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Another day another moral panic about SCIENCE

by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Jun 26, 2019 12:32 pm

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Let the Mystery Be?
Slate

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Homosexuality is held to be genetic. In fact that's somehow part of the non-libertarian gay rights...

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You, sir, have too much time on your hands. Get a fucking job, will ya?

wait.

Um...that's right. You just retired. Sorry. :oops:

Well.... damn...

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Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:23 pm
How long to die in a black hole?

by Rob Lister » Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:26 pm

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I'm sure google will answer but I want your answers first.

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If it is:

--J.D.

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Wed Jun 26, 2019 7:03 am
A Poll on Space Interest

by Rob Lister » Sat Jun 22, 2019 12:01 pm

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The May 2019 AP-NORC Poll asks Americans about their interests in space exploration. It asks questions of minor interest, IMO. Some participants of...

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I love science fiction like The Expanse , but if anyone thinks that's what life on Mars would really be like, I think they are sorely mistaken....

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Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:26 am
Chinese scientist claims first gene-edited human babies

by Anaxagoras » Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:06 am
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The scientist is currently receiving a lot of criticism for this.

There is also some reason to be skeptical of the claim itself, since it was made...

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And as soon as about 1000 competent peeps sign off on the safety of it, we'll consider it. In the meantime, more information please.

My ice cream...
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Sat Jun 22, 2019 11:59 am
Confessions

by Anaxagoras » Thu Jun 20, 2019 3:44 am

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The confession ( Science magazine)
A psychologist has shown how police questioning can get innocent people to condemn themselves. At 16, Huwe Burton...

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You will get a fair trial:

--J. Big Nose is Back?!! D.

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Fri Jun 21, 2019 3:43 pm
Getting to Zero

by Anaxagoras » Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:55 pm

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Interesting lecture about what it would take to get our electric power system to zero CO2 emissions.

Getting to Zero

Obviously it's not so easy...

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Interesting lecture about what it would take to get our electric power system to zero CO2 emissions.

Getting to Zero

Obviously it's not so easy...

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Tue Jun 18, 2019 3:52 pm
Apollo 11 in real time

by Pyrrho » Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:57 pm

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Damn they're good.

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NASA learned their lesson early on, with that one satellite that went awry because someone slipped some metric into the FORTRAN.

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Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:32 pm
Solar power fees

by Pyrrho » Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:23 pm

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In Alabama's Blount County, off the highway, down a dirt road and up a hill is writer T.K. Thorne's house. She points to her roof and a shining row...

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There is no graphite in Chernobyl!

--J.D.

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Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:34 pm
Of mice and women, THIS. IS. SCIENCE!!!!!1!!!!

by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:51 pm

Study: Lab Mice Stressed Out By Male Scientists] Study: Lab Mice Stressed Out By Male Scientists
The Onion

Researchers avoid ‘messy’ hormonal...

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Sat Jun 08, 2019 12:13 am
An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth

by Anaxagoras » Mon May 27, 2019 12:12 am

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An (Even More) Inconvenient Truth (ProPublica)

Why Carbon Credits For Forest Preservation May Be Worse Than Nothing

RIO BRANCO, BRAZIL — The state...

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:lmao:

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Mon May 27, 2019 12:28 am
To help you keep your mind right

by Pyrrho » Thu May 23, 2019 1:51 pm

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Amazon Is Working on a Device That Can Read Human Emotions

Designed to work with a smartphone app, the device has microphones paired with software...

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Technological analog from the 70's

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Thu May 23, 2019 2:59 pm
Experts

by Anaxagoras » Wed May 08, 2019 1:35 am

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This is not entirely new (you've probably heard about foxes and hedgehogs before) but I thought it was an interesting read. In general it seems that...

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I saw that linked on Twitter and read it. Twice. It seems to confirm what history shows about experts and predictions. Anybody who has lived long...

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Wed May 22, 2019 10:39 pm
Google Self-Driving Car Accident Reports

by Rob Lister » Sun Jun 07, 2015 11:35 am
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Google is now publishing a summary of all accidents in which its self-driving have been involved.

Easy to read; fairly easy to understand. They...

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Bad weather I suppose, at this point. Has it been tested in the snow? In a blizzard?

It might refuse to drive ... which is what humans should do!
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Mon May 20, 2019 2:40 pm
Challenger Deep Record Dive in the Mariana Trench

by shuize » Wed May 15, 2019 10:41 pm

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A Dallas-based explorer has set a record for the deepest dive ever made in a submersible -- in the world's deepest ocean trench, his organization...

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The press would have reported a plastic bag in any event.

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Thu May 16, 2019 11:49 am
Dragons once walked the earth

by Anaxagoras » Fri May 10, 2019 3:50 am

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Well, they're calling it a bat-winged dinosaur but you can see the resemblance.

Another Bat-Winged Dinosaur Has Been Found

(It's the size of...

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Not sure they really walked the earth, but it's a cooler subject line than fluttered from tree to tree . :p

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Sun May 12, 2019 12:45 pm
Doing a runner (energy news / oil drilling)

by Witness » Sat May 04, 2019 3:11 am

Interesting article on industry practices:
Canadian Oil Driller Abruptly Shuts Down, Abandons 4,700 Wells

A junior Canadian gas E&P company has...

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Sat May 04, 2019 3:11 am
Are you old enough and nerd enough to know this already?

by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:01 am

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:coolspecs:

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I quite like being correct. And a dipshit.

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Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:41 am
SpaceX progress

by Pyrrho » Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:54 pm

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Awesome photos.

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The level of right stuff required for a trip to Mars precludes that scenario.

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Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:03 am
Black Hole

by Pyrrho » Wed Apr 10, 2019 1:31 pm

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Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:06 am
Brain Implants

by Anaxagoras » Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:34 am

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So I was listening to a podcast this weekend about this. There's a new technique called deep brain stimulation that has had some success in treating...

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It is not new.

It is over 50 years old. I would have to look for it, but there is a reference to a scientist who did it to a bull so, in a bull...

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Mon Apr 08, 2019 10:33 am
"Bang, zoom! To the Moon, Alice!"

by xouper » Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:39 pm

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If you you remember that line in the subject line*, you might be as old as ed.

Here's the latest scoop on what might become the first first private...

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Artist Antony Gormley’s New VR Art Project Takes You to the Moon—but It’s a One-Way Trip
Everyone can be an astronaut for 15 minutes in the British...

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Sun Apr 07, 2019 5:10 pm
BORG

by Pyrrho » Sat Apr 06, 2019 5:10 pm

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A female Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand...

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Current prosthetic hands have also limited sensory feedback. They do not provide tactile or kinesthetic sensation, so the user can only rely on...

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Sun Apr 07, 2019 12:36 am
Universe Size Comparison 3D

by Abdul Alhazred » Sat Apr 06, 2019 1:03 pm

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You've seen this sort of thing before, but this one is particularly well done.

Best viewed full screen with sound off.

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You've seen this sort of thing before, but this one is particularly well done.

Best viewed full screen with sound off.

uses km, dw :x

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Sat Apr 06, 2019 4:55 pm
Natural selection has collateral damage.

by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Feb 15, 2019 7:34 pm
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Unfortunately natural selection has collateral damage. ...

Inspired by but really unrelated to a comment by gnome in another thread (follow the...

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April fool's joke perhaps?

Maybe.
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Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:52 pm
Snake oil

by Witness » Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:40 am
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PowerMax™ Plus mains cable
The benefit of all this care taken in the manufacture? We believe that the cable represents astonishing value as it helps...

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It insures regularity, lowers your chance of colo-rectal cancer, and it vibrates in any one of 8 different patterns via remote control! It also has...
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Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:41 am
"The misuse of statistical significance . . ."

by xouper » Fri Mar 22, 2019 11:00 pm

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The misuse of statistical significance has done much harm to the scientific community and those who rely on scientific advice.

That's from a recent...

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Another discussion on StackExchange:

Where I found a link to this interesting Wiki page:
Quoting the introduction:
The replication crisis (or...

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Sun Mar 24, 2019 4:26 am
Abel prize

by Witness » Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:05 am

For the first time, mathematics' most prestigious prize has been awarded to a woman, Karen Uhlenbeck

Karen Uhlenbeck, a mathematician and...

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Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:05 am
Nuclear vs Renewables

by Pyrrho » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:48 am

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Germany’s carbon emissions have been flat since 2009, despite an investment of $580 billion by 2025 in a renewables-heavy electrical grid, a 50...

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That depends on how you do nuclear Robby. Our first attempt with solid fuel is fucked, no question about it. But Weinberg who patented his designs on...

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Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:50 pm
Titanoboa

by Pyrrho » Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:27 am

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40-foot long boa.

The river basin held turtles with shells twice the size of manhole covers and crocodile kin—at least three different...

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piffle.

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Last post by ed
Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:18 am
Welding glass to metal

by Witness » Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:15 am

Welding breakthrough at Heriot-Watt to transform manufacturing

Researchers at Heriot-Watt University have unveiled a welding breakthrough which...

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Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:15 am
Damn I love science! -- and -- This. Is. Science.

by Abdul Alhazred » Sat Feb 23, 2019 3:51 pm

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:mrgreen:

Lesbian and bi women at increased risk of being overweight
University of East Anglia via Medicalxpress

Lesbian and bisexual women...

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robinson wins. :figamagee:

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Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:34 pm
Chicken tracking

by Pyrrho » Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:37 pm

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The Chicken Is Local, But Was It Happy? GPS Now Tells The Life Story Of Your Poultry

Shoppers are willing to pay a premium for ingredients that...

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Working out any bugs in the technology before using it on people.

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Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:26 am
Down with Darwin

by Witness » Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:23 am

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More than 1,000 scientists sign ‘dissent from Darwinism’ statement

Earlier this month, a long kept list of Ph.D. scientists who “dissent from...

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I don't really understand arguments based on information theory.

I'd say they long for something like this:

With man on top, of course. Can't...

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Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:12 am
High tech and Islam go together in Saudi Arabia

by Abdul Alhazred » Tue Feb 12, 2019 1:17 am
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No degenerate infidel political correctness here. :Muhammad:

Women-tracking app that lets Saudi Arabian men track their wives is ALLOWED on Apple...

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Doing business with is not the same as selling a product that's sole purpose is to violate civil liberties of women.

Google and Apple both restrict...
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Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:23 am
Scientists are such meanies sometimes.

by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Nov 07, 2018 1:23 pm

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Scientists push back against Harvard 'alien spacecraft' theory
Space Daily

A scientific paper led by two researchers at Harvard University made...

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Being well educated is no guarantee against being dead wrong.

--Carl Sagan.

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Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:24 am
Trilobites: Why?

by ed » Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:17 pm
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Why should a ubiquitous scavenger that dwelt (dwells????) on the ocean's floor become extinct?

Makes no sense. Why? Could it be that they are still...

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You can buy it (and others):
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Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:52 am
BitCoin: Should I Sign Up?

by Rob Lister » Wed May 25, 2011 2:05 pm
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Should this be in a different forum too? All my threads are so muddled. Anyway

BitCoin

A rhetorical question really 'cause I've already decided...

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More like a modern buried treasure.
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Tue Feb 05, 2019 11:09 am
The Big One

by Pyrrho » Mon Feb 04, 2019 11:28 am

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Mon Feb 04, 2019 5:35 pm
The science is settled: Deflategate

by xouper » Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:03 pm

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Who says science has to be boring?

Last week, in Kentucky:
10-Year-Old Wins Science Fair with Project Claiming Tom Brady Is a Cheater

This...

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Thanks!

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Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:01 pm
How close are practical quantum computers really?

by Anaxagoras » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:53 am
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Why the age of quantum computing is nearer than you think

Tech-buffs, investors, IT industrialists, and boffins alike eagerly await the day when...

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Does it brew good espresso? :P
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Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:45 am
Deep Blue (the fish, silly)

by ed » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:27 pm

Great danger: Divers spot the world’s largest ever recorded great white shark - 2.5 ton ‘Deep Blue’ - feasting on a dead whale in Hawaii and JUMP IN...

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Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:27 pm
Make your own Nuclear Reactor

by Witness » Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:46 am

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Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:20 am
GMO debunking

by Witness » Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:08 am

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At the start was:
The Séralini affair was the controversy surrounding the publication, retraction, and republication of a journal article by French...

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Dunning–Kruger in action.

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Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:50 am
It's life, Jim, but ...

by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Jan 09, 2019 5:49 pm

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... just like we know it.

No Andromeda strain coolness, no nuthin'.

Dammit! :evil:

Space microbes aren't so alien after all
Phys Org...

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That's just what the alien critters want you to think. Did you ever see the movie The Thing?

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Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:16 am
Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

by xouper » Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:20 pm

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Seems there are some amateur astronomers here on the forum who might be interested in this.

(Or maybe not.)*

The kindle edition is currently...

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CTA’s unique capabilities will include:

CTA will have unprecedented accuracy and will be 10 times more sensitive than existing instruments
An...

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Tue Jan 08, 2019 12:12 am
Finally! Checkmate atheists and vegetarians!

by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Jan 04, 2019 11:23 pm

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:mrgreen:

Meat-Shaped Stone And Jadeite Cabbage
Amusing Planet

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What makes this piece of art so special is that the rock naturally looks...

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Blueberry muffin.

Does that make me a barbarian?

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Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:19 am
The latest in TVs

by Anaxagoras » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:12 pm
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Has the TV finally been perfected? Look at these beauties:

LG's 55-inch OLED TV packed with 3D bells, smart TV whistles

The main thing about...

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was also shot using the Ultra Panavision lenses, but used with a digital camera with a 65mm sensor rather than film....
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Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:51 pm
Advances in prosthetics

by Pyrrho » Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:39 am

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Implantable electrodes

Z3uE4bRSkMc

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Anaxagoras' dream (sounds like a book title :mrgreen: ):

Details:

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Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:15 am
Been playing DOOM since it first came out and finally getting bored?

by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:28 pm

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:lmao:

‘Doomba’ turns your Roomba’s cleaning maps into Doom levels
The Verge

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Well done.

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Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:34 pm
On the way to Pluto at last!

by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:33 pm
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From Space Daily

NASA's New Horizons 3-billion-mile-plus mission to the outer solar system finally got underway Thursday when the half-ton...

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New Horizons is not quite done yet!
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Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:32 am

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