Topic: ¡Science! (Read 65127 times)

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #600 on:** August 19, 2012, 10:22:11 PM »

Here ya go.

TA · « **Reply #601 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:44:59 AM »

Magic cooling gloves that pretty much entirely reset muscle fatigue after exercise.

Mongrel · « **Reply #602 on:** September 03, 2012, 05:46:47 PM »

Practical Quantum Computing inches a step closer to reality

Thad · « **Reply #603 on:** September 13, 2012, 07:53:11 AM »

It’s Opus, it rocks and now it’s an audio codec standard!

Appears to outperform all the other lossy codecs pretty much across the board. Could make for a great replacement for ogg.

Brentai · « **Reply #604 on:** September 27, 2012, 04:07:28 PM »

http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/mobile/article.xml/articles/2012/09/25/18610979/index.xml

New study concludes that stress affects those in positions of power significantly less than the rank-and-file.

Büge · « **Reply #605 on:** October 20, 2012, 09:53:21 PM »

Link between creativity and mental illness

Mongrel · « **Reply #606 on:** November 22, 2012, 09:39:36 AM »

Possible announcement coming soon of some sort of Mars discovery, possibly organic molecules

Just speculation at this point, but they'll have to release their findings soon, hopefully before any rumours get too stupid.

NexAdruin · « **Reply #607 on:** November 22, 2012, 05:10:43 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on November 22, 2012, 09:39:36 AM

Alien Life Found on Mars. Are They Coming For Us?

Smiler · « **Reply #608 on:** November 29, 2012, 12:11:30 PM »

NASA announces new evidence of frozen water on Mercury's poles.

Mongrel · « **Reply #609 on:** November 29, 2012, 01:00:22 PM »

Too much exercise, too hard, for too long will in fact shorten your life

Mongrel · « **Reply #610 on:** December 09, 2012, 11:42:44 PM »

Surprising abso-fracking-lutely no one, it is revealed that both studies which stated fracking has no environmental impact were slipshod paperjobs done by individuals in the pay of the oil & gas industry.

Both studies (by the U of Texas and by NY State U) have also been retracted now.

Brentai · « **Reply #611 on:** December 17, 2012, 08:08:35 AM »

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai invent a virus that can restore a heartbeat.

Apparently mutates inert cells into pacemaker cells. Afaik it can't actually jumpstart a dead heart, but it miiiiight stop a dying heart from losing its beat right away...

Mongrel · « **Reply #612 on:** December 28, 2012, 07:40:08 PM »

Holy fuck you guys this is the coolest shit. And by shit I mean mars panorama tour shots.

Büge · « **Reply #613 on:** December 28, 2012, 10:29:39 PM »

Oh please. I could visit Nevada and see the same thing but be able to get back to my hotel in time for the 9.95 buffet special.

Mongrel · « **Reply #614 on:** January 05, 2013, 09:06:40 PM »

Quote from: Mongrel on September 03, 2012, 05:46:47 PM

Practical Quantum Computing inches a step closer to reality

Remember this? Well, there was a follow up. Now, apologies if this is a re-post on my part (because it's DEFINITELY a newspaper re-post, nearly two months old), But I didn't see it here or the CANADIA NOOZ thread, so maybe I didn't.

A Canadian company has sold the world's first functioning quantum computer (buyer was Lockheed-Martin). More interestingly, they're just about only company in the world with anything close to functioning, saleable hardware AND, as a result, they have a very large number of very crucial quantum-computing patents locked up for quite a few years.

It sure would be nice to see a Canadian company actually succeed at something. (Other than failure. We have lots of experts in that. Too many, really).

Mongrel · « **Reply #615 on:** January 10, 2013, 09:42:51 AM »

Data that lives (nearly) forever now possible. Ensuring you'll have the reader and the appropriate software may be another issue, however.

Thad · « **Reply #616 on:** January 10, 2013, 10:08:41 AM »

I think my favorite episode of The Batman was a Weisman one where Mr. Freeze returned 1000 years in the future and they discovered Batman had left a computer program to destroy him -- by carving it into the walls of the Batcave.

The nitpicker in me says it should have been source code, not binary, and that's where we get from Batman back to an on-topic discussion. Open software and standards are the best (though not the only) way to make sure a document will always be readable.

Mongrel · « **Reply #617 on:** January 10, 2013, 10:15:07 AM »

Yeah, I think that media will be ephemeral, but heavy duplication and widely dispersed transmission is what will really ensure survival of data through physical catastrophes, social changes, and media format evolution.

Mongrel · « **Reply #618 on:** February 02, 2013, 02:50:45 PM »

Open-source prosthetics project, using 3D printing technology

Büge · « **Reply #619 on:** February 06, 2013, 08:38:49 AM »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/9852067/Flying-Transylvanian-dinosaur-unearthed-by-scientists.html

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