This week in science

[Mike Hoxbig]

So it seems like a lot of cool achievements and discoveries seem to pass us by without us realising it. Creating this thread to help keep track of them. Feel free to add to it

 

[porchrat]

Didn't pass me by. I read Slashdot.

 

[HavocXphere]

Not clickable

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

 

[DJ...]

If Mac Maharaj is considered a man-made being then I have to disagree with the scientists' conclusions that they've created the fastest spinning object in the world...

 

[Unhappy1]

Just one to add from last week.

The first Epsilon rocket was launched

 

[Sherbang]

Yes Mike Hoxbig - when you quote or copy from someone you need to indicate the source or it's plagiarism.
In this case it's a facebook group called 'I ****ing Love Science'
https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Yes Mike Hoxbig - when you quote or copy from someone you need to indicate the source or it's plagiarism.
In this case it's a facebook group called 'I ****ing Love Science'
https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience

Uhm yeah, this forum has rules against swearing so I can't exactly post a source can I?

Better to keep it localised, people are capable of googling the real source for a particular story, since that isn't it...

 

[Unhappy1]

Yes Mike Hoxbig - when you quote or copy from someone you need to indicate the source or it's plagiarism.
In this case it's a facebook group called 'I ****ing Love Science'
https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience

Yes the picture is watermarked, hold on to your panties.

 

[Unhappy1]

Uhm yeah, this forum has rules against swearing so I can't exactly post a source can I?

Better to keep it localised, people are capable of googling the real source for a particular story, since that isn't it...

Im pretty sure it is "IFLS"

 

[DJ...]

Yes Mike Hoxbig - when you quote or copy from someone you need to indicate the source or it's plagiarism.
In this case it's a facebook group called 'I ****ing Love Science'
https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience

The Funny Pictures thread must irk the fsck outta you...

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Yes the picture is watermarked, hold on to your panties.

Precisely, I'm not trying to pass this off as my own work.

Im pretty sure it is "IFLS"

IFLS is an initialism for I F**king Love Science. They created the pics, but they're not the source of the info...

 

[Sinbad]

Don't forget, gays are unnatural because of magnets.

 

[Azbubu]

No, you don't ****ing love science.

 

[Sherbang]

The Funny Pictures thread must irk the fsck outta you...

There is a Funny Pictures thread?

 

[OrbitalDawn]

There is a Funny Pictures thread?

No no, don't worry your pretty little head about it.

*strokes joelus' jewfro*

 

[Sherbang]

No no, don't worry your pretty little head about it.

*strokes joelus' jewfro*

aah, me with a jewfro... those were the days...

Sticking to topic though, I found this really interesting:
Scientists Use 'Wired Microbes' to Generate Electricity from Sewage

Sep. 16, 2013 — Engineers at Stanford University have devised a new way to generate electricity from sewage using naturally-occurring "wired microbes" as mini power plants, producing electricity as they digest plant and animal waste.

 

[porchrat]

No, you don't ****ing love science.

A good read. Highlights some important points. I usually find people are interested in the pretty pictures and not necessarily the actual science behind how those pretty pictures are generated.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

aah, me with a jewfro... those were the days...

Sticking to topic though, I found this really interesting:
Scientists Use 'Wired Microbes' to Generate Electricity from Sewage

That is very cool. Would be cool to have that in the home environment.

 

[saguran]

600 million rpm