'Disney lore: Canonically, because of how Elsa's abiogenesis powers work, Olaf is an RNA-only organism.'
Читать полностью…'In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths' record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest, with a linear scale between each point and adjustment every year as needed.'
Читать полностью…'Our experiment will be expensive, but we believe it will produce important spin-offs, especially if we manage to hit the sun from the right angle.'
Читать полностью…'It's a real accomplishment to mess up a ravioli recipe badly enough that the resulting incident touches all four quadrants of the NFPA hazard diamond.'
Читать полностью…'There's a heated debate over whether the big island of Tierra del Fuego should qualify for membership.'
Читать полностью…'The distinctive 'UCLA comma' and 'Michigan comma' are a long string of commas at the start and end of the sentence respectively.'
Читать полностью…'The Watership Down rabbits removed an additional 0.1 nanometers constructing their warren, although that was mostly soil. British rabbits have historically mined very little coal; the sole rabbit-run coal plant was shut down in the 1990s.'
Читать полностью…'Under quantum tax law, photons sent through a beamsplitter don't actually choose which path they took, or incur a tax burden, until their wavefunction collapses when the power is sold.'
Читать полностью…'Our nucleic acid recovery techinques found a great deal of homo sapiens DNA incorporated into the fossils, particularly the ones containing high levels of resin, leading to the theory that these dinosaurs preyed on the once-dominant primates.'
Читать полностью…'The local police, building inspector, and fire marshal are all contesting my 'safety' assertion, or would be if they could reach me past all the traps.'
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