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Fossil water by RobVG February 6, 2012 5:59 pm
  • "Pressure solution" Ice this thick weighs enough to depress the continental crust below it. However the interface between bedrock and glacier ... by podrock 2012-02-18 21:29:38
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    • What about insulation? by RobVG 2012-02-19 12:18:27
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    • I wonder why it's liquid? Is there some source of heat down there, or is there some other reason ... by ER 2012-02-06 18:15:01
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      • Well, Antarctica does have an active volcano, so I wouldn't be surprised if geothermal heating is involved in 'warming' that lake's ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-02-10 01:38:14
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        • Well, there's always radioactive isotopes. by alcaray 2012-02-07 22:26:10
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          • Exothermic microbial action? n/t by RobVG 2012-02-07 19:35:03
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            • Now that would be scary. A lot of bugs down there generating enough heat over thousands of years to ... by ER 2012-02-07 21:04:05
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            • Maybe it has something do do with the lake sediment? Just a random guess. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-07 15:15:55
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              • Looks like the lake might have existed before the glaciers by RobVG 2012-02-06 19:08:46
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                • That's true, but you still think it would have frozen solid by now, unless there was some source of heat. ... by ER 2012-02-06 19:22:53
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                  • Another thought. Doesn't water need impurities to freeze, the way steam needs small dust particles to form drops? by bowser 2012-02-06 20:14:27
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                    • At STP, even the purest water will freeze. However, adding a solute, such as a salt (or a water soluble ... by ER 2012-02-06 21:17:52
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                    • The Earth's core heat comes to the surface in a lot of places - volcanoes, hot springs, geysers. There's ... by bowser 2012-02-06 19:40:46
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                The Witch Head Nebula by Lee February 12, 2012 5:29 pm
                  A huge wind turbine, a remotely piloted helicopter, and an incredible video. by bowser February 10, 2012 4:23 pm
                    Leapfrogging technologies by bowser February 10, 2012 2:43 am
                      The Google self-driving car by TB February 7, 2012 8:33 pm
                        Belgium and its light pollution (Antwerp is the bright light just below the ISS arm
                        Belgium from the ISS :-( by Raoul January 30, 2012 2:16 pm
                        • I'm assuming the "sad face" is the response of a night-sky enthusiast to all the brilliant lighting? by TB 2012-01-30 17:25:57
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                          • Yes, indeed! Disastrous! by Raoul 2012-02-02 15:06:35
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                            • You must really hate those night-time maps of Earth. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 01:44:48
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                          Mojave Space Port by TB January 31, 2012 8:24 pm
                          • How easy was it to fly the Roton (in your perspective)? Also, is the name I see in Rotary Rocket's Wikipedia ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 01:39:29
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                            • Well, you have to admit they couldn't have had a better looking poster boy. Maybe if they'd gone with ... by bowser 2012-02-01 01:10:09
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                              • I sure thought that was a good idea. I even tried to invest in it, back when I had faith ... by FrankC 2012-01-31 23:31:24
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                                Li-Fi? by TB January 30, 2012 5:31 pm
                                  Norman Edmund, RIP by TB January 28, 2012 10:11 pm
                                  • He lived a long and useful life, and touched many people in a positive way, including me. What better epitaph ... by ER 2012-01-29 06:35:47
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                                    Rethinking "Out of Africa" by TB January 19, 2012 4:38 pm
                                    • All we have is what we know of the end result, and what we've dug up of the fossil record. ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:44:55
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                                      • How did the Orangutans get out of Africa? by Lee 2012-01-22 14:25:10
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                                        • Joan of Ark. by bowser 2012-01-28 02:12:48
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                                          • Orangutan walking by Robert 2012-01-27 09:46:20
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                                            • Maybe God put them there by magic so we wouldn't have to believe in Evolution. by ER 2012-01-27 07:13:02
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                                              • Before the end of the last Ice Age, all those islands were a peninsula, and I suspect this was true ... by TB 2012-01-22 14:53:17
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                                                • Yeah, and how did they get to America? I've seen orangs myself! by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:40:29
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                                                • It is interesting. I think the role of experts is to make things more complex, more complicated. I ... by bowser 2012-01-19 19:28:19
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                                                  Galileo Roller Coaster by alcaray January 21, 2012 10:45 pm
                                                  • OK, how do you do links, now? by alcaray 2012-01-21 22:47:04
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                                                    • WYSIWYG editors require you to use a special form for entering links, or switch to naked HTML mode to enter ... by Robert 2012-01-22 12:37:00
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                                                      • The first thing I tried was the "link" button (I think you were referring to this when you said "WYSIWYG ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:35:13
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                                                        • What I said to Tom, plus, I think that alternating between visual and raw HTML depending on what you're trying ... by Robert 2012-01-22 16:06:11
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                                                          • You got the part where I said the link button was greyed out, right? I had no intention of ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 16:50:16
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                                                            • Nope, missed it. by Robert 2012-01-22 17:11:39
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                                                              • Ahh, that works. Never seen it like that before (or if I did, I probably couldn't figure out how ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 18:14:39
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                                                                • How many zoners does it take to change a lightbulb?....................................... ................................................................. I don't know either, I just thought it was a ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 18:35:59
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                                                                  • The poisonous ones or the black market incandescents? by TB 2012-01-22 22:25:04
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                                                                    • Obamabulbs. by bowser 2012-01-27 03:21:45
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                                                                      • The poisonous zoners. by alcaray 2012-01-24 00:06:51
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                                                                        • Poi Zoners? by Robert 2012-01-24 11:46:06
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                                                                          • Or maybe that gray crud they serve in Hawaii. by TB 2012-01-24 11:55:42
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                                                                            • Swing the poi, fling the poi, potaytoe pototto. by Robert 2012-01-24 12:31:57
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                                                          • The link form doesn't work as nicely as it used to. I could highlight text, and just paste a ... by TB 2012-01-22 12:58:00
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                                                            • Yep. All these HTML "WYSIWYG" editors are a snake's nest of compromises and kludges. by Robert 2012-01-22 16:03:02
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                                                          • As far as I can tell, you did everything right. Granted, your quotation marks are backwards on my screen, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-21 23:51:18
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                                                          8 years into it, Opportunity still operating on Mars. by bowser January 25, 2012 1:53 am
                                                          • Amazing! I hope Oppy holds out through the winter 'cause there's a whole lotta rocks that need looking at in ... by podrock 2012-01-26 23:05:22
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                                                            • Got our money's worth. by alcaray 2012-01-26 03:07:28
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                                                              • I wonder how a privatized, free enterprise space program would have justified this expenditure. Maybe they would have sold ... by ER 2012-01-26 20:56:08
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                                                                • The first thing they'd do is look for subsidies and tax breaks, taking a lesson from the free market farmers. ... by bowser 2012-01-26 22:15:48
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