TL/DR: Yes, but it's not binary

Most of the answers seem to miss a fundamental point: binary is a base 2 numal system. This means each demical place, or digit, can only hold two possible values (0 or 1). Our traditional number system is a base ten system, so each digit can hold ten values (0-9). Another common numal system for computers is the hexadecimal system, in which each digit can hold 16 values. It is useful for computers because one byte is also 16 digits (this part may be wrong, it's been a while since I've taken a computer class).

But, crucially, you can have a number system with any base you want. If you wanna add another value to binary and make it trinary, you absolutely can....but it's not binary anymore, it's trinary

It shouldn't be. If both tests were performed properly they should both get the same result. What good is a paternity test that fails to accurate determine paternity?

You're assumption that different labs may test different loci is probably true, depending on whichever test kit they have sourced to conduct their paternity testing. That being said, testing different loci should still come up with the same results, so different test couldn't wouldn't explain the differing results unfortunately

The short answer to your question is we simply don't know, and this is an area of ongoing research. We should expect to see cancer far more frequently in larger animals, just given the larger number of cells and the larger chance of accruing oncological mutations. Surprisingly, this is not what we see when we look at animals such as elephants and whales, and we really don't know why

That would make more sense lol

Correct. Also, steel is a man-made alloy and therefore not naturally occurring. Same with bronze

There can be different contaminats in the same mineral, but generally the chemical composition of a mineral is going to be the same in every version of that mineral. If it differs, it's a different mineral.

Neither steel not bronze are naturally occurring, nor minerals. They are both human made alloys that are not naturally occurring

I've always wondered about this too, and it was never addressed during my undergrad chemistry degree. Thanks for the great explanation! I didn't get the see the answer you are referring to before it was removed, but the molecular organization you are describing (the air/surfactant/water/surfactant/air organization) certainly sounds a lot like a micelle structure to me? What am I missing (again I didn't read the other comment).

I genuinely thought my initial comment mentioned the protected situations, my apologies.

So what that means is that any reason is valid except for the protected reasons. This was contrary to what the person I responded to was saying, which is why I phrased it that way. I'm sorry if you found this confusing or contradictory, but it wasn't meant to be.

Did you mean to quote me with no text of your own?

There have been 5 mass extinction events in our planet's history, with the death of the dinosaurs being the most recent. This particular event, caused by an asteroid impact as others have noted, led to the death of about 76% of all species on earth and all nonavian dinosaurs. Fun fact: many scientists claim we are in the middle of the 6th mass extinction event, this one caused by humans. It's called the anthropocene

No, a private entity can refuse you service for any reason they want, except for a few protected reasons. You can refuse service to someone for the attitude, offensive clothing, or because you don't like their face. But you can't do it because you don't like their skin color or sexual orientation. There are some exceptions carved out for religious views, like in the case of sexual orientation, but even the church can't kick you out for your skin color. So it's a hybrid of religious exceptions, and private entities can be selective

No, they absolutely can, except for a few protected reasons. You can refuse service to someone for the attitude, offensive clothing, or because you don't like their face. But you can't do it because you don't like their skin color or sexual orientation. There are some exceptions carved out for religious views, like in the case of sexual orientation, but even the church can't kick you out for your skin color

In the US, any private entity can end its relationship with you for any reason, including violating their code of conduct. Government agencies cannot act this way, nor can any public school.

RNA is not the copy machine, RNA is the copy that the machine makes! The copy machine is the enzyme RNA polymerase ;)

Also true, but there are gasoline turbines (like the engine in the M1 Abrams)

Hmmm, fair point. There are some very high performance gas piston motors that can do 9-9500, but unless they were looking st a Ferrari or a Shelby Mustang than you're right

I know OP said turbine engine, but I'm pretty sure they that just meant a regular gas internal combustion.

Fructose is pretty bad for your liver, I remember my Organic Chem professor railing against it. There is so much conflicting evidence in food science, it can be VERY difficult to study the longterm effects of the consumption of certain foods. I have a good friend who has her masters in Dietetics, and is a Registered Dietician. She hates how demonized fruits are, and was just telling me how for years RDs have been trying to stop MDs from telling dietetics not to eat fruit. Whole, fresh fruits in moderate quantities are certainly good for you!

Fair enough, thanks for pointing that out! The main question was about sugar though so that's why I stuck to that. I think most people are familiar with caffeine being a stimulant ;)

Consuming fruits is VERY different from eating candy. The sugar is complexed with the fiber, which slows down absorption rates and "flattens the curve" of the blood sugar spike. Fruits also contain essential vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients. Fruit juices? Might as well be soda. An apple or a banana? Do it up!

Mine centers around parties and other gatherings that tend to have sugary foods, but get kids very excited and zipping around with their friends, then the parents blame the birthday cake.

Agreed 10000%, but that is a separate topic.