The Ye Science Thread

[|iR|Focalor]

Uh oh. Now that science and religion are two different sections, people aren't going to know where to post anymore. THEIR HEADS WILL EXPLODE!

[Arm0r]

simply amazing...

Cats Eye Nebula



Crab Nubula



Horse Head Nebula



Pillars Of Creation (Nebula)



Wiki for nebulas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula

[yahoo]

I never doubted that life exist in other parts of the universe.. But I often wondered how would these aliend worlds look like and the life that exists on them. Whether they are still carbon based or even perhaps silicon based organisms. I found this full lenght scientific video that tackles that issue.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3106679767514635043

[[BTF]Sigma]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BREAKING_LIGHT_SPEED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Breaking the speed of light?

[fdrjk]

Getting humans to go at the speed of light would be impossible without ripping them to shreds.

[quadz]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BREAKING_LIGHT_SPEED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Breaking the speed of light?

From the link above:

CERN says a neutrino beam fired from a particle accelerator near Geneva to a lab 454 miles (730 kilometers) away in Italy traveled 60 nanoseconds faster than the speed of light. Scientists calculated the margin of error at just 10 nanoseconds, making the difference statistically significant. But given the enormous implications of the find, they still spent months checking and rechecking their results to make sure there was no flaws in the experiment.
[...]
Gillies told The Associated Press that the readings have so astounded researchers that they are asking others to independently verify the measurements before claiming an actual discovery.

"They are inviting the broader physics community to look at what they've done and really scrutinize it in great detail, and ideally for someone elsewhere in the world to repeat the measurements," he said Thursday.

Scientists at the competing Fermilab in Chicago have promised to start such work immediately.

[[BTF] Reflex]

Getting humans to go at the speed of light would be impossible without ripping them to shreds.

They used to think at 60 miles an hour your flesh would rip off of your face.

I remember reading about people slowing the speed of light down to 1 meter per second or something like that.

[|iR|Focalor]

To go as fast as the speed of light?


I think it would be possible to go as fast or faster than the speed of light, but it would cost a buttload of money, take up a lot of room, and wouldn't accomplish anything other than being able to say, "Hey, I went as fast as light for like 2 seconds, who wants my autograph!?!"

Build a gigantic rocket ship about 100 miles long. Build another rocket ship inside of that one about 10 miles long. Build another rocket ship inside of that one about 1 mile long. Build another rocket ship inside of that one that's maybe as long as school bus. Launch all rockets at the same time.

[[BTF]Sigma]

Ah good ole' troll physics.

[|iR|Focalor]

Yes, I'm a fucking genius. No applause is required.

[quadz]

Video w/ sound from the perspective of a space shuttle rocket booster during launch:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aCOyOvOw5c

[ex]

Fucking awesome.  The thing that always trips me out is how you gain more speed the farther from the Earth you go.  What I just learned is how gravity vs. atmosphere manipulates objects falling inward.  First speed keeps climbing, then slows and reverses, then climbs again quickly as it starts to re-enter the atmosphere and then just as quickly decelerates all the way down.

Amazing something going nearly 3000 mph slows down to 50 when it hits the ocean.  Awesome.

[quadz]

A science-based response to the media hysteria over the "Fukushima Death Cloud" and radiation poisoning:

<span data-s9e-mediaembed="youtube" style="display:inline-block;width:100%;max-width:640px"><span style="display:block;overflow:hidden;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%"><iframe allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" style="background:url(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zw33AVqzQxA/hqdefault.jpg) 50% 50% / cover;border:0;height:100%;left:0;position:absolute;width:100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zw33AVqzQxA"></iframe></span></span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Zw33AVqzQxA" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/Zw33AVqzQxA</a>

[|iR|Focalor]

If those two yuksters in the video wanting to sue the US Navy were the best they could find, then I hope they don't spend too much in legal fees hoping to win, haha! The bald guy is clearly a pill head, I would've picked that out about him no matter what he was talking about. He's got that trademark lazy opioid slur. He's thinking he'll ask for 40 million and if he gets even 5% of that, he'll have himself a swimming pool full of vicodin.

My brother-in-law's mother worked for NASA for a long time, was exposed to asbestos or something similar, and finally died of mesothelioma a couple of months ago. And even SHE couldn't get money out of the deal. So these people are pissing into the wind.

On the other hand, maybe the Navy deserves to get a little bit fucked over. The military has been fucking over discharged servicemen as far back as anyone still living can remember. You'd be appalled at how they drop these people with horrible life-altering injuries after they are no longer required to wear a uniform.

[QwazyWabbit]

The FTL neutrino beam experiment was proved to be an error in the experiment. Einstein prevails again.