Why does Russia have 80% of its land in Asia and 20% in Europe, yet approximately 80% of its people live in Europe?

Some gamma ray bursts are hypothesized to come from mergers of neutron stars or black holes. if this hypothesis is correct, what else should we in principle be able to detect from such mergers? a. gravitiational waves b. x-ray bursts c. significant disruption of gas thousands of light-years away in the surrounding galaxy d. an "afterglow" of bright visible light, lasting for weeks

Afootpath is to be constructed in a park in the shape of a parallelogram. when a coordinate plane is laid over a map of the park, the vertices of the footpath are (-4,2) (8,2) (11,7) and (-1,7). what is the perimeter of this path

The first atomic explosion was detonated in the desert north of alamogordo, new mexico, on july 16, 1945. what percentage of the strontium-90 ( yr) originally produced by that explosion still remains as of july 16, 2016?