Chilloutman Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 (edited) well, ef that, I thought last year was bad enough, now we lost last man standing on different object than Earth sob http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/16/us/eugene-cernan-dies/index.html Edited January 16, 2017 by Chilloutman I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 You beat me to it Chilloutman. Of all the Apollo astronauts who walked on the moon only Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, David Scott, Harrison Schmitt & Charlie Duke are still with us. And they are all well past 80. It is likely they will all pass on before a human steps on another body other than Earth again. If you had told me that in 1972 when Apollo was cancelled I wouldn't have believed it. Actually in 1972 I was one year old so if you told me that I wouldn't have understood it. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 First Human-Pig Chimera Is a Step Toward Custom Organs. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 First Human-Pig Chimera Is a Step Toward Custom Organs. So, Kramer was right! "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 You've heard the theory that our universe is actually a computer simulation being run by an advanced race? Well I think I've finally figured out what they are trying to simulate. It's our distant ancestors trying to answer the question: "what would have happened if Donald Trump had won the 2016 presidential election?" Heh. 1 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 You mean our distant descendants. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Helping others is just a way for germs to spread, best to be selfish: https://phys.org/news/2017-01-microbes-altruistic-behavior.html "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 1 "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 ‘Noxious Weed’ May Provide New Way to Fight Superbugs. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Scientists have Announced a Plan to 'Refreeze' the Arctic - and It's Wild I've heard it would have a US$500 billion price tag for the effort... yeah right, that's going to happen. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Teenager's sickle cell reversed with world-first therapy. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I found this pretty interesting. Quality of journalism is a somewhat subjective standard but accuracy of journalism seldom is. Realclearscience.com has ranked science news sources by accuracy and quality. Some of the results are surprising, some are not. I am glad to see my magazine of choice National Geographic was in the top category: http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2017/03/06/ranked_the_best__worst_science_news_sites.html 1 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilloutman Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 graphene magnets: https://phys.org/news/2017-03-czech-scientists-magnetic-carbon.html I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) Is Pure Garbage a denotation or an actual news source? Also am I blind, or is Brietbart missing? Bit surprised how far over TIME is. edit: Ok, the focus is just science. Maybe Brietbart doesn't qualify? Edited March 6, 2017 by Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I'm perhaps a little surprised that Scientific American falls into the "mixed record" camp. They do include some editorials, but for the most part it seems pretty sound. Somebody's opinion, I guess. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 It's derived by judging ideological bias, but that is highly influenced by the judge's ideological bias. Although the chart seems fairly reasonable as far as I know. "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I think they were a little unfair to Wired. It's really more a giant ad brochure for current technology rather than a news source for the theoretical or of broad interest. The don't really write about "science" other than tech trends whose commercial availability is either already here or is imminent. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 While true that Wired focusses mostly on technology rather than science there are a lot of general publications on there- the Daily Fail is mostly focussed on blaming immigrants for all Britain's ills, for example, and only really carries science stories incidentally to that. I'm perhaps a little surprised that Scientific American falls into the "mixed record" camp. They do include some editorials, but for the most part it seems pretty sound. Somebody's opinion, I guess. A lot of people don't like Scientific American because it kind of has pretensions towards being a 'proper' journal, when it's really a popular science magazine. And that means that when it puts out incorrect information it tends to be taken more seriously than when a non specialist site (say, the BBC) does so. I'd be more surprised at how well the Economist is regarded, personally. Even leaving aside its blogs/ opinion pieces which are frequently ideologically driven spiels bereft of connection to reality I've read plenty of actual Economist articles which are not accurate. Suppose their specifically science coverage could be better though, I've never thought to separate their articles by type. Same for Wired, actually, never bothered to specifically separate their tech articles from science ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 You know what would be a cool name for a burger joint? Robo-Burger. No humans, no cash, drive through or walk up only. No need to engage anyone in small talk and no one spits in your food. I can see it coming. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/03/09/genius-burger-flipping-robot-replaces-humans-first-day-work/ "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Scientists unveil a giant leap for anti-aging NMN qualifies as a "wonder drug", I'd say. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Human heart made out of spinach: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/03/human-heart-spinach-leaf-medicine-science/ And they laughed at Popeye. 1 "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 The fun of geology... Before plate tectonics, the earth may have been covered by one giant shell "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Photographing a Black Hole: Historic Campaign Now Underway. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbjerg Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 The fun of geology... Before plate tectonics, the earth may have been covered by one giant shell "They suggest that for a long period of Earth’s early days, the planet was covered by one solid plate, like an eggshell. Scientists still aren’t sure how we might have gotten from an early solid crust to our present-day tectonic plates." Much in the same way an egg's shell cracks when boiled I would assume? That internal heat build-up, creates a pressure build-up, which cracks the hard surface. I'll send my account information for those 64k$ 2 Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Man, it's just like New Vegas: http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/04/26/wandering-security-robots-take-america/ 1 "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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