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There is (currently) a rare decay mode of positron emission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron_emission

..space.. which is.. almost. everywhere.. https://www.google.com/search?q=gamma+ray+dectector+on+the+earth Gamma ray detectors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh-My-God_particle "The Oh-My-God particle was an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray detected on 15 October 1991 by the Fly's Eye camera in Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, United States.[1][2][3] As of 2024, it is the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed.[4] Its energy was estimated as (3.2±0.9)×10^20 eV (320 exa-eV). The particle's energy was unexpected and called into question prevailing theories about the origin and propagation of cosmic rays." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-energy_gamma_ray "Ultra-high-energy gamma rays are gamma rays with photon energies higher than 100 TeV (0.1 PeV)."

This is a very broad topic. Particle type is one issue (you forgot a few decay types, proton emission, neutron emission, neutrino capture to name a few), but the most important is kinetic energy of the incoming particle. If charged particle has too few energy it won't e.g. pass through Coulomb's barrier, kinetic energy will be lost on ejecting electrons etc. Some materials are "good" at capturing certain particles with certain kinetic energies, and other are "bad". It is analyzed by looking at the number of protons, the number of neutrons, spin, cross section, disintegration energy, etc. etc. In this way, for example, a neutron absorber and neutron mirror / neutron reflector can be created. For certain neutrons with the right kinetic energy (thermal neutrons, fast neutrons).. What a low, medium and high energy photon can do to matter: Gold protects astronauts against cosmic radiation: https://www.google.com/search?q=gold+shield+against+cosmic+radiation ..and water too.. https://www.google.com/search?q=water+radiation+shield+against+cosmic+radiation Learn something new. It is called photodisintegration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photodisintegration "Photodisintegration (also called phototransmutation, or a photonuclear reaction) is a nuclear process in which an atomic nucleus absorbs a high-energy gamma ray, enters an excited state, and immediately decays by emitting a subatomic particle." For instance, Deuterium needs 2.2+ MeV gamma photon to disintegrate into free proton and free neutron. https://www.google.com/search?q=Deuterium+needs+"2.2+MeV" Nuclear isomer has the same number of protons and neutrons as stable (ground) isotope, but it decays via gamma emission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_isomer ps. I encourage you to read all the links I provided before responding.

As I mentioned in a previous post, the ocean does not follow this rule. This happens only in rivers, and in very simplified version, where water flows from a higher altitude to a lower one. Ocean water has different densities at different depths, and underwater currents can flow in opposite directions. The same is with wind vs altitude. Semantics. The water in North Atlantic Current flows from south to north and then turns around from north to south. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Current

Winds and ocean currents can flow in different directions depending on the altitude or depth of the water. Note that the "red" currents overlap with the "blue" currents.

In the past, weight was related to material status. Only rich people were fat.

I condemn this practice. Which is quite obvious from my post. E.g.: Content of the statute: "let's give every U.S. citizen $10,000 and expel illegal immigrants." Which US citizen would not sign (vote for etc.) such a statute? How about "let's give every U.S. citizen $10,000 and call Donald an enemy of the state".... (I'll feel like I'm back to the Roman Empire of two thousand years ago, but with new toys like computers, etc.). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_of_the_state I will correct this to make it clearer: "Trying to cram several unconnected things into one bill is an impure and increasingly common political practice.."

The bill should deal with one issue at a time. Trying to cram several things into one bill is an impure and increasingly common political practice..

..look at my profile photo..

..I am surprised, and actually shocked, to see such a way of arguing from your side.. So, you are not self-made scientist, your wealth is not self-made, since you worked for the government too.. You are pretty close. Nevertheless, it is worth watching the stock market and becoming a stock market investor to gain 1st hand knowledge.. Who said I did/do not have view from inside? "Citation needed".. You have no insight what I know. I can't believe what I'm reading.. Musk had billions of dollars before his first contract with the US government.. So. are you a hidden supporter of conspiracy theories? If this wasn't written by "swansont", but by "johndoe", it would get a lot of negs, next day, just because it's a simple conspiracy without any support...

Citation needed @swansont seriously? seriously seriously? The richest 10 people on the Forbes list. Which of them are self-made (from "zero" to "billionaire") and which have inherited billions? To help you a bit: https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/ ..isn't "greed is good" (quote from "Gekko")? Isn't that your "American dream"? Do you live under a rock? They have Donald.. You need to save money (through avoidance) to be able to finance something around the corner. You don't know what is being done behind public attention and you complain. ps. I am not advocating, but saying how it is..

Most of the "insanely rich people" are "self-made", so they know they have to force poor people to get off their asses and start up business on their own, just like they did decades ago.. Capitalist (libertarian) values are private property, private business, self-made business owner, earned by his/her own hands. Tax evasion is part of this. Government does not spend well funds gained due to taxes on regular people. Which you can see on your own eyes. And it is on either side of the world, no matter if we look at US, EU, Russia, China or whatever.. If the U.S. spent its tax money well, it wouldn't have the highest percentage of homeless people in the developed world, and it wouldn't have problems with teaching, treatment, prisons, etc. People ("the insanely rich") who understand all this do not want to contribute to wasting their money and being robbed by politicians. Which is quite understandable.

Search net for "recessive genes activation" https://www.google.com/search?q=recessive+genes+activation The ancestors of man had a tail. It was not needed, so it degraded. But from time to time someone can have it again, and it's perfectly natural, because those genes are still there. Some genetic disorders occur every two generations, from grandparent to grandchild, the son or daughter is "left out" and is only a carrier. Gattaca, a 1997 film, tells the story of a society of the future that checks its genes before marriage to see if there will be a genetic disorder between them, and this is a major factor in deciding whether to marry someone. Scirrhous sclerosis is not a necessary "sentence" for your family, provided that you conceive all your offspring "with caution," i.e., for several generations the in-vitro method will be used, with verification of whether the embryo inherits the genetic disease or not (one parent a carrier and the other "clean", two carriers is doomed). After several generations of such "suffering," the genes that code for genetic disease will disappear, and it will be possible to revert to natural methods of reproduction. This is a method that does not require manipulation of genes. GMO of your genes or the genes of your offspring to fix inherited genetic disorders is another story.. ..not really..

..if it was an asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, then surely it must be somewhere ~ 299 m at least..

Are you living under a rock? People don't "tweet" anymore.. There's an X. Apparently shortcut from "eXcretion".. Once the moderators were fired, it may fit better with the new profile..

Your point was that human must be alive? How revealing.. Stop trolling and writing off-topic in every thread on the forum.. Your posts have no value and simply litter the forum threads.. ..bizarre sentence.. Looking at the earlier posts, you could not have been referring to Pierre Curie.

To read the punch card, you can use your smartphone's built-in camera, like you do with e.g. QR codes or OCR, and write an app in Java, Kotlin or iOS Swift.. https://www.google.com/search?q=OCR+punch+card

*sigh* ..reread the title of the thread.. "biology of genius".. so it implies that the discussion here is about biological intelligence, not artificial intelligence..

You live in a parallel reality to what I'm used to, and in a different environment.. Here we had an early attack of winter with a week or two with -17 C in November. There were three homeless people living on a neighborhood dump. One night one of them died, two days later the other. They had lived there since at least 2019. Not a single day did they light a fire. This would have caused immediate problems with the police. This is not a village where this would go undetected, but one of the largest cities. Here in winter, when it's -5 C or less, drones fly over houses to check what people are burning in their stoves. If they detect that high quality coal is not being burned, but wood or plastic, garbage in general, they can get a huge fine. I checked how much that is: twice the minimum monthly net income and 30 days in jail. Such fine for homeless would be converted to 100 days + 30 days = 130 days in prison. In twenty years I haven't seen a single homeless person burning a fire here, regardless of temperature. Electricity? That would also be theft too, and even more problems with the police. These three homeless men got the only energy they had from the batteries in their radios. No cell phones, no powerbanks, no computers, no fire. For five years they had nothing of the sort. When they found the electronics in the garbage, they tried to give it to me or sell. I said the electronics were worth a lot of money and I couldn't take it. They were saying that it is useless for them without electricity. I was replying that they could sell it on the Internet, McDonald's has free WiFi. Obviously they never used smartphones nor Internet.. Generally people with problems, also mental problems, drinking denatured alcohol which damaged their brain, inexperienced and not knowing any tech.. It is not philosophy. It is biology. ...and that is exactly what I am talking about.. Overeating the finest dish causes vomits. Your brain is lying you at reverse direction that dish is no good anymore..

A lot depends on oxygenation of the brain (CMRO2 - "Cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen").. https://www.google.com/search?q=relationship+of+oxygenation+of+the+brain+and+intelligence+study Also: "training makes master"..

..all good, except Aluminum compounds are generally white.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_aluminate He said: Check whether hydrogen was released by the flame.. Hydrogen gas does not smell, and is not chocking..

Do you realize that this is just a lie? Your starved brain is lying to you.. It is irrelevant. Real homeless people don't have kitchens and the energy to cook dinners.. Isn't that what my above post was about? Are not 'judiciary" and "government" also people.. ?

Here in prison people eat shit. Literally. Homeless people living on the street eat better stuff pulled out of the dumpster than people in prison here. After a few days one wants to commit suicide just because it is unbearable.. There is no need to kill people.. They want to die themselves.. Just because of crappy food, lack of entertainment, lack of physical and intellectual activity.. At least those with higher degrees.. The man drank beer on the street. A homeless man. He got a fine ($25). One, two, three, over a year, in summer, etc. When it reached 5 ($125), the next time the police found him on the street, took him to pretrial detention ("replacement penalty for unpaid fines"). For 5 days. $25 per day. They (the prison guards, called "reptiles"), let him take his food with him to the cell. He was "the boss" in the cell.. The best eating person.. Funny: they gave him $12.5 on his release from prison after 5 days (he had nothing during the reception).. He told me "after 5 days, two beers will be like one 500 mL vodka.." (i.e. "it will shoot to his head"). ps. They call them "reptiles" for a reason.. They torture people..

I'm surprised that you are writing on such a controversial topic as "murdering people."

Didn't I provide counter-examples to this 16 hours ago.. ? Fix to the previous source code example. It should be: But if the code is: public class Box extends Item { private static final Random random = new Random(); static { random.setSeed( 0 ); } private Item hidden_item; public Box() { super( "box" ); List<Item> items = new ArrayList(); items.add( new Key() ); items.add( new Cat() ); items.add( new DeadCat() ); hidden_item = items.get( random.nextInt( items.size() ) ); } public Item open() { return( hidden_item ); } } The order of hidden objects is not only known, but always the same, regardless of time.