[QUOTE=ewmayer;445711]Related: Some very cool microscopy photos at this site:
[url]http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=929115[/url]

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[url=phys.org/news/2016-10-universe-rateor.html]The universe is expanding at an accelerating rate—or is it?[/url] | Phys.org

The strong law of small numbers, cosmology-style? Note also the description of the extreme model dependence of so much of ongoing work in the field, rather (and unfortunately) reminiscent of economics: "we observed what our model permitted us to observe."[/QUOTE]Another intriguing, but far from convincing, suggestion appears in one of the links from that page. There may be evidence that [URL="http://phys.org/news/2011-09-evidence-spacetime-cosmological-principle.html"]the universe may not be isotropic on the largest observable scales[/URL].

I'm far from convinced. A claim that the universe is rotating, made 30 years or so, seems to have been discredited as more data has been analyzed.

[url]http://phys.org/news/2016-10-explore-certainty-belief-statement-truth.html[/url]

Following the links from the prior posts I came upon the above paper.

For me, this is all reminiscent of what Shafarevitch said which was something along the lines of ..many people may look at the same thing but few see it.

The `Amazing Randi` had a few choice things to say about people believing what they see also.

Some of the most interesting papers are the driest reads imaginable. And that's where the real stuff usually exists, when you can use your imagination when it is rooted in solid logic.

[URL="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201610/groundbreaking-study-roots-out-signs-depression-in-brain"]Groundbreaking Study Roots Out Signs of Depression in Brain[/URL]

[URL="http://www.wnyc.org/story/how-google-fighting-online-hate-speech-through-ai/"]Google is Fighting Online Hate Speech With Artificial Intelligence[/URL]

[URL="https://aeon.co/videos/music-of-the-mind-a-stunning-string-quartet-created-through-brainwaves"]Music of the mind: a stunning string quartet created through brainwaves[/URL]

[URL="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/halloween+treat+night+draculas+castle+transylvania/12289174/story.html"]Halloween treat: a night at Dracula's castle in Transylvania[/URL]

[URL="http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/has-elon-musk-gone-too-far-with-his-plan-to-colonize-mars/education"]Has Elon Musk gone too far with his plan to colonize Mars?[/URL]

[URL="https://www.statnews.com/2016/10/20/scientists-music-proteins/"]Could we one day use music to diagnose disease?[/URL]

[URL="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/10/17/the-remarkable-sweating-robot-researchers-cool-overheating-machines-in-human-style/"]The amazing sweating robot[/URL]

[URL="http://mentalfloss.com/article/87265/watch-fireworks-explode-underwater-120000-frames-second"]Watch Fireworks Explode Underwater at 120,000 Frames Per Second[/URL]

[URL="https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/12/10/ada-lovelace-walter-isaacson-innovators/"]How Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s Daughter, Became the World’s First Computer Programmer[/URL]

[URL="http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/10/what-do-babies-and-little-kids-dream-about-animals-mostly.html?mid=facebook_scienceofus"]Little Kids Use Their Dreams to Figure Out Real Life[/URL]

[URL="http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/10/11/492999969/origin-of-pencil-lead"]Trace The Remarkable History Of The Humble Pencil[/URL]

[URL="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/inside-the-new-york-public-librarys-last-secret-apartments"]Inside the New York Public Library's Last, Secret Apartments[/URL]

[URL="https://aeon.co/essays/it-s-time-for-science-to-abandon-the-term-statistically-significant"]The problem with p-values[/URL]

[URL="https://medium.com/@americanmensa/this-monster-will-not-die-e2843edd014#.pqnf134kp"]This Monster Will Not Die[/URL]

[URL="http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/9/30/13077658/statcheck-psychology-replication"]A bot crawled thousands of studies looking for simple math errors. The results are concerning[/URL]

[URL="http://www.news-medical.net/news/20161003/Stanford-scientists-develop-novel-brain-sensing-technology-that-allows-typing-at-12-words-per-minute.aspx"]Stanford scientists develop novel brain-sensing technology that allows typing at 12 words per minute[/URL]

[URL="http://www.nj.com/education/2016/10/princeton_physics_professor_celebrates_nobel_prize.html"]Princeton prof celebrates Nobel Prize win by returning to the classroom[/URL]

[URL="http://geekandsundry.com/5-games-to-play-when-you-want-to-roll-solo/"]5 GAMES TO PLAY WHEN YOU WANT TO ROLL SOLO[/URL]

[URL="http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/10/teens-brains-are-better-at-learning-than-adults.html"]Teen Brains Are Primed for Learning From Life[/URL]

[URL="https://aeon.co/essays/how-collective-intelligence-overcomes-the-problem-of-groupthink"]Group smarts[/URL]

[URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37849000[/URL][QUOTE]Smoking leaves an "archaeological record" of the hundreds of DNA mutations it causes, scientists have discovered.[/QUOTE]

[url]https://www.iarpa.gov/[/url]

..some interesting projects.

[url]http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/squirrels-may-not-be-as-harmless-as-they-appear/[/url]

[QUOTE=Xyzzy;446953][URL]http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/squirrels-may-not-be-as-harmless-as-they-appear/[/URL][/QUOTE]
Being from a place where grey squirrels became invasive, I have reason to dislike them. Not only are they aggressive, but they are destructive of plantings. They have also tended to displace the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_squirrel"]Fox Squirrels, [/URL]which are much more laid back.

[url]http://www.space.com/34710-how-to-photograph-the-supermoon-nasa-pro-shares-his-tips.html[/url]

:tu: Thanks! From that, we learned what a [B]saros[/B] is... We will change our name to saros :razz:, as we have special and non-subjective affinities/associations for/with the numbers 8, 11, and 18 (some people already know, for example, from the "happy birthday server" thread, that we are born on 08.18)
(edit: you have to click on the "supermoon" band that appears on the left, somewhere toward the end of the article)

[url]http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/11/a-special-supermoon-comes-but-what-causes-it/[/url]

[URL]http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=501443254[/URL][QUOTE]What's unique to some mantis shrimp is their ability to perceive yet another, much more rare, variety of polarized light. This "circular" polarized light moves not in a flat plane, but in a twisted one that spins through space like a helix.[/QUOTE]