What's Cool in Science This Week?

[Staggerwing]

I know about the probabilities, I was just being goofy.  :))

[Labbug]

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-visualizes-the-dance-of-a-melting-snowflake

[bayonetbrant]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/04/02/far-out-astronomers-discover-most-distant-star-ever-seen/478842002/

[Labbug]

Not cool but potentially terrifying.  On the other hand, antibiotic resistant bacteria has been a problem for some time.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/04/03/nightmare-bacteria-cases-seen-in-27-states-cdc-reports.html

[Sir Slash]

I watched a show last night about the Russian Deep Borehole Research station on the Kola Peninsula. They put a 9 inch diameter hole all the way down to 40,000 ft. the furtherest ever dug. And they found single cell bacteria living at that depth, some of it ancient beyond measure. Very scary indeed.

[Windigo]

why is that terrifying? Most bacteria don't give a shit about us humans.

[mirth]

Some bacteria make us give a shit.

[Windigo]

my personal favs are certain strains of yeast

[Sir Slash]

If you eat enough yeast you don't need to strain. Sorry, it had to be said.

[Labbug]

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2018/hubble-finds-an-einstein-ring

[besilarius]

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2018/04/03/Dozens-of-sauropod-footprints-found-on-Scottish-coast/3021522758166/

Interesting that these were on the Isle of Skye.
The islanders were thought by the mainlanders to have "the second sight".  Had to work with some RN personnel who played cards a lot.  One fellow was not allowed to play if money was at risk, because being from Skye everyone knew he had an unfair advantage.

[Sir Slash]

I think Bob's footprints were in there too. He was chasing them probably for walking on his lawn.

[bob48]

The manure is good on rhubarb, although I prefer custard personally.

[Sir Slash]

What about Grey Pooh-Pon? 

[bayonetbrant]

https://www.sciencealert.com/birds-see-magnetic-fields-cryptochrome-cry4-photoreceptor