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RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - Bob Schroeck - 10-24-2025
I'd love to continue this discussion, but it's off-topic for this thread.
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - robkelk - 10-28-2025
Dinosaurs had hooves.
Well, Edmontosaurus had hooves
Amazing what one can learn when a dinosaur was covered in clay when it died, and the clay becomes rock around the body.
Artist's impression of an Edmontosaurus, with Sam Neill for scale:
![[Image: default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C...size%3D805]](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/e85503bd-3643-4715-a2f8-0d45e4e4718b,1761587479924/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C2048%2C1030%29%3BResize%3D805)
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - classicdrogn - 10-29-2025
And now, time for walkies with Ms. Lithers!
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But seriously, though:
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RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - classicdrogn - 11-08-2025
Words: they only mean what you think they mean, so thwy don't mean what you think they mean?
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RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - robkelk - 11-09-2025
Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history
Quote:If it's what it says on the label, this is a notable discovery because little of UNIX V4 remains. That's unfortunate as this specific version is especially interesting: it's the first version of UNIX in which the kernel and some of the core utilities were rewritten in the new C programming language.
Quote:So, this is the original copy of UNIX Fourth Edition received from AT&T by the inventor of the Utah Teapot
The tapes are going to the Computer History Museum.
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - classicdrogn - 11-11-2025
Bro built a 2b FPS camera to capture the speed of light in his garage
This would have won the science fair forever
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - classicdrogn - 11-12-2025
Life, the universe, and everything.
Or at least on Mars
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - Dartz - 11-13-2025
One for the Ignobel prize this year: You'll never guess who likely had a micropenis
Hint: We thought he was a monorchid for the longest time.
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - RMH999 - 11-13-2025
Epstein-Barr virus more firmly linked as cause of Lupus
EBV (cause of mono) is a nasty virus. Linked to multiple cancers, multiple sclerosis, Rheumatoid arthritis, and more.
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - classicdrogn - 11-14-2025
Teaching an octopus to play the piano
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RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - Bob Schroeck - 11-18-2025
Japan demonstrates a ship-borne railgun -- and hits a moving target at sea with it. (The thumbnail is AI-generated, but the real damage shots are no less interesting.)
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - classicdrogn - 11-21-2025
Cosmetology and Filmography are still science! I'm not going to start another round of fist fights by asking about History, though...
recreating silent film era stage makeup
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - robkelk - 11-30-2025
Early earthquake warning system launched in Quebec, eastern Ontario
"Early" as in "the time difference between when the P wave and the S wave arrive", so if one is very, very lucky, maybe an entire minute before the ground starts shaking.
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - classicdrogn - 11-30-2025
(11-30-2025, 08:47 AM)robkelk Wrote: Early earthquake warning system launched in Quebec, eastern Ontario
"Early" as in "the time difference between when the P wave and the S wave arrive", so if one is very, very lucky, maybe an entire minute before the ground starts shaking.
Well, that's enough of a difference that people who live somewhere earthquake-prone can hear and process a warning signal, cutting out a few seconds of surprise and letting them get onto stable footing, or away from items that might fall or collapse. Small things sure, but ones that can count for a lot in an emergency situation.
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - Bob Schroeck - 11-30-2025
Black fungus discovered in Chernobyl that appears to eat radiation
RE: Weird & Interesting science, take 2 - Dartz - 11-30-2025
(11-18-2025, 08:18 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Japan demonstrates a ship-borne railgun -- and hits a moving target at sea with it. (The thumbnail is AI-generated, but the real damage shots are no less interesting.)
"Asooka"
As an Evangelion weeb, that hurts.
Otherwise, if they weren't making Space Battleship Yamato references about that thing while shooting it then I'll be sorely disappointed. Otherwise, this thing sounds like it's going to need a battleship around it to power and cool it. Which sounds crazy until you realise how much space below a battleship's turret is given over to things that go BOOM when hit by another battleship - and while having a bank of capacitors hit will be 'distressing', it's not "There's something wrong with our bloody ships" distressing.
Otherwise, the shot-cost of these things will be the fuel required to generate the power - and machining a projectile.