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- grafician1
Was planning to create a solar system at scale poster.
I gave up after this:
http://www.scalesolarsystem.66gh…
(scroll, a lot)
also more info on sizes: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/fo…
- We're actually just a speck of dust on a beach - the solar system is HUGE! Should put things in perspective...grafician
- "at scale" LOLpango
- don't be such a savage pango! You got what I was trying to do :)))grafician
- then again, those ufos are fuckin fast, the distances involved are monumental!grafician
- lol Were you raised in an Amish community?garbage
- ^hey nowpango
- renderedred0
https://www.wired.com/story/a-cr…
A Crashed Israeli Lunar Lander Spilled Tardigrades on the Moon
- Oh ohGnash
- This is how it begins.monospaced
- jewish tardigrades will turn that shit into an oasis in no time.hotroddy
- ^these are special kosher tardigrades :)renderedred
- PeterPancake2
A drone sampling the blow hole spout of a whale with a remotely operated petri dish. Happy Wednesday.
https://www.frontiersin.org/arti…
- _niko2
- The advancement is very real. That’s because Science isn’t a belief system, it’s simply actual progress at work.monospaced
- I can't wait to be able to inject people with irrational fear of doors and such.detritus
- uan0
There is a scientific debate about the limits of science.
Our current limits of observation and how theory has detached itself from experiment in modern physics.https://www.quantamagazine.org/p…
Quantum Mechanics, String Theory and Matter Antimatter models are not proven at all, and maybe never will be.
(in reply to MorningStar and mono)
- But if they ever will be, I guarantee it will be due to the scientific progress. Just like all progress made by mankind in the last couple millennia.monospaced
- There is no other method, and never will be one, that we will can use to figure it out. No other institution exists to tackle these questions.monospaced
- Therefore it’s not a belief system.monospaced
- Anyway. Saying quantium theory can’t be proven is useless. Quantum mechanics are real, happening and measurable. Like gravity, also can’t be proven. still theremonospaced
- So, quite a lot like gods then ;)Morning_star
- Nope. Gods can’t be observed, measured, tested, verified like gravity. Gravity is there, so are quantum mechanics. Gods are myth and no more.monospaced
- Anyway. Just because one of a billion scienctific theories is shaky is not an argument in favor of supernatural child stories about childish gods.monospaced
- I think the most scientific way to look at it is to acknowledge that we don't know much at all yet, but we are looking at it and have some ideas about ituan
- Yes. That is the scientific method. Science will allow us to look into it and figure it out. Nothing else will or can or ever has.monospaced
- I also think that the true meaning of religions was to liberate humans through spirituality, but that mission got corrupted in history to accumulate power...uan
- ...and to control humans.
at the bottom of spirituality you find humanistic principles that make our lives and our societies better.uan - well, then it was corrupted from the onset, as you'd be hard pressed to find anything liberating or disconnected from power in western religionmonospaced
- liberate humans through spirituality??? fuck me.futurefood
- religion came from a group of pricks with silly hats asking, 'how do we monetize this?'futurefood
- Gosh Futurefood, please enlighten us more with your awesome insight.Morning_star
- detritus0
Oh, I thought I'd already posted this somewhere?
This is REALLY weird - observable, measurable - much 'odder' to me than Dark Matter or Energy, which as far as I'm concerned could be simply down to local measurement or perceptual flaws or limitations...
http://www.astronomy.com/news/20…
"all disk galaxies rotate about once every billion years, no matter their size or mass"
- I still believe (yes, believe) that very empty space (ie the hinterland between galaxies and filaments) has some sort of force of its own.detritus
- ..if so, it would have a bearing on the interpretation of both DE and DM. Course, I know jackshit, so am just anal-spouting, as very often.detritus
- DE and DM?uan
- aaa dark energy, dark matteruan
- me too detritusmonospaced
- agree, just because it seems empty between atoms, doesn't mean it's is. Perhaps we just can't see/measure what's there with our primitive science.shapesalad
- yupmonospaced
- plash0
There are some extremely exciting medical breakthroughs in cancer research coming our way. Potential cures for cancer-- and I mean "all" cancer, not just "some" cancer or "a type of cancer" but cancer itself. And I don't mean "potential" as in "pie-in-the-sky we'd-love-to-cure-cancer-someday... potential, or "it works in theory" potential, but I mean, it's actually being done.
CRISPR is already being used to eliminate cancer all across the body using genetically-modified T-cell infusions that hunt down and kill cancerous cells with great success in China, and the USA is about to begin its own human trials.
Potentially even cooler, there is a pair of injections that cause the body to cure itself of cancer using its own T-cells, with no need of genetic engineering, no risk of rejection, and a 100% success rate in mouse trials. Soon, if all goes well, it will move on to human trials.
- Worth a watch. tl;dr - broad spectrum cancer cures have a scary side.
https://www.youtube.…detritus - ^http://www.chicagon..._niko
- http://www.chicagono…_niko
- I'm currently working with a T-Cell therapy company helping them craft their story. They also believe that they have a shot at eradicating cancer as well!!!utopian
- If I can get super powers as a side effect im all for it.ArmandoEstrada
- Worth a watch. tl;dr - broad spectrum cancer cures have a scary side.
- Morning_star2
The 240 yr old Voynich Manuscript may have been translated.
Learnt about this book as a kid and it's always held a fascination as to what information it could contain. Well, it seems we may know soon.
- detritus2
Can we ..er.. keep this thread to none bullshit science, please?
- Exactly. It’s not a belief system.monospaced
- isset
- notmonospaced
- Science said the earth was the centre of the universe at one point. Do you think all science of today is 100% correct? Of course it's a belief system...set
- You believe scientists without doing the research or studies yourself. That's a belief...set
- Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt, but to say Science is not a belief system is incorrect.set
- Or not. Not sure I totally believe anything I say though. Maybeset
- utopian0
Asgardia, the world's first 'space nation', takes flight
The world's first "space nation" has taken flight.
On November 12, Asgardia cemented its presence in outer space by launching the Asgardia-1 satellite.The "nanosat" -- it is roughly the size of a loaf of bread -- undertook a two-day journey from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, the United States, to the International Space Station (ISS).
It contains 0.5 TB of data belonging to 18,000 of Asgardia's citizens, such as family photographs, as well as digital representations of the space nation's flag, coat of arms and constitution.
- Picture: Holy shit a massively cool space station!
Reality: A satellite the size of a loaf of bread.
Clearly a space station for ants.kona - ^ lolGuyFawkes
- why the f are they using a stencil font for a CNN article headlinescarabin_net
- 'style'.detritus
- Picture: Holy shit a massively cool space station!
- PonyBoy2
PREHISTORIC, DINOSAUR-ERA SHARK WITH INSANE TEETH FOUND SWIMMING OFF COAST OF PORTUGAL
http://www.newsweek.com/dinosaur…
"The rare frilled shark is considered a “living fossil,” because evidence of its existence dates back to at least 80 million years ago. This summer, researchers found one alive and thriving off the coast of Portugal, adding yet more clues about the resilience of this ancient sea creature."
- drgs1
We dont live in a simulation
https://cosmosmagazine.com/physi…
- detritus1
Join Helen Foster/Jodie Hunt in her enthusiasm for a solar storm which could fuck us all (probably won't).
- but no Jodie Foster?monospaced
- I was thinking of her in Contact.
I often do.detritus - Jodie Foster and Helen Hunt, together at last.Continuity
- haha, Helen Hunt ... how did I miss that!?monospaced
- PonyBoy3
Scientists Discover A Scorched Planet With A Comet-Like Tail
http://www.npr.org/sections/thet…
"Scientists have found a shockingly hot, massive, Jupiter-like planet that has a tail like a comet... One side of the planet is locked in perpetual night. The other side always faces the searing heat of its host star and has a surface temperature of around 7,820 degrees Fahrenheit."
- PonyBoy2
Quadriplegic man's arm and hand brought back to life by thought-control tech
http://news.sky.com/story/quadri…
A quadriplegic man has had his right arm and hand brought back to life with the help of thought-control technology.
Bill Kochevar, 56, was paralysed below his shoulders in a cycling accident eight years ago but can now grasp and lift objects after having two pill-sized electrodes implanted in his brain.
- Time for robo-wankset
- ^ will have to be a soft-rubcannonball1978
- PonyBoy2
Mystery cosmic radio bursts pinpointed
"Since this is the only known repeating burst, it's possible it could represent a completely different phenomenon to other FRBs.
In addition to detecting the bright bursts from FRB 121102, the team's observations also revealed an ongoing, persistent source of weaker radio emission in the same region.
The flashes and the persistent source must be within 100 light-years of each other, and scientists think they are likely to be either the same object or physically associated with one another."