Welding glass to metal
by Witness » Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:15 am
Welding breakthrough at Heriot-Watt to transform manufacturing
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Chicken tracking
by Pyrrho » Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:37 pm
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The Chicken Is Local, But Was It Happy? GPS Now Tells The Life Story Of Your Poultry
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Local!
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Last post by Edward Mon Feb 25, 2019 9:38 am
Down with Darwin
by Witness » Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:23 am
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More than 1,000 scientists sign ‘dissent from Darwinism’ statement
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I don't really understand arguments based on information theory.
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Last post by Witness Fri Feb 15, 2019 6:12 am
High tech and Islam go together in Saudi Arabia
by sparks » Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:19 am
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Now that's horseshit that's got to stop. Best way is for all Freedom Loving (tm) :freedom: users of Dumb and Dumber products to boycott them.
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Doing business with is not the same as selling a product that's sole purpose is to violate civil liberties of women.
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Last post by xouper Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:23 am
Scientists are such meanies sometimes.
by sparks » Thu Nov 08, 2018 2:31 am
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Occam's razor.
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Being well educated is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
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Last post by sparks Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:24 am
Trilobites: Why?
by ed » Wed Jun 20, 2018 4:17 pm
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Why should a ubiquitous scavenger that dwelt (dwells????) on the ocean's floor become extinct?
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You can buy it (and others):
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The science is settled: Deflategate
by xouper » Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:03 pm
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Who says science has to be boring?
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Thanks!
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Last post by sparks Thu Jan 31, 2019 5:01 pm
How close are practical quantum computers really?
by Anaxagoras » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:53 am
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Why the age of quantum computing is nearer than you think
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Does it brew good espresso? :P
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Last post by Witness Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:45 am
Deep Blue (the fish, silly)
by ed » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:27 pm
Great danger: Divers spot the world’s largest ever recorded great white shark - 2.5 ton ‘Deep Blue’ - feasting on a dead whale in Hawaii and JUMP IN...
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Last post by xouper Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:20 am
GMO debunking
by Witness » Mon Dec 17, 2018 2:08 am
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At the start was:
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Dunning–Kruger in action.
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Last post by Witness Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:50 am
It's life, Jim, but ...
by sparks » Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:27 am
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Patience AA. Patience.
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That's just what the alien critters want you to think. Did you ever see the movie The Thing?
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Last post by Bruce Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:16 am
Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array
by xouper » Mon Jan 07, 2019 11:20 pm
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Seems there are some amateur astronomers here on the forum who might be interested in this.
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CTA’s unique capabilities will include:
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Last post by ed Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:19 am
The latest in TVs
by Anaxagoras » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:12 pm
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Has the TV finally been perfected? Look at these beauties:
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was also shot using the Ultra Panavision lenses, but used with a digital camera with a 65mm sensor rather than film....
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Last post by ceptimus Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:51 pm
Advances in prosthetics
by Pyrrho » Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:39 am
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Implantable electrodes
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Anaxagoras' dream (sounds like a book title :mrgreen: ):
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Last post by gnome Fri Dec 28, 2018 5:34 pm
On the way to Pluto at last!
by Guy Noir » Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:07 pm
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I was wasting time at work watching the launch.
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New Horizons is not quite done yet!
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Last post by Anaxagoras Fri Dec 28, 2018 10:32 am
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Last post by gnome Thu Dec 27, 2018 1:29 pm
Interesting early (but not the earliest) phonographs
by xouper » Tue Dec 25, 2018 2:40 pm
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But might there not be a better way?
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↑ Interesting. Swiss EPFL developed a turntable cartridge using a rounded glass fiber (instead of the usual diamond needle) to read the – hopefully...
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Last post by Witness Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:47 pm
Randomized controlled trial on parachutes vs placebo
by Pyrrho » Sat Dec 15, 2018 5:35 pm
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Design Randomized controlled trial.
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Clearly, more research is needed. Perhaps a double-blind randomized controlled trial with a much larger study population.
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Last post by Pyrrho Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:44 pm
Academic scientists' dropout
by Witness » Wed Dec 12, 2018 12:24 am
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'Dropout' rate for academic scientists has risen sharply in past 50 years, IU study finds
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Cannot agree with you. Let's leave it at that.
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Last post by xouper Thu Dec 13, 2018 2:27 am
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
by Bruce » Wed May 25, 2011 10:06 am
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Dark Matter:
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From the article, to get a grasp of the weird situation. F g is the gravitational force, a the acceleration:
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Last post by Witness Sat Dec 08, 2018 1:28 am
What Lister is doing these days
by Rob Lister » Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:32 pm
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Now that I'm officially unemployed retired jobless, I spend my days watching chess.
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Yeah I've been watching chess too ever since I started that thread. Just came across a Youtube video one day and kinds got sucked in. I hadn't really...
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Last post by Anaxagoras Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:38 pm
Cold Fusion Yet Again
by Rob Lister » Tue May 21, 2013 11:47 pm
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And again this should be in the frauds and scams forum but technically it is technology so ...
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So, quantum stuff?
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Last post by Anaxagoras Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:28 pm
Predatory journals recruit fake editor
by Witness » Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:37 am
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Thousands of academic journals do not aspire to quality. They exist primarily to extract fees from authors. These 'predatory' journals exhibit...
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Pointing the Finger at Colleagues
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Last post by Witness Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:39 am
Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism
by Bruce » Sun Apr 05, 2015 12:48 pm
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One hour long, but well worth every second to watch.
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Ancient pocket watch.
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Last post by sparks Fri Nov 16, 2018 5:29 am
Drug cocktail almost doubles lifespan of worms
by shemp » Wed Oct 24, 2018 2:40 am
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Worms commonly lie about their age.
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Mice are probably a lot closer to humans than worms as far as most recent common ancestor, but even research results in mice rarely work the same way...
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Last post by Anaxagoras Wed Oct 24, 2018 4:25 am
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Last post by xouper Fri Oct 19, 2018 10:32 pm
Turns out we DID come from monkeys! (spotted over by Shermerland)
by Anaxagoras » Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:04 pm
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That's a good video. I like AronRa.
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The Cosmos keeps filling itself up with shit that I just don't have the time to learn anything about.
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Last post by sparks Sun Sep 23, 2018 5:29 pm
What a snippy bunch of broads! No I'm not being sexist, because ...
by Anaxagoras » Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:03 pm
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You know, that totally agrees with what I already thought I knew.
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You know, that totally agrees with what I already thought I knew.
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Last post by ed Fri Sep 21, 2018 4:14 pm
One in the eye for Pluto denialists!
by ed » Mon Sep 10, 2018 12:38 pm
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Ahem:
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That's funny.
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Last post by Anaxagoras Fri Sep 21, 2018 1:39 am
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Last post by Bruce Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:51 am
Record Glider Flight
by shuize » Sat Sep 08, 2018 11:01 pm
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On Sept. 2, the sleek Perlan 2 glider carried two pilots to 76,100 feet, or more than 14 miles, over the El Calafate region in southern Argentina.
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False Flag!
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Last post by Doctor X Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:20 am
Robotic sailboat crosses the Atlantic
by Witness » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:18 am
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Robot boat sails into history by finishing Atlantic crossing
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Unmanned vessel. Derelict. Claim it.
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Last post by ed Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:18 pm
Oldest blockchain
by Witness » Fri Sep 07, 2018 1:21 am
The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New York Times Since 1995
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Last post by ed Thu Aug 30, 2018 11:54 am
Triassic pterosaur
by Witness » Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:43 am
For once not a coast dweller, but from an oasis in the midst of more than 2 million square kilometers of desert with sand dunes.
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Last post by Witness Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:43 am
Lord Nelson
by ed » Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:38 am
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No, not that one, idiot, the Brit one. :x
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Was not like he was a rear-admiral. . . .
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Last post by Doctor X Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:27 am
Fields medals
by Witness » Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:21 am
Former refugee among winners of Fields medal – the 'Nobel prize for maths'
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Last post by ed Thu Aug 02, 2018 11:34 pm
Quantum from Algebra
by Witness » Sun Jul 22, 2018 4:11 am
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For the mathematically minded, an article I found interesting (a tad journalistic in some parts) about Octonions (or Cayley's Octaves as they are...
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P. – S.
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Last post by Witness Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:56 am
Fake Journals
by Witness » Sun Jul 22, 2018 2:54 am
400,000 Scientists All Over the World Have Been Published in Fake Journals
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Last post by shemp Sun Jul 22, 2018 3:38 am
Colored X-Ray
by Witness » Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:30 am
A father and son tandem from New Zealand has introduced the first ever colored x-ray scanner adapted from technology used in finding the Higgs...
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Last post by Witness Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:30 am
Trinity Anniversary
by sparks » Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:08 pm
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Yep. It's today. They tested a version of Fat Man (how ironic) 72 years ago this day at 5 something in the AM. Did we even have DST yet?
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Not to mention all who were lining up on the West Coast in prep for the invasion.
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Last post by sparks Sun Jul 15, 2018 6:08 pm
Dinosaur hide
by Witness » Sat May 13, 2017 4:35 pm
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The Canadian specimen literally defies words, in more ways than one. As this article went to press, museum staff were finalizing the creature’s...
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Update: details on the find.
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Last post by Witness Sat Jul 14, 2018 3:10 am
10 million patents
by Anaxagoras » Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:21 am
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I actually heard this a few days ago, but it's not very old news yet.
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July 31, 1790, and issued to Samuel Hopkins for a process of making potash, an ingredient used in fertilizer.
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Last post by Fid Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:59 am
It's not nice to fool around with Mother Nature
by Pyrrho » Fri May 04, 2018 10:56 am
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PUNA, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) -
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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) shared the picture on “Throwback Thursday” last week to highlight a “rare” lava-dome fountain that was...
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Last post by Witness Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:20 am
Man Caused Moon to Warm 1.8 degrees F.
by Rob Lister » Mon Jun 11, 2018 9:05 pm
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Calibrate your skeptometers before reading this ...
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We measure Freedom here.
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