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2013-01-22, 10:54 | Link #1583 | |
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Harvard professor seeks 'adventurous' woman to give birth to baby Neanderthal
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2013-01-22, 11:03 | Link #1584 | |
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2013-01-22, 12:17 | Link #1586 |
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Asteroid-mining 'FireFlys' will be ready for action by 2015, vows space firm:
"A second commercial venture to mine the near infinite resources of outer space has been started, and Deep Space Industries (DSI) is promising its spacecraft and 3D printers will allow successful mining operations within a decade. The venture says that it will have its first class of 55lb (25kg) "FireFly" probes ready for action by 2015, hitching a ride on other commercial launches, and during their six-month missions will explore Near Earth Objects (NEO) for useful materials." See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01...teroid_mining/ |
2013-01-22, 19:36 | Link #1587 |
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And sex being encouraged from early childhood? Lolis FTW- *IS SHOT*
Come to thimk of it, the higher levels of consumerism and that "hypnopedia" thing scares me. Sure life is much simpler, but the lack of creative forces makes the World State no different from a zombie apocalypse.
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2013-01-23, 02:52 | Link #1588 | |
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In Ford we trust. (I find the allegories to Fordism in the book interesting, at the time Mass Production was still largely restricted the United States, and everyone else considered it a very dehumanizing process, robbing manufacture of any form of "craftsmanship". BNW is largely an extension of Mass Production principles to an absurd degree, except not only are products and parts standardized, but also the workers, who are themselves mass produced.) |
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2013-01-23, 16:40 | Link #1589 |
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Hydrogen on demand from silicon nanospheres - just add water:
"“Instant energy, just add water” – you might expect the expression under an ACME label in an old Warner Bros cartoon, but not from a University. However, researchers at the University of Buffalo in New York have demonstrated that nano-particles of silicon react with water to produce the non-toxic silicic acid and release hydrogen. The reaction is well known, but the university says using 10nm spheres of silicon works 1,000 times faster than bulk silicon." See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01...ust_add_water/ |
2013-01-23, 18:33 | Link #1591 |
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MP3 files written as DNA with storage density of 2.2 petabytes per gram.
Posted mostly because this makes the False Minoshiros from Shin Sekai Yori a posibility in the real world. |
2013-01-24, 17:03 | Link #1592 | |
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Now this is cool. Never seen it before. After looking and reading up on galactic collisions, I've often wondered what a triple (or more) collision would look like.
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2013-01-24, 20:28 | Link #1593 |
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I thought galactic collisions are impossible since even if a galaxy is a "structure", each star is light years apart so they'll just went through each other . Though, I guess merging does make sense.
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2013-01-24, 23:07 | Link #1594 | |
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That said, hardly all stars are light years apart, especially the closer you move towards the core. |
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2013-01-25, 01:28 | Link #1595 |
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What is colliding is the gravitational fields. There may be all sorts of local disaster of individual systems (being moved too close to radiation sources, etc).
that nice roundish "gravity well" of the galaxy becomes a chaotic mess. And, of course, each has a mega black hole at the center going OM NOM NOM.
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2013-01-26, 19:12 | Link #1596 |
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Scientists Are Making a Vaccine for Alcoholism That Will Give You Terrible Hangovers:
"Though most borderline alcoholics don't need an anti-fun vaccine for alcoholism, those that drink a little too much could probably use the world's first vaccine for alcoholism. Made by Scientists in Chile, the vaccine "works" by screwing over people who drink. Seriously, once you pump yourself with the juice, you'll experience the worst hangover of your life." See: http://gizmodo.com/5979158/scientist...ible-hangovers |
2013-01-26, 20:36 | Link #1597 |
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New lab could unlock vast potential of seabed methane ice:
"The University of California, Irvine has been granted $1 million to develop a unique laboratory for the research of clean energy obtained from methane hydrates, an as-yet untapped source of methane gas that exists in huge quantities in some ocean-floor environments." "Currently, the most conservative estimate is that there are between 500 and 2,500 gigatonnes of carbon in submarine gas hydrate deposits, the majority of which are in the form of methane." See: http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/...d-methane-ice/ |
2013-01-27, 19:21 | Link #1598 |
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Ultra HD Anime on Japanese TV “By 2014″:
"Anime in 3840×2160 “2160p” UHDTV resolutions should be available by the summer of 2014, as the Japanese government is pressing for the rollout of 4K UHDTV 2 years ahead of schedule in an effort to save the TV industry from collapse. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications had formerly intended to introduce the next generation of HDTV in 2016, but has announced it will be bringing this goal forward 2 years to July 2014, to hopefully coincide with the World Cup in Brazil." See: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2013/0...se-tv-by-2014/ |
2013-01-27, 21:17 | Link #1599 | |
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2013-01-28, 01:15 | Link #1600 | |
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"However, none of this addresses the reasons fewer Japanese are watching TV in the first place, something generally blamed on the atrocious quality of mainstream TV, which will presumably remain unchanged even in UHDTV." Bad TV programs are bad, no matter what resolution they're shown in. |
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