Armitage72
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A scientific fact/tidbit you recently learned that you thought was interesting
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Vixen
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I have discovered that, too. I only buy 100% rye bread these days. Finns like a porridge breakfast and 'Oat Milk' in their coffee but I went back to lactose-free light milk for my tea as the oat stuff seems incredibly 'rich': horrible stuff! (...and a British breakfast of high-protein sans toast. Black coffee, of course.)
I have a recollection that Seabury Quinn's famous paranormal detective faces at least one were in his first few stories which would be the early 1930s that changes when the moon is full.
Thank goodness it's a dietitian, I get so pissed off when the UK media uses a "nutritionist" for advice and/or comments.The BBC food website has a section of low FODMAP recipes.
Low FODMAP recipes
These recipes have been checked by a dietitian to confirm they are suitable for a low FODMAP diet. However, the ingredients and quantities individuals can tolerate differs, so it is best to seek advice from a dietitian to guide you through the process.www.bbc.co.uk
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
Is geometry more sciencey for you?
After 300 years a shape has finally been found that can't pass through itself.
www.quantamagazine.org
After 300 years a shape has finally been found that can't pass through itself.
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
arthwollipot
Observer of Phenomena, Pronouns: he/him
I'd be surprised if Sebastian missed that - he's usually pretty thorough.
So I asked Copilot. At first it told me that the Quinn story The Wolf of Saint Bonnet had a werewolf that transformed under the full moon. But upon further investigation I found that this is a Quinn story that doesn't actually exist. I confronted Copilot and it said "You're absolutely right — The Wolf of Saint Bonnet does not appear to be a real story by Seabury Quinn. I mistakenly referenced a nonexistent title."
Then it referred me to The Phantom Farmhouse (1923), which, quite aside from being actually real, does appear to have a wolf transformation, but it does not occur under a full moon. I checked the text of the story, and in fact the loup-garou appears "at the dark of the moon", in other words under the new moon, not the full.
Armitage72
Philosopher
HOUSE: What do you think of me hiring a nutritionist instead of a neurologist? I mean, they sound almost the same.
WILSON: I take it you've met a hot nutritionist.
Andy_Ross
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That's wrong, we have had a number of canaries over the years.They are making the Birds Trans !
Invariant HVC size in female canaries singing under testosterone: Unlocking function through neural differentiation, not growth - PubMed
Testosterone administration to nonsinging adult female canaries induces song, making this a model for behavioral plasticity and its underlying neural mechanisms in vertebrates. The song control nucleus HVC is traditionally believed to undergo a substantial size change when transitioning from a...pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Normally, only male canaries sing - but so do females when injected with testosterone.
We had at least 2 females that sang.
We know they were females because they laid eggs.
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In the UK dietitians are a regulated healthcare professional, it's an actual medical title, so is protected - but anyone can claim to be a nutritionist. Resulting in daytime TV and crappy media using a "nutritionist " to spout a load of drivel- probably because someone on the team knows a "hot" one who will look pretty for the cameras.
sphenisc
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The Iberian harvester ant (Messor ibericus) is a European species of ant that has a unique reproductive ability to produce offspring of two different species. Its queens can lay eggs of their own species as well as clone males of another species, Messor structor, to create hybrid workers. This “two-species superorganism” is a form of sexual parasitism that allows them to reproduce and create worker ants even when their paternal species is not present.
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rjh01
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I would have thought a ball could not pass through another equally sized ball.Is geometry more sciencey for you?
After 300 years a shape has finally been found that can't pass through itself.
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
Wudang
BOFH
That would certainly make snooker more interesting.
But reading the article the shapes in question are complex polyhedra.
The synopsis doesn't say that all female canaries don't sing, but that the study was done on ones that don't sing.
I had some difficulty understanding what they mean by “pass through”. They really mean “tunnel”, ie. something must be left over, or there is no tunnel.
And yes, only polygons are part of the conjecture.
Good question...I would say if you're talking in terms of years that's probably a stretch, but up to you
Helen
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This is a forum on which people will quibble for years about the definitions of words, so my best suggestion to you is to make up your own mind about the definition of recent
A few years ago, I learned that our Sun should not be able to produce energy through fusion based on classical physics. The reason Sun is able to fuse hydrogen into helium is quantum tunneling allows protons to pass through the electrostatic barrier, even though the protons don't have enough energy to penetrate that barrier.