The Cool Science Stuff Thread

[Bacigalupo]

Cosmic Hydrant.

http://factoidz.com/how-to-boil-water-in-a-paper-cup/

 

[phrodeau]

Reverse beer goggles - making normal people look like freaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM6lGNhPujE

 

[rosco rathbone]

This is the coolest thing I've seen all week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxE3KBRorZI&feature=player_embedded

 

[SkAoUt]

MagIC or Magnesium Injection Cycle developed my Mitsubishi in 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_injection_cycle

And this one from oct 2009
http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2009/10/01/a-magnesium-fuel-cycle/

Sorry if anyone's posted this before.

I was wondering if anyone is aware of what has become of this project. I'm crap at searches and couldn't find anything any more recent.

Thanks

 

[Saint Peter]

http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/07/22/new-mars-rover-to-land-in-giant-gale-cra?videoId=217390972&videoChannel=6

 

[rosco rathbone]

First results on the search for the Higgs boson are in. Apparently several mass ranges have been decisively ruled out.

 

[Bacigalupo]

That's no space station...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/20/us-space-pluto-idUSTRE76J4L020110720

 

[Cleopatra]

This is the coolest thing I've seen all week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxE3KBRorZI&feature=player_embedded

Definitely worth watching...

 

[Bacigalupo]

Cosmic Hydrant pt. deux

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/universe20110722.html

 

[rosco rathbone]

http://spaceshaft.org/

 

[islandman]

http://spaceshaft.org/

Asimov's space elevator lives!

Or was it Clarke's? I forget.

 

[OzoneRed]

Asimov's space elevator lives!

Or was it Clarke's? I forget.

Clarke wrote about it (Fountains of Paradise), but he didn't invent the concept.

 

[Bacigalupo]

It is so klandinktu!

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/03/138954932/early-earth-may-have-been-orbited-by-two-moons?sc=fb&cc=fp

 

[HB1965]

The Earth had two moons

 

[islandman]

Clarke wrote about it (Fountains of Paradise), but he didn't invent the concept.

I did not know that and googled the history of the concept. Fascinating stuff.

Thanks for the knowledge.

 

[HAL_9000]

Singing Tesla Coil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff_AXVlo9U

 

[islandman]

Singing Tesla Coil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff_AXVlo9U

A zeusaphone!

 

[HB1965]

A new TV series that we sadly have to wait until November to see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u_rYMdBfDo&feature=player_embedded#at=115

 

[stephen55]

Did Earth once have two moons?

The appearance of the near side of the moon, always facing us, is considerably different from that of the far side.

http://www.lunarproperties.com/files/imagecache/text_image/files/Near%20Side%20Moon%20resize%20236W.JPG
The near side

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Cara-oculta-luna.jpg/300px-Cara-oculta-luna.jpg
The far side

A theory that there was once two moons orbiting Earth and that one impacted the other, might explain the difference. As well as explaining why the moon is a bit lopsided, it could account for the difference in chemical composition of the two sides.

http://www******.com/12529-earth-2-moons-collision-moon-formation.html

The idea that there were two moons up there is...cool.

 

[Holly Delight]

Just fun

OK, so it's real connection to this thread is the MIT link, but this is still amazing:

http://in.princetonreview.com/in/2011/02/the-mit-origami-club.html

 

[HB1965]

The appearance of the near side of the moon, always facing us, is considerably different from that of the far side.

http://www.lunarproperties.com/files/imagecache/text_image/files/Near%20Side%20Moon%20resize%20236W.JPG
The near side

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Cara-oculta-luna.jpg/300px-Cara-oculta-luna.jpg
The far side

A theory that there was once two moons orbiting Earth and that one impacted the other, might explain the difference. As well as explaining why the moon is a bit lopsided, it could account for the difference in chemical composition of the two sides.

http://www******.com/12529-earth-2-moons-collision-moon-formation.html


The idea that there were two moons up there is...cool.

Yes I already posted about it :

The Earth had two moons

 

[stephen55]

Yes I already posted about it :

I missed it...

But then I posted pictures, so there!

 

[islandman]

Live feed of NASA launching a probe to Jupiter: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44035058#44035058

 

[stephen55]

A plaque, dedicated to astronomer Galileo Galilei is on board...which is very cool...

http://i.space.com/images/i/11389/i02/galileo-plaque-juno.jpg

 

[Bacigalupo]

Anyone have a Vesta interest in this matter?

http://planetary.org/blog/article/00003126/