Pidesco Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 Continued from here. Go ahead and post your most recent scientific developments. Or someone else's. Like scientists, for example. 30 "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Rosbjerg Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 Extra extra, Brain to Brain interface let's humans waggle rat's tail! Read all about it! 4 Fortune favors the bald.
Walsingham Posted August 2, 2013 Posted August 2, 2013 It's a small step from here to a Broadway musical performed entirely by actual live vermin. 3 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Wrath of Dagon Posted August 3, 2013 Posted August 3, 2013 Obama administration immediately orders 350 million units. 1 "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan
Gfted1 Posted August 9, 2013 Posted August 9, 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower to Flare This Weekend. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gorth Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 No idea if they are visible on the southern hemisphere, but there is too much light pollution here anyway to watch the sky >_ 1 “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
Azdeus Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 (edited) Perseid Meteor Shower to Flare This Weekend. I've been staying awake and am hoping for a clearing or two in the cloudcover here, but no luck so far. The radar says there's a thunderstorm heading this way though, so I could always hope to get some long time exposure shots of of lightning instead. I'd really, really like some pictures of my own of meteorites though! Edited August 11, 2013 by Azdeus 1 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken
Rosbjerg Posted August 11, 2013 Posted August 11, 2013 We had a beautiful clear sky, but so much light pollution that I only saw 2 meteorites.. 1 Fortune favors the bald.
Wrath of Dagon Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 Insect so huge, it eats carrots : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8930070/Worlds-biggest-insect-is-so-huge-it-eats-carrots.html 1 "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan
rjshae Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 Upcoming space mission events of interest: 2013 -- MAVEN: Mars atmosphere and volatile evolution spcaecraft 2014 -- Rosetta spacecraft orbits comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko 2015 -- New Horizons flyby of Pluto 2015 -- Dawn enters Ceres orbit 2016 -- Juno enters polar Jupiter orbit 2016 -- Launch of OSIRIS-REx to return a sample from minor planet 101955 Bennuu 2017 -- Launch of TESS: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite 2018 -- James Webb Space Telescope launches(?)... I'm particularly looking forward to the Dawn encounter with Ceres. 1 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Wrath of Dagon Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 People who never age : http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/researcher-girl-ages-key-biological-immortality-article-1.1429255#ixzz2cAh2rtU4 1 "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan
Sargallath Abraxium Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqWxys3P_nI ...e'eryone needs ta see this documentary...wife an' I watched it tonite...fascinatin' stuff... ...WHO LUVS YA, BABY!!... 1 A long, long time ago, but I can still remember, How the Trolling used to make me smile. And I knew if I had my chance, I could egg on a few Trolls to "dance", And maybe we'd be happy for a while. But then Krackhead left and so did Klown; Volo and Turnip were banned, Mystake got run out o' town. Bad news on the Front Page, BIOweenia said goodbye in a heated rage. I can't remember if I cried When I heard that TORN was recently fried, But sadness touched me deep inside, The day...Black Isle died. For tarna, Visc, an' the rest o' the ol' Islanders that fell along the way
pmp10 Posted August 18, 2013 Posted August 18, 2013 People who never age : http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/researcher-girl-ages-key-biological-immortality-article-1.1429255#ixzz2cAh2rtU4 That's just people who never mature. 99% of modern aging research is about selling BS products to hopefuls. The only known ways to significantly lengthen your life-span are castration and starvation. 1
IndiraLightfoot Posted August 19, 2013 Posted August 19, 2013 Have you ever wanted to leave the ground and soar like a bird -- or perhaps a bat? In January 2012, a Connecticut-based inventor was granted a patent for what the application describes as "a completely dynamic human powered flying suit" that is modeled after the bat's style of aviation. The inventor explains in the patent application that bats are fellow mammals and the flying creatures "most closely related to human beings." The device consists of a pair of strap-on batlike wings with rigid and non-rigid portions that can be manipulated by the wearer once aloft. Initially getting off the ground is a bit trickier: Unlike bats, who simply do what comes naturally, the wearer of the flying suit would have to be towed, or ride on a bicycle, skis or rollerblades down an incline and then assume a leaning-forward flying posture and leap into the air at the appropriate moment [source: USPTO]. The question is: Would this really work? Wingsuit flyer 1 *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
pmp10 Posted August 20, 2013 Posted August 20, 2013 Since I took a shot at that 'immortality tomorrow' article it seems only fair to link this for anyone curious about real science behind aging. 1
Gfted1 Posted August 28, 2013 Posted August 28, 2013 Researchers control each others' body movements using only their brains. 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Gorth Posted August 29, 2013 Posted August 29, 2013 Researchers control each others' body movements using only their brains. Beat me to it... thought about the mouse experiment posted earlier in this thread. Watch this space for computer virus that forces you to do things against your will Speaking of minds, those wacky Austrians (not to be confused with Australians) are at it again. Not just masters of Quantum Communication, they are also putting a different spin on AI. Now growing brains in vats... Yeah, why don't you grow a brain you... Make them big and smart enough and stick them in a cyborg body. Humanity is sooo going to be last years model. 1 “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
AGX-17 Posted August 29, 2013 Posted August 29, 2013 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=216538263 "Researchers in Sweden have confirmed the existence of element 115. It sticks around for a surprisingly long time. Scientists believe it may bring them closer to the mythical 'island of stability' a whole slew of super-heavy elements that could last for days or even years." 1
ShadySands Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) Did life on Earth come from Mars? We need Maury Mars, you are NOT the father Edited September 6, 2013 by ShadySands 1 Free games updated 3/4/21
Walsingham Posted September 6, 2013 Posted September 6, 2013 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=216538263 "Researchers in Sweden have confirmed the existence of element 115. It sticks around for a surprisingly long time. Scientists believe it may bring them closer to the mythical 'island of stability' a whole slew of super-heavy elements that could last for days or even years." What are super-heavy elements? 1 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Augusta Corvina Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=216538263 "Researchers in Sweden have confirmed the existence of element 115. It sticks around for a surprisingly long time. Scientists believe it may bring them closer to the mythical 'island of stability' a whole slew of super-heavy elements that could last for days or even years." What are super-heavy elements? Isn't it basically every element above those occurring naturally or something?
Walsingham Posted September 9, 2013 Posted September 9, 2013 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=216538263 "Researchers in Sweden have confirmed the existence of element 115. It sticks around for a surprisingly long time. Scientists believe it may bring them closer to the mythical 'island of stability' a whole slew of super-heavy elements that could last for days or even years." What are super-heavy elements? Isn't it basically every element above those occurring naturally or something? Oh, OK. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Gorth Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 I had am math teacher at university that was so boring it was like an elemental force. I suggesting naming one of the empty slots in the periodic table after him and call it 'Tedium'. Very heavy stuff. 3 “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
Woldan Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Not for the faint of heart. Seems to stop even heavy arterial bleeding almost instantly. Edited September 10, 2013 by Woldan I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet.
Walsingham Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 I have allowed myself to become more squeamish than is good for me. But overcame it quickly. As you'd expect from an infomercial that looked very impressive. I'd have questions about: - Whether the procedure used could be carried out in the field. Particularly whether being unable to remove a blood surplus would cause a problem. - Whether the use of the material complicates the treatment of other injury types, such as burns - Whether the use of the material complicates cleaning of the wound Although, having said that, the notion of being able to blast a bleedout with material that would at least slow an otherwise terminal haemorrhage equals a win in my book. Mind you, having a couple of fistfuls of powder shoved into your body has also got to hurt like hell. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
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