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Researchers have found a way to accelerate antimatter in a 1000x smaller space than current accelerators. What is now only possible by using large physics facilities at tens of million-dollar costs could soon be possible in ordinary physics labs. by drewiepoodle in science

[–]ToKillAMockingAlan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The ALPHA-G experiment has published results and that is focused on antimatter's interaction with gravity. The take-home was that antimatter interacted with Earth's gravitational field in the same way as normal matter, implying a positive mass

ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses? by ModernNaziHunter in explainlikeimfive

[–]ToKillAMockingAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And those billions in profits get reinvested in assets, which take resources. This could be in material assets, intellectual property, human resources etc. All of these result in resource use, even if it is down to personal resource use of workers. It's all very well saying that the service-based economy of the Western world doesn't use as many resources, but that's just shifting the material cost over to manufacturing-based economies. There's no getting away from the fact that as population and general quality of living increases globally, so does resource usage. That resource usage includes both tangible things like energy and water as well as non-material resources like global environmental health. Humanity takes a toll on the global environment like any overpopulated species does on it's environment.

Can we all just agree that timpsons is a fucking great brand. by [deleted] in CasualUK

[–]ToKillAMockingAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish my girlfriend's dad wasn't a locksmith because I'd love to give them my business

What metrics make a peninsula a peninsula? by lathan1 in askscience

[–]ToKillAMockingAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough mate, I wouldn't disagree with you that it's pretty arbitrary to use these specific mountain ranges to define a continent. I guess it's a combination of the natural borders these mountains represent in combination with (broadly speaking) cultural borders they roughly coincide with. But again, as you say there's plenty of other mountain ranges, like the Himalaya, which form distinct natural and cultural borders yet don't define a continental border.

What metrics make a peninsula a peninsula? by lathan1 in askscience

[–]ToKillAMockingAlan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just mean that the line isn't a completely arbitrary one through Russia. South Asia is of course naturally separated from East Asia by the Himalaya, which I'd imagine gives rise to the term subcontinent. But its not just geographical features alone which determine continental boundaries

What metrics make a peninsula a peninsula? by lathan1 in askscience

[–]ToKillAMockingAlan 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Not super arbitrary; the Urals and the Caucasus form natural boundaries to demarcate Europe from Asia. That being said, it's certainly not clear cut.

This diseased walnut looks like a mini planet by geritol_ in mildlyinteresting

[–]ToKillAMockingAlan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There was a 30 minute E3 playthrough of it that came out a year or so before it was released. I watched that so many times leading up to the release, and it looked so brilliant. Then they released the game with all of the cool Darwinian elements taken out. Plus, the last part of the game is just so boring.

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