Science. Freaking awesome science. - Page 2

Pimp-X · 1st May 2015, 12:33

I used to be in a band called Hard Vacuum.

CCS · 1st May 2015, 12:46

So you really sucked? HAAAAAAAAAAA!

Ajax · 1st May 2015, 15:09

^ did lol

Lightspeed · 6th May 2015, 09:29

Just to pour some cold water on the whole EM Drive thing:

Don't Get Too Excited About NASA's New Miracle Engine

Nothing to refute the claims really, but a healthy dose of scepticism.

pxpx · 6th May 2015, 09:40

Lets get excited about a treatment for Alzheimers then!
http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/7/278/278ra33

Lightspeed · 6th May 2015, 22:16

That does sound exciting.

Lightspeed · 7th May 2015, 09:45

Some more exciting science, this time from IBM:
https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/p...ease/46725.wss

The TL;DR is basically IBM have found a method of error correct both kinds of errors in q-bits at the same time whereas previously it was only possible to correct one or the other. A major breakthrough apparently.

pxpx · 7th May 2015, 10:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

Some more exciting science, this time from IBM:
https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/p...ease/46725.wss

The TL;DR is basically IBM have found a method of error correct both kinds of errors in q-bits at the same time whereas previously it was only possible to correct one or the other. A major breakthrough apparently.

Time to GTFO of bitcoin!

Lightspeed · 17th July 2015, 12:59

Robot (software algorith) passes basic self-awareness test:
http://www.techradar.com/news/world-...s-test-1299362

Lightspeed · 7th October 2015, 14:36

Nobel Prize for discovering Neutrino "flavours":
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34443695

Fascinating stuff.

Biggus · 14th October 2015, 09:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab

Jesus, a schoolkid could tell you that.

Covering both bases there...

Lightspeed · 14th October 2015, 16:48

The Most Mysterious Star in Our Galaxy

Quote:

... the explanation has to be rare or coincidental. After all, this light pattern doesn’t show up anywhere else, across 150,000 stars. We know that something strange is going on out there.

Lightspeed · 16th November 2015, 17:42

I'm real excited about this:

World's largest fusion reactor to turn on this month

pxpx · 16th November 2015, 18:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

I'm real excited about this:

World's largest fusion reactor to turn on this month

mmm fusion

detailed componentry breakdown (edit: complete with kooky science backing music)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyqt6u5_sHA

Lightspeed · 30th November 2015, 16:37

Looks like modafinil is a legit smart drug:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...afe-smart-drug

Lightspeed · 12th December 2015, 00:20

Things are going well with the Wendelstein 7-X.

Just an early plasma test. There are a couple of pics inside of the plasma chamber in the article worth looking at.

Lightspeed · 15th December 2015, 16:47

Scientists Just Proved A Fundamental Quantum Physics Problem is Unsolvable

Quote:

“What we’ve shown is that the spectral gap is one of these undecidable problems. This means a general method to determine whether matter described by quantum mechanics has a spectral gap, or not, cannot exist. Which limits the extent to which we can predict the behaviour of quantum materials, and potentially even fundamental particle physics.”

pxpx · 15th December 2015, 17:44

Could be the work of an intelligent creator!

Lightspeed · 18th December 2015, 00:29

I'm pretty sure someone could make some kind of humanities vs hard sciences dig if they made the effort. Anyone got anything?

Lightspeed · 22nd December 2015, 16:43

Falcon 9 landing

Ab · 22nd December 2015, 16:52

fuck yeah.

kRAdENkO · 22nd December 2015, 19:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

Falcon 9 landing

Awesome!

Savage · 22nd December 2015, 22:42

Lightspeed · 2nd January 2016, 13:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

Falcon 9 landing

Elon says it's ready to fire again:
https://www.instagram.com/p/_-d28bQEc9/

If this successfully launches and lands again, I think that's the moment we enter a new age of space travel.

Lightspeed · 9th June 2016, 00:54

LISA Pathfinder gravity measuring spacecraft exceeds

plaz0r · 9th June 2016, 10:40

http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archi...dge-transplant

Guy survived for a year and a half with an artificial heart with a backpack power supply while waiting for a transplant

pxpx · 1st July 2016, 11:23

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=11666732

Quote:

The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer is beginning to close, scientists have discovered.

Researchers from the University of Leeds and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US, have confirmed the first signs of an increase of ozone, which shields life on Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.

Ab · 1st July 2016, 11:45

I knew global warming was just hysteria

MadMax · 5th July 2016, 16:27

Fire an object at a destination of 1.8 billon miles away and predict down to the second its time of arrival.

Mindsplode

StN · 5th July 2016, 19:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by MadMax

Fire an object at a destination of 1.8 billon miles away and predict down to the second its time of arrival.

Mindsplode

You make it sound like they fired it in a straight line! Bet they used Buzz's formulas.

pkp|ex · 9th July 2016, 22:40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgOfqYE4BjQ

That bloke has a lot of interesting random science bits on is channel

Lightspeed · 6th August 2016, 13:43

Nothing like a good mystery:

"No known or proposed stellar phenomena can fully explain all aspects of the observed light curve"

crocos · 6th August 2016, 18:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by pkp|ex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgOfqYE4BjQ

That bloke has a lot of interesting random science bits on is channel

Also a raving misogynist from a couple of the vids I glanced through.

[Malks] Pixie · 6th August 2016, 18:50

OMG did someone actually link to a thunderfoot video?

Lightspeed · 8th August 2016, 00:37

One more step towards quantum computing

pkp|ex · 9th August 2016, 21:51

Check out this boss, hella interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLQ2atfqk2c

Lightspeed · 11th August 2016, 00:31

Awesome video.

I did a double take when I saw "©The University of Auckland" scroll across. Feynman's comment about NZers being down on themselves was classic.

I love the way he not only describes the theory, but also the frame of understanding the theory fits in.

Lightspeed · 11th August 2016, 00:40

I for one welcome our bio-hybrid machine overlords.

Ab · 11th August 2016, 16:36

Ray Kurzweil asserts that by any sane measurement we are now seeing a 20th-century's worth of sci-tech development every ten years, and that it will presumably soon be every nine years. Then eight.

Ab · 15th August 2016, 12:45

http://www.seeker.com/new-nearby-ear...970197349.html

TLDR? "Unnamed sources" claim scientists are about to announce discovery of an Earthlike planet orbiting in the Goldilocks zone of, get this, PROXIMA FUCKING CENTAURI.

4.35 ly away. That's reachable with 20th-century tech, let alone stuff we might come up with in the near future.

1st May 2015, 12:33	#41
Pimp-X Drunken Annoying Superhero Bastard	I used to be in a band called Hard Vacuum. __________________ If there is one movement I could get behind in this world, it would be the discrimination and abuse of fucking idiots.

1st May 2015, 12:46	#42
CCS Stunt Pants	So you really sucked? HAAAAAAAAAAA! __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

5th July 2016, 16:27	#69
MadMax Stuff	Fire an object at a destination of 1.8 billon miles away and predict down to the second its time of arrival. Mindsplode __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

6th May 2015, 09:29	#44
Lightspeed	Just to pour some cold water on the whole EM Drive thing: Don't Get Too Excited About NASA's New Miracle Engine Nothing to refute the claims really, but a healthy dose of scepticism. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

6th May 2015, 09:40	#45
pxpx	Lets get excited about a treatment for Alzheimers then! http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/7/278/278ra33

6th May 2015, 22:16	#46
Lightspeed	That does sound exciting. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

7th May 2015, 09:45	#47
Lightspeed	Some more exciting science, this time from IBM: https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/p...ease/46725.wss The TL;DR is basically IBM have found a method of error correct both kinds of errors in q-bits at the same time whereas previously it was only possible to correct one or the other. A major breakthrough apparently. __________________ Stay shook. No sook. Last edited by Lightspeed : 7th May 2015 at 09:46.

17th July 2015, 12:59	#49
Lightspeed	Robot (software algorith) passes basic self-awareness test: http://www.techradar.com/news/world-...s-test-1299362 __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

7th October 2015, 14:36	#50
Lightspeed	Nobel Prize for discovering Neutrino "flavours": http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34443695 Fascinating stuff. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

16th November 2015, 17:42	#53
Lightspeed	I'm real excited about this: World's largest fusion reactor to turn on this month __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

30th November 2015, 16:37	#55
Lightspeed	Looks like modafinil is a legit smart drug: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...afe-smart-drug __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

12th December 2015, 00:20	#56
Lightspeed	Things are going well with the Wendelstein 7-X. Just an early plasma test. There are a couple of pics inside of the plasma chamber in the article worth looking at. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

15th December 2015, 17:44	#58
pxpx	Could be the work of an intelligent creator!

18th December 2015, 00:29	#59
Lightspeed	I'm pretty sure someone could make some kind of humanities vs hard sciences dig if they made the effort. Anyone got anything? __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

22nd December 2015, 16:43	#60
Lightspeed	Falcon 9 landing __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

22nd December 2015, 16:52	#61
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	fuck yeah.

9th June 2016, 00:54	#65
Lightspeed	LISA Pathfinder gravity measuring spacecraft exceeds __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

9th June 2016, 10:40	#66
plaz0r	http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archi...dge-transplant Guy survived for a year and a half with an artificial heart with a backpack power supply while waiting for a transplant

1st July 2016, 11:45	#68
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	I knew global warming was just hysteria

9th July 2016, 22:40	#71
pkp\|ex	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgOfqYE4BjQ That bloke has a lot of interesting random science bits on is channel

6th August 2016, 13:43	#72
Lightspeed	Nothing like a good mystery: "No known or proposed stellar phenomena can fully explain all aspects of the observed light curve" __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

6th August 2016, 18:50	#74
[Malks] Pixie	OMG did someone actually link to a thunderfoot video? __________________ Civilised is as civilised does and civilised people walk among us.

8th August 2016, 00:37	#75
Lightspeed	One more step towards quantum computing __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

9th August 2016, 21:51	#76
pkp\|ex	Check out this boss, hella interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLQ2atfqk2c

11th August 2016, 00:31	#77
Lightspeed	Awesome video. I did a double take when I saw "©The University of Auckland" scroll across. Feynman's comment about NZers being down on themselves was classic. I love the way he not only describes the theory, but also the frame of understanding the theory fits in. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

11th August 2016, 00:40	#78
Lightspeed	I for one welcome our bio-hybrid machine overlords. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

11th August 2016, 16:36	#79
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Ray Kurzweil asserts that by any sane measurement we are now seeing a 20th-century's worth of sci-tech development every ten years, and that it will presumably soon be every nine years. Then eight.

15th August 2016, 12:45	#80
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	http://www.seeker.com/new-nearby-ear...970197349.html TLDR? "Unnamed sources" claim scientists are about to announce discovery of an Earthlike planet orbiting in the Goldilocks zone of, get this, PROXIMA FUCKING CENTAURI. 4.35 ly away. That's reachable with 20th-century tech, let alone stuff we might come up with in the near future.