2014-06-13, 22:16 | Link #2821 |
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Earth may have underground 'ocean' three times that on surface:
"After decades of searching scientists have discovered that a vast reservoir of water, enough to fill the Earth’s oceans three times over, may be trapped hundreds of miles beneath the surface, potentially transforming our understanding of how the planet was formed. The water is locked up in a mineral called ringwoodite about 660km (400 miles) beneath the crust of the Earth, researchers say. Geophysicist Steve Jacobsen from Northwestern University in the US co-authored the study published in the journal Science and said the discovery suggested Earth’s water may have come from within, driven to the surface by geological activity, rather than being deposited by icy comets hitting the forming planet as held by the prevailing theories." See: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...hat-on-surface |
2014-06-21, 20:27 | Link #2822 |
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Here's Why You Should Be Excited About The James Webb Space Telescope:
"Peter Cullen, voice of Optimus Prime, recently lent his legendary voice to a slick animated introduction to the successor of the ridiculously prolific Hubble Telescope, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. But Cullen's velvety voice is far from the only reason to be excited about JWST." See: http://io9.com/heres-why-you-should-...bertsorokanich |
2014-06-22, 02:26 | Link #2823 |
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Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and fearing the machine:
"When the man at the forefront of some of the most cutting-edge enterprises in the world warns you about, well, some potentially disastrous technological dangers, you should probably listen, right? So pay attention to a warning from Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla, Paypal and SpaceX. During an interview on CNBC this past week he warned about artificial intelligence—you know, computers thinking for themselves." See: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101774267?__s...20and%20Stephe |
2014-06-22, 08:38 | Link #2824 | |
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5 'Deviant' Sex Acts That Science Says Are Good For You
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2014-06-23, 04:07 | Link #2825 | |
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I've read this and it's so awesome! Our planet is really unique because of it. I don't know how we can benefit from it though |
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2014-06-25, 11:03 | Link #2827 | |
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2014-06-27, 12:58 | Link #2828 |
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Turns out, elephant shrews are sorta closely related to actual elephants.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/...-namib-desert/ http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/27/58...elephant-shrew |
2014-07-06, 09:55 | Link #2829 | |
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Maybe the only reason why mental patients remain in their derelict mental state is that we, as society, are not accepting enough.
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2014-07-07, 01:31 | Link #2830 |
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A Drone Shows You Fireworks Like You've Never Seen Them:
"From tactical to practical, unmanned aircraft systems are becoming a more constant presence in our everyday lives, and one of the reasons for this is that they are expendable to varying degrees. Flying a camera equipped drone through a barrage of fireworks is just another indication of this, albeit a spectacular one. Losing a $3,000 quad-copter and a $1,000 DSLR is a lot cheaper than losing a $2M Bell Jet Ranger. This is no different for military applications, but we will save that discussion for another day seeing as it is July 4th. So just sit back and enjoy the fireworks like you have never seen them before: See: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/a-d...eve-1600412194 |
2014-07-10, 14:33 | Link #2831 |
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Giant Lego-like bricks could be the future of construction:
"Lego bricks are great for building toy houses, but one company has taken things a step further by modelling a new "smart brick" on the toy. The brainchild of Kite Bricks, Smart Bricks look almost exactly like large-scale Lego bricks, with raised knobs along the top that slot into grooves in the bottom of other bricks which allow them to snap together. The bricks are made from high-strength concrete, held in place by adhesive rather than mortar, and reinforced by steel bars if necessary." See: http://news.yahoo.com/giant-lego-bri...230723875.html |
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They were already featured on procedural dramas (CSI: Miami) and sci-fi series (Almost Human) and now they've become reality: the self-guided, "smart" bullets for small-caliber weapons.
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2014-07-11, 20:19 | Link #2833 |
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Scientist find that 80 percent of all light in the Universe is missing:
"According to observations made by the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope, the Universe is missing 80 percent of all its light. Astronomers are completely baffled: "We still don't know for sure what it is, but at least one thing we thought we knew about the present day universe isn't true." Those are the strong words of the co-author of the paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters by Ohio State University's David Weinberg. The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph detected that the tendrils of hydrogen that bridge the galaxies are not lighting up as expected. They are lighting up too much and we can see neither the light nor the sources from which the light is coming from:" See: http://sploid.gizmodo.com/scientists...995/+caseychan |
2014-07-16, 04:40 | Link #2834 |
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Should Pedophiles Be Allowed To Use Child Sexbots?
This pose an interesting question. Should we allow them to use sexbots that look like children since they are just machines and it might prevent them seeking real children or we shouldn't since some might consider robots are people too?
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2014-07-16, 07:55 | Link #2836 |
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^ yeah, something interactable would be banned faster than your head could spin in most nations. I doubt you'd get much traction for any psychological study or the like for it to see if it is an improvement for treatment either because of the paranoia surrounding anything related to children real or fake.
Although not explicitly stated, the article seems to be implying AI robots not just unthinking machines with the talk of 'beastiality'. Otherwise I don't see how they'd be much different to a blowup doll that moves. ...Also, "Ahhh! End of humanity as we know it since everyone will be sexing up a robot!"
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2014-07-16, 08:11 | Link #2837 | |
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2014-07-16, 10:18 | Link #2839 |
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In the olden days, a female is considered to reached child bearing age after the first menses, usually around 12ish of age (I think?) It's usually odd to get a female not having children or husband quickly after that. So when/why did it change?
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2014-07-16, 10:55 | Link #2840 |
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Back in the day, it was closer to 14-15, maybe older. 12 yr olds getting menses is a more recent development... Probably because of hormone laden chicken.
Also, Every time you hear "man gets 12 yr old pregnant" or the like in the news, the girl either dies during or soon after pregnancy, or require a good deal of medical assistance to be able to handle it.
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