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  1. hmm... on NEAT Comet Crossing: Internet Telescopes · · Score: 3, Interesting

    the interesting thing about this comet was that they figured if it survived the solar radiation blasting it took from looping so close to the sun was that it would probably come out the close encounter of the sun shining brighter! What amateurs and scientists alike thought would happen was the solar radiation would blast off the outer shell and literally ignite some of the denser inner chemicals. Sort of neat, no pun intended...

  2. before we go any further... on The Taste of Pain · · Score: 1, Troll

    let's mention quantum physics and the illusion of free will. Of course your genetics have something to do with emotional pain, etc, for your genetics blueprint your life's development, and your particles are destined to spin in a decipherable pattern (of course only after you die can we decipher the pattern)...

  3. Re:Grumble, grumble - absolute zero on Coldest Place in the Universe · · Score: 1

    what about using nanomagnets to cease/lock atoms into a nonexistent spin?

  4. life on europa... on Boost to Chances of Life on Europa? · · Score: 1

    who DOESN'T want to live next to a salt volcano!

  5. Re:And... on New Hope for Life on Mars · · Score: 2, Insightful

    that it is that much easier to establish ourselves on the planet. If life, of any kind can sustain itself, well then we can work off of that as a platform.

  6. hmm... on Gravity Wave Detector Ready For Business · · Score: 2, Insightful

    wouldn't this work better in deep space. Failing that, wouldn't tossing it up in low earth orbit be better? I can't imagine how theyre going to get past the incredible amount of vibrations, tweaks, tilts that the earth provides.

  7. Re:I hate to be the bearer of bad news... on Alternative Hyperbaric Chamber Use · · Score: 1

    correct, but it would probably heal the trauma afterwards though...

  8. Re:The Sun on Do Comets go Poof? · · Score: 1

    semi-true statement. Interstellar radiation can do a lot for exposing comets way off. Now all you need is a scope with a big enough aperture...

  9. it's all... on Do Comets go Poof? · · Score: 1

    space dust (ice, rock, hydrogen binded together)

  10. Re:I'm Glad My Tax Dollars Went to This on Cosmic Microwave Background Leans To Inflation Theory · · Score: 1

    there's any number of good journals that have bunches of new information on dark energy/matter. I guess the most interesting one is the fairly certain prediction that dark matter seems to "halo" galaxies, clusters of galaxies, and superclusters of galaxies. Oh, one more thing, you can be sure it is still relatively unknown, because it's still called dark matter, the moment we know what it is it technically isn't "dark" anymore :)

  11. Re:Q. Spherical expansion & Planet's Orbits on Cosmic Microwave Background Leans To Inflation Theory · · Score: 1

    universal expansion is flat, not spherical. And truthfully there is no "realistic" orbit patterns, because it's not exactly a pattern. The closest we can come is predicting the orbit, but then again, that's pretty damn close.

  12. Re:Dupe- on Cosmic Microwave Background Leans To Inflation Theory · · Score: 1

    in the anti-universe. Antimatter immediately destroys matter, it's an exception to the law of conservation, so therefore if there actually were "anti-matter" in existence it would immediately blink out out existence along with an equal amount of matter, creating a temporary void, which would yes, be filled with virtual particles!

  13. Re:Pinning things down, sort of... on Cosmic Microwave Background Leans To Inflation Theory · · Score: 1

    that's pretty good considering that a few months ago the age of the universe was anywhere from 10 billion to 20 billion years old...

  14. Re:What about other Platypus's reactions... on The Platypus: Good For You · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think the point of the venom is to "fend" off other males in mating season, as per the article. I guess this venom acts both locally (i.e. the longterm swelling) and in the brain (on the pain receptors). I'm also thinking the platypus gets a bit more of a shock than we do when the poison is released...but sometimes evolution just hasn't perfected it's defenses, this may just be one of those cases.

  15. well... on Avalanche Detection Using Infra-Sound Techniques · · Score: 2, Funny

    the scientists were caught on record saying, "Oh shit it's an avalanche!" before they were buried in snow.

  16. Re:Who Cares? on New Atomic Clock Pushes Boundaries of Accuracy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    quantum physics, when you're "looking" at particles that are so small you cannot even see them but have to examine how theyre interacting with larger particles, that .001 +% accuracy with timing helps, a lot.

  17. the integration of humans and robots... on Solar Panels As Building Clothing · · Score: 1

    eventually when people start putting microchips inside their brains and power themselves with battery power this "building clothing" will be beneficial to use as actual clothing. If youre in contact with sunlight all day with the solar panel suit on you'll never have to break and eat lunch. Think about all the money construction workers will save! Who cares about the atrophy of their stomachs! Gives a whole new meaning to hanging your clothes out in the sun to dry...

  18. Let's wait and see on A Ground-Based Scope That Flexes For Better Focus · · Score: 1
    Since our primary mirror is three times bigger than the Hubble, we have the potential to get images that are three times sharper than the Hubble.>>
    Can you say atmospheric diffraction? As long as you keep that badboy on the ground it's going to be lacking something. Pretty pictures, yes, empirical data, no.
  19. Re:No, it wouldn't... on Inspection Microsat Tested In Orbit · · Score: 1

    I think the main issue theyre trying to convey is the fact that it would of been nice to find out what really happened soas to plan to make it NEVER happen again. A screw up re-entering earth's atmosphere is a death sentence, at least you can send some data back to relay what went wrong to save a bunch of people time in the aftermath.

  20. what are the outcomes of something like this... on Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas · · Score: 1

    The outcomes of something like this runs a direct correlation to the outcomes of september 11, firemen are now extraordinarily respected (among many other changes this disaster had to our country). I know many science oriented people respect astronauts, but someone said the majority of people have put them in the backs of their minds, not really thinking that going up in space is dangerous. This will change. There is good from something this horrible, hopefully our astronauts will get the respect they deserve now.

  21. human remains found... on Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas · · Score: 2
    http://www.dailysentinel.com/news/newsfd/auto/fe ed/news/2003/02/01/1044141409.01917.7429.8503.html
    I am really sad about this, I have no other words to express myself.
  22. someone brought up the point of... on Nanotechnology Could Save The Ozone Layer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    who is going to pay for this nanotech ozone repair gas, well...on the other hand, who is going to pay to overhaul the car manufacturing plants, car repair stations, remove the gas stations, install hydrogen fuel stations, overhaul highways so as to attempt to funnel massive amounts of water runoff from tailpipes, etc. The answer is YOU, as a taxpayer (and a car buyer/owner in this case). The same applies to this ozone deal, once we have found a solution the economic problem will be dispersed evenly throughout everyone.

  23. Re:still... on Hardcore Waste Recycling · · Score: 1

    in order for those to be synthesized and used (i.e. drawn up through the roots and supplied to the entire plant) the plant would have to *first* recognize the supplement.

  24. Re:Very sad... on Space Shuttle Columbia Breaks Up Over Texas · · Score: 1

    rather hard to jettison from something that is going more than a few times the speed of sound...

  25. Re:still... on Hardcore Waste Recycling · · Score: 2, Informative
    And I am also somewhat concerned about whether or not some of the chemicals we ingest medicinally and otherwise could pose a health hazard. or it might be fun. prozac potato anyone?
    This is a very far fetched idea. First of all, when we ingest a chemical into our bodies our digestive tract, blood stream, and finally brain breaks the chemical down into more base constituents, think 4 or 5 at least. However, some bit of the chemical usually passes through unchanged. Here comes the far fetched part, your plant you would have to be growing would have to want to use that chemical as it recognizes it as a vitamen/nutrient. *If* this happened, then the plant itself would break down the drug to an indecipherable state, otherwise all you'd have is some dirt with bits of broken down prozac in it...