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SCIENCE NEWS THREAD

Started by Blue Jam, October 23, 2019, 10:31:24 AM

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Blue Jam


Blumf

Going to have to get Morgan Freeman back into the recording booth for this.

Mr_Simnock

Quote from: Blue Jam on December 12, 2019, 11:24:33 AM
PENGUINS ARE DEPRAVED:

https://www.foxnews.com/science/bizarre-100-year-cover-up-of-penguin-prostitution-in-antarctica-revealed-by-book

Sorry for the Fox link, the only others I could find were the Mail and the S*n.


That's given me a right good laugh, thanks for that

Blue Jam

Quote from: Blumf on December 12, 2019, 01:07:10 PM
Going to have to get Morgan Freeman back into the recording booth for this.

MARCH OF THE MALLARDS

Blue Jam

Alright, this one is just freaky:

Scientists use stem cells from frogs to build first living robots

QuoteResearchers in the US have created the first living machines by assembling cells from African clawed frogs into tiny robots that move around under their own steam.

One of the most successful creations has two stumpy legs that propel it along on its "chest". Another has a hole in the middle that researchers turned into a pouch so it could shimmy around with miniature payloads.

"These are entirely new lifeforms. They have never before existed on Earth," said Michael Levin, the director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. "They are living, programmable organisms."

Blue Jam

Not news, but I am werking from home today and I just watched a research talk which featured this clip:

https://youtu.be/0t2VPBF6Kp4



Apparently rats swimming up toilets is "not common, but not rare" in Chicago. I had quite fancied visiting Chicago. Until now.

Captain Z

They'll only do it if the toilet has been placed on a squashed flan though.

Blue Jam

That's the last time I'm flushing any flans down my toilet, then.

touchingcloth

Ew, I'd get straight out if I saw a rat swimming in the same toilet as me.

tao of wub

Back in the swinging 70s science was looking at such (balloon) knotty problems as,

"Unusual Substitution in an Arsole Ring"

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.197204411

An embarrassingly low number of citations at only 3, probably kink shaming's chilling effect on the progression of knowledge

Ferris

Chicago is supposed to be lovely, post-diluvian rodents or not. Would love to visit and eat massive pizza and watch one of their shit baseball teams.

touchingcloth

If I was crying
In the van, with my friend
It was for freedom
And the rat filled U-bend

Dex Sawash

How is the waterline in the bowl above the level of the ubend?

Blue Jam

Quote from: FerriswheelBueller on July 03, 2020, 03:07:57 AM
Chicago is supposed to be lovely, post-diluvian rodents or not. Would love to visit and eat massive pizza and watch one of their shit baseball teams.

I want to visit and do all the museums and all the Nicola Tesla science-type shizzle.

I bet Tesla got bitten on the arse by a rat. By that point in his life he probably would have been glad of the company though.


PlanktonSideburns

Quote from: Blue Jam on July 02, 2020, 02:41:33 PM
Not news, but I am werking from home today and I just watched a research talk which featured this clip:

https://youtu.be/0t2VPBF6Kp4



Apparently rats swimming up toilets is "not common, but not rare" in Chicago. I had quite fancied visiting Chicago. Until now.

is that what shitters look like inside?

well i never

PlanktonSideburns

Quote from: Sebastian Cobb on July 03, 2020, 03:47:37 PM
I forgot about this thread.

Electric planes being trialled in the UK.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-53191819/electric-plane-s-milestone-first-uk-test-flight-at-cranfield

A six-seater electric plane, said to be Europe's largest emission-free aircraft, has completed its first UK test flight.

Powered by hydrogen, the Piper Malibu flew several short journeys from Cranfield Airport in Bedfordshire, as part of a project funded by the UK government.

hows it powered by hydrogen and lectric?

Ferris


touchingcloth


Blue Jam


bgmnts

Didn't the DuPonts put cancer acids in the water ages ago anyway?

Blue Jam

Flying paramedics with motherfucking jetpacks in the Lake District:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-54331994


steve98

And what happens when the flying paramedic crashes? Who rescues him? another flying paramedic? And what happens when that one crashes too? And so on. D'you see what I'm sayin'?

Dex Sawash

Quote from: steve98 on September 29, 2020, 04:36:16 PM
And what happens when the flying paramedic crashes? Who rescues him? another flying paramedic? And what happens when that one crashes too? And so on. D'you see what I'm sayin'?



touchingcloth


idunnosomename

Quote from: Dex Sawash on September 29, 2020, 04:37:28 PM

this video is like homer simpson chasing the back of his head. funny at first, then deeply depressing

Blue Jam

Need some medical treatment on your leg? Why not just detach it, send it off for the necessary repairs and get it back the next working day?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-54724837

Blumf

Quote from: Blue Jam on October 29, 2020, 11:23:11 AM
Need some medical treatment on your leg? Why not just detach it, send it off for the necessary repairs and get it back the next working day?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-54724837

Uber Treats ?