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I'm not sure to what degree her perspective is specifically feminine, but Sara Maitland has written two books on solitude and silence: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518977-…

There also is a Radiolab episode http://www.radiolab.org/story/nukes/

A somewhat similar, much simpler process is in wide use in the manufacturing industry for form measurement: https://www.google.de/search?q=air+gaging

It's definitely very impressive - just five years ago they still had to feed the yeast precursors: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/canadian-s...

Why not, indeed... Bromates are formed many different ways in municipal drinking water. The most common is the reaction of ozone and bromide. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…

Unless the people are humans or elfs (hence orcs) or dwarfs or hobbits - then they aren't influenced or changed at all by the power of the ring. The fact that the characters are so…

> The Moorcocks now divide their time between Paris and Austin, Texas, It's alway good to know where people talking about fascism actually live - it gives a sense of perspective ab…

I'd say Daimler and co. got there first: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Prometheus_Project Google has obviously taken taken that a lot further (no driver reacting every 9km) …

> For example, I cannot stomach green beans. Attempting to chew them results in vomiting within my mouth. The smell of them alone is repulsive to me. Maybe you're just really sensi…

Corn Laws - what do they have to do with selling real estate internationally? > Taking away citizens' right to sell to whomever they wish is not a moral solution. http://en.wikiped…

You may want to read this: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/nonviole... and then this as background infomation: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/29/dav…

In many countries exerting influence in the democratic process is heavily tied to the monetary resources of the person doing the influencing. Given that mechanism it might be easie…

Sadly the lifespan on wikipedia is not sourced: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halocaridina_rubra If they indeed life up to 20 years the Ecosphere can hardly be very well balanced if…

Please don't buy Ecospheres - I realize that many people don't feel particularly sympathetic toward shrimp, but they really are amazing creatures slowly starving to death: http://w…

Your comment is slightly off-the-mark as his comment wasn't merely about a festival, but also about his opinion on Portugals drug policy. As your comment implies that you aren't fa…

While I can see how this behaviour of PayPal is close to credit cards, I cannot see how they can show an amount that may be incorrect - they could just ask the shop whether the amo…

OT: Since I don't have permissions for an Ask-type post I'll do this here. The lines in this thread break extremely 'late' ( http://imgur.com/IzmwWBo ), causing me a lot of painful…

Yeah, there is something that is regularly overlooked about developing antibiotics: new ones end up on a shelf as the new last resort. If you've got a timeframe (imposed by patent …

Yes, the horror of an open ecosystem on iOS would hardly be bearable. You do know that nobody forces you to use foreign code to earn your money? Pretty much everybody in a commerci…

-- strict adherence to rules and procedures in aspects of life that most cultures don't care about (clear your sidewalk of snow and ride your bicycle only on the correct side of th…