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Science and Technology Thread
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:25 pm
by Shyster
Two billion years? Earth will probably be a boiling hot Venus by then.
The sun will destroy Earth a lot sooner than you might think
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/scie ... 67506.html
Science and Technology Thread
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:33 pm
by shafnutz05
Man.... I love astronomy. I can't wait to visit the Southern Hemisphere to view the LMC, SMC, etc. Even seeing Canopus just above the horizon from Orlando was a thrill. But then again, I'm a dork
Science and Technology Thread
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:22 am
by Lemon Berry Lobster
You're a whale's penis alright.
Science and Technology Thread
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 2:52 pm
by count2infinity
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science, @obhave
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 3:59 pm
by obhave
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science, @obhave
I had no idea this was a thing!
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:31 pm
by count2infinity
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2019 6:39 pm
by NTP66
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:41 pm
by tifosi77
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:41 pm
by shmenguin
Curing cancer or synthetic organs? Which comes first?
Science and Technology Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:42 pm
by NTP66
Synthetic organs are already here, so...
Science and Technology Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:43 pm
by shmenguin
Synthetic organs are already here, so...
Ok good. No need to worry about cancer then.
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:44 pm
by NTP66
WHAT HAVE I DONE
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Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 8:26 am
by Kane
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Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 3:19 pm
by tifosi77
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 10, the 'dress rehearsal' for the 11 moonshot.
Science and Technology Thread
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 9:18 am
by Gaucho
The consequences of waking up suddenly, and too early, include sleep inertia and social jetlag.
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-o ... type=owned
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Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 8:02 pm
by Shyster
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Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:53 pm
by Shyster
This is fascinating. Canine transmissible venereal tumor (CTVT) is a form of sexually-transmitted cancer in dogs that dates back somewhere around 6,000 years and could plausibly be considered a separate life form.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arc ... es/595246/
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:52 pm
by Tomas
Television is awesome!
Early Childhood Education by Television: Lessons from Sesame Street
Melissa S. Kearney
Phillip B. Levine
Abstract
We investigate whether preschool-age children exposed to Sesame Street when it aired in 1969 experienced improved educational and labor market outcomes. We exploit geographic variation in broadcast reception derived from technological factors, namely UHF versus VHF transmission. This variation is then related to Census data on grade-for-age status, educational attainment, and labor market outcomes. The results indicate that Sesame Street improved school performance, particularly for boys. The point estimates for long-term educational and labor market outcomes are generally imprecise.
Citation
Kearney, Melissa S., and Phillip B. Levine. 2019. "Early Childhood Education by Television: Lessons from Sesame Street." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 11 (1): 318-50.
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 8:03 am
by Kane
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:02 am
by Gaucho
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:53 pm
by MR25
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... worts.html
Scientists were able to trace the path taken by Ötzi the Iceman before he died based on his clothes and the contents of his stomach.
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:55 pm
by tifosi77
So when do we start terraforming?
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Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:56 pm
by NTP66
Science is pretty damn amazing.
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:05 pm
by Kaiser
Science has figured out a way to decrease entropy at the molecular level:
https://www.livescience.com/amp/laser-f ... atter.html
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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 8:01 pm
by Ad@m
NASA weighs in: Meteor over St. Louis was a basketball-sized piece of asteroid
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/met ... b75b4.html
What thousands saw about 8:51 p.m. Monday was a basketball-size hunk of rock that broke off an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter before entering Earth’s atmosphere as a meteor, Bill Cooke, of the NASA Meteoroid Environments Office in Huntsville, Alabama, said Tuesday.
NASA experts used hundreds of eyewitness accounts from as far away as South Dakota and Minnesota along with two videos to calculate surprisingly precise details about the meteor: The approximately 220-pound rock traveled through the sky at 33,500 mph, faster than the speed of sound, causing the sonic boom. A NASA weather satellite helped the agency confirm it was brighter than Venus in the sky, making it a fireball.
Two videos, a standing shot of the Gateway Arch and another taken at the Missouri Skies observatory in Albany, Missouri, helped the NASA team track the meteor’s trajectory and path. It first appeared at an altitude of 59 miles above the town of Cedar Hill, southwest of St. Louis in Jefferson County, and continued for about 70 miles before breaking into pieces 12 miles above the ground, Cooke said.
