classed as "Trench Warfare?".. :whistling: Maybe these prehistoric-looking fish survived the Chixulub impact, protected by the depth?
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    Methane Gas definitely exists on Mars

    It's rotting dinosaur flesh segments, deposited 65 M years ago.
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    Expected Soon: First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole

    Some relevant links: https://interestingengineering.com/image-of-a-black-hole-revealed-for-first-time-ever https://www.universetoday.com/33866/messier-87-shows-off-for-hundreds-of-earth-bound-astronomers/ https://space-geodesy.nasa.gov/techniques/VLBI.html
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    Nasa's Voyager 2 probe leaves the Solar System

    we will not invade you.. we will not enslave you.. we are your friends.. we just want your sodium-rich sea water. Besides the SETI aspect, Voyager could also be a time-capsule for future humans to re-discover.
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    Plastic Can Take 500 Years To Bio-Degrade In The Ocean

    While the concept of eliminating pollutants such as plastics, fossil fuels etc is desirable from an ecological viewpoint, the reality is that mankind has become entrenched in the technological and economical advantages of these products. Put another way, the cost of replacing machinery and...
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    Where to buy hydrogen peroxide and hydrochloric acid?

    The Hydrogen Peroxide sold in pharmacies is very dilute, about 10% in 90% water, if I remember correctly. The strong stuff, very volatile as @AstroTurf suggested in post #9, is also used in jet-pack rocket engines, reacting violently with a silver catalyst to create thrust.
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    Cassini images show methane rain on Titan

    Future gas filling station? :cool: Something has always puzzled me about these moons and planets covered in potentially flammable / explosive gases or liquids, such as methane on Titan, Saturn, Neptune: When an asteroid or meteorite enters Earth's atmosphere, intense friction causes it to glow...
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