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Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:08 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Remember the Large Hadron Collider and how they said them producing black holes would never be a safety concern?

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl? ... 28/2247228

Uh, yeah. There were errors in their calcs and we could all die.



Awesome.

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:46 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Teleportation initial tests:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10150272-1.html

"Three dollars and it only transports matter?!”

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:14 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Canada's own Gordan Freeman talks about what he believes is our own Stonehenge:

http://technology.sympatico.msn.ca/News ... &date=True

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=14119

He's a scientist of sorts who's managed to find a location connected to interstellar study.



We are so totally boned when the Xen levee breaks. Or saved if the 78 year old Freeman finds a crowbar ;)

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:20 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2010 11:52 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
5 Forms of Black Magic That Science Is Making Possible:
http://www.cracked.com/article/162_5-fo ... -possible/

6 Badass Tricks You Can (But Shouldn't) Do With Electricity:
http://www.cracked.com/article/183_6-ba ... ectricity/

5 Ways To Hack Your Brain Into Awesomeness:
http://www.cracked.com/article/127_5-wa ... esomeness/

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:59 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:53 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
LHC first proton to proton collision:

http://atlas.web.cern.ch/Atlas/public/E ... vents.html

http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/events/snapshotA.png

http://i.imgur.com/ugwnl.png



I just think the Star Trek-like graphs are cool ;)

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:26 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Computer generated image of a sunken sub from sonar pings:

http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/a ... sonar.aspx

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:20 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:00 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:02 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Climate scientists getting p!ssy and suing:

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/04 ... art_pos=17

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Sun May 02, 2010 9:08 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Hot water freezing quicker than cool water:

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/G ... water.html

Mpemba Effect

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:35 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:29 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
What with the earthquake yesterday, here's a map of seismic activity in Canada:
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/ha ... az-eng.php

NRCAN's page on earthquakes:
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/ha ... ex-eng.php

Re: NSFW General Science Thread--You'll Expand Your Mind!!!

Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 7:48 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Pendulum effect done with black light:

http://videosift.com/video/Pendulum-Wav ... lack-Light