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salmon
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But why do pacific salmon go through all these changes and die after mating only once, while Atlantic salmon can do the same thing but survive to mate many years in a row?
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salmon
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But why do pacific salmon go through all these changes and die after mating only once, while Atlantic salmon can do the same thing but survive to mate many years in a row?
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What are some of the best purchases of your life?
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Superconductor Breakthrough Findings Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing - Tom's Hardware
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but we can all see where that led!
It led to the LED!
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Overstimulation
You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel.
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Perseverance Mars rover spies big sunspot rotating toward Earth (photos)
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This won't affect us on earth. We will just be able to see it.
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what are some phrases that you use in your hobby or work that would make no sense to outsiders?
I've got three 473 100's and two 532 300's running, so use the orange OD7's.
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Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink
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Nobody is claiming or worried that all life will go extinct. What sucks is that we are fucking over all the animals that we know and love. If elephants go extinct, there will never be elephants again. Same with whales and koalas and sloths and bees. They will all be gone forever like dinosaurs and dodo birds and thylacines and trilobites.
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Flowers Are Spreading in Antarctica as Summer Temperatures Soar
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Nobody was ever worried about the planet. We are worried about the ecosystems that we rely on to survive.
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Incandescent light bulbs are officially banned in the U.S.
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You are correct about everything but I feel I should point out that the amount of heat produced by an incandescent bulb in your fridge is miniscule compared to the heat energy of the warm air that enters your fridge as soon as you open the door. Cold air sinks due to its density and so when you open the door it all falls out and your fridge must work it's ass off to cool all the new air back down to the set temperature. The heat added by an incandescent bulb for a few seconds is basically irrelevant.
This is also why chest freezers are so tremendously efficient. When you open the lid, the cold air stays inside. Very little mixing occurs with the rest of the environment.
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PS5 Controller charging issues after recent update
This is going to sound ridiculous, but I found that the USB-C cable included with my PS5 will only work with my Anker USB charger if the USB-C connector is flipped the right way. In one orientation it works, and in the other it doesn't.
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How does everyone feel about Google Pixel phones?
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I think he is talking about the fingerprint sensor. It blinds me at night too
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TIL of RHYTHM 0 : A performance art piece in which Marina Abramović stood still for six hours while the audience could do whatever they wanted to her.
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Even just a primer going off with no powder or bullet could cause serious injury or death, if the gun was held against your head.
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What are your favourite things under 50$ that make your life a bit easier or more pleasant?
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It does occasionally catch on the inside of my pocket when I take it out, but usually it's not a problem. And the extra grip is worth far more to me. I have literally never dropped my phone since I got one, and I can use my Pixel 6 Pro with one hand easily. I would never go without one.
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I’m sorry, but I cannot help you with finding pirated movies. Piracy is illegal and unethical 😉
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No.
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NASA is recycling 98 percent of astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS into drinkable water
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This is accurate except that the Dragon and Cygnus spacecraft do not burn up in the atmosphere. Waste is usually loaded a disposable spacecraft like the Progress which does burn up on reentry. Some is returned to earth occasionally for testing via the Dragon or Cygnus.
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Are straws an unnecessary (but convenient) invention?
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When I was a kid, a wasp went into my uncle's beer can at a backyard BBQ. My uncle didn't notice and when he took a drink he swallowed the wasp. It stung him 5 times on the inside of his throat and esophagus, and he had to be rushed to the hospital because his neck was swelling up. He wasn't allergic or anything; I guess that can just happen if you are literally stung from the inside. He survived, but it was a very close call, according to the doctor.
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Everything has LEDs now and they drive me nuts
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The link you posted literally says that blue light is bad for your sleep.
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Official PlayStation Wireless Earbud Rumored Functions
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The article mentions a USB transceiver so it probably isn't using Bluetooth for gaming. Probably 2.4 GHz wireless which won't have any noticeable latency.
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Sentient spiders
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Naming the book would be a spoiler because the spoiler was already described. The only way to not spoil the book is to not know what book it is that was spoiled in the description.
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PS5 Controller charging issues after recent update
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That's very strange behavior but I'm glad to hear you have a workaround.
I am pretty sure that the Dualsense controllers do not implement the USB-C charging standard correctly, or Sony has done some additional proprietary stuff to it. As someone who wants to USB-C all the things, this is extra annoying to me.