2012-10-10, 15:25 | Link #1281 | |
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I'm guessing that by the end of this century, if we don't blow ourselves up, we'll have enough understanding of biology, medicine, robotics, etc to extend our lives to hundreds of years instead of only decades. By then, hopefully, we'll have the capability to travel within the inner solar system so we don't have a huge population problem. |
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2012-10-10, 15:47 | Link #1284 |
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Well, when we consider that much breeding will be needed once the colonisation commences, and men will be needed to do prodigious ... ahem, service, then we'll have to be sure to select female participants for visual attractiveness, in addition to fertility.
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2012-10-10, 15:47 | Link #1285 | |
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MIT pencils in carbon nanotube gas sensor that's cheaper, less hazardous
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2012-10-10, 18:59 | Link #1286 |
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Is lightspeed really a limit?:
"We don’t (yet) have any way to test this, but University of Adelaide applied mathematicians are suggesting that an extended version of Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity also holds true for velocities beyond lightspeed. One of the main predictions of Special Relativity is that the speed of light is treated as an absolute cosmic speed limit, the line which can never be crossed; and even the notorious “faster-than-light neutrino” incident in 2011 has left the theory intact as one of the most robust in physics. However, during the speculation that surrounded the neutrino discussion last year1, the University of Adelaide’s Professor Jim Hill and Dr Barry Cox considered the question of how the mathematical contradictions posed by a faster-than-light particle could be aligned with Special Relativity. Their solution, which Professor Hill discussed with The Register,2 rested on ignoring the speed of light’s status as an absolute limit, and instead, using the information where the relative velocity of two observers is infinite.3." See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10...y_mathematics/ |
2012-10-10, 22:36 | Link #1287 | |
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The catch is, chances are good that they'll all be Sumeragi clones. |
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2012-10-12, 03:05 | Link #1288 | |
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Astronomers find diamond planet nearby
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2012-10-12, 05:14 | Link #1289 | |
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I am certain I read something about this some time ago. This shit is actually scaring me. EDIT : okay, took the time to do some google : Diamond / carbon planets are easily explainable (see this) and quoting that article : The unconfirmed planet PSR J1719-1438 b, discovered on August 25, 2011, as well as the planet 55 Cancri e, could be such planets. I read the articles about the planet found last year. 55 Cancri e is the planet the medias are currently talking about. Last edited by Rahan; 2012-10-12 at 05:48. |
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2012-10-12, 16:08 | Link #1290 | |
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Bill Nye Needs You to Help Save Planetary Exploration
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2012-10-14, 21:49 | Link #1291 | |
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2012-10-14, 21:57 | Link #1292 |
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They seem to be leading in a direction to where it might be possible to break lightspeed (one way or another) in say 50 years? Hopefully less from my point of view. Retirement (assuming I get a job I can retire from) would be nice to go to deep space or at least somewhere in the solar system for sightseeing.
Making the solar system a smaller place might be a way to make Earth even smaller in terms of the things that keep our species fighting itself for millenia. It won't end such things, but it might mitigate some of the resource issues and lead to potental industry (therefor jobs). (Star Trek being "correct", from a certain point of view, would be very interesting).
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2012-10-16, 06:30 | Link #1293 | |
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Planet with four suns discovered by volunteers
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2012-10-16, 18:44 | Link #1297 | |
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I'm sure it's possible that things can travel faster than light, but it's all theoretical until we come up with something that can go faster than a tenth of the speed. To be honest I'd rather see heavier research on creating engines that can generate and harness the kind of power needed for serious space travel to begin with. It's like robotics - we just don't have the energy revolution required for advanced independent mechanisms. We're still very much the equivalent of cavemen who need lightning to get fire.
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2012-10-16, 23:59 | Link #1299 | |
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Alien planet at Alpha Centauri closest ever found to Earth
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2012-10-18, 02:37 | Link #1300 |
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Alright, so now we need to look at Alpha Centauri A and try to find a solid planet covered with vegetation, extremely exotic minerals, six-limbed fauna, fluorescent fauna and blue-skinned humanoids.
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