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Out of the Blue
[Sep 30, 2020, 11:42 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Honest Trailers - Firefly. Time to rewatch the series again.

Obituary: 'I Am Woman' singer Helen Reddy, '70s hitmaker, dies at 78.
Obituary: Mac Davis, country legend and Elvis songwriter, dead at 78.
Obituary: Timothy Ray Brown, 1st person cured of HIV, dies of cancer.

Shiny Round-up
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.

Breakfast Link

Dune Gets a 500-Copy Collector's Edition from Folio Society.

The Arcwave Ion is designed to 'give men a female orgasm.'

Stories

A boy sent his Baby Yoda doll to Oregon firefighters. Now they take it on their calls.

Swearing parrots removed from public view at popular Lincolnshire attraction. Thanks Boing Boing.

'Dusty Hunter' Scores Cecil B. DeMille's Liquor Collection.

Science

Newfound brain structure explains why some birds are so smart—and maybe even self-aware. Thanks Max.

Scientists create 'super enzyme' that eats plastic bottles six times faster.

Study: Neanderthal genes may be liability for COVID patients.

Media

If you don't know Bo, now you know.

Russian Dog Doesn't Give AF.

The Mystery Flaw of Solar Panels - Real Engineering.

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Re: Out of the Blue
Sep 30, 2020, 18:33

Greentiger

Re: Out of the Blue Sep 30, 2020, 18:33

Sep 30, 2020, 18:33

Greentiger

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 30, 2020, 17:23:
And I still don’t know why solar panels lose 10% of their efficiency after a couple hours of sun exposure.

Assuming you're not joking--it sounds like the engineers themselves aren't 100% sure, but the gist that i was able to get was the boron and oxygen electron shells acted as traps for the free electrons giving them more time to recombine with open slots in the element shells. Sounds like they're changing their engineering techniques to prevent boron and oxygen from creating these little pockets.