Topic: ¡Science! (Read 65254 times)

JDigital · « **Reply #720 on:** August 14, 2013, 03:42:18 AM »

Why mercury is liquid at room temperature.

R^2 · « **Reply #721 on:** August 14, 2013, 10:02:52 AM »

I didn't understand a whole lot of that (I took physics in high school instead of chemistry) but what I did understand is awfully neat.

Büge · « **Reply #722 on:** August 14, 2013, 10:18:31 AM »

Quote from: R^2 on August 14, 2013, 10:02:52 AM

(I took physics in high school instead of chemistry)

And you call yourself a chef?

Brentai · « **Reply #723 on:** August 14, 2013, 10:24:51 AM »

The nonspecifics of it are basically "because Mercury is very big and doesn't have a lot of possible bonds."

This implies that the next element down would be even less cohesive, and in fact all indicators seem to point to the fact that Copernicum probably is a gas at room temperature, but that's not very well documented because Copernicum is not a naturally occurring element and also HOLY SHIT IT'S METAL GAS GET IT AWAY FROM ME AAAAA

(Also it tends to explode when it comes into contact with practically anything in the physical universe.)

R^2 · « **Reply #724 on:** August 14, 2013, 02:42:49 PM »

Quote from: Büge on August 14, 2013, 10:18:31 AM

And you call yourself a chef?

I don't, actually. Aside from that, which courses I took in high school was a decision I made about ten years before I started culinary school.

Mongrel · « **Reply #725 on:** August 19, 2013, 03:24:22 AM »

Mobile wireless power? It's already here (albeit on a very small scale).

Mongrel · « **Reply #726 on:** August 20, 2013, 12:11:51 PM »

New study claims to find no causative link between casual use of hallucinogenic drugs and mental health issues

Mongrel · « **Reply #727 on:** August 31, 2013, 02:20:02 PM »

NASA finds mega canyon under the Greenland ice sheet - including a flowing river

Mongrel · « **Reply #728 on:** September 12, 2013, 07:34:38 AM »

Today, NASA announced that they were finally able to confirm that at some point last august Voyager I became the first man-made object to ever leave the bounds of our solar system.

Mongrel · « **Reply #729 on:** September 12, 2013, 07:35:29 AM »

And in other NASA news: http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/09/12/frog_gets_too_close_for_comfort_at_nasa_moon_launch.html

Sharkey · « **Reply #730 on:** September 12, 2013, 09:38:21 AM »

Quote from: Mongrel on September 12, 2013, 07:34:38 AM

Today, NASA announced that they were finally able to confirm that at some point last august Voyager I became the first man-made object to ever leave the bounds of our solar system.

Relevant XKCD

TA · « **Reply #731 on:** September 13, 2013, 04:12:16 AM »

Might I suggest a nice vacation to Mars?

Büge · « **Reply #732 on:** September 20, 2013, 02:54:24 AM »

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/han-solo-spotted-on-mercury-by-nasa-probe-114501120.html

Brentai · « **Reply #733 on:** September 20, 2013, 03:27:36 AM »

Oh my God Howard Taylor was right

Büge · « **Reply #734 on:** September 20, 2013, 11:31:11 AM »

I don't understand that reference.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/09/this-insect-has-the-only-mechanical-gears-ever-found-in-nature/

Brentai · « **Reply #735 on:** September 20, 2013, 12:27:34 PM »

Quote

a little known derivation of Eddington's Law (wherein an infinite number of monkeys at typewriters eventually bash out the script for Hamlet) in which in an infinite universe, with an infinite number of points of view upon an infinite number of vistas, eventually you'll recreate all the great movie posters of the 20th century.

Mongrel · « **Reply #736 on:** September 20, 2013, 02:30:46 PM »

Yeah, it took me a while to realize that was the part you meant too. I read the comic three times looking for some kind of relevant reference.

Mongrel · « **Reply #737 on:** September 26, 2013, 03:13:20 AM »

http://io9.com/5975173/ibms-watson-computer-has-parts-of-its-memory-cleared-after-developing-an-acute-case-of-potty-mouth@AnnaleeNewitz

Brentai · « **Reply #738 on:** September 26, 2013, 07:31:15 PM »

God damn vampire steroids.

Cthulhu-chan · « **Reply #739 on:** September 29, 2013, 10:11:37 PM »

Goddamn laser rifle.

Hand-operated laser cutting for nuclear decommissioning

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