Severus_Snape@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoNobel prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on ‘Hermione’s handbag’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down12
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkNobel prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on ‘Hermione’s handbag’www.theguardian.comSeverus_Snape@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarexxce2AAb@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down5·7 days ago ‘Hermione’s handbag’ Could we not, please? We’re hopefully still - on average - scientifically literate enough to understand what ‘large surface area’ and ‘porous’ means.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·7 days ago Could we not, please? We’re hopefully still - on average - scientifically literate enough to understand what ‘large surface area’ and ‘porous’ means. Damn right. We all know the correct term is “bag of holding”.
minus-squareNoSpotOfGround@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 days agoAgreed. Unnecessary and obscure reference thrown in because it’s obscure but “intriguing”. “A small amount of such material can be almost like Hermione’s handbag in Harry Potter. It can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny volume.”
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoDidn’t even show up in the movies. TARDIS was right there!
Could we not, please? We’re hopefully still - on average - scientifically literate enough to understand what ‘large surface area’ and ‘porous’ means.
Damn right.
We all know the correct term is “bag of holding”.
Preach, brother.
Thanks for the translation.
Agreed. Unnecessary and obscure reference thrown in because it’s obscure but “intriguing”.
“A small amount of such material can be almost like Hermione’s handbag in Harry Potter. It can store huge amounts of gas in a tiny volume.”
Didn’t even show up in the movies. TARDIS was right there!