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Unread postby WheelsFellOff » Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:54:44

Nasa Team Validates Test Results For Propellant-less Microwave Thrusters

It's kind of a big deal because they appear to violate the Law of Conservation of Momentum.
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Re: Rolling Science and Nature Thread

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Re: Rolling Science and Nature Thread

Unread postby SK790 » Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:34:26

That volcano that erupted in Iceland in 2010 and caused global air traffic problems is at it again:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/subglacial- ... -1.1972777
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Unread postby Monkeyboy » Sat Aug 23, 2014 20:38:15

This one could be a lot worse, unfortunately. Or it could hardly go off at all.

Volcanism is a funny business.
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Unread postby SK790 » Sat Aug 23, 2014 20:56:33

russell alton @Choplogik · 16 Nov 2012

Scientists confirm we have no idea about anything. "Theres just all sorts of crazy shit, everywhere you look," a spokesman said. "Its nuts."
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Re: Rolling Science and Nature Thread

Unread postby swishnicholson » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:36:17

It sounds more like a a Nope, but it's definitely a yup for people with certain conditions:

A Promising Pill. Not so Hard to Swallow.

Or my headline, Eat Shit and Don't Die.
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Re: Rolling Science and Nature Thread

Unread postby SK790 » Tue Oct 28, 2014 17:24:37

Cool short video of the ISS capturing the Sarychev Volcano erupting in 2009.

movie: http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/im ... l_H264.mov
article: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php_id=38985
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Unread postby CalvinBall » Tue Nov 25, 2014 15:44:56

that thing is so hideous it looks like something from a horror film

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Unread postby jamiethekiller » Tue Nov 25, 2014 16:44:51

looks like a human head with a fish tail attached

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Re: Rolling Science and Nature Thread

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Re: Rolling Science and Nature Thread

Unread postby phatj » Wed Dec 17, 2014 23:55:16

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Unread postby BigEd76 » Fri Dec 19, 2014 21:22:42

^^^ really cool


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Re: Rolling Science and Nature Thread

Unread postby TenuredVulture » Sat Dec 20, 2014 00:16:19

How could you resist poking that with a stick?
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Re: Rolling Science and Nature Thread

Unread postby Bucky » Mon Feb 23, 2015 14:46:51

Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher

Hey, a scientist has to eat too, right?? :lol:


“The whole doubt-mongering strategy relies on creating the impression of scientific debate,” said Naomi Oreskes, a historian of science at Harvard University and the co-author of “Merchants of Doubt,” a book about such campaigns. “Willie Soon is playing a role in a certain kind of political theater.”

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Re: Rolling Science and Nature Thread

Unread postby SK790 » Fri Feb 27, 2015 20:00:28

The end of the electronic age??? Memristors may replace transitors...

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/tech/mci- ... index.html
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