The Cool Science Stuff Thread

[von_Bismarck]

Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars

Marsis wasn't able to determine how thick the layer of water might be, but the research team estimate that it is a minimum of one metre.

"This really qualifies this as a body of water. A lake, not some kind of meltwater filling some space between rock and ice, as happens in certain glaciers on Earth," Prof Orosei added.

 

[thør]

Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars

Marsis wasn't able to determine how thick the layer of water might be, but the research team estimate that it is a minimum of one metre.

"This really qualifies this as a body of water. A lake, not some kind of meltwater filling some space between rock and ice, as happens in certain glaciers on Earth," Prof Orosei added.

So, something a bit smaller than Lake Ellsworth in Antarctic?

 

[von_Bismarck]

So, something a bit smaller than Lake Ellsworth in Antarctic?

Seems to be in that ballpark, but significantly shallower. One of the articles I came across mentioned not all researchers are convinced of the finding, and want more data.

 

[Emerson40]

https://www.neatorama.com/images/posts/156/72/72156/1400432669-0.jpg

 

[Bacigalupo]

Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars

Marsis wasn't able to determine how thick the layer of water might be, but the research team estimate that it is a minimum of one metre.

"This really qualifies this as a body of water. A lake, not some kind of meltwater filling some space between rock and ice, as happens in certain glaciers on Earth," Prof Orosei added.

Quick follow-up.

 

[about_average]

Quick follow-up.

And astronomers thought the blood moon was a celestial event, not realizing it was actually being eaten.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

"...it was immediately apparent that the foot, nearly a meter wide, was from an extremely large animal."

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180724110119.htm

 

[thør]

Coding

 

[about_average]

Coding

LMAO, so true.

 

[thør]

Skunk Works registers patent for compact fusion reactor.

 

[trysail]

Skunk Works registers patent for compact fusion reactor.

Fusion?

It would be wonderful but I'll believe it when I see it.


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[thør]

The successes of the Skunk Works are legendary.

 

[nowisthetime]

Ancient worms come back to life after being frozen for 42,000 years


"Our data demonstrate the ability of multicellular organisms to survive long-term (tens of thousands of years) cryobiosis under the conditions of natural cryoconservation," said the scientists to The Siberian Times.

The adaptive mechanisms of the worms may also be of scientific and practical importance for such fields as astrobiology, namely the search for extraterrestrial life, as well as cryomedicine and cryobiology - the study on how extremely low temperatures affect life, according to the scientists.

The study was published in the journal Doklady Biological Sciences in May, and became available online recently."

 

[von_Bismarck]

Been a lot of movement in the private sector for fusion energy recently. Something like half a dozen startups targeting the 2025-2030 timeframe for the possibility of commercialization. I'm cautiously optimistic fusion energy can be realized before DEMO gets up and running.

 

[about_average]

Skunk Works registers patent for compact fusion reactor.

Now that would be Cool.
Ok, actually hot, but you know what I mean.

 

[thør]

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[about_average]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20638342_1589274074426427_6745736857994527623_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=f55fbad81ccd89df078dc549f26ec575&oe=5C0519AC

Still a vivid memory of watching them exit the LEM.

As Buzz Aldrin was exiting I turn to my brother and said, "It would really suck if he accidentally locks the door." I had to laugh when Aldrin said essentially the same thing a couple seconds later.
I'm sure there were precautions to prevent that, but it was still funny.

 

[thør]

Still a vivid memory of watching them exit the LEM.

As Buzz Aldrin was exiting I turn to my brother and said, "It would really suck if he accidentally locks the door." I had to laugh when Aldrin said essentially the same thing a couple seconds later.
I'm sure there were precautions to prevent that, but it was still funny.

I remember watching that and when it was over, I went back outside to patch nets.

 

[phrodeau]

I remember watching that and when it was over, I went back outside to patch nets.

Could you see the moon outside? It would have been in crescent, on a late afternoon.

 

[thør]

Could you see the moon outside? It would have been in crescent, on a late afternoon.

I don't remember if the TV was "real time" then. So much crap was tape delayed.

The moon in the daytime sky is fairly normal to see up here so it's not memorable.

 

[thør]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13906589_1430550676961544_1936151142600813397_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=9cfdc4c8638ca5a8336bffb4bdbd5383&oe=5BFC698E

 

[thør]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39154891_1116547498502642_456475901677273088_n.png?_nc_cat=0&oh=f5af9f9847d16b515023030b974a01e0&oe=5BEF2F92

 

[Not Normal]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13906589_1430550676961544_1936151142600813397_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=9cfdc4c8638ca5a8336bffb4bdbd5383&oe=5BFC698E

BRILLIANT.

 

[trysail]

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39154891_1116547498502642_456475901677273088_n.png?_nc_cat=0&oh=f5af9f9847d16b515023030b974a01e0&oe=5BEF2F92

I frequently cite a version of the engineer's axiom that "The fewer moving parts, the better" along with "The simplest solution is the best solution" in numerous non-engineering contexts including, but not limited to, finance, investing, medicine, maritime matters, contract law and general problem solving.

It is, of course, a corollary of the K.I.S.S. rule (another useful concept too often observed in the breech than in practice).





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[thør]

Admiral Halsey approved.