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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 !!
 
Joules MM1 said:
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 !!
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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...
 
SirRumpole said:
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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.
 
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