[rideit]

This is cool.

Marking time: Cosmic ray storms can pin precise dates on history from ancient Egypt to the Vikings

Astronomical outbursts leave telltale carbon-14 spikes in tree rings

www.science.org

 

[6thElement]

Matthew Henson: The US' unsung Black explorer

While other explorers may claim credit for discovering the North Pole, an unsung and largely forgotten former sharecropper has as good a case as anyone.

www.bbc.com

 

[SkaredShtles]

Matthew Henson: The US' unsung Black explorer

While other explorers may claim credit for discovering the North Pole, an unsung and largely forgotten former sharecropper has as good a case as anyone.

www.bbc.com

Heh. My kid did a report on Henson in 4th(?) grade.

 

[6thElement]

Heh. My kid did a report on Henson in 4th(?) grade.

I loved that he'd got pockets of offspring all over the northern hemisphere, lots of exploring going on

 

[eric strt6]

Brain and spine implants enabled a paralyzed man to climb stairs and walk on rough terrain, study shows

A video shows how the technology translates thoughts from the brain into electrical signals that trigger movement.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[eric strt6]

The 'exploding' demand for giant heat pumps

Whole towns in Europe are being heated by huge, energy efficient heat pumps.

www.bbc.com

 

[6thElement]

The 'exploding' demand for giant heat pumps

Whole towns in Europe are being heated by huge, energy efficient heat pumps.

www.bbc.com

Now can we cut the horrific amount of power wasted on NFT and blockchain buttcoin nonsense.

 

[eric strt6]

Quantum Mechanics Effect Appears To Prove We Are Not Living In A Simulation

Quantum Mechanics Effect Appears To Prove We Are Not Living In A Simulation

www.iflscience.com

 

[rideit]

That’s what the simulators want you to think, maaaaan

 

[DaveW]

Hmm this looks promising (as long as you're not a crab.....)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/01/crab-lobster-shells-could-used-make-renewable-batteries

Something, something, Vogon's, something, something, "scintillating jewelled scuttling crabs"..... Just so Kidwoo has a fresh dead horse to flog going foreward if this catches on you understand.

 

[Jm_]

Hmm this looks promising (as long as you're not a crab.....)

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/01/crab-lobster-shells-could-used-make-renewable-batteries

Something, something, Vogon's, something, something, "scintillating jewelled scuttling crabs"..... Just so Kidwoo has a fresh dead horse to flog going foreward if this catches on you understand.

Crab people crab people crab people crab people crab people.

 

[Pesqueeb]

https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-most-distant-supermassive-black-hole

 

[DaveW]

Kinda one of those "So simple, what hasn't this already happened" things.

Dissolving circuit boards in water sounds better than shredding and burning

They're easier to recycle, and chips come right off. Will they take off?

arstechnica.com

 

[SkaredShtles]

Hopefully this pans out: https://theconversation.com/viral-room-temperature-superconductor-claims-spark-excitement-and-skepticism-210700

 

[Jm_]

Kinda one of those "So simple, what hasn't this already happened" things.

Dissolving circuit boards in water sounds better than shredding and burning

They're easier to recycle, and chips come right off. Will they take off?

arstechnica.com

Ooh! I'm building a submarine for going underwater from off the shelf parts and this is interesting!

 

[DaveW]

I mean they didn't slam it into a planet this time, but still?!?!?!?!?!?!
Dear NASA I think we need to talk about your hiring process.

Search for Voyager 2 after Nasa accidentally sends wrong command | Nasa | The Guardian

 

[SkaredShtles]

Hopefully this pans out: https://theconversation.com/viral-room-temperature-superconductor-claims-spark-excitement-and-skepticism-210700

Continued optimism on this topic:

https://twitter.com/Andercot/status/1686286684424691712

 

[eric strt6]

some historical engineering

Nordberg Radial Stationary Engine

Starting in the late 1940s, the Nordberg Manufacturing Company built large 11- and 12-cylinder stationary radial engines primarily used to generate electricity and to run pumping stations.

oldmachinepress.com

 

[rideit]

30 pound, 100 mile e-bikes, here we come!

Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel

Researchers have developed a highly robust material with an extremely low density by constructing a structure using DNA and subsequently coating it in glass. Materials possessing both strength and lightness have the potential to enhance everything from automobiles to body armor. But usually, the tw

scitechdaily.com

 

[kidwoo]

30 pound, 100 mile e-bikes, here we come!

Scientists Create New Material Five Times Lighter and Four Times Stronger Than Steel

Researchers have developed a highly robust material with an extremely low density by constructing a structure using DNA and subsequently coating it in glass. Materials possessing both strength and lightness have the potential to enhance everything from automobiles to body armor. But usually, the tw

scitechdaily.com

......sounds familiar

Glass might seem a surprising choice, as it shatters easily. However, glass usually shatters because of a flaw – such as a crack, scratch, or missing atoms – in its structure.

 

[rideit]

Oh, you and your durability concerns...I wonder if an alternative material could be engineered for I.C.E. conveyances…

 

[eric strt6]

https://www.space.com/nasa-x-59-quiet-supersonic-jet-hangar-video

 

[Toshi]

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304318120

Make DIY home improvement more exciting by having your walls be supercapacitors

 

[eric strt6]

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2304318120

Make DIY home improvement more exciting by having your walls be supercapacitors

I just sent that link to one of my Buddies who is a major High level Geek at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. He hadn't seen the paper and found it intriguing and is going to look further into it. He said to say thanks

 

[kidwoo]

https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/barrier-breaking-belch-virginia-woman-claims-guinness-world-record-for-loudest-burp/article_f544fe6a-3609-11ee-b30c-2bcbaa628dae.html

 

[SkaredShtles]

She seems nice.

 

[kidwoo]

She seems nice.

I'd be honored to share her esteemed company

I'll even buy unlimited carbonated beverages of her choice.

 

[eric strt6]

Yerkes Observatory: Restoring the World’s Largest Refracting Telescope

https://www.grainger.com/know-how/inspiration/kh-yerkes-observatory-restoring-worlds-largest-refracting-telescope?gucid=N:N:AP:Paid:OB:CSM-2925:HAHJXF:20511006:APZ_1&dicbo=v4-QUMe9Y9-1080379056

 

[Pesqueeb]

I've read the Andromeda Strain.

In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth

The collected rocks and soil could help scientists unlock secrets about the solar system and how life emerged on this planet.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Pesqueeb]

Just break the heads off the bolts. It'll be fine!

https://gizmodo.com/nasa-struggling-open-asteroid-sample-container-1850951047

 

[Jm_]

Just break the heads off the bolts. It'll be fine!

https://gizmodo.com/nasa-struggling-open-asteroid-sample-container-1850951047

Phillips screws, are you shitting me?

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Phillips screws, are you shitting me?

Worst screw head design ever.

 

[mandown]

Phillips screws, are you shitting me?

you sure it’s not JIS or Posidriv?

 

[sundaydoug]

Worst screw head design ever.

Not if you're a disgruntled NASA worker with some red locktite...

 

[Jozz]

Not if you're a disgruntled NASA worker with some red locktite...

View attachment 202513

Cured to perfection on re-entry.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darkness

www.esa.int

 

[boogenman]

At some point in 360* a wobbly chair, small table or stool with stop wobbling if you rotate it.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Deep into the Kuiper Belt, New Horizons is still doing science

Designed to study Pluto, the spacecraft’s instruments are being repurposed.

arstechnica.com

 

[eric strt6]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/21/health/antibiotic-resistant-germs-phages-wellness/index.html

 

[Pesqueeb]

Humanity’s most distant space probe jeopardized by computer glitch

"It would be the biggest miracle if we get it back. We certainly haven't given up."

arstechnica.com