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  1. Re:Why does dark matter only hang around solid mat on Dark Matter Exists · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are two things at work here: one, there is much more dark matter than normal matter so the normal matter is actually hanging out with the dark matter rather than the other way around and two, the dark matter is very weakly interacting; especially with the very low density X-ray plasma.

  2. Re:"To be published..." on Dark Matter Exists · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Letters edition of ApJ has a much faster publication time than the regular ApJ and a considerably faster turnaround than Nature. It's specifically tailored for discoveries like these.

  3. Old Passport on American Passports to Have RFID Chips · · Score: 1

    Best thing to happen to me was to lose my passport and get it replaced at an embassy (that was blown up a year later) by an old school one without a bar code. I love it when the INS official has to enter the code in by hand. I'll be sad to give it up in a few years.

  4. But can it on Scientists Invent Scientist · · Score: 2, Insightful

    write proposals? That seems to be 95% of my advisor's job. No science can be done without the money to do it with.

  5. Re:Friggin Line of Sight on Using an Old Satellite Dish as a WLAN Antenna · · Score: 2, Informative

    The atmosphere is opaque to ham radio frequency and so the signal bounces back to earth (that's why you get different levels of signal quality depending on the weather, etc.) while the atmosphere is transparent to the Ghz frequency of Wi-Fi so your signal goes off into space.