forza science per sempre!

[q-money]

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/07/13/a-glimpse-inside-the-lunar-orbiter-image-recovery-project/


There’s an abandoned McDonalds in California that’s stuffed with 48,000 pounds of 70mm tape. These tapes contain never-before-seen ultra-high-res photographs of the moon shot by the Lunar Orbiter project 40 years ago. Rather than ship the film back to Earth, scientists decided to scan them on the spaceship, beam them back losslessly, and then record the data onto magnetic tape. Not wanting to reveal the precision of its spy satellites, the US government decided to mark the images as classified.

radical

[boz-monaut]

at 3:30 this arvo the Curiosity rover will land on Mars

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/uploads/infographics/10776.jpg

it's going out live on the interwebs, which is pretty cool

[au revoir]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-06/countdown-begins-to-dramatic-mars-landing/4178204

links to live stream and simulation within article

[Bon]

The video on that page, of Dr Charley talking about the actions of the landing is hilarious!!! The bloke is all about it.. haha

[Retro Jet]

Hi all

Astronomy is a little side interest of mine....

Get onto http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/mars/curiosity_news3.html
for a live feed of 'Curiosity' attempted landing on Mars today.

[au revoir]

http://www.newcastlefootball.net/forum/showthread.php?153-forza-science-per-sempre!&p=***5&viewfull=1#post***5

[Bon]

Unreal, watching it now..

[boz-monaut]

Sky and ABC news are showing it too - though it's just the feed from nasa.gov

[russjaybee]

Touchdown! Lol they went loco, tears gushing etc.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/first_images_mars.html

[boz-monaut]

landed properly, first images through

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/images/first_images_mars.html

[Rocknerd]

you can also follow the Rover on Twitter. http://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity

[q-money]

http://hydromontage.com/wp-content/plugins/rss-poster/cache/365cd_article-2147522-13358127000005DC-622_634x420.jpg

[Schultz]

Not sure if NASA celebrating Mars landing or watching highlights of CCM lose three grand finals.
71

[boz-monaut]

http://i.qkme.me/3qdanz.jpg

[boz-monaut]

http://i.imgur.com/pDFjC.jpg

[boz-monaut]

http://static.quickmeme.com/media/social/qm.gif

[boz-monaut]

a little physics for you all - 32 metronomes set off randomly on a board suspended by strings - watch them synchronise


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWToUATLGzs

[boz-monaut]

a little geology for you now

http://www.zmescience.com/science/indian-ocean-earthquake-plate-27092012/

massive earthquakes recently may indicate a new plate boundary in the Indo-Australian plate, i.e. the plate we're on is breaking up

[plague]

a little physics for you all - 32 metronomes set off randomly on a board suspended by strings - watch them synchronise


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWToUATLGzs

I just watched the whole 4 minutes of that.

Then i watched it again.

Then i just emailed it to my friends.

Thank you.

[boz-monaut]

it's more hypnotic than gangnam style

[belchardo]

the world is about to end...at the hands of robots (or feet)

http://theconversation.edu.au/meet-boston-dynamics-ls3-the-latest-robotic-war-machine-9754

crazy stuff.

[boz-monaut]

http://i.imgur.com/bOsCd.gif

open the image in a new tab for higher resolution

[Bon]

That is pretty damn awesome.. Mass extinctions at 440, 370, 250, 200 and 65 million years ago.. Could be just about due for one then? (Or so a lot of people are thinking after our first game this season.. haha)

The metronome video further up above kicks ass!..

[boz-monaut]

we're actually right in the middle of a mass extinction event

end of the Holocene, start of the Anthropocene

[Bon]

At the risk of jumping on the wagon with half the other regulars, would you be calling it the "Deans Extinction Event"?

[boz-monaut]

that is my understand of the scientific consensus yes

[Retro Jet]

Last Friday I (stupidly) was up on a roof cleaning out gutters for a mates dotty mum in Kotara.
2L of water later I was certainly feeling it. Someone told me later that day we got up to 37 deg.

Just checked my theromometer outside...12deg ffs.

To all those climate deniers, the weather just sent you a big FU!
Global Wierding: You're living in it NOW!

[q-money]

watch the whole way through, super informative

http://i.imgur.com/SFfXU.gif

[au revoir]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/398318_486707311350285_2111757470_n.jpg

[q-money]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BvLC4J6cLc

****in science!

[q-money]

oh while i was there


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfjCCbGVUNA

****in aerobics (y)

!!!!!

[au revoir]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M9khs87xQ8

[belchardo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BvLC4J6cLc

****in science!

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3633447.htm

speaking of catalyst (but not the hot presenter), really good episode on changes in climate over the last 100 years in australia.

[Bon]

Just saw this panoramic picture that Curiosity took on Mars..
Amazing stuff!!!

I can only post the link, as the picture is massive..
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/708773main_PIA16453_sol64_from_Rocknest_WB.jpg

[q-money]

looks like a pretty shit place to go ey

[Bon]

looks like a pretty shit place to go ey

Still better than the Central Coast.. Looks like it has more intelligent life in that picture too.. :tongue:

[russjaybee]

Looks like there's some decent mountains in the background.
Pretty desolate looking place though eh?

[boz-monaut]

http://i.imgur.com/Kb7dz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eXm1b.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rHk4g.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Cz9lT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/8UEeB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/VJDeS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WUKDV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xK7GA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vTqqA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/75iCI.jpg

[parksey]

i don't get why people have phobias of clowns

[boz-monaut]

same reason small dogs cower when you are near

[boz-monaut]

http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/01/03/27-science-fictions-that-became-science-facts-in-2012/

pretty awesome

[boz-monaut]

http://i.imgur.com/CnpCjDm.jpg

[Schultz]

http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/01/03/27-science-fictions-that-became-science-facts-in-2012/

pretty awesome

http://www.omega-level.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/larry-david-profile.png

All that and NASA constructing a warp drive, pretty pretty pretty awesome.

[Schultz]

Coal

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/02/20/coal-cleanest-energy-source-there-is/

[Bon]

Pretty interesting!
Testing if the universe is a computer simulation.. haha

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/12/12/physicists-universe-simulation-test-university-of-washington-matrix_n_2282745.html

[boz-monaut]

scale of the universe

http://www.htwins.net/scale2/

not shown: Q's mum

http://i.imgur.com/UmpOi.gif

[q-money]

looks like they left out your cock on the lower end of the scale too

[boz-monaut]

http://i.imgur.com/tvwQC.gif

[plague]

http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pBNMNHJh6t4AGJcmjgrmWA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptustenexperts/screen-capture-1dkd.png

[GazFish35]

Is that Flathead's illegitimate daughter (the one he had with Morag) coming in at Number 3?

Wow.
lance and Martin would be impressed

[plague]

Is that Flathead's illegitimate daughter (the one he had with Morag) coming in at Number 3?

Wow.
lance and Martin would be impressed

The one who died in the boat accident?
Oh wait, or did she kill someone in the boating accident?
Either way Alex Papps has NEVER gotten over it.

(also of note: Alex Papps nowhere to be seen on the above list).

[GazFish35]

She died in that boat. Damn submerged log.

Where was science to help her then?

[plague]

She died in that boat. Damn submerged log.

Where was science to help her then?
There is no way in hell I can hang with you on a H&A discussion.
I bow to your greatness.

[boz-monaut]

you people suck

get out of the science thread

[plague]

you people suck

get out of the science thread ya flamin galahs

http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/110113/haa_char_alf_stewart_16iskct-16iskd9.jpg?x=400&sig=_OF4Ktk3iIUdONJX0D8oTg--





(ok im done).

[militiamon]

http://i.imgur.com/CnpCjDm.jpg

I missed this, top work.

[GazFish35]

There is no way in hell I can hang with you on a H&A discussion.
I bow to your greatness.

You probably could, I stopped watching after bobby died.


Boz.... I'm leaving.

[Rocknerd]

http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/946xvariable_height/public/20130722_annotated_earth-moon_from_saturn_1920x1080.jpg?itok=DIJv2DwN

greetings from Saturn!

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia17171.html#.Ue8RjdIwdds

[boz-monaut]

robotic beer arm to allow stupid dancing and avoid spilling precious beer (http://www.gifbin.com/986777)

[GazFish35]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKaOC9danxNo

Apologies if this does not work.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DKaOC9danxNo

[belchardo]

Fighter jet flies with 3D printed parts

British fighter jets have flown for the first time with parts made using 3D printing technology.

BAE Systems said the metal components were successfully used on board Tornado aircraft that flew from the defence firm's airfield at Warton, Lancashire, in late December.

The company said its engineers were using 3D technology to design and produce parts that could cut the Royal Air Force's maintenance and service bill by over £1.2m over the next four years.

BAE Systems is working at RAF Marham, Norfolk, to engineer ready-made parts for four squadrons of Tornado GR4 aircraft, including protective covers for cockpit radios and guards for power take-off shafts. Some of the parts cost less than £100.

Mike Murray, head of airframe integration at BAE Systems, said: "You are suddenly not fixed in terms of where you have to manufacture these things. You can manufacture the products at whatever base you want, providing you can get a machine there, which means you can also start to support other platforms such as ships and aircraft carriers.

"And if it's feasible to get machines out on the front line, it also gives improved capability where we wouldn't traditionally have any manufacturing support."

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jan/06/fighter-jet-flies-with-3d-printed-parts/print

crazy.

[Schultz]

Awesome shot that Rocknerd.
They recently released another shot of Earth and the Moon from Mercury.
There's quite a lot happening at the moment and much more to come.

[Bon]

Pretty awesome stuff..
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/first-image-of-cosmic-web-2014-1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+businessinsider+%2528Busine ss+Insider%2529

[belchardo]

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/11/03/4118961.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201410/r1349643_18895093.jpg

[snake]

Tesla announces low-cost batteries for homes

Elon Musk
The electric car company Tesla has announced its entry into the energy market, unveiling a suite of low-cost solar batteries for homes, businesses and utilities, “the missing piece”, it said, in the transition to a sustainable energy world.

The batteries, which will retail at $3,500 in the US, were launched on Thursday at a Tesla facility in California by the company’s ambitious founder, Elon Musk, who heralded the technology as “a fundamental transformation [in] how energy is delivered across the earth”.

Wall-mounted, with a sleek design, the lithium-ion batteries are designed to capture and store up to 10kWh of energy from wind or solar panel. The reserves can be drawn on when sunlight is low, during grid outages, or at peak demand times, when electricity costs are highest.

The smallest “Powerwall” is 1.3m by 68cm, small enough to be hung inside a garage on or an outside wall. Up to eight batteries can be “stacked” in a home, Musk said, to applause from investors and journalists at the much-anticipated event.

The batteries will initially be manufactured at the electric car company’s factory in California, but will move production to its planned “gigafactory” in Nevada when it opens in 2017.

The Nevada facility will be the largest producer of lithium-ion batteries in the world, and it is hoped its mass-production scale will help to bring down costs even further.

It is not the only battery storage system on the market, but the Powerwall boasts a relatively high storage capacity, a competitive price, and the heft of investment and excitement generated by Musk’s vision.

The entrepreneur, who helped to invent the online payment system, PayPal, has also founded a private space company, Space X, and is experimenting with a high-speed public transportation system called Hyperloop.

Musk also unveiled a larger “Powerpack”, a 100kWh battery block to help utilities smooth out their supply of wind and solar energy - which is generated intermittently - or to pump energy into the grid when demand soars.

He said on Thursday about two billion Powerpacks could store enough electricity to meet the entire world’s needs. “That may seem like an insane number,” he said. “But this is actually within the power of humanity to do.”
Deutsche Bank estimates sales of battery storage systems for homes and businesses could yield as much as $4.5bn in revenue for Tesla. The energy storage industry is expected to grow to $19bn by 2017, according to research firm IHS CERA.

Tesla is currently taking orders for the systems, with the first units expected to shift in August.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/may/01/tesla-announces-low-cost-solar-batteries-elon-musk

this bloke :wub:

[Blackmac79]

Apparently, and I haven't looked into this in depth I have just heard it, Costa Rica is now officially running on 100% sustainable energy.

I don't know what the mix is however.

The reasonability of solar and even to and extent wind tubines for individual houses is increasingn rapidly.

[militiamon]

How good's the peer review process hey?

We're reviewing one now, some dudes are trying to publish in a journal with impact factor of 16 which is meant for novel materials/surface science. Other reviewer was giving them a pull with their comments (must be mates), but they were fuming with ours. It's good work but they're claiming it's the first time that what they're doing has been done before when they dedicated 4 paragraphs to it in their seminal work on the subject :blush:

Oh and they didn't cite us. Kents.


Anyone else have some lol stories about the peer review process?

[snake]

once accidentally clicked minor review instead of major review :oops:

they addressed all my comments, though, so all good. crisis averted :cool:

having a bit more luck on the other side lately. must be more covincing than i am in the religion thread (or the reviewers are nicer :rof:)

[militiamon]

Yeeww, just saw the latest.

Ooof, how's that table of contents image. Did you make it yourself? Looks far better than my effort :rof:

[snake]

Yeeww, just saw the latest.

Ooof, how's that table of contents image. Did you make it yourself? Looks far better than my effort :rof:


nah, i would have done it in paintbrush :rof:

our man jb (of the blog fame) was the editor, but just got juan of his assistants to deal with it as there was no comments. to answer the question, yes, she's attractive :wub: :rof: (y)

[q-money]

got knocked back by your various Nature journals etc for a paper characterizing a hitherto un-discovered system in the human CNS..eventually published in a specialist ophthalmic journal earlier this year...then got cited in Nature by another group characterizing a hitherto un-discovered system in a different spot of the human CNS ffs

yanks run the world, closely followed by cranky germans

[snake]

just roll the dice. quick rejection is a good rejection.

by the way, looked at some titles, do u ppl even speke english m8?

[q-money]

just roll the dice. quick rejection is a good rejection.
:rof:

some blokes wanted to reject us so bad they even wrote a consensus letter with their mates to the journal we eventually published in saying we were wrong, straight after they rejected the first submission of the paper. fkn crybabies.

look who's laughing now. not the germans because they don't have a sense of humor

[snake]

:rof:

just another 40 years of this type of bullshit. ****, I hope i die firdt. :rof:

one of my current things is going to a website called retractionwatch.com

some genuine lolworthy stories in there, including some masterful SEM doctoring straight out of mspaint :rof:

[q-money]

http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphys3343.html

[belchardo]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-07/fighting-robots-face-off-after-japanese-firm-accepts-challenge/6600076

ROBOT FIGHT!!!!!

[plague]

Question:
With the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing and the kerfuffle over the US/Iran nuclear deal I've been thinking.
Is it 'that' difficult to make a nuke?
reason why I'm saying is that with all of the advances in technology over the 70 years since it was unleashed how can these rouge countries still not have the capability?
is it the process? is it the materials needed?
I'm just intrigued as it seems to be that the whole world has come a long long way over that time but we've still managed to keep it out of the hands of the lunatics. how is that possible?

[boz-monaut]

everything you need to make a nuke is difficult to obtain, highly controlled and very, very, very expensive

obtaining fissionable material is extraordinarily difficult and then you have to process it in very complicated ways (e.g. separating isotopes of uranium using very complicated centrifuges)

the actual making of the fission bomb is probably the simplest bit - you just need a critical mass, which you get by exploding bits together

making a fusion bomb requires a fission bomb and a whole bunch more complications (and easier to obtain isotopes)

much easier to just steal one from former Soviet republics

[boz-monaut]

actually if you turn over to SBS now there's a special on Uranium

[plague]

much easier to just steal one from former Soviet republics

well this is another amazing thing that somehow a crazy person hasn't already done this and let rip.

so if Australia decided tomorrow "we want the bomb". if they had access to materials and brains how long would it take us to do it from scratch?
is it a 12 month thing? 2 years 10 years?

[The Dunster]

Would they still use a graphite lattice for a moderator ? Or has technology changed in recent times ?

[The Dunster]

well this is another amazing thing that somehow a crazy person hasn't already done this and let rip.

so if Australia decided tomorrow "we want the bomb". if they had access to materials and brains how long would it take us to do it from scratch?
is it a 12 month thing? 2 years 10 years?

What makes you think we don't already have them ?:gent:

[militiamon]

Patents suck. Lawyers ruin everything.


one of my current things is going to a website called retractionwatch.com

Have wasted countless hours on this website since you mentioned it :whistling:

How's the peskovite work going? :rof:

(just wanted to mention that this word was said again just the other day, holey dooley)

[snake]

:rof:

lawyers do suck gigantic smelly cats testicles. the world would be better without them.

am actually drafting a related pesky application for a prospective phd student as we speak :rof:

[snake]

check out mah sem's

http://i0.wp.com/www.retractionwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/nano-letters-11.png

http://i0.wp.com/www.retractionwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/nano-letters-2.png

http://i2.wp.com/www.retractionwatch.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/nano-letters-3.png

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/28200000/Seems-legit-random-28286619-500-375.jpg

http://retractionwatch.com/2013/08/16/nano-letters-retracts-chopstick-nanorod-paper-questioned-this-week-on-chemistry-blogs/

[boz-monaut]

I just love that someone did such a sterling job in MS Paint and thought to themselves 'yeah this'll work, I reckon I can get away with it'

[militiamon]

lol love the second image especially. Have seen better MS paint jobs on here.

Nano Letters too ffs. Here I am slaving away with my legit work only to have it published in your Langmuirs, PCCPs, J Phys Chem Bs :wanker:

[boz-monaut]

this Homo naledi find in South Africa is pretty amazing
- http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/sep/10/new-species-of-ancient-human-discovered-claim-scientists
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-10/new-species-of-human-relative-found-in-underground-graveyard/6765466

about 15 individuals deep in a cave in South Africa, with only small, lady scientists able to fit in the caves - bones may have been there for about 3 million years

[q-money]

sounds like the foz, without the women bit

[Bon]

sounds like the foz, without the women bit

:lulzturtle:

[WolfMan]

Wonder which of the small ladies plays the MFKS role - disputing scientific evidence and the like? :popcorn:

[The Dunster]

How drunk would you have to be to hit one of those Homo naledi bitches ?

[boz-monaut]

Ze Germans are about to turn on a stellarator they've been working on and hopefully fuse some atoms to some other atoms and make a different kind of atoms and energy

a stellarator is like a tokamak only far more complicated and can hopefully contain plasma for longer

here's some cool gifs

http://static.businessinsider.com/image/563380969dd7cc1a008c5e98/image.gif

http://static.businessinsider.com/image/56337fc79dd7cc03308bac5d/image.gif

full article (http://www.businessinsider.com.au/germany-is-turning-on-its-monster-stellarator-2015-10)

[boz-monaut]

good news that CSIRO will get some of the money back that the previous anti-science junta ripped out so they could fund tax cuts for the rich

[belchardo]

good news that CSIRO will get some of the money back that the previous anti-science junta ripped out so they could fund tax cuts for the rich

yeah, so about that...

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/04/csiro-confirms-300-job-cuts-with-climate-research-bearing-the-brunt

"questions about climate change have been answered". who is this dick? yes, cause we totally understand how climate change will affect future extreme weather events. or how we should best manage our agricultural lands to maintain productivity. or how coastal communities should prepare for sea level change.

kutgw Malcolm. only a truly innovative person can see that underfunding of science will lead to innovation!

[belchardo]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/25/penguins-on-a-treadmill-study-shows-fat-ones-fall-over-more-often-than-slim-ones

Fat penguins fall over more often than skinny ones.

[belchardo]

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

oh god, judgement day just got another step closer!

[The Dunster]

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

oh god, judgement day just got another step closer!

Is that legit ? Looks like it has been spliced / edited in parts.

[WolfMan]

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

oh god, judgement day just got another step closer!

My exact thoughts upon watching this earlier. Impressive/frightening in equal measure

[The Dunster]

It won't be easy to earn a living from rugby league once they work out an algorithm to make the robot piss in it's own mouth and root a Labrador.

[hawk]

It won't be easy to earn a living from rugby league once they work out an algorithm to make the robot piss in it's own mouth and root a Labrador.

:rof::rof::rof:

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/500x/69296638/doctor-magoo-youve-done-it-again-.jpg

[Bon]

It won't be easy to earn a living from rugby league once they work out an algorithm to make the robot piss in it's own mouth and root a Labrador.

:lulzturtle:

[Retro Jet]

It won't be easy to earn a living from rugby league once they work out an algorithm to make the robot piss in it's own mouth and root a Labrador.

N1 son.
Should be cross posted in the I hate rugby league thread...

[Bon]

Apparently Dorrigo just had a 4.2 earthquake, no tsunami warning for the coast.. There's been a heap of tremors preceding it over the past few days..
Is it science? Yeah, nah, don't know..

[boz-monaut]

near Nambucca actually

http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/initRecentQuakes.do

about 20 minutes ago

geez I love quality information on the internet

you can also get that live map on Google Earth

[Bon]

Wow, didn't see all that info.. Cheers boz..
Interesting how many were around Macksville too.. Looks like somethings going on in that area up there..
Crazy times, whats next? Jets wheels to fall off.. MFKS to love Boogs, SD and Hamma to become best mates.. The end of days..

[boz-monaut]

actually if anyone else loves Google Earth I have amassed a shitload of links and resources and stuff

[belchardo]

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

oh god, judgement day just got another step closer!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-13/boston-dynamics-releases-video-showing-robot-opening-door/9443548

they're still coming!

[Schultz]

near Nambucca actually

http://www.ga.gov.au/earthquakes/initRecentQuakes.do

about 20 minutes ago

geez I love quality information on the internet

you can also get that live map on Google Earth

I often check this too, also the global incident map. Pretty cool.

[belchardo]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/11/if-the-shoo-fits-cows-painted-with-zebra-stripes-keep-flies-in-line

This could be the single greatest piece of research ever.