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- i_monk0
Here we show that wheat grown on a single hectare of land in a 10-layer indoor vertical facility could produce from 700 ± 40 t/ha (measured) to a maximum of 1,940 ± 230 t/ha (estimated) of grain annually under optimized temperature, intensive artificial light, high CO2 levels, and a maximum attainable harvest index. Such yields would be 220 to 600 times the current world average annual wheat yield of 3.2 t/ha. Independent of climate, season, and region, indoor wheat farming could be environmentally superior, as less land area is needed along with reuse of most water, minimal use of pesticides and herbicides, and no nutrient losses. Although it is unlikely that indoor wheat farming will be economically competitive with current market prices in the near future, it could play an essential role in hedging against future climate or other unexpected disruptions to the food system.
- I think the amount of infrastructure needed to be built to compete with the millions of acres of farmland would be an environmental disaster alone.zarkonite
- I don't think it's meant to compete or replace, but there are definite advantages/savings when you consider these can be built in urban areas.i_monk
- Also, people need to stop being afraid of GMO crops. It’s as anti-science as flat-earthersGnash
- ... almost as anti scienceGnash
- utopian0
Masks Save Lives
Universal mask-wearing is the most overlooked COVID-19 lifesaver
https://www.maskssavelives.org
- grafician2
https://edition.cnn.com/style/ar…
"Ambitious designs for underwater 'space station' and habitat unveiled"
"Sixty feet beneath the surface of the Caribbean Sea, aquanaut Fabien Cousteau and industrial designer Yves Béhar are envisioning the world's largest underwater research station and habitat.
The pair have unveiled Fabien Cousteau's Proteus, a 4,000-square-foot modular lab that will sit under the water off the coast of Curaçao, providing a home to scientists and researchers from across the world studying the ocean -- from the effects of climate change and new marine life to medicinal breakthroughs."
- *goes watching The Sphere and Abyss again*grafician
- kewlutopian
- It definitely looks cool, but what's the difference between hauling stuff into this to examine vs. hauling it up to an on-land lab?MondoMorphic
- Effects of gravity, pressure, etc.
Also could be a good backup if we fuckup the land and we need to relocate underwater - as an option lolgrafician - SeaLab. At the bottom of the sea.imbecile
- It's all science and good until a pissed of 100mt octopus rips it off the ground.Beeswax
- B1K1N1 BOTTOM_niko
- We don’t already have this?scarabin
- grafician1
"Scientists Say They Can Recreate Living Dinosaurs Within the Next Few Years"
"This story was originally published on June 16, 2015,
Don’t we already know how this movie’s going to end?
In a potentially terrifying case of life imitating art, the renowned paleontologist who served as the inspiration for Jurassic Park protagonist Dr. Alan Grant is spearheading genetic research that could engineer dinosaurs back into existence within the next five to 10 years, he says."
- Will probably need to bring back elephants before that. Would be cool though.PhanLo
- ok_not_ok0
- foutreutopian
- No, it’s notGnash
- It is if you think about it.monospaced
- Nope, no cool mirror visor, no patches or camera, no comm’s. And no matter how much time you spend in your suit, you don’t absorb your tailGnash
- when you think about it, bark is a spacesuit for a tree, skin is a spacesuit for a human, etc. etc. we are outfitted by evolution for our environssarahfailin
- utopian1
Science ranks grow thin in Trump administration
Dozens of government computers sit in a nondescript building here, able to connect to a data model that could help farmers manage the impact of a changing climate on their crops.
But no one in this federal agency would know how to access the model, or, if they did, what to do with the data.
That’s because the ambitious federal researcher who created it in Washington quit rather than move when the Agriculture Department relocated his agency to an office park here last fall.
He is one of hundreds of scientists across the federal government who have been forced out, sidelined or muted since President Trump took office.
The exodus has been fueled broadly by administration policies that have diminished the role of science as well as more specific steps, such as the relocation of agencies away from the nation’s capital.
- Bluejam2
"Sun seen in UV light."
https://twitter.com/MichaelGalan…
- uan2
- It was aliens, everyone knows this.
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Actually looks interesting, will watch.PhanLo - Just looking at the walls you can see the air bubbles that remained from the casting, so yeah, this seems plausible.grafician
- So all the monuments are not sculptures made with "alien" lasers or tools, but simply "cement" constructions like we do them today.grafician
- Many natural stones, if you cut them, have “bubbles” and it is in no way an indication of a mould. Large pieces of stone aren’t just softened either.monospaced
- We are talking about clearly man-made structures, not natural stones. But after this doc, it's pretty clear everything South American is made with "concrete".grafician
- If it hardens, it’s even “concrete” or “cocaine”. j/kmaquito
- It’s not science until we’re able to replicate itGnash
- what Gnash saidmonospaced
- @Gnash Huh?! How so? We also know about black holes but we can't replicate them, are they not science? :))grafician
- We know how to make a black hole, we have the recipe. we just don’t have enough energy to make one ourselvesGnash
- Its just theory until we’re able to replicate it,Gnash
- Not that theory isn’t science, but in this case it’s just conjectureGnash
- Gnash didn't say the subject needed to be replicated, just the studies. Studies on black holes are conducted and math is replicated.monospaced
- It was aliens, everyone knows this.
- Gnash5
- ‘Algorithm Can Remove the Water from Underwater Photos‘Gnash
- kewl.utopian
- gtfo. amazing!sarahfailin
- imagine augmented reality underwater gogglessarahfailin
- cool. some people makes cool thingBennn
- But I like the original images so much better!Krassy
- I would need to watch finding nemo through algorithm to determine what I like better.uan
- lolKrassy
- seems just like colour correction to me...inteliboy
- ^ that's what I thought at first, but apparently it's notGnash
- robots are comin yo!helloeatbreathedrive
- agressive sharks still give zero fucks thoBustySaintClaire
- Her name Derya means Sea in Turkish. She was born for thisBeeswax
- in that case her parents programmed her to do thisuan
- But they left the little color checker card in the picture.boobs
- ^ I imagine that’s not an oversight but essential for it to work?MrT
- uan2
- maquito2
Breakthrough as scientists create a new cowpox-style virus that can kill EVERY type of cancer.
Now in pre-clinical trials.
- cool!renderedred
- brought to you by Umbrella Corp.sarahfailin
- lol yep. This is how many of the finest zombie apocalypses and outbreak scenarios start.MondoMorphic
- *resumes smoking*lajj
- It kills the patients but it also kills cancer.deadsperm
- Nairn0
- I understand some of this. Some.
What amazes me is that this dude's just doing this shit in his [admiteddly well-appointed] garage. Cool shit. Literally.Nairn - Well, not literally cool shit.
That's a different video. It's on Liveleak as it contravened Youtube's guidelines.Nairn - I was wondering "why why why" til the end: supercritical CO2 can be used to decaffeinate coffee or dryclean clothes~~sarahfailin
- I understand some of this. Some.
- Gnash2
Science confirms male idiot theory (MIT)
- sarahfailin0
MIT Physicists Describe a Theoretical Fifth Loko
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Physics announced today the theoretical discovery of the fifth sequence of the energy/alcohol drink Four Loko, belligerent physicists slurred at a press conference.
“No... listen. No, you listen! I think... I think we found the Fifth Loko, and... just fucking hear me out, man — it’s fucking nuts,” mumbled a visibly intoxicated and amped-up Dr. Sandra Weymouth, lead professor on the project. “You know, we all know the first Four Lokos are caffeine, guarana, taurine, and... shit. Caffeine, guarana... taurine. Alcohol? I think so. Those cowards took out the good stuff, but we figured it out, and we found a fifth. Boo-yah, bitches.”
- Bluejam1
"Daily "solar synoptic maps" created by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These hand-drawn maps were used for solar forecasting and continue to be published today."