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Weird & Interesting science - RMH999 - 04-03-2019
(Thought I'd try to make a thread for the weird and interesting science posts people run across)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30922800
Skrillex reduces mosquito bites. "The electronic song "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" reduces host attack and mating success in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti."
I know that it popped up in the news on 4/1, but it is an actual paper.
RMH
RE: Weird & Interesting science - classicdrogn - 04-03-2019
I can sympathize, dubstep tends to offend my inner ear with its sharp artificial beats and reduce my interest in food or other appetites as well.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - robkelk - 04-04-2019
Our farming ancestors are the reason we can say 'f' words today
RE: Weird & Interesting science - RMH999 - 04-04-2019
https://www.livescience.com/65107-tiny-fluorescent-toadlets.html
Toads with fluorescent bones.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - RMH999 - 04-10-2019
Several today
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/homo-luzonensis-philippines-evolution.html
New human species existed in the Philippines - May have been shorter than Homo Floresiensis (the hobbits)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/04/new-phase-matter-confirmed-solid-and-liquid-same-time-potassium-physics/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
New phase of matter that acts as solid & liquid at the same time
and the one that's all over the place - first picture of a black hole
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47873592
RMH
RE: Weird & Interesting science - Jinx999 - 04-10-2019
(04-10-2019, 03:45 PM)RMH99 Wrote: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/04/new-phase-matter-confirmed-solid-and-liquid-same-time-potassium-physics/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
New phase of matter that acts as solid & liquid at the same time
I'm sorry that just annoys me. The solid-liquid-gas thing is a very old idea and like most very old ideas, it's a gross oversimplification. There are lots of materials that combine the properties of solids and liquids, starting with a bucket of fine dry sand, which would behave as a liquid despite being made up of solid particles.
Professionally, I spend a lot of time measuring the damping of rubber compounds, which is a measure of the ratio between them acting like a liquid and acting like a solid.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - robkelk - 04-12-2019
(04-10-2019, 03:45 PM)RMH999 Wrote: and the one that's all over the place - first picture of a black hole
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47873592
RMH
xkcd puts it into perspective:
![[Image: m87_black_hole_size_comparison.png]](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/m87_black_hole_size_comparison.png)
RE: Weird & Interesting science - DHBirr - 04-12-2019
So that's a black hole. Does anyone else think it looks like a bagel under heat lamps, or is my diet making me see everything as food?
RE: Weird & Interesting science - classicdrogn - 04-12-2019
Yeah, I thought that too. And I don't even like bagelsthat much!
RE: Weird & Interesting science - robkelk - 04-12-2019
I was thinking a Cheerio, myself.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - Black Aeronaut - 04-13-2019
I was just wondering if it would really look like what they did in the movie, Interstellar, but I guess that just means I'm the true nerd around here. :V :V :V :V
RE: Weird & Interesting science - classicdrogn - 04-13-2019
According to the article I read about how they created the effect, the astrophysicist consulted was surprised by it but then realized the answer was probably that it would, and it's not like there's enough resolution to the image to say that no, none of that bright ring is the light of stars around and beyond it bent into that kind of halo.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - robkelk - 04-13-2019
Funny you should ask...
How does Interstellar measure up against the first photo of an actual black hole? - a conversation with the movie's SFX designer.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - RMH999 - 04-14-2019
https://newatlas.com/fecal-transplants-autism-symptoms-reduction/59278/
Showing again that the gut microbiota in humans has a lot more effect on us than we realize.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - robkelk - 04-18-2019
Helium hydride found in nature
RE: Weird & Interesting science - RMH999 - 04-19-2019
Humans are bioluminescent
Admittedly incredibly faint bioluminescence...
*edit* Drat, didn't check the date. Is old news (2009)
RE: Weird & Interesting science - Inquisitive Raven - 04-19-2019
(04-19-2019, 07:23 PM)RMH999 Wrote: Humans are bioluminescent
Admittedly incredibly faint bioluminescence...
I recall seeing something about this years ago. Sure enough, the paper is dated 2009.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - Bob Schroeck - 04-19-2019
Well. That explains Twilight vampires.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - Black Aeronaut - 04-20-2019
(04-19-2019, 09:48 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Well. That explains Twilight vampires.
*rimshot*
RE: Weird & Interesting science - Star Ranger4 - 04-24-2019
Dammit BA!!!! You are making me guilty of alcohol abuse!!!
RE: Weird & Interesting science - RMH999 - 07-30-2019
https://www.biotechniques.com/dna-sequencing/parasitic-plants-stealing-host-genes-to-use-against-them/
Parasitic plants taking host plant genes to become better parasites
RE: Weird & Interesting science - robkelk - 08-01-2019
Mysterious green icebergs from Antarctica might be fertilizing the southern ocean
RE: Weird & Interesting science - DHBirr - 08-01-2019
(08-01-2019, 06:06 PM)robkelk Wrote: Mysterious green icebergs from Antarctica might be fertilizing the southern ocean"Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!"
RE: Weird & Interesting science - Star Ranger4 - 08-02-2019
*gives DH a 'Seriously?!?!?' look*
Hate to tell you this, but I understood the science in the article Rob referenced more understandable than your quip.
RE: Weird & Interesting science - hazard - 08-02-2019
Ctulhu Mythos reference, I don't get any further than that Star Ranger.