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synaesthetic · 2013-01-06, 13:56

God the media reporting on the negative temperature experiment is so misleading...

It's not actually colder than absolute zero. It cannot be. We can't even cool anything to absolute zero, because it's a theoretical point like the speed of light--it's an asymptote and the value of energy required would approach infinity.

Lightning_Wing · 2013-01-06, 14:12

The media also blew up about the FTL neutrino about a year ago as well. Whatever makes the readers happy, I suppose, or just bad editing and a lack of scientific knowledge. (I'm leaning towards the latter)

Ithekro · 2013-01-06, 15:26

Does it mean all those old Sci-fi script writers that had thing at temperatures "below" Zero K are now correct?

(No, but the fans now have something to handwave it away).

And Cirno was right......?

Zakoo · 2013-01-06, 15:53

The biggest debate of the world, is cirno actually a genius or a real baka?

AnimeFan188 · 2013-01-06, 15:59

Secret US cybersecurity program to protect power grid confirmed:

"Newly released documents confirm that the National Security Agency (NSA),
America's top cyberespionage organization, is spearheading a cloaked and
controversial program to develop technology that could protect the US power grid
from cyberattack.

Existence of the program, dubbed Perfect Citizen, was revealed in a 2010 Wall
Street Journal article. But intriguing new details are revealed in documents released
by the NSA last month to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), an
Internet privacy group that petitioned for them in 2010 under the Freedom of
Information Act."

See:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/01...-entryNineItem

AnimeFan188 · 2013-01-07, 13:44

The Kilogram Has Gained Weight:

"The kilogram may need to go on a diet. The international standard, a cylinder-
shaped hunk of metal that defines the fundamental unit of mass, has gained tens
of micrograms of mass from surface contamination, according to a new study.

As a result, each country that has one of these standard masses has a slightly
different definition of the kilogram, which could throw off science experiments that
require very precise weight measurements or international trade in highly
restricted items that are restricted by weight, such as radioactive materials."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/kilogram-gaine...005533827.html

AnimeFan188 · 2013-01-07, 13:46

Biofuels cause pollution, not as green as thought - study:

"Green schemes to fight climate change by producing more bio-fuels could actually
worsen a little-known type of air pollution and cause almost 1,400 premature
deaths a year in Europe by 2020, a study showed on Sunday.

The report said trees grown to produce wood fuel - seen as a cleaner alternative
to oil and coal - released a chemical into the air that, when mixed with other
pollutants, could also reduce farmers' crop yields."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/biofuels-cause...015806435.html

SaintessHeart · 2013-01-07, 20:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnimeFan188

Biofuels cause pollution, not as green as thought - study:

"Green schemes to fight climate change by producing more bio-fuels could actually
worsen a little-known type of air pollution and cause almost 1,400 premature
deaths a year in Europe by 2020, a study showed on Sunday.

The report said trees grown to produce wood fuel - seen as a cleaner alternative
to oil and coal - released a chemical into the air that, when mixed with other
pollutants, could also reduce farmers' crop yields."

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/biofuels-cause...015806435.html

Study papers please. Or just another piece of pop journalism.

ganbaru · 2013-01-07, 20:28

Study: Billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...01-07-20-02-05
Earthsize, not earthlike.

RRW · 2013-01-07, 22:12

Quote:

A colossal breakthrough has been made in the research of giant squid with a Japanese film crew capturing the first video of the elusive creature deep in the Pacific Ocean.

The footage, which will be aired on Discovery Channel later this month, has excited scientists around the world as it is the first time a giant squid has been filmed alive.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/81534...in-world-first

GDB · 2013-01-08, 09:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by ganbaru

Study: Billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...01-07-20-02-05
Earthsize, not earthlike.

Yeah, I wasn't sure what the point of the article was either. So they're similar sized. Who cares?

SaintessHeart · 2013-01-08, 09:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by GDB

Yeah, I wasn't sure what the point of the article was either. So they're similar sized. Who cares?

Imagine we could pull one and ram it into our Earth! Then we would all go to space and evolve into Newtypes.

kyp275 · 2013-01-08, 10:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

Imagine we could pull one and ram it into our Earth! Then we would all go to space and evolve into Newtypes.

Well, if we can "pull" an Earth-sized planet from another solar system and ram it into Earth, I'd imagine we have already "went to space"

SaintessHeart · 2013-01-08, 10:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyp275

Well, if we can "pull" an Earth-sized planet from another solar system and ram it into Earth, I'd imagine we have already "went to space"

Even if we did, there are still people whose souls are tied down by gravity. To make them move their asses, we need to crash something into Earth.

Soverence · 2013-01-08, 10:55

NASA Eyes Plan to Drag Asteroid Near the Moon

"Capturing a near-Earth asteroid and dragging it into orbit around the moon could help humanity put boots on Mars someday, proponents of the idea say.
NASA is considering a $2.6 billion asteroid-retrieval mission that could deliver a space rock to high lunar orbit by 2025 or so, New Scientist reported last week. The plan could help jump-start manned exploration of deep space, carving out a path to the Red Planet and perhaps even more far-flung destinations, its developers maintain. "

http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-eyes-wild...133639284.html

ChainLegacy · 2013-01-08, 13:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by GDB

Yeah, I wasn't sure what the point of the article was either. So they're similar sized. Who cares?

I think it's because we are in the infancy of our ability to detect planets outside of our solar system, and up until this point we have only been able to find gas giants. With technology progressing, we can now begin to reliably detect the presence of rocky planets for the first time. Still, not too exciting to anyone but the scientific community involved in these measurements, as I'm sure the general public always assumed there'd be Earth-sized, rocky planets out there.

LoweGear · 2013-01-09, 04:56

BBC: Rheinmetall demos laser that can shoot down drones

LAZOOORS~

One step closer to operational point defense lasers.

Also, Giant Squid filmed by scientists in world first

synaesthetic · 2013-01-09, 05:07

Point defense is probably the most realistic use for weaponized lasers. It's interesting how that seems to be their role in more modern science-fiction yarns. Write what you know, I suppose.

I guess that's also why people wrote "lasers" in the 80s and 90s as discrete, slow-moving blobs of light... write what you don't know!

SaintessHeart · 2013-01-09, 06:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoweGear

BBC: Rheinmetall demos laser that can shoot down drones

LAZOOORS~

One step closer to operational point defense lasers.

Also, Giant Squid filmed by scientists in world first

High powered lasers are no longer the size of entire science labs.

So when am I getting my Lascannon.

Mr Hat and Clogs · 2013-01-09, 07:20

So, lasers and big asteroids dangerously close to the planet....

... is it Evil Overlord week or something?

2013-01-06, 13:56	Link #1541
synaesthetic blinded by blood Author Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oakland, CA Age: 40	God the media reporting on the negative temperature experiment is so misleading... It's not actually colder than absolute zero. It cannot be. We can't even cool anything to absolute zero, because it's a theoretical point like the speed of light--it's an asymptote and the value of energy required would approach infinity. __________________ Indie science fiction author and all-around weirdo: Check out my original fiction here! Read an excerpt from my sci-fi novel Binary System!

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Lightning_Wing 1.048596 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Location?	The media also blew up about the FTL neutrino about a year ago as well. Whatever makes the readers happy, I suppose, or just bad editing and a lack of scientific knowledge. (I'm leaning towards the latter) __________________

2013-01-06, 15:26	Link #1543
Ithekro Gamilas Falls Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Republic of California Age: 46	Does it mean all those old Sci-fi script writers that had thing at temperatures "below" Zero K are now correct? (No, but the fans now have something to handwave it away). And Cirno was right......? __________________

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ganbaru books-eater youkai Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity	Study: Billions of Earth-size planets in Milky Way http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...01-07-20-02-05 Earthsize, not earthlike. __________________

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Soverence Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Where the Sky Touches the Sea Age: 30	NASA Eyes Plan to Drag Asteroid Near the Moon "Capturing a near-Earth asteroid and dragging it into orbit around the moon could help humanity put boots on Mars someday, proponents of the idea say. NASA is considering a $2.6 billion asteroid-retrieval mission that could deliver a space rock to high lunar orbit by 2025 or so, New Scientist reported last week. The plan could help jump-start manned exploration of deep space, carving out a path to the Red Planet and perhaps even more far-flung destinations, its developers maintain. " http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-eyes-wild...133639284.html __________________ My AnimeList: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Soverence My MangaList: http://myanimelist.net/mangalist/Soverence

2013-01-06, 15:53	Link #1544
Zakoo Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Gensokyo	The biggest debate of the world, is cirno actually a genius or a real baka?

2013-01-06, 15:59	Link #1545
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	Secret US cybersecurity program to protect power grid confirmed: "Newly released documents confirm that the National Security Agency (NSA), America's top cyberespionage organization, is spearheading a cloaked and controversial program to develop technology that could protect the US power grid from cyberattack. Existence of the program, dubbed Perfect Citizen, was revealed in a 2010 Wall Street Journal article. But intriguing new details are revealed in documents released by the NSA last month to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), an Internet privacy group that petitioned for them in 2010 under the Freedom of Information Act." See: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/01...-entryNineItem

2013-01-07, 13:44	Link #1546
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	The Kilogram Has Gained Weight: "The kilogram may need to go on a diet. The international standard, a cylinder- shaped hunk of metal that defines the fundamental unit of mass, has gained tens of micrograms of mass from surface contamination, according to a new study. As a result, each country that has one of these standard masses has a slightly different definition of the kilogram, which could throw off science experiments that require very precise weight measurements or international trade in highly restricted items that are restricted by weight, such as radioactive materials." See: http://news.yahoo.com/kilogram-gaine...005533827.html

2013-01-07, 13:46	Link #1547
AnimeFan188 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008	Biofuels cause pollution, not as green as thought - study: "Green schemes to fight climate change by producing more bio-fuels could actually worsen a little-known type of air pollution and cause almost 1,400 premature deaths a year in Europe by 2020, a study showed on Sunday. The report said trees grown to produce wood fuel - seen as a cleaner alternative to oil and coal - released a chemical into the air that, when mixed with other pollutants, could also reduce farmers' crop yields." See: http://news.yahoo.com/biofuels-cause...015806435.html

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LoweGear Secret Society BLANKET Graphic Designer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 3 times the passion of normal flamenco	BBC: Rheinmetall demos laser that can shoot down drones LAZOOORS~ One step closer to operational point defense lasers. Also, Giant Squid filmed by scientists in world first __________________ Against all the evil that hell can conjure, all wickedness that mankind can produce... We will send unto them, only you.

2013-01-09, 05:07	Link #1558
synaesthetic blinded by blood Author Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oakland, CA Age: 40	Point defense is probably the most realistic use for weaponized lasers. It's interesting how that seems to be their role in more modern science-fiction yarns. Write what you know, I suppose. I guess that's also why people wrote "lasers" in the 80s and 90s as discrete, slow-moving blobs of light... write what you don't know! __________________ Indie science fiction author and all-around weirdo: Check out my original fiction here! Read an excerpt from my sci-fi novel Binary System!

2013-01-09, 07:20	Link #1560
Mr Hat and Clogs Did someone call a doctor Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 40	So, lasers and big asteroids dangerously close to the planet.... ... is it Evil Overlord week or something? __________________