May 18, 2025May 18 Venus Aerospace debuts potentially revolutionary rocket engine with landmark 1st flight (video) | Space I dig the way it sounds as it rockets away.
June 9, 2025Jun 9 A Japanese Spacecraft Has Crash-Landed on the Moon—Again These commercial missions seem to be having a lot of trouble trying to stick the landing. By comparison, the old US Surveyor landers did pretty well: they successfully landed 5 out of 7 using a fairly simple system by today's standards. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
June 19, 2025Jun 19 The First Images from Vera Rubin are About to Drop Quote On 23rd June 2025 at 15:00 UTC, the Rubin Observatory will unveil its first spectacular images in what they're calling the "First Look" event. This event will be live-streamed via YouTube, allowing people worldwide to witness this exciting moment together. It represents more than just another technological achievement; it symbolises our relentless pursuit to understand the universe, carrying forward Vera Rubin's legacy of discovery into an age where the observatory that carries her name will give us a whole new view of the universe. Prepare to drink from the firehose... "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
July 18, 2025Jul 18 What we know so far about 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor This is the third interstellar object discovered passing through the Solar System. Based on its hyperbolic orbit, this may be from a thick disk star system and hence it could be (2/3 chance) older than the Sun. They expect it to be a water-rich comet; it's already developed a coma from solar heating. The new VCR observatory is expected to discover many more such objects. Maybe one day we'll be able to get a sample? "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
July 22, 2025Jul 22 Not so much a new scientific discovery as a particular new trend in use of existing technology, AI for movie generation at budgets that doesn't require Hollywood studio funding. I.e. "normal" people can do it too if interested enough to learn a bit about it. I myself dabbled a bit with AI pictures (Stable Diffusion and Flux). Looking into what is currently available in the genre of converting images into short video sequences. These people have spent a bit more time on it and create some hilarious videos. Same channel have videos like The Most German man, The Most Reddit Man etc. in the world, etc. “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
July 25, 2025Jul 25 Scientists are developing artificial blood that could save lives in emergencies Quote Doctor's team makes synthetic blood from hemoglobin, the protein that nourishes the body with oxygen. The researchers extract hemoglobin from expired blood and enclose the protein in a bubble of fat, essentially creating artificial red blood cells. If it works in humans, this could be an amazing advance. Good to see. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
September 27, 2025Sep 27 Heading for the Autobahn? "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
October 7, 2025Oct 7 Nanotech ‘switch’ reverses Alzheimer’s in mice by restoring brain’s protective barrier If this works in humans, it would be a revolutionary medical treatment. Edited October 7, 2025Oct 7 by rjshae "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
November 12, 2025Nov 12 Forget drop bears. Australia presents… drop crocs 🐊 (Yes ambush predator crocs jumping down from trees 😂) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lpyrnjleeo “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
November 12, 2025Nov 12 9 hours ago, Gorth said: Forget drop bears. Australia presents… drop crocs 🐊 (Yes ambush predator crocs jumping down from trees 😂) https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lpyrnjleeo Coming to a sci-fi monster movie soon... "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
November 15, 2025Nov 15 Blue Origin pulls off the booster landing technique. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
November 16, 2025Nov 16 20 hours ago, rjshae said: Blue Origin pulls off the booster landing technique. Yeah I watched it live. Very cool. Amazingly large and boistrous crowd at Canaveral for the launch. 😀
November 19, 2025Nov 19 UC Berkeley scientists hail breakthrough in decoding whale communication The intelligence of marine mammals continues to surprise. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
December 15, 2025Dec 15 The invisible chemical in the air that could be raising Parkinson’s risk For a long time they tried to link Parkinson's to genetics, but now it's looking like a commonly used chemical agent (TCE) may be the culprit. My Mum had Parkinson's, so perhaps she was exposed at some point? It's in some paint thinners, cleaning, and has been employed as an anaesthetic. Just living in areas with higher TCE in the environment increases your risk. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
January 8Jan 8 Former CEO of Google spearheads 4 next-gen telescopes — 3 on Earth and 1 in space | Space
January 8Jan 8 4 hours ago, Gfted1 said: Former CEO of Google spearheads 4 next-gen telescopes — 3 on Earth and 1 in space | Space Reminds me of the days when large telescopes were funded by private beneficiaries, like the Hooker and Hale telescopes. Hopefully they can pull it off. "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
January 21Jan 21 A tool-using cow is challenging what we know about farm animal intelligence Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling
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