
…s run into in their orbits can slow them down, and cause the binary system to move closer together. If the two stars are close enough, their period will shorten, and they can either experience a catastrophic event or wind up merging together to form a single, more massive star. By measuring the binary system KIC 9832227, beginning in 2013, Larry Molnar and his student, Daniel…
…ct of civil disobedience. In the United States, however, voting is not and has never been required. (Our elites have always preferred minimal participation, and laziness is a cheaper tool than suppression.) In Presidential elections, non-voters always outnumber voters who choose the winning candidate. Wit…
According to the millennia-old rules of chess, there’s only two ways to lose — get checkmated, or resign. The day I quit chess, I came up with another. If I wasn’t learning, if I wasn’t enjoying the struggles or victories, I had already lost.