The Cool Science Stuff Thread

[islandman]

Perfectly preserved baby dinosaur discovered curled up inside its egg

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/21/asia/baby-dinosaur-inside-egg-scn/index.html

https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211221063524-04-baby-dinosaur-fossil-egg-restricted-exlarge-169.jpg

 

[Sean]

Number fetishism.

H-factor.....blah, blah

Speaking of which, I came across Graham's Number the other day. An integer so large that if it was written down, with each digit the size of a Planck volume, it would be too large to fit into the universe.

 

[Rotadom]

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/21/asia/baby-dinosaur-inside-egg-scn/index.html

https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211221063524-04-baby-dinosaur-fossil-egg-restricted-exlarge-169.jpg

 

[Weird Harold]

Okay.....

Believe it when i see it.

 

[bodysong]

NPR gives James Webb Space Telescope a lovely write-up

December 21, 2021

(just a taste, of what the article is offering. It's filled with interesting info/graphics)

Why the telescope needs to be so cold

To understand why the telescope needs an unprecedented sunshield,
it's important to know what kind of light the telescope is picking up
and what kind of instruments are needed to do so.

Scientists will use the telescope to study infrared light emitted by
distant planets and galaxies — and the infrared technology has to be
kept absolutely frigid.

The temperature needs to be close to absolute zero, when molecules
essentially stop moving. This extreme temperature is needed for the
telescope's scientific instruments to work correctly and to minimize
infrared background "noise" — like heat from the sun —
being picked up by the infrared sensors.

"As light travels through the universe ... the light waves elongate
and it shifts into the infrared, which is heat."

- Bill Ochs, the James Webb Space Telescope project manager

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/21/1064183308/james-webb-space-telescope-sunshield-launch

 

[islandman]

Clearly not the cooking genes..........

3,000 Years Ago, Britain Got Half Its Genes From … France?

An extensive study of ancient DNA suggests that a wave of newcomers — and perhaps the first Celtic languages — crossed the English Channel three millenniums ago.



https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/science/archaeology-britain-migration-dna-reich.html

 

[LukSkyFokker]

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope – Official Mission Trailer

I'm giddy.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope – Official Mission Trailer

I'm giddy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-uHDGaXtqE

No fireworks. Success!

 

[islandman]

James Webb journey tracker.......

https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

 

[FL30]

Waterbears hatching

https://imgur.com/gallery/bfclqy6

 

[FL30]

From NASA's Curiosity Rover

https://imgur.com/gallery/PTSDQk0

 

[Sugar Baby Wanted]

five characters

 

[islandman]

https://webb.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

Turns out that the launch and transfer orbit maneuvers were so efficient that the telescope has extra fuel on board............

.........and NASA's already saying that that extra fuel likely means that the telescope's lifespan is now "significantly" more than its expected 10 years.

Those French assholes are really, really good.

 

[thør]

Amateur.

 

[Dribble]

41% of Neanderthal genome persists in modern humans. This surprised me...but does make total sense. True...any one individual only contains around 3%...the region each person has differs among individuals.

https://youtu.be/54zB8FOlFcE

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

https://www.barn orama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/daily_picdump-72-1.jpg

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

https://www.barn orama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/actually_awesome-19.jpg

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

https://www.barn orama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/morning_picdump-10-2.jpg

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

https://www.barn orama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/morning_picdump-13-2.jpg

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

https://www.barn orama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/daily_gifdump-13-1.gif

 

[thør]

https://www.barn orama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/morning_picdump-10-2.jpg

Interesting.

Of the two photos, the one on the left is of the MIR open pit diamond mine in Siberia. And the reason I know this for damn sure is that I've stood on at the top of that pit, on the visitor platform. It was everything I could do to not spit into the void.

The one on the right is on the Kola Peninsula.


For more on the superbore.

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

https://www.barn orama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/daily_gifdump-25-1.gif

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

https://www.barn orama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/daily_gifdump-21.gif

 

[FL30]

Earth From ISS

https://imgur.com/gallery/AzIwt6X

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

https://www.barn orama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/thats_a_wow_right_there_10.gif