/sci/ - Science & Math

>>14575068
I get your point, but you mean perigee, or periapsis, not perihelion. No one is starting from the surface of the Sun.

>>14574746
You're asking him to breach anonymity?

The identity of the year is a social construct.
Astronomically, you could pick the starting point at perihelion, at aphelion, at an equinox, or at a solstice. And since the apsides and the nodes precess at different rates, this also makes a difference in very long-term year counts.

Introduce him to Yukirafag and see his head explode for teh lulz.

Oh yeah don’t smoke weed and take deer velvet at the same time. That will momentarily make you stupid

Take turmeric, smoke some weed, Take deer velvet, eat eggs, drink coffee. You might have metal poisoning.

Why does nobody know about transactional analysis anymore? Games People Play was the longest running new nonfiction York time best seller.

Lookin for a place to talk about drug science, philosophy and pharmacology

It probably doesn't have an evolutionary advantage, as evolution entails that those who have traits that best suit their surrounding environment will survive. That said, since humans don't have many things that will kill them, a lot more spandrels with strange fetishes can survive.

College lifehacks, study tips, and help relating to starting on your best foot.

“Is it directionally dependent”

No- RNA polymerase can only read DNA in the 3’ - 5’ direction.

“Does mirroring it along the axis of travel in between stop codes cause a different result?”

DNA is just a molecule, “it” alone doesn’t do anything but remain suspended within the nuclear fluid of the cell. Proteins are what ultimately leads to protein expression - RNA helicase is what transcribes the molecule, and as I’ve already said it can only read in one direction.

“then how is the direction of travel determined or forced”

The inherent stereospecificity of the molecules that read DNA, and the antiparallel molecule itself. The nucleosides consist of 1 of 4 nucleobases. The sugar bonds to a phosphate group which binds to another nucleoside, creating a repeating chain. These two chains of repeating nucleotides can only bond via hydrogen interactions, however the only viable arrangement which allows this is if one string is anti-parallel to the other.

“and the phenotype is more of result of probabilities rather than strict determinism?”

It’s both. Gene expression is regulated for the most part ie: There’s a reason why neurons dont move like muscle cells, and why the brain doesn’t produce it’s own insulin. Certain genes are “turned off” in certain cells, allowing for the cell to actively exhibit a single role, despite the fact that every cell of an organism has the same genome.

“My limited understanding and intuition says everything boils down to probability”

That’s a very silly assumption to make, because life and the study of it are well understood. In the past two decades alone, we’ve made tremendous progress in the study of genetics and protein expression.

If you are curious in the subject, I’d recommend Cambells Biology Textbooks found on amazon. There’s nothing I’ve said in my explanation that didn’t come straight from there, and it only scratches the surface.

I mean.... It's functional? It has a decent amount of exercises, however there are segments which I feel aren't well explained. Some chapters throw definitions at you, and the exercises seem impossible, other times everything is well explained and the exercises are trivial.

Im mixed

Can someone explain in lay man's terms and in depth the difference between organic and non organic chemistry. Lacking on chem in general. Or any books, websites, movies that might help?

>>9293522
CLEVER

>>8915750
It matters a lot in the music community due to how tuning to 440 Hz is the modern standard however 432 Hz stimulates the right brain more, leading to more creativity.

Also the "modern standard" of 440 Hz was suggested by Nazis but that just might be conspiracy hogwash

Musicians and knowledgeable people of /sci , what is your take on the debate on whether instruments should be tuned to 432 Hz or 440 Hz?

>>8830470

Chapel Hill is the shit (especially in the summer). Enjoy.

>>8119568
thanks that's really useful information

Hey /sci/, I'm thinking about going into Computer Science/Software Engineering, is there anything specifically difficult I may face during the first year of college? Or any advice you'd give to someone interested in software engineering?

>inb4 go to /adv/, I think theres a higher chance of getting first hand advice/answers from /sci/

>>7967008
>You can't do anything without logic
>You can do anything with logic

Went deeper

>>7962379
Lol no, you need an engineer for that or city planner, that would also be an engineer. Who are pretty heavy on math and physics

Heaven/hell obviously you've made a decision in your life that directs you towards one of those

godking

Feels like an urge to make bad puns and correct idiots.