Been in that position. Now that I'm in full-time research myself, I catch myself sending some very short but to-the-point mails myself, simply because I'm so busy. Don't take it personally; e-mails tend to be shortened for speed.
Pluto has not cleared its orbit of debris.
A planet has to conform to 3 rules.
1/ It has to be a non-luminous body orbiting a central star or star system.
2/ It must have sufficient mass to form itself into a sphere.
3/ It must have cleared its orbit of major debris.
If Pluto had a clear...
Sally does 1/4 of the work in 1 hour, and John does 1/6 in an hour. In x hours, Sally does x/4 of the work, and John does x/6 of the work.
x/4 + x/6 = 1 house in x hours
3x/12 + 2x/12 = 12/12
5x = 12
x = 12/5 = 2 2/5 hours
1/5th of an hour is 60/5 = 12 minutes, so 2/5ths is 24 minutes.
The...
See, this is what happens when there is such a stigma on sexuality of all sorts. People get worried that they don't conform, or that there is something odd about them.
Are you ever intending on going to bed with a man, or doing anything sexual with one? If not, then you're straight. If you're...
It depends. Some people (such as trolls and phobes of any kind) are not worth my time to be polite to, meaning I will not mince my words with them, just tell them what I think. Others may not have a PC way of saying things, but there is no obvious malice behind the question (at least, not to...