A bunch of people who like to bang stuff together have banged the stuff even better than before, and guess what they found?

[url]http://home.cern/about/updates/2016/07/lhcb-unveils-new-particles[/url]

(I apologize if I made anyone mad, I just like the idea of making jobs where you need to be super-educated sound like they're being done by rednecks)

[url]http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0701/How-do-frigatebirds-stay-aloft-for-months-at-a-time[/url]

[QUOTE]But one question remains unanswered: How do these creatures sleep, when remaining aloft for days, weeks, months on end?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;437129][url]http://www.forbes.com/sites/bridaineparnell/2016/06/28/scientists-find-helium-gas/[/url][/QUOTE]
[URL="http://qz.com/718830/we-rely-on-helium-for-life-saving-care-and-were-swiftly-running-out/"]We rely on helium for life-saving care, and we’re swiftly running out[/URL]
[QUOTE]Even if we get all that out of the Tanzanian mine, it would only extend global supplies seven more years. Worldwide consumption stands at eight billion cubic feet a year. Exploration of new mining sites will extend our stocks, but ultimately, helium is not a sustainable resource. “We are using it faster than it is being found,” said Danabalan.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=only_human;437556][URL="http://qz.com/718830/we-rely-on-helium-for-life-saving-care-and-were-swiftly-running-out/"]We rely on helium for life-saving care, and we’re swiftly running out[/URL][/QUOTE]
I think part of the solution is to stop using it to fill balloons in order to amuse people.

Seriously, has anyone calculated how long it would last if we 100% quit using it for amusing purposes like balloons and talking like Alvin the chipmunk?

[url=https://www.quantamagazine.org/20160708-a-quasicrystals-shocking-origin/]A Quasicrystal’s Shocking Origin[/url] | Quanta Magazine

[URL="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/maverick-scientist-thinks-he-has-discovered-magnetic-sixth-sense-humans"]averick scientist thinks he has discovered a magnetic sixth sense in humans[/URL]

[URL="http://www.wsj.com/articles/personal-technology-and-the-autistic-child-what-one-family-has-learned-1466993100"]Personal Technology and the Autistic Child: What One Family Has Learned[/URL]

[URL="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160629125943.htm"]Watching the brain during language learning[/URL]

[URL="https://aeon.co/videos/from-relativity-to-quantum-theory-our-physical-world-explored-through-coffee"]Physics and Caffiene[/URL]

[URL="http://www.wired.com/2016/06/watch-liquid-nitrogen-white-walkerize-watermelon/"]Watch Liquid Nitrogen White Walkerize a Watermelon[/URL]

[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/technology/a-drone-start-up-explores-underwater.html?ref=technology&_r=4"]A Drone Start-Up Explores Underwater[/URL]

[URL="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601848/data-mining-reveals-the-six-basic-emotional-arcs-of-storytelling/"]Data Mining Reveals the Six Basic Emotional Arcs of Storytelling[/URL]

[URL="http://www.businessinsider.com/new-technology-could-turn-your-skin-into-a-touch-screen-2016-7"]New technology could turn your skin into a touch screen[/URL]

[URL="http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/4/12093614/pac-man-single-celled-organisms"]Watch single-celled organisms play the smallest game of Pac-Man ever[/URL]

[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/science/what-is-consciousness.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0"]Consciousness: The Mind Messing With the Mind[/URL]

[URL="http://fortune.com/2016/07/03/cancer-survivor-3d-printed-jaw/"]ancer Survivor Gets 3D-Printed Jaw[/URL]

[url]http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0805/Sun-worshippers-watch-how-sunflowers-can-catch-daily-rays[/url]

[url]http://www.space.com/33651-comet-death-dive-into-sun-video.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;437374][url]http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0701/How-do-frigatebirds-stay-aloft-for-months-at-a-time[/url]

[QUOTE]But one question remains unanswered: How do these creatures sleep, when remaining aloft for days, weeks, months on end?[/QUOTE][/QUOTE]

See here: [url=phys.org/news/2016-08-birds-engage-flight-remarkably-small.html]Birds engage in all types of sleep in flight, but in remarkably small amounts[/url] | PhysOrg

So literally 'sleeping with one eye open.'

And in another update to recent news: [url=www.wired.com/2016/08/sorry-folks-lhc-didnt-find-new-particle]Sorry, Folks. The LHC Didn't Find a New Particle After All[/url] | WIRED

When a mommy and a daddy love each other very much...
 

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[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/08/11/we-finally-know-who-forged-piltdown-man-one-of-sciences-most-notorious-hoaxes/[/url]