Activity for Josiahâ€
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Where Speech is Impossible Imagine, if you will, a world where aural communication is impossible. Everything is done through gesture - sign language and written language are common, but the spoken word is not used, and using any sound for communication is not possible. Now, the obvious solution would be to simply make everyon... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |
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What would make the moon flicker? Maybe it was a trick of the light or a strange cloud, or just not enough sleep. A couple nights ago I could have sworn that thin crescent moon flickered. Which led to an interesting question - what conditions could make the moon flicker? Of course, there are all kinds of interesting consequences. ... (more) |
— | almost 9 years ago |
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Ways to dig deep into a liquid core Take for example, Neptune, a planet with a slushy mantle and outer core. Imagine we want to mine for water (or some substance beneath it - maybe an exotic ice form under all that liquid). How do you go about mining into a liquid mantle/core? What would such a mining operation look like? Some consi... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |