Phology Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Thought it might be good to have a thread for some awesome science news!New Images Show Enormous Glacier On Mars http://www.iflscience.com/space/beautiful-panorama-mars "It's a beautiful shot of the Martian surface, although the warm colors make it easy to forget that the average surface temperature is actually a chilly -63°C (-81°F)." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz_rolls Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Awesome idea for a thread, I love me some science! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Pretty sure thats a cum spot. Late nights at NASA... a man's got needs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfsop Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 A bit old but this phenomenon is still doing my head in: Temperatures below 0K!http://www.livescience.com/25959-atoms-colder-than-absolute-zero.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 This is a rare phenom that I've witnessed twice in my neighborhood. We are in a valley of sorts and it seems to cause strange weather within the confines of the depression. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share Posted September 15, 2015 EGADZ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 First seed withdrawal from 'doomsday' vault prompted by Syrian civil war http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/23/9381273/svalbard-global-seed-vault-first-withdrawal "Scientists are preparing to make the first ever withdrawal from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a seed bank built in an abandoned Arctic coal mine that's designed to preserve crops and plants in the event of global disaster. The civil war in Syria has prompted the withdrawal, with researchers in the Middle East requesting seeds to replace those previously stored in a gene bank in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo." More info: https://www.croptrust.org/what-we-do/svalbard-global-seed-vault/interactive-visit/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 I love that we have that bank but surprised they are already accessing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 Now We Know What Causes Tinnitus http://motherboard.vice.com/read/now-we-know-what-causes-tinnitus-that-never-ending-ringing-in-your-ears?utm_source=mbfb Chronic pain and tinnitus, the incessant ear ringing that affects up to 30 percent of the adult population, may share a common source, new research shows. The finding may bring millions of people who suffer from both conditions a step closer to finding relief. A study published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences found the “phantom pain” in both disorders often begins as a response to an injury, but continues when a faulty “circuit breaker" in the brain is unable to properly process the pain or noise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/lab-grown-kidneys-shown-work-animal-models Theres always a massive shortage of kidney donors, and even then recipients have to take immunosuppressant drugs forever, lets hope this research leads to some custom-fit kidneys soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Now We Know What Causes Tinnitus http://motherboard.vice.com/read/now-we-know-what-causes-tinnitus-that-never-ending-ringing-in-your-ears?utm_source=mbfb Chronic pain and tinnitus, the incessant ear ringing that affects up to 30 percent of the adult population, may share a common source, new research shows. The finding may bring millions of people who suffer from both conditions a step closer to finding relief. A study published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences found the “phantom pain” in both disorders often begins as a response to an injury, but continues when a faulty “circuit breaker" in the brain is unable to properly process the pain or noise. Man that would be awesome. My sis has bad tinnitus from hearing loss as a result of cancer treatment. Really bad when she forgets to wear her hearing aids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 NASA Will Announce A Major Mars Discovery On Monday http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-announce-mars-mystery-solved NASA will detail a major science finding from the agency’s ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28 at the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Watch live on NASA Television and ask questions using #askNASA: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share Posted September 27, 2015 Supermoon Lunar Eclipse http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11891850/Supermoon-lunar-eclipse-Where-how-and-what-time-can-I-see-it-start-on-Sunday-Monday-and-when-will-it-end.html There's still time to see a rare blood-red eclipse due to begin at 1:10am (BST) Monday. The last time this coincided with a lunar eclipse, when the moon is covered by the Earth's shadow, was in 1982 and the event will not be repeated until 2033. During a lunar eclipse, the moon turns a deep rusty red, due to sunlight being scattered by the Earth's atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Click here for some pictures of the supermoon from around the world - http://www.theguardian.com/science/gallery/2015/sep/28/blood-moon-supermoon-rises-pictures-from-around-the-world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj justin time Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 NASA Will Announce A Major Mars Discovery On Monday http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-announce-mars-mystery-solved NASA will detail a major science finding from the agencys ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28 at the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Watch live on NASA Television and ask questions using #askNASA: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatvI take it the announcement was that they'd found water there phology? But they can't inspect it due to contamination which instantly made me think then wtf are we doing there in the first place? Kinda selfish ain't we when you look at it like that. Not content in knackering our own planet 😕 As long as they put wifi there I ain't arsed 👌🏽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj justin time Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 For all we know Mars might have a thriving single cell Eco system there just on the edge of the next evolutionary step towards multi cell, now they got chlamidia from using parts from British aerospace near Hull😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 You should all come and work with me for a day. Then you'll see the harsh dull reality of the working scientist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj justin time Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 What is it u do deft ? I'm intrigued now 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 R&D for medical inhalers. Not that exciting sounding admittedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasbe Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 You should all come and work with me for a day. Then you'll see the harsh dull reality of the working scientist. As a PhD Student in Embedded Systems... I feel ya hahaha. Resistance to frustration is a must! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj justin time Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 R&D does sound interesting mate, I presume there's going to be loads of tedious bits to it, but I bet people with asthma see the relevance of your efforts. Fair play to ya our kid I'd be buzzin with a job title like that 👍🏽 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 To be fair I enjoy my job and can mostly dodge the mega tedious aspects of it. As I tell our young whippersnappers, you can't avoid monotony in empirical science. The experiments can be practically dull but the results and data interpretation are the cool bits. A bit of tedious lab work is alright by me, as long as I have the radio on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phology Posted October 5, 2015 Author Share Posted October 5, 2015 Thousands of Nasa Apollo mission photos uploaded online https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectapolloarchive/page1 Around 13,000 scans of images from Nasa's archives, taken across ALL manned Apollo missions between 1961 and 1972 have been given to founder of the Project Apollo Archive Kipp Teague. Kipp launched the gallery in 1999, but following questioning about decisions to edit some images in the past, he was prompted to post unedited, high-resolution images this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfsop Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Each diagram raises plenty of research questions but this one might be my favorite:http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I fucking KNEW it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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