The Cool Science Stuff Thread

[von_Bismarck]

Here's a good idea. Fight AGW by making atmospheric carbon capture profitable. Over the next several years, it may become more economical to source carbon from the air rather than from the ground. In other words, it may become cheaper to manufacture, for example, concrete from carbon in the air.

https://singularityhub.com/2019/08/...ect-air-capture-making-stuff-out-of-thin-air/

 

[thør]

https://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/challenge-625x352.jpg

NASA wants YOU!

 

[thør]

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[roybot]

I didn't say anything that was a lie, dumbass.

Love that "Dumbass" quote!!!! wich they would bring back the , king of the hill, cartoon that popularized it. even though its a term that has rolled off my tounge many years prior..... also got sent home from factory job for informing a supervisor of my thought of him....again,, rolled off my tounge,, really was an accident,, but couldnt take it back after got loose.
& it really is 1 of my favorite expressions,,,,, when I can manage to suppress some of my more military inspired cruder responses.
Any way,, sorry ya'll,, not very scientific but stirred a passion. & I havent been to lit here in ages. I should get at least a check mark for effort.
Do like the science stuff here & also the other stuff found on this site.
CHEERS to all

 

[thør]

Meet the new black.

 

[thør]

Pardon me, do you have the time?

 

[thør]

A cool science job in NY.

 

[thør]

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2019/09/20/mag-voyages-new/assets/images/29mag-archival-part2-03-900.png

 

[trysail]

I'd be extremely grateful if you'd let me know when you hear or read a mainstream media news report on this retraction.

I'm certain the NY Times or the WaPo or Bloomberg or NPR or AP's Seth Borenstein will be the first to inform the public.

TIA




"Nature" Paper On Ocean Warming Retracted

by Retraction Watch

"...'Nature' is retracting a 2018 paper which found that the oceans are warming much faster than predicted by previous models of climate change.

The article, "Quantification of ocean heat uptake from changes in atmospheric O2 and CO2 composition,” appeared at last October but quickly drew the attention of an influential critic who said the analysis was flawed.

The authors agreed, and within three weeks the paper received the following update:

"We would like to alert readers that the authors have informed us of errors in the paper. An implication of the errors is that the uncertainties in ocean heat content are substantially underestimated. We are working with the authors to establish the quantitative impact of the errors on the published results, at which point in time we will provide a further update."
​

At the time, Ralph Keeling, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., and a co-author of the article, was gracious about the error. The San Diego Tribune quoted the researcher saying:

"When we were confronted with his insight it became immediately clear there was an issue there. We’re grateful to have it be pointed out quickly so that we could correct it quickly."​

Now, nearly more than 10 months later, Nature is pulling the plug on the article..."

more...


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[von_Bismarck]

https://gfycat.com/tinteddelectableblueshark-starship-mk-1-construction-spaceflight

 

[bodysong]

Science and Your Tea

Hernandez, Tufenkji and their fellow researchers at McGill
University tested four kinds of plastic tea bags in boiling water,
and found that a single bag would release more than 11 billion
microplastic and 3 billion nanoplastic particles. You would not
be able to see the contamination with your own eyes; the researchers
had to use an electron microscope. But it’s there.

Their findings were published in the American Chemical Society
journal Environmental Science & Technology this month.

Further testing of additional samples revealed their structures
and confirmed that the material was made of the same plastic
materials as PET, a kind of polyester, and nylon. It was clear,
Tufenkji said, that the plastic was coming from the tea bags
themselves, not the tea.

Though Tufenkji declined to name the brands they used for fear
of singling out one company over others, she said that some
frequent tea drinkers could be repeatedly dosing themselves
with billions of particles of plastic as they drank the beverage
day after day. Some of the particles, she noted, would be small
enough to potentially infiltrate human cells.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...plastic-particles-into-your-brew-study-shows/

 

[thør]

They got that space suit thing figured out.

 

[phrodeau]

An amateur photographer enhanced one of the Apollo 11 photos, and found Buzz Aldrin's face in it.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/sci...t-time-in-iconic-apollo-11-picture/vi-AAIdsJ4

https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2019/10/640/320/apollo-11-buzz-aldrin-face-2.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

 

[thør]

Mammoths were still around when the Egyptians built the pyramids.

 

[thør]

Uranus toots

 

[Hal9000_]

https://www.livescience.com/fusion-power-new-method-plasma-guns.html


https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/64XaLGtYWk5BNWugezSa6N-650-80.jpg

 

[thør]

I study Nuclear Science, Love my classes......

 

[thør]

Mail order U238.

 

[Hal9000_]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...irect-brain-to-brain-communication-in-humans/


Scientists Demonstrate Direct Brain-to-Brain Communication in Humans
Work on an “Internet of brains” takes another step...

 

[thør]

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[bodysong]

The spinning ice disk of Westbrook, Maine has a phenomena rival

Bizarre ice balls found in Arctic Alaska river puzzle locals and scientists

- Shady Grove Oliver, The Arctic Sounder

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/sci...ic-alaska-river-puzzle-locals-and-scientists/

What’s still stumping scientists in Alaska, however, is how the balls
ended up beneath the layer of clear ice.

“Maybe the balls were formed a little bit upstream and floated down
into this quiet area and then the clear ice formed second,” Johnson mused.
"That’s my guess, is that then clear ice formed after the balls.
It’s all just a guess. We looked at those pictures and we were really
curious about how it got trapped in that clear lake ice.”

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/sci...ic-alaska-river-puzzle-locals-and-scientists/

 

[Weird Harold]

cool.

 

[bodysong]

oops

Meant to post link from BBC, about the spinning ice disk
but I posted ADN 2X

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

Facial recognition is here.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/the-future-of-facial-recognition-in-america.html

 

[thør]

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