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Tesla Roadster Launched Into Orbit Around Sun

by WildCat » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:41 pm

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Live feed, 4 minutes to go...

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They forgot to factor in the effects of the Martian wind.

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Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:19 pm
Slow-Mo & Timelapse

by Witness » Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:24 pm

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Nothing new, but a pleasant documentary to watch:

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↑ That Bruce? :P

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Tue Jan 30, 2018 5:02 am
Upsurge in earthquakes predicted in 2018.

by Anaxagoras » Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:34 pm

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When I first read this headline I was pretty skeptical. The Daily Mail said:

Deadly earthquakes could hit a BILLION people next year because of...

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What scientists say ....?

What scientists have warned ...?

Yes, I read the quote. Just not buying that these people really know what the hell...

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Wed Jan 24, 2018 6:08 am
New Battery

by Witness » Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:54 am

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Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor Introduces New Technology for Fast-Charging, Noncombustible Batteries

AUSTIN, Texas — A team of engineers led by...

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Having read a little more about this, it shrikes me that this battery would be perfect for powering an EmDrive spaceship to take us on an exploration...

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Tue Jan 09, 2018 1:53 am
Netflix sync issues

by gnome » Sat Jan 06, 2018 2:24 am

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Anyone recently been having a lot of audio sync issues with Netflix?

I use it on the XBOX One and it's been fine since installed, until just the...

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Never mind that BS.

Do they have a gorilla channel :?

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Sat Jan 06, 2018 6:02 pm
United States Postal Service: What to do?

by Rob Lister » Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:39 pm
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I put this thread in science and mathematics even though it technically belongs in Politics and Social Events. Its not that I want to avoid the...

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They are unionized. They went on strike (as separate unions) in 1970. It lasted 8 days.

And that was before email!
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Sun Dec 31, 2017 1:21 pm
Nutrition and supplements

by ed » Sun Dec 24, 2017 12:36 pm

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I was listening to some Saturday radio yesterday, you know, where shills buy time on stations that have otherwise respectable content.

A large...

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A couple of years ago, my mom had a heart transplant. After she had recovered, I went to visit her and noticed she was taking a crazy number of...

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Sat Dec 30, 2017 4:27 pm
Reversing time

by Pyrrho » Thu Dec 28, 2017 12:02 pm

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Cool stuff.

Physicists Demonstrate How to Reverse of the Arrow of Time
The extraordinary experiment opens the door to a new generation of...

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Their claim that they have reversed the arrow of time centers around reversing entropy, thus violating the 2nd law and causing entropy to...

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Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:33 am
Darwin debunked in Scientific American!

by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:02 pm

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Darwin Was Sexist, and So Are Many Modern Scientists
Scientific American

Analysis: First they came for Art, but I said nothing because I was not...

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I remember when SA was really a science magazine. :oldman:
Me too. Started reading it end of the sixties, gave up when it became a glossy like so...

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Fri Dec 22, 2017 3:38 am
Evolution in action!

by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:14 pm

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Forensic scientists caught a deer munching on a human carcass for the first time ever
Popular Science

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Meh. It's known that deer sometimes eat animals (e. g. frogs, mice, even carrion). It's just that human corpses don't lie around that much.

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Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:08 am
Hydrogen electrobikes

by Witness » Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:32 am

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Two communes in Brittany are going to test them, so apparently they exist. The interesting points are:
– rechargeable in minutes;
– 100 km autonomy;...

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Hindenbikes :BigGrin3:
Brilliant! :figamagee:

Not sure if I goofed with the manufacturer, or if it's the same thingy under different guises, but...

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Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:54 am
Drone footage of Icelandic wilderness

by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Nov 30, 2017 11:44 pm

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Best viewed full screen. :coolspecs:

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Something for claustrophobes?

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Thu Dec 07, 2017 3:11 am
Sterilize imperfection.

by Abdul Alhazred » Sun Dec 03, 2017 1:17 am

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:coolspecs:

Voyager 1 Just Fired Up its Backup Thrusters for the 1st Time in 37 Years
Space.com

NASA's far-flung Voyager 1 spacecraft has...

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Sure they can: Just submerge them in dry-cleaning fluid.

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Tue Dec 05, 2017 9:47 pm
Hegemonic masculinity in the news

by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:06 pm

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Don't laugh dammit!

THIS. IS. SCIENCE.

Doing vegetarianism to destabilize the meat-masculinity nexus in La Plata, Argentina
Taylor & Francis...

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A Journal of Feminist Geography

Is that like the Jewish Physics that set Adolf off?

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Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:12 pm
Programming Morality

by Rob Lister » Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:47 pm

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A very good article (if you forgive the horrid scripting) that includes several real world variations of the Trolley Problem.

Consider this...

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I think you don't program it for super-unlikely situations, you program it to protect the occupant and assume that on average, in the long run, that...

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Mon Dec 04, 2017 3:20 am
POKEMON KILLED MY BABY!

by Abdul Alhazred » Mon Nov 27, 2017 2:50 pm

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Pokémon GO caused hundreds of deaths, increased crashes
The Register

Synopsis: Idiots playing it while driving.

Analysis: Already implicitly...

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--J.D.

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Tue Nov 28, 2017 6:50 am
SpaceX plans to send 100 passengers to Mars by 2024

by Anaxagoras » Wed Oct 04, 2017 4:21 am

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SpaceX plans to send 100 passengers to Mars by 2024

SpaceX will begin building the first ships that will make the human voyage to Mars possible in...

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:lmao:

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Sat Oct 28, 2017 5:55 pm
The evolution of great tits in Great Britain. Yes I said Great Britain. Yes this is science.

by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:28 pm

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Evolution in your back garden: Great tits may be adapting their beaks to birdfeeders
Science Daily

Made you look. :P

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B: I was lazy, and sometimes the fake ones are just as much fun as the real ones.

:)
Yet they neither smell nor taste like the genuine article.

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Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:39 pm
Where have all the insects gone?

by Witness » Fri Jun 02, 2017 2:23 am

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Just what the title says: .

Tl; dr: it looks bad, but part of the evidence is (still) anecdotal.

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I've noticed a difference in one big way--twice a year around where I live now used to be massive love bug season. The air would be literally filled...

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Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:06 pm
Bad Science Reporting in Action

by Nyarlathotep » Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:01 am
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So today I have seen umpteen million variations on this headline

Have researchers discovered an alien MEGASTRUCTURE? 'Bizarre' star could be...

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If true, I'm surprised the poor buggar is still alive. Didn't know one could lose half a brain and live. On the other hand: Republicans.
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Sun Oct 15, 2017 1:53 pm
Capture Florence

by Rob Lister » Sat Aug 19, 2017 12:35 pm

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Well, there's not enough time to do it now but let's at least get the next one.

A THREE MILE wide asteroid is set to graze past Earth on Sept. 1 -...

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It explains why Rio de Janeiro is farther north than Alaska.

Using Betty 's map:

--J.D.

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Thu Oct 12, 2017 3:25 am
FAST radiotelescope

by Witness » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:18 am

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While Arecibo recovers:
China's huge new FAST radio telescope discovers two new pulsars

Chinese scientists working on the 500m FAST telescope have...

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It is very cool. For the full technical review

The way they aim it is also very cool

So the section of the dish that is actually used is about...

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Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:56 am
2.5 D printing

by Witness » Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:30 am

Casio's '2.5D' printer can mimic leather and fabric

At CEATEC, Casio demoed this Mofrel printing technology that adds a range of textures to...

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Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:30 am
Grothendieck died

by Witness » Fri Nov 14, 2014 6:25 am

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Those interested in mathematics will have heard of that astonishing guy.

Alexander Grothendieck (German: ; French: ; 28 March 1928 – 13 November...

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I think Einstein did most of his most important work before 40.

EPIC FAIL !

Sorry to make you . . . you know . . . in the rain.

Suck it , Anax...

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Tue Oct 03, 2017 4:12 pm
Hawaiian 30 m telescope

by Witness » Mon Oct 02, 2017 2:18 am

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Hawaii’s Board of Land and Natural Resources today voted 5-2 to approve a permit to build the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). The vote follows retired...

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Well, let's just give the piece of shit tourist trap back to them godless heathens then.

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Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:22 pm
Russia, US shoot for the moon with joint lunar station project

by Abdul Alhazred » Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:07 pm

Russia, US shoot for the moon with joint lunar station project
Space Daily

Synopsis: Just what the headline says + it's a necessary precursor to...

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Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:07 pm
Recent published research on global warming

by Anaxagoras » Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:54 am

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A recent paper published in Nature suggests that global warming may not be as severe as previous studies predicted.

Limiting global warming to 1.5...

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. . . but apparently when Al Gore made a movie about it, that was a turning point that turned it into a partisan issue. I don't think that was Gore's...

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Sat Sep 23, 2017 1:26 am
DIY brain electrification

by Pyrrho » Wed May 07, 2014 3:45 pm

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Paging Dr. Venkman...

When he got home, he took his supplies into his office. He heated up his soldering iron, hoping his wife wouldn’t see what...

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Tsk-tsk, Abdul!

During the Algerian war the Froggies interrogated their prisoners with the infamous gégène (short for générateur ):

But we're...

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Fri Sep 15, 2017 10:44 pm
Here's the Kaboom

by Pyrrho » Fri Sep 02, 2016 7:50 pm
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Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:57 am
AI: Be afraid

by Rob Lister » Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:58 am
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A mostly unthoughtful opinion on AI
I, for one, do not welcome our new robot overlords.

Let me elaborate.

Writing about Artificial Intelligence is...

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Ted Talk. skip to 10 for the demonstration.
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Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:34 pm
Total eek-lips 2017

by Fid » Sat May 06, 2017 1:02 pm
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So what are you doing? I'm putting my telescope on the sidewalk and probably not blinding the kiddos.

Also all participants will receive one of these

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Eclipse Shadow from a Balloon in the Stratosphere
Credit: Marcelo Domingues and Mission Kuaray, a association of University o Brasilia, Brasilia,...
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Fri Sep 01, 2017 12:31 am
Racism is bad. Therefore ...

by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:13 pm

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This is SCIENCE!

Synopsis: You can easily drug people into not giving a shit about anything, therefore racism can be eliminated pharmaceutically....

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We are not judging you, Pyrrho .

Probably.

--J.D.

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Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:51 am
Hey you! You're a nerd! Yes you! You know you are.

by Abdul Alhazred » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:09 pm

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Look what I found.

Enjoy! :coolspecs:

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Thought I was a geek.

You don't have to choose. 8)

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Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:56 pm
Printing Glass

by Witness » Fri Aug 18, 2017 2:56 am

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Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:27 am
Bitcoin Split

by gnome » Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:40 am

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What's going on with bitcoin...

CNET: Bitcoin Cash Splits In Two In Blockchain Feud

Can someone who understands this better comment on the...

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Seems like bitcoin cash is not being embraced. Meanwhile bitcoin proper is hitting new highs. Over $3,200 last time I checked.

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Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:13 pm
Mylar

by gnome » Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:01 pm
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On Valentine's day, they attached red mylar heart balloons to each desk. Out of a perverse curiosity I have simply left mine there to see how long it...

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It is almost done. Only supporting about 3 inches of string now, near the floor. Actually, it's barely supporting that, but I removed the string and...
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Mon Aug 07, 2017 1:57 pm
Designer babies

by Anaxagoras » Thu Aug 03, 2017 7:13 am
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It is now technically possible and the concept has been experimentally proven:

First Human Embryos Edited in U.S.

The first known attempt at...

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Bacon makes everything better, even following YHWH's commandments.

Wait. . . .

--J.D.
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Mon Aug 07, 2017 6:49 am
AI vs AI

by xouper » Mon Jul 31, 2017 6:06 am

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This is weird. And not at all what I expected.

As I was watching, I was struck by how much the conversation resembled some of the interactions on...

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Aluminium indeed.

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Sun Aug 06, 2017 7:56 am
What exactly is a 'Gigafactory'

by Anaxagoras » Wed Sep 03, 2014 11:18 pm
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They could have just called it a large factory, but gigafactory sounds cooler.

Apparently they are going to make it in Nevada (congrats Nyar!)

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I've been to large factories (in the UK) where there are factory-provided bicycles for anyone to use. You just grab the nearest one, ride to near...
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Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:02 pm
Detecting Neutrinos

by Rob Lister » Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:01 pm

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Ever-Elusive Neutrinos Spotted Bouncing Off Nuclei for the First Time

A new technology for detecting neutrinos represents a “monumental” advance...

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Of course.

If it's nuclear subs, they already have a neutrino generator on board.

The tough part is modulating the signal.

hmmm. It also means...

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Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:46 pm
Summers are getting hotter

by Witness » Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:02 am

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To create the bell curves, Dr. Hansen and two colleagues compared actual summer temperatures for each decade since the 1980s to a fixed baseline...

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No way. #45 said Climate Change is a hoax...

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Sun Jul 30, 2017 5:46 pm
"Gaseous Elbow", smart toilet paper, and other tech jargon

by xouper » Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:50 am

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After the invention of RollerBlades™ (inline roller skates), a new word was needed to refer to all those old style roller skates that are not inline...

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:LOL2:

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Mon Jul 24, 2017 5:23 am
Laser Weapon System

by Rob Lister » Thu Jul 20, 2017 2:09 pm

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Exclusive: CNN witnesses US Navy's drone-killing laser

I know it's been deployed since 2014 but it is back in the news.

Has a 1 mile range....

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Saw that last night. I was thinking, wow. That's exactly how I pictured laser weapons of the future when I was a kid. 8)

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Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:05 am
Is Chipotle promoting food woo?

by Anaxagoras » Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:48 am
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Chipotle will stop serving GMO foods — despite zero evidence they're harmful to eat

Chipotle Wants to Sell “Food With Integrity.” Dropping GMOs Is...

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Lol.
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Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:16 am
Gene drive and biowarfare

by Pyrrho » Wed Mar 23, 2016 11:19 pm

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Well this is scary:

Gene drive is a molecular technique that slips a new gene into an organism and guarantees that it will be inherited by...

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Related:
Scientists synthesize smallpox cousin in ominous breakthrough

Scientists in Canada have used commercially available genetic material to...

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Thu Jul 20, 2017 3:43 am
Fields medal

by Witness » Sun Sep 21, 2014 4:28 am

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Won by a lady, Maryam Mirzakhani, hooray! The old dungeon crumbles…

But not everywhere:

standard picture:

retouched to preserve the...

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Maryam Mirzakhani will be remembered as a woman who broke glass ceilings in life and in death. In 2014, the Iranian mathematician became the first...

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Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:47 am
Hackers able to turbo-charge DJI drones way beyond what's legal

by xouper » Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:24 am
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This one is for DJI drone owners who are also code monkeys, otherwise this article will either be amusing or incredibly boring.

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Hackers...

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What are the best drones for hacking?
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Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:44 am
World's largest super-soaker

by Pyrrho » Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:17 am

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Cuts through watermelons.

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WATERMELONS?!!!!!

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Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:36 pm
your bitcoins may just vanish into the ether next month

by xouper » Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:00 am

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I searched the forum for bitcoin and apparently there is some interest in this topic, so here's a recent news item:

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Don't panic, but...

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I have the new 64 bit bitcoins, so I'm soooooo much fucking better than everyone else. I shall remain unconcerned right up to and including the...

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Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:48 pm
Neil deGrasse Tyson Sucks

by Rob Lister » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:05 pm
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I got to this via PZ Myers.

I'll note first that PZ tore into this guy as being an anti-intellectual reverse-snob, whatever the fuck that is.

But...

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SIN clearly won. :D
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Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:19 am

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