The Science Thread

[Joules MM1]

a first, man-made flying machine takes off on another planet
Ingenuity on the incline
$BTC on the decline


(apparently its the equiv of an earth-bound chopper achieving 100k height in terms of atmospheric conditions)
..take that aliens !!

 

[basilio]

a first, man-made flying machine takes off on another planet
Ingenuity on the incline
$BTC on the decline


(apparently its the equiv of an earth-bound chopper achieving 100k height in terms of atmospheric conditions)
..take that aliens !!

I'll tell you what will be even more interesting.. If Ingenuity is beetling around and suddenly it gets shot out of the Martian sky !
That will turn a few heads...

 

[Joules MM1]

9,992 km² is the size of Melbourne

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/04a8...at&fit=max&s=341fbadff5107c3680358be69aa022da

World’s largest iceberg, nearly four times size of New York City, forms in Antarctica

The 3,320 square kilometre slab of ice dubbed A-76 broke off Ronne shelf and is floating in Weddell sea

www.theguardian.com

 

[Joules MM1]

Hopefully this thread will allow some lateral thinking apart from politics.

Fascinating...


No brain? No problem! Single-cell slime mould can learn


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-27/slime-mould-can-learn-even-without-brain/7363176
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thanks, @SirRumpole
..and if you do have a brain with fam history of PD or Alzheimer's
excerpt:

A New Drug Cleans Neurons and Reverses Symptoms

In an encouraging finding, Dr. Cuervo and her team developed a novel drug that shows potential for treating Alzheimer's. "We know that CMA is capable of digesting defective tau and other proteins," said Dr. Cuervo. "But the sheer amount of defective protein in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases overwhelms CMA and essentially cripples it. Our drug revitalizes CMA efficiency by boosting levels of a key CMA component."

Experimental drug shows potential against Alzheimer's disease

Researchers have designed an experimental drug that reversed key symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice. The drug works by reinvigorating a cellular cleaning mechanism that gets rid of unwanted proteins by digesting and recycling them.

www.sciencedaily.com

 

[Joules MM1]

https://cires.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/spheres/pdf/Spheres_2021.pdf

great reading for sciency type people.
contents:

 

[Knobby22]

https://cires.colorado.edu/sites/default/files/spheres/pdf/Spheres_2021.pdf

great reading for sciency type people.
contents:

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Love to go to the navigating a new arctic lecture.

 

[basilio]

Learn something new every day.

The Earth is far more alive than previously thought, according to “deep life” studies that reveal a rich ecosystem beneath our feet that is almost twice the size of all the world’s oceans.

Despite extreme heat, no light, minuscule nutrition and intense pressure, scientists estimate this subterranean biosphere is teeming with between 15bn and 23bn tonnes of micro-organisms, hundreds of times the combined weight of every human on the planet.

Scientists identify vast underground ecosystem containing billions of micro-organisms

Global team of scientists find ecosystem below earth that is twice the size of world’s oceans

www.theguardian.com

 

[basilio]

Wind powered car - that goes faster than the wind... Mark 1

 

[basilio]

Science Daily is an excellent website that brings together new and sometimes older science stories across all fields.
Go lose yourself..

ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news

Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics...

www.sciencedaily.com

 

[basilio]

Another science based site but also focused on the interaction science and society.

The Latest From Undark

News features, long-form narratives, essays, analysis, reviews — get all of Undark's journalism at the intersection of science and society.

undark.org

 

[Joules MM1]

words of the week geomorphologic sedimentologic

 

[sptrawler]

Genetic engineering is alive and well.

Are designer babies and supersoldiers inevitable?

Saving lives or playing God? We consider where the gene-editing revolution might lead.

www.theage.com.au

 

[SirRumpole]

Genetic engineering is alive and well.

Are designer babies and supersoldiers inevitable?

Saving lives or playing God? We consider where the gene-editing revolution might lead.

www.theage.com.au

Anything that can be done will be done, by someone anyway.

 

[orr]

Just like to give 'a best of luck' to the Chinese effort out in the Gobi Desert with Their Thorium molten salt reactor...
A flicker of true hope in an outherwise distructive self impovrishing nuclear tub thumping paranoid week.
Can we ask the Yanks to throw in the specs from the Oak Ridge work, as a bonus, with what ever outdated tech they'll flog us? They're sending the hooks down for the 'Thresher' now.

 

[SirRumpole]

strange radio bursts from the centre of the galaxy.

Maybe some potential investors out there.

What's causing a strange radio signal from the centre of the Milky Way?

Astronomers are baffled by a mysterious radio signal coming from near the centre of our galaxy that appears and disappears randomly.

www.abc.net.au

 

[basilio]

Scientists have discovered a new planet.
2000C summer temperatures and in winter (500C) it rains.... aluminium..

Meet TOI-3362 b — the 'blazingly hot' planet with metal rain

Queensland scientists have helped confirm the discovery of an "extremely unusual" new planet, with temperatures above 2000 degrees, aluminium rain, and a rare orbit.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Joules MM1]

@SirRumpole a weekend tv moment

 

[sptrawler]

I bet there was a queue at the space station toilet after the thruster incident.

Space station situation with Russian module misfire more serious than stated: report

The space station spun far more than the reported 45 degrees, according to NASA flight director Zebulon Scoville.

www.space.com

 

[basilio]

Dwarf planets in our Solar System. How many can you name ? WTF are they anyway ??

A Visual Introduction to the Dwarf Planets in our Solar System

Since dwarf planets started being classified in 2005, nine have been recognized. Here we visually introduce the dwarf planets in our solar system.

www.visualcapitalist.com

 

[SirRumpole]

Fascinating video on how radiation can effect election results, and lots of other things.