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educatedguesswork.org
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article discusses the challenges of nuclear weapon disposal, focusing on the difficulty of safely managing and destroying plutonium pits, which are essential for nuclear weapons. It highlights that disassembling weapons and storing parts is a common practice, but this poses security and safety risks because the pits can be reused to build new weapons. The article also mentions the logistical and technical issues with converting plutonium into mixed-oxide fuel for reactors, which is a potential disposal method but not very effective. The piece critiques the current approach to disarmament, suggesting that while the U.S. has plans to reduce excess plutonium, they have not succeeded. The article concludes by emphasizing the need for better secu... | |
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logarithmichistory.wordpress.com
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| | | | | 2.43 - 2.31 billion years ago There are some interesting parallels between chemistry on the one hand, and linguistics on the other. Remarkably,a recent article makes a strong casethat there is an actual historical connection between the science of linguistics and the science of chemistry. Specifically, Mendeleev's construction of the Periodic Table of Elements was... | |
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skullsinthestars.com
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| | | | | Hey folks, as you might have seen from my previous post, things have been a little hectic lately, and I haven't had an opportunity to write some in-depth blog posts. While I wait for life to settle a bit again, I thought I'd share a bit of fascinating science news that you might have missed:... | |
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profmattstrassler.com
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| | | No theoretical physicist is surprised by the news that anti-atoms, just like ordinary atoms, fall down under the Earth's gravity. Here's why. | ||
