Science Thread

[Dalyn]

Growing a liver. (http://www.nature.com/news/miniature-human-liver-grown-in-mice-1.13324)

Living with Parkinson's. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBh2LxTW0s0)

Here is a related TED Talk. (http://www.ted.com/talks/andres_lozano_parkinson_s_depression_and_the_switc h_that_might_turn_them_off.html)

Cool experiment. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukMId5fIi0)

[Dalyn]

One of my favorite TED Talks. (http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.htm l)

[DaneHill]

Saw this the other day and was absolutely fascinated by the thought of it - What would the night sky look like if the planets were the same distance as the Moon?

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/what-the-night-sky-would-look-like-if-the-other-planets-were-as-close-as-the-moon/277247/

[TURBO]

Pretty sweet.

[Dalyn]

Saw this the other day and was absolutely fascinated by the thought of it - What would the night sky look like if the planets were the same distance as the Moon?

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/what-the-night-sky-would-look-like-if-the-other-planets-were-as-close-as-the-moon/277247/

Yeah. The scale stuff is always cool.

[CyYoung31]

Saw this the other day and was absolutely fascinated by the thought of it - What would the night sky look like if the planets were the same distance as the Moon?

We wouldn't be a planet.

I like the last quote though. Considering the Moon does affect our moods and mindsets and such, having a large planet like Jupiter next door would probably make us considerably different people.

[Dalyn]

We wouldn't be a planet.

I like the last quote though. Considering the Moon does affect our moods and mindsets and such, having a large planet like Jupiter next door would probably make us considerably different people.

Having Jupiter as a roommate would make us considerably less alive. :icon_biggrin:

[DaneHill]

Dalyn, I just realized your original posts are actually links to what you were referencing. I didn't know what you were talking about, and didn't want to look like a big dumb dumb in the Science thread. Which is now making me look like a bigger dumb dumb. I shall read/watch those links after work! (Didn't even know who this "TED" guy was.) :stupid:

[NinersSBChamps]

Through the worm hole with Morgan Freeman?

[BlackwaterPark]

Really enjoyed this Dane, thanks!


Saw this the other day and was absolutely fascinated by the thought of it - What would the night sky look like if the planets were the same distance as the Moon?

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/what-the-night-sky-would-look-like-if-the-other-planets-were-as-close-as-the-moon/277247/

[Dalyn]

Dalyn, I just realized your original posts are actually links to what you were referencing. I didn't know what you were talking about, and didn't want to look like a big dumb dumb in the Science thread. Which is now making me look like a bigger dumb dumb. I shall read/watch those links after work! (Didn't even know who this "TED" guy was.) :stupid:

I should've clarified. :icon_biggrin: Enjoy!

[Dalyn]

http://maxcdn.zenpencils.com/comics/2012-06-05-philplait.jpg

[TURBO]

Good stuff man

[Dalyn]

Links:

Temporal cloak. (http://www.nature.com/news/temporal-cloak-erases-data-from-history-1.13141)

Curiosity time lapse. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FH6QPAD-BU&feature=youtu.be)


Restoring sight to the blind. (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23568-stemcell-treatment-restores-sight-to-blind-man.html#.UdczG22s8kI)

World mythology map. (https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s720x720/945237_10151593248440155_1527613326_n.jpg)

Enceladus. One of my favorite places in the solar system--and my pick for where we will next find life. (https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s720x720/579696_457708024295780_23317073_n.jpg)

[Dalyn]

Good stuff man

Glad you are enjoying it. :banana:

[Dalyn]

Dalyn, I just realized your original posts are actually links to what you were referencing. I didn't know what you were talking about, and didn't want to look like a big dumb dumb in the Science thread. Which is now making me look like a bigger dumb dumb. I shall read/watch those links after work! (Didn't even know who this "TED" guy was.) :stupid:

Oh. And TED Talks are awesome. I've watched nearly all of the ones available online.

[DaneHill]

Obviously you never saw Ghost. Psychics help solve crimes all the time.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg319/dane323/GhostWhoopi_zps49e9329a.jpg

[DaneHill]

Oh. And TED Talks are awesome. I've watched nearly all of the ones available online.

And an article just popped up somewhere today about 'Are We on the Verge of Extinction?' or something, and I saw TED attached to it. I was like, Hey, that's Dalyn's TED! So, my interest piqued, I researched it a bit. Sounds like a fascinating convention!

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1000080_621416004544143_1158004166_n.png

[Dalyn]

And an article just popped up somewhere today about 'Are We on the Verge of Extinction?' or something, and I saw TED attached to it. I was like, Hey, that's Dalyn's TED! So, my interest piqued, I researched it a bit. Sounds like a fascinating convention!

That's how it works. :rock:

[CyYoung31]

Having Jupiter as a roommate would make us considerably less alive. :icon_biggrin:

If it was the same distance as the moon, then yes. If we were just a satellite orbiting Jupiter at a safe distance, maybe not.

[Dalyn]

If it was the same distance as the moon, then yes. If we were just a satellite orbiting Jupiter at a safe distance, maybe not.

The Earth would be a completely different place. Highly unlikely that it would even have life, let alone life as evolved as us.

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/995718_602100866488256_1918857032_n.jpg

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/q71/s720x720/988612_519540684779180_247495332_n.jpg

[CyYoung31]

The Earth would be a completely different place. Highly unlikely that it would even have life, let alone life as evolved as us.

I've already said all of that.

[CyYoung31]

I thought that was interesting.

http://www.geekosystem.com/stars-into-black-holes/

[thethe]

Anybody read some of the breakthroughs happening with IVF? Thats going to help a lot of people achieve their dreams.

[Dalyn]

I've already said all of that.

:happy0157:

That is the point I made first, which you appeared to disagree with. I guess I misunderstood.

[Dalyn]

Anybody read some of the breakthroughs happening with IVF? Thats going to help a lot of people achieve their dreams.


Absolutely. Nice to see.

[Dalyn]

Saw this the other day and was absolutely fascinated by the thought of it - What would the night sky look like if the planets were the same distance as the Moon?

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/what-the-night-sky-would-look-like-if-the-other-planets-were-as-close-as-the-moon/277247/

Here is something else you might enjoy. (http://htwins.net/scale2/)

Scroll left to go the the smallest; right to the largest. Enjoy! :rock:

[Dalyn]

I thought that was interesting.

http://www.geekosystem.com/stars-into-black-holes/

Definitely interesting. They will be using telescopes like this one (http://www.lofar.org/international-lofar-radio-telescope-kicks-all-sky-survey/international-lofar-radio-telescope-kicks-a) to get a 'better look' at this in the future.

[CyYoung31]

:happy0157:

That is the point I made first, which you appeared to disagree with. I guess I misunderstood.

I said we wouldn't be a planet, which is what I meant.:winking0016:

[Dalyn]

I said we wouldn't be a planet, which is what I meant.:winking0016:

Ah. Okay. I can see that. :cooter:

[Dalyn]

Voyager 1 news. (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/06/voyager-unexpected-region/)

[Dalyn]

My fifties are going to rock! (http://io9.com/10-mindblowingly-futuristic-technologies-that-will-appe-673136756)

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/q83/s720x720/1006254_546137038780907_1249724138_n.jpg

[Dalyn]

Immune-killing cells switch found. (http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_articles/2013/7/17/immune-killing-cells-switch-found#)

[Tapate50]

That is NO moon.

[goldfly]

i just bought this shirt yesterday

http://images.sunfrogshirts.com/VINTAGE-FING-LBLUE.jpg

[Dalyn]

Love it! Will have to grab one. Didn't know they started selling them.

[CyYoung31]

i just bought this shirt yesterday

http://images.sunfrogshirts.com/VINTAGE-FING-LBLUE.jpg

So, what science have you actually done?

[Julio3000]

He cooked some Christie with his high-school chemistry teacher.

[BlackwaterPark]

This is pretty awesome

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/19/4537160/yuka-39000-year-old-frozen-woolly-mammoth-on-show-in-japan

[Dalyn]

Need a heart? (http://pinterest.com/pin/200128777164431960/)

[Runnin]

This is pretty cool. Tar Finally Drips after 69 Years of Waiting (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/07/19/drip-from-tar-pitch-experiment-seen-for-the-first-time-ever/#.Uend-KxYUfQ)

[Dalyn]

COSMOS the return (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gklrONZ51w8)

It looks fantastic!

[CyYoung31]

He cooked some Christie with his high-school chemistry teacher.

Yeah, science!

[Dalyn]

Particles, Fields and The Future of Physics. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gEKSpZPByD0)

[Dalyn]

Epic Space-Time Experiment. (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/04may_epic/)

[Dalyn]

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/q71/s720x720/1000883_10151550050046121_265850674_n.jpg

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/q71/s720x720/994553_677169558975873_1933656295_n.jpg

Related link. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/valerieklavans/9333090194/)

[Dalyn]

COSMOS the return (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gklrONZ51w8)

It looks fantastic!

The original went private, so here is one that works. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMJxjYRXYkU)

[Dalyn]

False memories. (http://www.boston.com/news/science/blogs/science-in-mind/2013/07/25/mit-scientists-plant-false-memory-mouse-mind/BmBV3wC4PhnSJlCFGOF2rN/blog.html)

[CyYoung31]

False memories. (http://www.boston.com/news/science/blogs/science-in-mind/2013/07/25/mit-scientists-plant-false-memory-mouse-mind/BmBV3wC4PhnSJlCFGOF2rN/blog.html)

Not good.

[Dalyn]

Not good.

I disagree. Good. Bad. It will lead to discoveries used for both, I am sure. Like most things.

[Dalyn]

https://sphotos-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/p480x480/942743_10151733412455155_2045985737_n.jpg

[Dalyn]

A Tour Around Saturn. (http://io9.com/a-tour-of-the-saturnian-system-that-will-leave-you-brea-923840884) Very cool.

[goldfly]

So, what science have you actually done?

uh, what?

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/q71/998216_637194162968265_29923941_n.jpg

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/999808_638601299494218_572872725_n.png

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/q71/264454_639253899428958_867680504_n.jpg

[CyYoung31]

uh, what?

Nothing. Julio already answered the question.

[goldfly]

Nothing. Julio already answered the question.

uh

ok

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/q71/s720x720/561797_640996625921352_90330697_n.jpg

[elmonthc]

Galileo was the tits.

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/q71/1005496_645620915458923_627925918_n.jpg

[The Chosen One]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/q71/1005496_645620915458923_627925918_n.jpg

He needs to look excited like he usually is.

Omellette Du Fromage

[Dalyn]

https://sphotos-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/q87/1146725_384567831665810_1575628068_n.jpg

[Dalyn]

Gold mentioned a book by Sacks, so I thought I would post this TED Talk by the same guy. (http://www.ted.com/talks/oliver_sacks_what_hallucination_reveals_about_our_ minds.html)

[Dalyn]

http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/50_Years_Space_Exploration1.jpg

[Dalyn]

Some interesting history on the microscope. (http://www.livescience.com/39649-who-invented-the-microscope.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Livesciencecom+%28LiveScience .com+Science+Headline+Feed%29)

[The Chosen One]

http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/50_Years_Space_Exploration1.jpg
Text is so small I can't see anything.

[Dalyn]

Text is so small I can't see anything.


Right click->view image->left click on image


That should work.

[The Chosen One]

Water found on Mars... a truly historic discovery.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57604814/water-discovered-in-mars-surface-layer/

[Dalyn]

I want to live forever (or as long as possible). We are getting close. (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.168416223354894.1073741849.166223093574207&type=1) (these are all links, by the way)

Ruf der Unsterblichkeit!

[Dalyn]

ISON is coming! (http://www.cometison2013.co.uk/perihelion-and-distance/)

[Dalyn]

https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/1451514_373897426078127_1823638039_n.jpg

[goldfly]

Met Neil deGrasse Tyson yesterday

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n579/goldfly66/F82F39A8-8B0E-4857-A88D-E088D6EE825E-1660-0000015EB9AE8C9B_zps4a1a4dda.jpg

[Dalyn]

Met Neil deGrasse Tyson yesterday

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n579/goldfly66/F82F39A8-8B0E-4857-A88D-E088D6EE825E-1660-0000015EB9AE8C9B_zps4a1a4dda.jpg

You lucky bastard.

[Runnin]

165 million year old fossil found in China of insects mating and the species seems relatively unchanged today. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/insect-sex-froghopper-fossil-china-prehistoric-bugs_n_4232078.html?utm_hp_ref=science)

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1449303/thumbs/o-FROGHOPPERS-FOSSIL-570.jpg?6
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1449306/thumbs/o-FROGHOPPER-FOSSIL-570.jpg?1

[The Chosen One]

Met Neil deGrasse Tyson yesterday

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n579/goldfly66/F82F39A8-8B0E-4857-A88D-E088D6EE825E-1660-0000015EB9AE8C9B_zps4a1a4dda.jpg

Clearly you went there for Warrick Dunn, not Neil.

[goldfly]

he was there September 17th

[Dalyn]

Plug and play. (http://science.discovery.com/tv-shows/futurescape/videos/computer-chips-in-your-brain.htm#mkcpgn=fbsci1)

[Runnin]

Those were some big bicycle shorts.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/04/physics-teacher-dan-burns-gravity-visualized_n_4378960.html?utm_hp_ref=science

[Dalyn]

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/q71/1469990_555532974523663_1830949520_n.jpg

[The Chosen One]

https://scontent-b-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/1474587_718688974818783_61330936_n.png

Spacecraft Dawn is expected to give us our answer in 2015.

[The Chosen One]

I see articles that say Antarctica has hit the coldest temperature on record... and of course that gives Climate Change skeptics a huge excuse to mock climate change itself... as if it doesn't exist.

Really wish people understood the science behind it. A big misconception people have of global warming is all 360 degrees of the Earth will warm at the same time, completely ignoring the magnetic poles shifting and the seasons and weather patterns changing.

We've had record heat and drought in recorded history, to go along with record freeze in Antarctica.

The fact people continue to ignore there's a serious problem is scary.

[Dalyn]

I see articles that say Antarctica has hit the coldest temperature on record... and of course that gives Climate Change skeptics a huge excuse to mock climate change itself... as if it doesn't exist.

Really wish people understood the science behind it. A big misconception people have of global warming is all 360 degrees of the Earth will warm at the same time, completely ignoring the magnetic poles shifting and the seasons and weather patterns changing.

We've had record heat and drought in recorded history, to go along with record freeze in Antarctica.

The fact people continue to ignore there's a serious problem is scary.

The misconceptions drive me nuts.

[The Chosen One]

Yep. Especially when we have 6 years of a warming trend, then year 7 is an outlier that reverts back temporarily, then years 8-10 continue years 1-6 but when year 7 happens all the skeptics say "GLOBAL WARMING WHAT?"

It's sad. Very sad.

[zitothebrave]

My favorite still was wilbos genius ice cube example.

[The Chosen One]

Joe the Plumber throws his hat in the climate change.
http://joeforamerica.com/2013/12/16-signs-global-warming-lie/

[Runnin]

Joe the Plumber throws his hat in the climate change.
http://joeforamerica.com/2013/12/16-signs-global-warming-lie/
I'd sooner read Wilbo and Gatom on global warming than Joe the Plumber. At least they are Braves fans.

[Krgrecw]

You guys familiar with a The Quiet Zone? Never heard of it

http://www.loopinsight.com/2013/12/18/meet-the-people-of-the-quiet-zone/

[zitothebrave]

Joe the Plumber throws his hat in the climate change.
http://joeforamerica.com/2013/12/16-signs-global-warming-lie/

Funny he wrote that a few days before NOAA released a report calling November the warmest global November ever recorded

[Dalyn]

http://www.nature.com/news/365-days-images-of-the-year-1.14303

http://www.nature.com/polopoly_fs/7.14166.1386853472!/image/04_coloursjpeg.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/04_coloursjpeg.jpg

[Dalyn]

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kQHMMe9soxuzrEJutEnTkg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9MTA2NTtjcj0xO2N3PTE2MDA7ZHg9MD tkeT0wO2ZpPXVsY3JvcDtoPTYwNztxPTc1O3c9OTEy/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-12-20/9710579a-3df5-4dea-82b2-54ab97de434a_01_2013-11-26_234548_nature_grand_prize_and_nature_winner.JPG

[thewupk]

https://scontent-b-mia.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s720x720/1474587_718688974818783_61330936_n.png

Spacecraft Dawn is expected to give us our answer in 2015.


That's pretty cool. Ceres was actually listed as a planet back in the day but got demoted like Pluto did.

[Dalyn]

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-team-kidney-stem-cells.html

http://s.ph-cdn.com/newman/gfx/news/2013/kidney.jpg

[Runnin]

This is science per se but a cool site nonetheless. Test Your Geographic Knowledge. (http://www.purposegames.com/games?c=8&so=mp)

[Dalyn]

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/entire-neanderthal-genome-finally-mapped-amazing-results-001138

http://cdn.ancient-origins.net/cdn/farfuture/I9_WK39zopmuHLw4LF3NNmJnYhjemcM_oq_HeAe1R4c/mtime:1387445572/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/genome-neanderthal.jpg?itok=LJyBXwLo

[Runnin]

A very alarming take on the Fukushima earthquake/tsunami and how it may affect the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (http://www.tokyofreepress.com/article.php?story=20131011195211431&mode=print)
http://www.tokyofreepress.com/images/imgs/Clipboard08.jpg
http://www.tokyofreepress.com/images/imgs/Clipboard09.jpg

[goldfly]

well that is depressing


I believe some friends and I are going to road trip up to the creationism museum for the Bill Nye debate next month

[The Chosen One]

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/entire-neanderthal-genome-finally-mapped-amazing-results-001138

http://cdn.ancient-origins.net/cdn/farfuture/I9_WK39zopmuHLw4LF3NNmJnYhjemcM_oq_HeAe1R4c/mtime:1387445572/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/genome-neanderthal.jpg?itok=LJyBXwLo

I wonder if they were good Christians.

[Dalyn]

I wonder if they were good Christians.

With all that fornicating? Obviously not.

[Dalyn]

well that is depressing


I believe some friends and I are going to road trip up to the creationism museum for the Bill Nye debate next month

That will be cool, I imagine (if a bit one-sided). Kind of like watching Michael Jordan play basketball against Michael Moore.

[The Chosen One]

For some good comic relief (and also a depressing feeling knowing people really think this way), please go to the comment section in the article in the link provided below.

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/01/105566-global-warming-scientists-stuck-antarctic-ice-saved-dirty-fossil-fuel-burning-helicopters/

[goldfly]

That will be cool, I imagine (if a bit one-sided). Kind of like watching Michael Jordan play basketball against Michael Moore.

haha, we shall see

we just got our tickets

so we are going

[Tapate50]

For some good comic relief (and also a depressing feeling knowing people really think this way), please go to the comment section in the article in the link provided below.

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/01/105566-global-warming-scientists-stuck-antarctic-ice-saved-dirty-fossil-fuel-burning-helicopters/


That is good comic relief. "Bring it &ussy" and "maybe they should have told the ice it was global warming" .

[zitothebrave]

For some good comic relief (and also a depressing feeling knowing people really think this way), please go to the comment section in the article in the link provided below.

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/01/105566-global-warming-scientists-stuck-antarctic-ice-saved-dirty-fossil-fuel-burning-helicopters/

People's inability to grasp global warming is fairly sad. I'm not an alarmist who thinks we all need a 0 carbon footprint, blah blah blah. But anyone ignoring the data is just wrong. Debating over the degree man has effected it and what's the balance between industry and survival are the debates that should be going on. If you think Global Warming is a myth then you suck at data analysis.

http://jameswight.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/global-average-temperature-1880-2009-with-10-year-moving-average-cropped.jpg

I hope the people who say it's not global warming are right, and it's just natural, because I'd hate to think of the millions (billions?) of people who's lives will be ruined by the sea levels rising a few inches.

All sadly the global warming naysayers have to go on is the arctic glaciers. What they don't realize, is that the arctic would be an ecological disaster, species dying out being displaced, etc. but the reason climatologists are studying the the Antarctic is because if that breaks off we're ****ed. Cause the Antarctic is what will cause sealevels to rise.

[Runnin]

The burrito vending machine has finally arrived.
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1551984/thumbs/n-BURRITOBOX-large.jpg

[Dalyn]

This is cool. (http://sploid.gizmodo.com/new-view-of-felix-baumgartners-space-jump-is-truly-awe-1513112178) <--- this is a link

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/19e909c4bsioggif/ku-xlarge.gif

[Dalyn]

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/08/26/science/space/sub-a1-armstrong/sub-a1-armstrong-articleLarge.jpg

[Gary82]

http://i.imgur.com/3LEuv.jpg

It's so damn big I'll just link it.


One of my favorite pictures ever.

[goldfly]

heading to Cincy tomorrow for the Bill Nye debate on tuesday

[The Chosen One]

heading to Cincy tomorrow for the Bill Nye debate on tuesday

You're so rich.

[goldfly]

You're so rich.

it was 25 bucks

[The Chosen One]

it was 25 bucks

Plus the cost to travel, which you seem to do every 2 weeks lol

[The Chosen One]

Better watch the winter Olympics now while you have a chance. With climate change it may be extinct one day. Just look at Vancouver 4 years ago.

[zitothebrave]

Better watch the winter Olympics now while you have a chance. With climate change it may be extinct one day. Just look at Vancouver 4 years ago.

Wut?

[Dalyn]

I believe some friends and I are going to road trip up to the creationism museum for the Bill Nye debate next month

Have fun today! :icon_biggrin:

[The Chosen One]

Wut?

It was a joke obviously.

But Vancouver DID struggle to keep snow on the tracks, because it wasn't cold enough or freezing.

I think Vancouver used a ton of artificial snow, and I read that Sochi is having the same problem.

Soon every Winter Olympics will have to be held in Wisconsin.

[The Chosen One]

Anyone watch?

[goldfly]

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n579/goldfly66/8912F7CE-6C52-4FE2-81EC-E3DA8A894E8C_zpsxfleraaz.jpg

Met Bill after the debate

[The Chosen One]

Didn't get Ham's auto? Where did sit? I wanna find you and stalk you.

[Dalyn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6mAyBwhiAJ8#t=782

[The Chosen One]

The downside of this debate is, the creationists will only say "their beliefs were reinforced and stronger after this debate" because they automatically feel like Nye is on the attack against christianity. Doesn't matter that creationism can be disproved, they're going to go with their "intiution" and never question creationism.

The reality is, I know Nye wanted to rip religion, but he had to be respectful to at least look credible.

That's the problem, if you are a loudmouth preaching the truth, nobody wants to take you serious. If you're polite while doing it, you're "respected" but people don't still take you serious.

Granted Nye shouldn't have been the guy to be debating ham. If a real career scientist was on there, I think they would've ripped Ham into shreds.

[Gary82]

If a real career scientist was on there, I think they would've ripped Ham into shreds.

No one would have watched or cared.

[zitothebrave]

It was a joke obviously.

But Vancouver DID struggle to keep snow on the tracks, because it wasn't cold enough or freezing.

I think Vancouver used a ton of artificial snow, and I read that Sochi is having the same problem.

Soon every Winter Olympics will have to be held in Wisconsin.

Vancouver had issues because it's coastal. Its one of the more temperate cities in Canada.

[The Chosen One]

No one would have watched or cared.

Not so much.

I think of Richard Dawkins (who's done hundreds of these), or even Neil Degrasse Tyson were on there people would've watched.

Neil is a nice guy though, and usually doesn't do debates like this.

[yeezus]

It's funny how people say others, like scientists, are out to "disprove" and attack religion, when it really was never about that. It was about discovery, exploration, and learning. It just so happens to disprove their precious ingrained beliefs, and that upsets them.

[Dalyn]

Ham ripped himself to shreds well enough. Nye did a good job of letting him do it.

[Gary82]

Not so much.

I think of Richard Dawkins (who's done hundreds of these), or even Neil Degrasse Tyson were on there people would've watched.


If it was someone like Dawkins or Tyson, absolutely.

[zitothebrave]

Not so much.

I think of Richard Dawkins (who's done hundreds of these), or even Neil Degrasse Tyson were on there people would've watched.

Neil is a nice guy though, and usually doesn't do debates like this.

http://i.imgur.com/cZkULsl.jpg

[The Chosen One]

I feel bad a few years ago I was scrolling through the tv guide and saw "DeGrasse" and thought it was his show... never been more wrong. :Sad:

[Dalyn]

I feel bad a few years ago I was scrolling through the tv guide and saw "DeGrasse" and thought it was his show... never been more wrong. :Sad:

That's like hearing that Curiosity landed on Mars and thinking Bruno was lucky to have survived.

[ESP47]

Here's some science for you. Did you know in an office setting, you can fundamentally fart without anyone knowing it by farting into the foam of your chair while slowly raising your buttocks up until you're done? What it does is cause a vortex of negative pressure to inherently suck your gas into the foam and keep it held in there loosely. At that point you can no longer sit on said chair because the inertia of your buttocks compressing the foam back down will in turn cause a positive pressure to kinetically release the gas you had meant to trap in the first place to absolute zero. Which will cause a doppler effect in the office for you physics hounds. My scientific recommendation would be to make a linear walk to the water cooler and give your chair time to slowly dissipate it's particles over time.

That is, if time even exists. But we'll get into that in our next lesson.

[The Chosen One]

Here's some science for you. Did you know in an office setting, you can fundamentally fart without anyone knowing it by farting into the foam of your chair while slowly raising your buttocks up until you're done? What it does is cause a vortex of negative pressure to inherently suck your gas into the foam and keep it held in there loosely. At that point you can no longer sit on said chair because the inertia of your buttocks compressing the foam back down will in turn cause a positive pressure to kinetically release the gas you had meant to trap in the first place to absolute zero. Which will cause a doppler effect in the office for you physics hounds. My scientific recommendation would be to make a linear walk to the water cooler and give your chair time to slowly dissipate it's particles over time.

That is, if time even exists. But we'll get into that in our next lesson.

To solve this problem, I'm usually the guy that takes a **** in the employee restroom and doesn't flush.

[goldfly]

just saw myself on nightline on their debate piece

weird

[Dalyn]

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/7f/b3/51/7fb351da6a90f48fa60e960233b327dc.jpg

[goldfly]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/71660_756010497753297_98467242_n.jpg

Earth, as seen from Mars.

This photograph was taken by the Curiosity rover from the surface of Mars. This is literally a photograph of our planet taken by a nuclear powered remote control car, on the surface of another planet.

Image via: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/TAMU

[The Chosen One]

Damn goldfly now mars too? What place haven't you traveled yet to take pictures? Jeeez

[goldfly]

Damn goldfly now mars too? What place haven't you traveled yet to take pictures? Jeeez

I hope that i will have the chance to take that picture one day before i don't exist anymore

[Dalyn]

http://themetapicture.com/proof-that-we-are-really-insignificant/

http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/cool-Space-Telescope-camera-sky-earth-moon.jpg

[Dalyn]

http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/cool-Space-Telescope-camera-sky-earth-Milky-Way.jpg

[The Chosen One]

So mind boggling it makes me want to explode my head.

God created it all, or so I'm told.

The planets that can't sustain life or all the random stars was just him getting bored and making up ****.

[Dalyn]

http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/big-pic-solar-systems-largest-moon-mapped

http://www.popsci.com/sites/popsci.com/files/styles/article_image_big/public/ganymede%20map.jpg?itok=xutMNkp1

[Dalyn]

This is a big deal.

http://www.nature.com/news/laser-fusion-experiment-extracts-net-energy-from-fuel-1.14710?WT.mc_id=FBK_NatureNews

http://www.nature.com/polopoly_fs/7.15547.1392283574!/image/1.14710.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/1.14710.jpg

[goldfly]

https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/1948059_762593647094982_347496812_n.jpg

[Dalyn]

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/space/an-energy-ribbon-is-helping-to-map-the-solar-systems-frontier/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/energy-ribbon-16x9-1024x576.jpg

[Dalyn]

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/433118/february-18-2014/brian-greene?utm=share_twitter

http://www.minnpost.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/article_detail/images/articles/BrianGreene%2526Books_main640x382.jpg

[Dalyn]

http://worldsciencefestival.com/videos/is_time_travel_possible

http://worldsciencefestival.com/images/sized/general-images/SUBG-170x96.jpg

[Dalyn]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=219YybX66MY

[Dalyn]

http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1697

http://www.scottaaronson.com/Jacket.gif

[Dalyn]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1798441_661024883956504_2119360049_n.jpg

[zitothebrave]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/theoatmeal-img/comics/tesla/2.jpg

[zitothebrave]

BTW that's just one page of a giant infographic on why Tesla is the man, I can post the rest if anyone wants it. Basically Tesla>Edison.

[zitothebrave]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/world/europe/siberia-giant-virus-discovered/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[The Chosen One]

http://gizmodo.com/nasa-backed-study-says-humanity-is-pretty-much-screwed-1544660726?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_faceboo k&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

[Dalyn]

This is huge.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/03/a-scientific-breakthrough-lets-us-see-to-the-beginning-of-time.html

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/Dark-Sector-Lab-BICEP2-580.jpg.jpeg

[The Chosen One]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlfIVEy_YOA#t=131

[Dalyn]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/04/03/hidden-ocean-discovered-on-saturns-moon-enceladus/#.Uz27OlfP7e5

Excluding Earth, Enceladus is my favorite place in the solar system. Nice to see everyone figuring out how awesome it is.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/files/2014/04/enceladusstripes_cassini.jpg

[keithlaw]

http://i.imgur.com/ytIvR1W.jpg

[goldfly]

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1509149_808100802544266_4534405583487002270_n.jpg

[The Chosen One]

Just out of curiosity, but how does Hubble get all of the views from space when it's limited to only being at an angle in the Earth's orbit?

[goldfly]

Hubble zooms around the Earth every 97 minu*tes, so focusing on a target can be difficult. Three onboard systems allow the telescope to remain fixed on an object: gyroscopes, the Fine Guidance Sensors that we talked about in the previous section, and reaction wheels.

The gyroscopes keep track of Hubble's gross movements. Like compasses, they sense its motion, telling the flight computer that Hubble has moved away from the target. The flight computer then calculates how much and in what direction Hubble must move to remain on target.

The flight computer then directs the reaction wheels to move the telescope.

Hubble's Fine Guidance Sensors help keep the telescope fixed on its target by sighting on guide stars. Two of the three sensors find guide stars around the target within their respective fields of view. Once found, they lock onto the guide stars and send information to the flight computer to keep the guide stars within their field of view. The sensors are more sensitive than the gyroscopes, but the combination of gyroscopes and the sensors can keep the HST fixed on a target for hours, despite the telescope's orbital motion.

The HST can't use rocket engines or gas thrusters to steer like most satellites do, because the exhaust gases would hover near the telescope and cloud the surrounding field of view. Instead, the HST has reaction wheels oriented in the three directions of motion (x/y/z or pitch/roll/yaw). The reaction wheels are flywheels, like those found in a clutch. When the HST needs to move, the flight computer tells one or more flywheels which direction to spin in and how fast, which provides the action force. In accordance with Newton's third law of motion (for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction), the HST spins in the opposite direction of the flywheels until it reaches its target.

[The Chosen One]

Thanks but what I mean is, I assume the picture you linked to is just a compilation of many of the hubble's pictures.

How can Hubble see what it looks like outside of our galaxy, facing our galaxy?

Is that just a artists' rendering of what the milk way likely looks like?

[goldfly]

i believe it is from satellites,hubble, telescopes and some theory

will look into it more to see if i can find the answer

[Dalyn]

Hubble is outside the Earth's atmosphere, so it can look away from the plane of our own galaxy (allowing it to see beyond it). But even less powerful telescopes--and our own eyes (Andromeda)--can see outside the galaxy under the right circumstances (look up Charles Messier).

[Dalyn]

As for knowing what the milky way looks like, we are at a position in the milky way where we can see most of the galaxy. That helps a ton. The rest is a compilation using measurements and pictures (and comparisons) we have of the areas we can see.

[Dalyn]

THIS is a mosaic from our vantage (and real).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Milkyway_pan1.jpg

[JohnAdcox]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/04/03/hidden-ocean-discovered-on-saturns-moon-enceladus/#.Uz27OlfP7e5

Excluding Earth, Enceladus is my favorite place in the solar system. Nice to see everyone figuring out how awesome it is.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/files/2014/04/enceladusstripes_cassini.jpg

I just used it in a screenplay! That is only a week overdue!

[Dalyn]

I just used it in a screenplay! That is only a week overdue!

Nice! I included it in one of my short stories.

Good luck with your screenplay!

[JohnAdcox]

Nice! I included it in one of my short stories.

Good luck with your screenplay!

And to you! I am pretty happy with how it turned out. It basically combines everything my 8-year-old self loved. Trade you a read for a read?

[The Chosen One]

And to you! I am pretty happy with how it turned out. It basically combines everything my 8-year-old self loved. Trade you a read for a read?

Hey hey hey. Flirting on here in public is one thing, but exchange and solicitation of illegal personal services is something for Craigslist and backpage. Smh.

[Hawk]

We should have a ChopCountry writers workshop.

[JohnAdcox]

We should have a ChopCountry writers workshop.

Fun.

[Runnin]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10389467_985098394851931_4718284012845051544_n.jpg ?oh=385ac39103f17276754e96eb527f6100&oe=54FDD388&__gda__=1429030228_4ef020549055773bbeb618aceac2a58 9

https://www.facebook.com/sciencedump (https://www.facebook.com/sciencedump)

[Runnin]

Now this is fascinating: Cuba's DIY Inventions from 30 Years of Isolation

http://www.sciencedump.com/content/cubas-diy-inventions-30-years-isolation

[Dalyn]

Interesting piece dealing with AI -

http://www.preposterousuniverse.com/blog/2015/01/17/we-are-all-machines-that-think/

[goldfly]

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11742889_1159935624027447_8213765696590016558_n.jp g?oh=e19e12d2bc0f51bf823b729aa525f09f&oe=562194A3

[The Chosen One]

Just think, that is a camera on there with 2002-2003 technology. Our smartphones have better resolution on our cameras than that one now.

[Dalyn]

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/11178209_969471356446748_1173240036547878673_n.jpg ?oh=6221f7d212376412cfb24dab1af20e00&oe=56913DBE

[Runnin]

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pegasus-mission-you-matt-long
Pegasus II is about to launch - Oct. 5.

https://www.pegasusmission.io/

This is golfing buddy from my hometown. I think he now works for Microsoft and builds rockets in his free time.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGyi0hAshVw

[Dalyn]

“We would have a new window on the universe,” Krauss said. “Gravitational waves are generated in the most exotic, strange locations in nature, such as at the edge of black holes at the beginning of time. We are pretty certain they exist, but we’ve not been able to use them to probe the universe.”

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/jan/12/gravitation-waves-signal-rumoured-science?CMP=share_btn_fb

[zitothebrave]

http://phys.org/news/2016-01-carbon-dioxide-captured-air-methanol.html

So exciting. So huge. We can take excess CO2 from the atmosphere and harness energy from it.

[Dalyn]

Man, I have been enjoying the **** out of this series -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeNSMJtKGc0

[Dalyn]

Did anyone ever watch any of these? I'm almost caught up completely. Pretty great stuff.