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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

That photo is silly. A bunch of people will scroll past thinking oxygen can be a black solid haha.

Dark, in this context, simply means it is being produced without light. This paper and finding should not be surprising to anyone with a chemistry background. In fact, I wonder why it has any traction at all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

For the love of god, no deep sea mining

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

If you put a standard AA battery into saltwater, you’ll observe bubbles and hear a fizz—that’s the generation of hydrogen and oxygen gases as the electricity splits water molecules, a process known as electrolysis

That sounds like a bad idea. Don't do this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago