off topic The Science Thread

[qwksndmonster]

I just watched that. Some interesting stuff,… some way out there cuckoobird stuff too, but still pretty good.

I wish it was more analysis and less ilovemovies! fluff, but it was definitely worth a look.

[ubkev]

I just found out that science classes at my son's school still teach the tongue map. You know, that thing that was debunked as a myth years ago. Great.

[darksabre]

I just found out that science classes at my son's school still teach the tongue map. You know, that thing that was debunked as a myth years ago. Great.

Public school?

[ubkev]

Public school?

Yeah, I'm not rich enough to send him to private school.

 

Of course, I went to private school* and I don't remember it being all that great.

 

 

 

 

*7-10,got sick of it and begged mom and dad to let me go back to public school.

[Thwomp!]

Science based horror story for the Halloween season.  What happens when you get bit by a venomous snake and don't and/or are unable to get it treated?

 

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/dying-hours-snake-biten-scientist-recorded-diary

[BagBoy]

I never took a physics class in my life, but I love watching those physics shows. I just watched an Einstein show I'd seen before, but I had a new thought this time.

 

In a nutshell, his Theory of Relativity gets into gravity/warping of space-time, etc. The only way to prove Einstein's theory back then was to observe where the stars "near" the sun appeared to be during a total eclipse of the sun.

 

The other part of my thought is that astronomers say we have really cool eclipses here on earth, because between the size and distance of our moon (from earth), it's kind of a perfect fit for our sun. This allows for the sun's corona during total eclipses, and allows us to photo the stars near the sun during a total eclipse. If the moon was smaller, the corona would be too prevalent/wide to be able to see stars on the edge of the sun.

 

If the moon was bigger, maybe you could get around the whole blotting out the sun thing (I'm way out of my league here), but it seems to me it would be much more complicated to validate Einstein/Relativity if the moon was bigger.

 

So what if we didn't have this perfect Goldilocks sun/moon set-up? Where would we be now? No man-made satellites? That alone is pretty heavy.  and if anyone mentions intelligent design I will track you down and poop in your yard

Edited November 3, 2015 by BagBoy

[GoPre]

I never took a physics class in my life, but I love watching those physics shows. I just watched an Einstein show I'd seen before, but I had a new thought this time.

 

In a nutshell, his Theory of Relativity gets into gravity/warping of space-time, etc. The only way to prove Einstein's theory back then was to observe where the stars "near" the sun appeared to be during a total eclipse of the sun.

 

The other part of my thought is that astronomers say we have really cool eclipses here on earth, because between the size and distance of our moon (from earth), it's kind of a perfect fit for our sun. This allows for the sun's corona during total eclipses, and allows us to photo the stars near the sun during a total eclipse. If the moon was smaller, the corona would be too prevalent/wide to be able to see stars on the edge of the sun.

 

If the moon was bigger, maybe you could get around the whole blotting out the sun thing (I'm way out of my league here), but it seems to me it would be much more complicated to validate Einstein/Relativity if the moon was bigger.

 

So what if we didn't have this perfect Goldilocks sun/moon set-up? Where would we be now? No man-made satellites? That alone is pretty heavy. and if anyone mentions intelligent design I will track you down and poop in your yard

Seriously, very interesting post. Can make one really think.

[biodork]

Volcanic lightning is a thing?  Seriously cool video here:

 

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/09/30/video-of-super-charged-volcanic-ash-cloud-is-so-amazing-its-been-viewed-more-than-23-million-times-in-48-hours/

 

and more pics and info here:

 

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150323-what-is-a-dirty-thunderstorm?ocid=fbert

Edited November 9, 2015 by biodork

[josie]

Volcanic lightning is a thing?  Seriously cool video here:

 

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/09/30/video-of-super-charged-volcanic-ash-cloud-is-so-amazing-its-been-viewed-more-than-23-million-times-in-48-hours/

 

and more pics and info here:

 

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150323-what-is-a-dirty-thunderstorm?ocid=fbert

Also known as a "dirty thunderstorm" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_thunderstorm

 

And here's our good friend Eyjafjallajökull when it erupted a couple years ago- epic metal cover type stuff. 

 

[darksabre]

Also known as a "dirty thunderstorm" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_thunderstorm

 

And here's our good friend Eyjafjallajökull when it erupted a couple years ago- epic metal cover type stuff. 

 

I need this painted on the side of a GMC Vandura. 

[drnkirishone]

I need this painted on the side of a GMC Vandura.

you mean you don't already have this?

[biodork]

Also known as a "dirty thunderstorm" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_thunderstorm

 

And here's our good friend Eyjafjallajökull when it erupted a couple years ago- epic metal cover type stuff. 

 

Neat!!

[ubkev]

I need this painted on the side of a GMC Vandura.

Or on the back of a jean jacket.

[MattPie]

I need this painted on the side of a GMC Vandura. 

 

That's cliché, paint on the hood of that VW.

[Weave]

I need this painted on the side of a GMC Vandura. 

 

It needs a wizard.  and a dragon.  A wizard riding a dragon.  With a hot slave chick riding b*tch.  Carrying a broad sword.

 

Yeah.

[LGR4GM]

The Science community at large is behind the times but finally we are starting to understand electrostatic confinement fusion.  Interestingly the ITER experiment which is the cause for the excitement is actually not at the cusp of sustainable fusion. For that you would need a polywell or similar type machine that is striving to create net energy from a fusion reaction.

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/32895/20151112/new-plasma-confinement-state-secret-fusion-energy.htm

 

To read more about the polywell and the history of fusion there is this really great blog with it thoroughly explained.

http://www.thepolywellblog.com/

[WildCard]

The 116 images entrusted by Carl Sagan and his team to represent the human race on the Voyager

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/11/9702090/voyager-golden-record-pictures

[WildCard]

The Science community at large is behind the times but finally we are starting to understand electrostatic confinement fusion.  Interestingly the ITER experiment which is the cause for the excitement is actually not at the cusp of sustainable fusion. For that you would need a polywell or similar type machine that is striving to create net energy from a fusion reaction.

http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/32895/20151112/new-plasma-confinement-state-secret-fusion-energy.htm

 

To read more about the polywell and the history of fusion there is this really great blog with it thoroughly explained.

http://www.thepolywellblog.com/

Going off of this, the Wendelstein 7x, dubbed "The fusion reactor designed in hell", is set to finally operate after 19 years and $1b in German efforts. Here's a quick, 2m video explanation 

http://inhabitat.com/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-reactor-set-to-go-online-later-this-month/

[K-9]

The 116 images entrusted by Carl Sagan and his team to represent the human race on the Voyager

http://www.vox.com/2015/11/11/9702090/voyager-golden-record-pictures

Cool beans. But I think all those reruns of 'The Honeymooners' and 'I Love Lucy' got a head start.

[WildCard]

Cool beans. But I think all those reruns of 'The Honeymooners' and 'I Love Lucy' got a head start.

Well, Hitler's speech actually has the largest lead I believe

[GoPre]

Any of you ever get this message on a roku when attempting to watch a channel you're subscribed to? "HDCP unauthorized. Content disabled."

 

Got it on my roku 3 when trying to watch Netflix, Gamecenter, etc.... This occurred out of the blue. Have been using a roku 3 for a while. 

 

The problem was corrected by unplugging the tv and roku, and flipping the HDMI hookup around. 

Edited November 18, 2015 by Thanes16

[bunomatic]

The Kenyan catholic doctors association recently had six Tetanus vaccinations from around Kenya tested and they all tested positive for the HCB antigen which is an anti fertility antigen. 

Edited November 19, 2015 by bunomatic

[LastPommerFan]

The Kenyan catholic doctors association recently had six Tetanus vaccinations from around Kenya tested and they all tested positive for the HCB antigen which is an anti fertility antigen. 

 

Holy . link?

[Thwomp!]

The Kenyan catholic doctors association recently had six Tetanus vaccinations from around Kenya tested and they all tested positive for the HCB antigen which is an anti fertility antigen. 

 

This appears to be proven false by Snopes http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/tetanus.asp .  The link also shows that this rumor was also making the rounds 20 or so years ago, but pertaining to other countries.

[bunomatic]

This appears to be proven false by Snopes http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/tetanus.asp .  The link also shows that this rumor was also making the rounds 20 or so years ago, but pertaining to other countries.

If its a false report my bad. I can't help but wonder with all the ' rumours ' coming from various countries that there might be something to this. If true you'd think the groups doing it would continue to pooh pooh it. It certainly almost made me chock on my oatmeal this a.m.