i have idea that we could call the hypothetical life filled versions of mars and venus ares and Aphrodite becuase that was the older Greek names for the 2 gods
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Well yes, but actually no
Okay i’m gonna explain
The reason the planets are called by their Roman names is that Rome was absurdly powerful and left cultural influences in much of Europe, and probably in this alternate universe that would happen too, so we’d have the international astronomical union, a bunch of Belgians who took Pluto of planet list and named half a dozen irrelevant exoplanets, and they probably won’t would let two planets have names with different origins , maybe they would make an exception, as is the case with the moons of Uranus, but I’m not sure about that.
ever wonder how platypus exist? did a creature somehow reactivate old genes? do we have a fossil record?
what do you mean old genes?
like genes that aren’t being used. like how humans have genes to have a tail but we dont use it
i was asking you about what genes got reactivated in the platypus lol
beaks and poisonous claws
How the Venomous, Egg-Laying Platypus Evolved.
Heres something from National Geographic
That’s called an atavism and is super interesting - and I don’t think platypi had one involved in their evolution? They’re just monotremes, that’s why they’re so weird.
The problem with Australia is that it has been isolated for a long time, the islands have this strange detail, it’s like they’re an alternate world.
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did you know that all your photoreceptors are hexagons so your window to the world is several thousand hexagons all funneling light down to the photoreactive chemicals you use to see but they are arranged in a way that makes it so that the best way to view the signals is as flat images instead of a grid of hexagonal screens?
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Moon has helium 3, not tritium. “While helium 3 was theorised in the early days of fusion as the best fusion fuel, because of its rarity, there haven’t been a lot of approaches that used helium 3”
Deuterium isotope of hydrogen exists in enough quantities in water that it can be seperated. Tritium is hard to find, that is why creating helium 3 instead of relying on tritium may be the solution.
Fusion energy “may not be just possible, but potentially around the corner”
edit: tritium is rare but its a better source of energy*
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