Official "Science News" Thread - Page 261

Dr Sardonicus · 2021-01-26, 13:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaurV

Related to that, I remember a nice SF story I read over 40 years ago (and which is about 111 years old - that's a decimal number, not a binary one, hehe). It was called "the machine stops" (lucky, the original title is the same as the Ro version I read, so it was easy to gulugulu it). Must to read.

No problem if you read English...

Nick · 2021-01-26, 13:22

I prefer "The Celestial Omnibus".

rogue · 2021-01-29, 14:04

Box seat: scientists solve the mystery of why wombats have cube-shaped poo

rogue · 2021-02-02, 22:33

Chili Pepper Compound Increases Solar Cell Efficiency

xilman · 2021-02-04, 20:21

This is a beautiful piece of work: https://physicsworld.com/a/attosecon...ger-electrons/

Xyzzy · 2021-02-05, 13:23

'Smallest reptile on earth' discovered in Madagascar

rogue · 2021-02-10, 14:57

Wallet lost in Antarctica in ’60s returned to California man

Satellite boom attracts technology giants

How Recruiting Women Can Help Solve Security's Biggest Problems

Female led video games are on the rise in 2021

What we owe kids who are ready to learn at a faster rate

Student astronomer finds galactic missing matter

Venus flytraps found to produce magnetic fields

‘BLACK BEAUTY’ MAY BLOW UP WATER’S ORIGIN STORY

Billions of Brood X Cicadas Are Ready to Emerge After 17 Years Underground

Butterfly wing clap explains mystery of flight

The NASA Engineer Who’s a Mathematician at Heart

Pompeii’s museum comes back to life to display amazing finds

Archaeologists Unearth Egyptian Queen’s Tomb, 13-Foot ‘Book of the Dead’ Scroll

Local languages are dying out and taking invaluable knowledge with them

LaurV · 2021-02-11, 04:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogue

Wallet lost in Antarctica in ’60s returned to California man

Nice story (didn't click the other links yet, will do later, busy at work) but a bit depressing too. Reading behind of the "appreciation for such a nice gesture", it took 7 years for those guys to find the owners (two wallets were found in 2014), in spite of the fact that they knew everything about them, and in spite of the "modern tracking era" of which some people here are so afraid of. This guy was, luckily, still alive, but the other one they missed by 5 years, he died in 2016, two years LATER than the wallets were found - so they were not able to find the rightful owner in 2 years to return the wallet to him. On the other hand, yeah, still commendable, they could just scrap the wallets and forget about the story. But yet, a bit depressing... Or maybe encouraging... I still can kick some asses of some guys I know, and hope they won't find me in 7 years...

Back to work now. Kicking asses...

tServo · 2021-02-17, 14:25

The downtime was due to refurbing the giant DSS 43 antenna just outside Canberra, the only one powerful enough and properly located.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/...ommands_again/

rogue · 2021-02-23, 20:18

The Science of Siestas: The Genetic Basis for Daytime Napping

What the Bilingual Brain Can Teach Us About Code-Switching

Tiny Blobs of Brain Cells Could Reveal How Your Mind Differs From a Neanderthal’s

One of America’s Rarest Birds Lives on Alaska’s Loneliest Island. Scientists Are Finally Exploring Their Private Kingdom

Astronomers identify most distant known object in the solar system

How Boston Cream Pie Changed Americans’ Relationship With Chocolate

A new, clearer insight into Earth's hidden crystals

Perseverance’s Pictures From Mars Show NASA Rover’s New Home

Brown researchers posit region of brain’s role in planning movements based on sound

This robot dog is changing the way buildings are designed, constructed, and used

Changing the Connection Between the Hemispheres Affects Speech Perception

This Is How Reading Rewires Your Brain, According to Neuroscience

Till · 2021-03-06, 19:24

A new paper on the Langlands program by Laurent Fargues and Peter Scholze:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.13459

Some comments:

https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=12207

https://www.reddit.com/r/math/commen...one_direction/

2021-02-17, 14:25	#2869
tServo "Marv" May 2009 near the Tannhäuser Gate 1160₈ Posts	Voyager 2 still working after 11 month "vacation" The downtime was due to refurbing the giant DSS 43 antenna just outside Canberra, the only one powerful enough and properly located. https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/...ommands_again/

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