Posts by TRiG
You need to look at sign languages, which have non-linear elements and and have a somewhat tighter relationship between morphemes and phonemes than is found in spoken languages. If you were signin...
This is a real story about a lot of people dying. Lake Nyos is in a volcanically active area of Cameroon. It sits over a pool of magma, which leaks carbon dioxide gas into the lake. The gas dissol...
The tag on this is mythology, not hard science. You need to think mythologically. How could garlic, a spice whose only offense is plain stink, deter an attractive man with a seriously unhealthy...
It's worth noting that even fairly dark objects will reflect some light. Unless the space elevator is completely absorbent (which is possible, as Vantablack is made of carbon nanotubes, but unlikel...
