What's Cool in Science This Week?

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steve58

NASA has released the Perseverance touchdown video.  Very cool!

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steve58

This video shows the first 360-degree view of the landing site of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars, as captured by the rover's color Navigation Cameras, or Navcams. The Navcams are on the remote sensing mast (or "head") of the rover.  Perseverance possesses the most cameras of any Mars rover to date, with 19 on the rover. Perseverance landed on Mars' Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021. These images were obtained on February 20, 2021.

Government is not the solution to our problem—government is the problem.   Ronald Reagan
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.   Thomas Jefferson
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.   George Orwell  The truth is quiet...It's the lies that are loud.   Jesus Revolution
If you ever find yourself in need of a safe space then you're probably going to have to stop calling yourself a social justice warrior. You cannot be a warrior and a pansy at the same time   Mike Adams (RIP Mike)

Gusington

So very cool cool and nerdly at the same time!


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Sir Slash

Cool and nerdy. Kind of like Pee Wee Herman driving a Porsche. The place could use some Daffodils for certain.
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steve58

Government is not the solution to our problem—government is the problem.   Ronald Reagan
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.   Thomas Jefferson
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.   George Orwell  The truth is quiet...It's the lies that are loud.   Jesus Revolution
If you ever find yourself in need of a safe space then you're probably going to have to stop calling yourself a social justice warrior. You cannot be a warrior and a pansy at the same time   Mike Adams (RIP Mike)

Sir Slash

Damn! I had the Blondie song about the Man From Mars in the office pool.  #:-)
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.


ArizonaTank

#817
Recently released peer reviewed paper from the Advanced Propulsion Lab lays out an apparently workable theory for a warp drive.

This is a huge improvement over the Alcubierre warp drive described in the 1990s. The Alcubierre drive would require more energy to operate than is really possible to use.

The new theoretical drive apparently needs much less energy and is almost starting to look feasible.

Still we are probably 100 years away from actually seeing one...maybe something our great grandchildren will have.

It is kind of cool that the term "warp drive" has gone from science fiction to use in actual scientific studies.

The paper is here...but damned if I'll ever really be able to fully understand it.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.06824.pdf
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Gusington



слава Україна!

We can't live under the threat of a c*nt because he's threatening nuclear Armageddon.

-JudgeDredd

Sir Slash

"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

ArizonaTank

Some more info on the recent warp drive theory.

A nice explanation from Sabine Hossenfelder who is a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies where she leads the Superfluid Dark Matter group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VWLjhJBCp0&t=326s

and a nice layman's explanation of the most recent model

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/scientists-announce-a-physical-warp-drive-is-now-possible-seriously/ar-BB1ehxp4?ocid=msedgntp

Johannes "Honus" Wagner
"The Flying Dutchman"
Shortstop: Pittsburgh Pirates 1900-1917
Rated as the 2nd most valuable player of all time by Bill James.

Pete Dero


Silent Disapproval Robot

#822
Some interesting views on the origins of humanity.

Fossils may indicate that human ancestors evolved in Europe.

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/evolution-europe 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170523083548.htm



Musings on the above mentioned article and a deep dive into the possibility that humanity was genetically engineered.

Pete Dero

^ For me this belongs to religion and has nothing to do with science.

Just another example of 'we humans are so special in the universe so we have to be created by someone or something'.

This isn't R&P so I'll stop here.

Silent Disapproval Robot

Screwed up the url links when I first posted.  They're fixed now.  Have a look.