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[url=http://news.yahoo.com/milky-way-galaxy-doomed-head-crash-andromeda-194656925.html]Milky Way Galaxy Doomed to Head-On Crash with Andromeda - Yahoo! News[/url]


Guys, I have bad news. The Milky Way is going to collide with its neighbor Andromeda. It's been nice knowing you guys. Oh, you'll have to wait around for another 4 billion years for this epic game of galactic chicken though.




Figured I'd start a thread on science related articles. Post em if you got em or come across any interesting things. Science happens to be an amazing topic to me.

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[url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303640104577436392955009490.html]GZA on 'Dark Matter' Album - Interview: Rapper Finds Muse in the Stars - WSJ.com[/url]

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[quote=SmootSmack;919454][url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303640104577436392955009490.html]GZA on 'Dark Matter' Album - Interview: Rapper Finds Muse in the Stars - WSJ.com[/url][/quote]

Good read and thanks for sharing. Good to see a person in the music industry with a passion for science.

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[quote=SmootSmack;919454][url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303640104577436392955009490.html]GZA on 'Dark Matter' Album - Interview: Rapper Finds Muse in the Stars - WSJ.com[/url][/quote]

cant wait to hear it. Everybody probably knows this but if you dont have Liquid Swords and you call yourself a hip/hop fan you fakin. Top 5 rap album all time easly.

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[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9303251/Paralysed-rats-walk-again-after-spinal-therapy.html]Paralysed rats walk again after spinal therapy - Telegraph[/url]

Some ground breaking stuff here. Imagine being able to recover from being paralyzed.

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well, that's what the entire stem cell fight is about i guess ;) rats have been doing this for a while now, still working on getting it to humans though.

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Something to do this weekend:

[URL="http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/05/ff_blanketfort/"]Make a blanket fort[/URL]

[IMG]http://www.wired.com/geekdad/wp-content/gallery/20-06/gd_blanketfort_f.jpg[/IMG]

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And this is pretty sexy too, science-wise:

[URL="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/space-plane/"]Space-plane [/URL]
[U]
[/U][COLOR=Black][U][URL="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/space-plane/"][/URL][/U][/COLOR][I]The U.S. military’s secret space plane is preparing to return from its second mission after an incredible 453 days in orbit [/I].
[URL="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/space-plane/"][/URL]

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[url=http://news.yahoo.com/transit-venus-begins-venus-crosses-sun-last-time-222441091.html]Transit of Venus Begins! Venus Crosses the Sun for Last Time this Century - Yahoo! News[/url]

Last time you'll catch this event this century.

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[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/venus-transit-video-nasa-_n_1574547.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003]Venus Transit VIDEO: NASA Footage Of Rare 2012 Planetary Alignment From Solar Dynamics Observatory[/url]

Simply awesome

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[quote=SmootSmack;920309][url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/venus-transit-video-nasa-_n_1574547.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003]Venus Transit VIDEO: NASA Footage Of Rare 2012 Planetary Alignment From Solar Dynamics Observatory[/url]

Simply awesome[/quote]

cool

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shows how immense the sun is

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[quote=FRPLG;920370]shows how immense the sun is[/quote]

I always remind myself to suspend reality when dealing with measurements and space.

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[quote=FRPLG;920370]shows how immense the sun is[/quote]

The fact that the a thing 93 [I]MILLION[/I] miles away can still heat our little rock in space is incomprehensible to me. I accept it on an intellectual level but really, fully grasping the reality of it is just simply beyond my tiny little brain.

EDIT: I'll just have to build a robot to do it for me. :laughing-

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[url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20120614.html]NASA - Data From NASA's Voyager 1 Point to Interstellar Future[/url]

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[quote=SmootSmack;921468][url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20120614.html]NASA - Data From NASA's Voyager 1 Point to Interstellar Future[/url][/quote]
That's really cool.

We humans sure do suck in a lot of ways but we're also really awesome too.

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[quote=SmootSmack;920309][url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/venus-transit-video-nasa-_n_1574547.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003]Venus Transit VIDEO: NASA Footage Of Rare 2012 Planetary Alignment From Solar Dynamics Observatory[/url]

Simply awesome[/quote]

How'd I miss this gem? Damn that's awesome!

[quote=SmootSmack;921468][url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/voyager/voyager20120614.html]NASA - Data From NASA's Voyager 1 Point to Interstellar Future[/url][/quote]


Amazing the new stuff we find out as time goes on. Thanks for the posts Smoot! You have earned some cool points in my book. :)

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More amazing stuff computers CAN do.

[URL="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/"]NSA in Bluffdale, Utah[/URL]

[I]Under construction by contractors with top-secret clearances, the blandly named Utah Data Center is being built for the National Security Agency. A project of immense secrecy, it is the final piece in a complex puzzle assembled over the past decade. Its purpose: to intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the world’s communications as they zap down from satellites and zip through the underground and undersea cables of international, foreign, and domestic networks. [/I]

Bear in mind that just because you can't wrap your mind around a concept doesn't mean someone else hasn't already got something incredible up and running.

But these mother****ers would blow your mind:

[CENTER] [CENTER][URL="http://ssdut.dlut.edu.cn/iea-aie/webpages/index.htm"][B]The 25th International Conference on Industrial,[/B][B] Engineering & [/B][/URL][/CENTER]
[CENTER][URL="http://ssdut.dlut.edu.cn/iea-aie/webpages/index.htm"][B]Other Applications of Applied [/B][B]Intelligent Systems [/B][/URL][/CENTER]
[CENTER][URL="http://ssdut.dlut.edu.cn/iea-aie/webpages/index.htm"][B]2012 Dalian, China [/B][/URL][/CENTER]
[/CENTER]

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^^that isn't really science related.

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[quote=RedskinRat;921544]More amazing stuff computers CAN do.

[URL="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/"]NSA in Bluffdale, Utah[/URL]

[I]Under construction by contractors with top-secret clearances, the blandly named Utah Data Center is being built for the National Security Agency. A project of immense secrecy, it is the final piece in a complex puzzle assembled over the past decade. Its purpose: to intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the world’s communications as they zap down from satellites and zip through the underground and undersea cables of international, foreign, and domestic networks. [/I]

Bear in mind that just because you can't wrap your mind around a concept doesn't mean someone else hasn't already got something incredible up and running.[/quote]

What I can't seem to wrap my mind around is that you don't get the concept that a lot of us on here have an extremely solid background and understanding of what computers can and will be doing.

It's amazing to see how far they have come in such a short time, but with that said, there are certain bounds that have not yet been reached, and are far murkier even if and when they are reached.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;920381]The fact that the a thing 93 [I]MILLION[/I] miles away can still heat our little rock in space is incomprehensible to me. I accept it on an intellectual level but really, fully grasping the reality of it is just simply beyond my tiny little brain.[/quote]

Here JR, try this trick:

Imagine the earth is the size of a grape (half an inch), the moon would orbit about 12 inches away, the sun would be 5 feet in diameter and a distance from the earth of about 500 feet (or a city block), Jupiter is the size of a grapefruit and about 5 blocks away from the sun. Saturn (without the rings) would be the size of an orange and 10 blocks from the sun then Uranus the size of a lemon at 20 blocks and Neptune 30 blocks. The nearest start to us would then be 2,500 give or take a few miles.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;921551]What I can't seem to wrap my mind around is that you don't get the concept that a lot of us on here have an extremely solid background and understanding of what computers can and will be doing. [/quote]

Possibly because it's not demonstrated in anything posted by the very people saying "I know a lot about computers".

I'd compare it to a bunch of bumpkins standing around the Palace of Versailles trying to rescue a duck, a rooster and a sheep from a basket back in 1783, but that's just my take.

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[quote=RedskinRat;921555]Possibly because it's not demonstrated in anything posted by the very people saying "I know a lot about computers".

I'd compare it to a bunch of bumpkins standing around the Palace of Versailles trying to rescue a duck, a rooster and a sheep from a basket back in 1783, but that's just my take.[/quote]

hmm, maybe you should reconsider that. and I am not referring to me specifically as I know my limits, which would be framed around my BSCS, microsoft exchange and sql certifications. But there are definitely others on this board who do know, and truthfully, you simply don't sound like any of them.

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;921560]hmm, maybe you should reconsider that. and I am not referring to me specifically as I know my limits, which would be framed around my BSCS, microsoft exchange and sql certifications. But there are definitely others on this board who do know, and truthfully, you simply don't sound like any of them.[/quote]

If you're basing my computer knowledge on what I post here then I can see where your problem is. You are aware that this is a Redskins forum, not TechNet, right?

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[quote=RedskinRat;921565]If you're basing my computer knowledge on what I post here then I can see where your problem is. You are aware that this is a Redskins forum, not TechNet, right?[/quote]

so is that your way of acknowledging that your computer related posts have been less than informative, even when asked by some fairly qualified individuals?

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;921580]so is that your way of acknowledging that your computer related posts have been less than informative, even when asked by some fairly qualified individuals?[/quote]

Yeah, it's actually deliberate. I'm in the same field and I dislike the elitist attitude most tech people adopt. To be fair I dislike any elitist attitude unless its mine.

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Holy crap this is amazing! Being able to live without breathing. (short term)

[url=http://childrenshospital.org/newsroom/Site1339/mainpageS1339P892.html]Injecting life-saving oxygen into a vein[/url]




[quote]A team led by researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital has designed tiny, gas-filled microparticles that can be injected directly into the bloodstream to quickly oxygenate the blood.

The microparticles consist of a single layer of lipids (fatty molecules) that surround a tiny pocket of oxygen gas, and are delivered in a liquid solution. In a cover article in the June 27 issue of Science Translational Medicine, John Kheir, MD, of the Department of Cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital, and colleagues report that an infusion of these microparticles into animals with low blood oxygen levels restored blood oxygen saturation to near-normal levels, within seconds. [/quote]


[quote]“This is a short-term oxygen substitute—a way to safely inject oxygen gas to support patients during a critical few minutes,” he says. “Eventually, this could be stored in syringes on every code cart in a hospital, ambulance or transport helicopter to help stabilize patients who are having difficulty breathing.”

The microparticles would likely only be administered for a short time, between 15 and 30 minutes, because they are carried in fluid that would overload the blood if used for longer periods, Kheir says.[/quote]


WHO NEEDS SCUBA GEAR ANYMORE AMIRITE? (joke)

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thats cool... nice find.

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Yeah, very cool. It shouldn't be too long before you see that helping people everywhere.

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[quote=That Guy;919589]well, that's what the entire stem cell fight is about i guess ;) rats have been doing this for a while now, still working on getting it to humans though.[/quote][URL="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/03/16/cord-blood-cures-girls-brain-injury/"]Positive results now. (link)[/URL]

From foxnews.com: Cord blood cures girl’s brain injury

Thanks to a reinfusion of cord blood stem cells, a little girl has recovered from a critical brain injury, fox2now reported.

When Sparrow Morris, from Pineville, Mo., fell into the family’s swimming pool, she was left unconscious and without oxygen for 45 minutes, causing severe brain damage, according to the TV station. She was left in a vegetative state and couldn’t sit or speak.

Read more: [url=http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/03/16/cord-blood-cures-girls-brain-injury/#ixzz1zOZZXz00]Cord blood cures girl’s brain injury | Fox News[/url]

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^^ which is why we need to do more stem cell research....BUT the religious nutjobs think otherwise.



Speaking of religion.


[url=http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-proof-god-particle-found-131226045.html]APNewsBreak: Proof of 'God particle' found - Yahoo! News[/url]


All those TV evangelist better get their cash while they can. Their gimmick may be up soon enough.

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[quote=NC_Skins;923383]^^ which is why we need to do more stem cell research....BUT the religious nutjobs think otherwise.



Speaking of religion.


[URL="http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-proof-god-particle-found-131226045.html"]APNewsBreak: Proof of 'God particle' found - Yahoo! News[/URL]


All those TV evangelist better get their cash while they can. Their gimmick may be up soon enough.[/quote]

You can do all the stem cell research you wan to do.

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[url=http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/02/12530076-researchers-crack-the-code-of-what-makes-us-cool?]Researchers crack the code of what makes us cool - The Body Odd[/url]

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[quote=NC_Skins;923383]^^ which is why we need to do more stem cell research....BUT the religious nutjobs think otherwise.[/quote]You do see why that's not an issue in this case...

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[url=http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE86008K20120704?irpc=932]It's a boson: Higgs quest bears new particle[/url]

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[quote=SmootSmack;923526][url=http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE86008K20120704?irpc=932]It's a boson: Higgs quest bears new particle[/url][/quote]

Thanks for posting this Smoot. I read the yahoo article and I'll post this as well since it is a video showing the "god particles".

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/video/god-particle-proof-found-physicists-080000504.html]'God Particle': New Proof Found by Physicists | Watch the video - Yahoo! News[/url]

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/photos/science-and-technology-slideshow/scientists-found-god-particle-photo-233251379.html]Science and technology | Photo Gallery - Yahoo! News[/url]


I was going to post the link and put a WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW??? caption to it .....lol

Either way, it's some amazing stuff being discovered. Read Smoot's article he posted as it's much more detailing and thorough.

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In case anyone is trying to win 1000lbs:

[URL="http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/06/27/why-does-hot-water-freeze-faster-than-cold-water-royal-society-chemistry-offers/"]Why does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Royal Society of Chemistry offers reward for explanation | Fox News[/URL]


Which reminds me of something i "discovered" a few years ago. I dont drink much soda, but every now and then i like a coke a cola. And when i treat myself to a coke i like them really really cold, so ill put them in the freezer for a little bit. Well one day i did it with a plastic coke bottle and when i opened it and i guess kind of bumped it, the thing just crystalized in front of my eyes.

Its called supercooling and its nothing special but i had never noticed it before and thought it was pretty neat. If you have kids it might be something cool to do with them. You got to cool it to the point right before it freezes but i dont think its all that hard to time it right.

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=gGpNhBPYNfs&NR=1"]Supercooling Experiment 2 - YouTube[/URL]

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[quote=NC_Skins;923532]Thanks for posting this Smoot. I read the yahoo article and I'll post this as well since it is a video showing the "god particles".

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/video/god-particle-proof-found-physicists-080000504.html]'God Particle': New Proof Found by Physicists | Watch the video - Yahoo! News[/url]

[url=http://news.yahoo.com/photos/science-and-technology-slideshow/scientists-found-god-particle-photo-233251379.html]Science and technology | Photo Gallery - Yahoo! News[/url]


I was going to post the link and put a WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW??? caption to it .....lol

Either way, it's some amazing stuff being discovered. Read Smoot's article he posted as it's much more detailing and thorough.[/quote]

Keep in mind that [U]if[/U] proven that it is actually a [I]Higgs Boson[/I], it doesn't mean it eliminates the existence of God. It just means that it confirms the Standard Model of the universe. Which IS a pretty big deal in the science community, don't get me wrong. Would it disprove the literal meaning behind Genesis? Well, maybe, but then again, Genesis never really was specific about the tools God used in creation other than speaking, so the literal meaning would be pointless to argue against anyway.

Either way, I am all for scientists continuing work on this, as I find it fascinating and hope it opens up other possibilities of discovery that we current feel are science fiction.

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[IMG]http://i786.photobucket.com/albums/yy143/DrDil_frms/ufocb/HIGGS_BOSON_MASS.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=skinsguy;923572]Keep in mind that [U]if[/U] proven that it is actually a [I]Higgs Boson[/I], it doesn't mean it eliminates the existence of God. It just means that it confirms the Standard Model of the universe. Which IS a pretty big deal in the science community, don't get me wrong. Would it disprove the literal meaning behind Genesis? Well, maybe, but then again, Genesis never really was specific about the tools God used in creation other than speaking, so the literal meaning would be pointless to argue against anyway.

Either way, I am all for scientists continuing work on this, as I find it fascinating and hope it opens up other possibilities of discovery that we current feel are science fiction.[/quote]

I agree with this perspective.