Daily science stuff

[Kotik]

Triceratops 'Never Existed'

Next thing you'll tell us that Vulcans have emotions??

[Kotik]

Not a very scientific thing, but hillarious as it can get. I present the austrian village

Fucking.

It's pronounced differently than the rather unflattering english word, but that doesn't keep the natives from using that fact. They market a beer called "Fucking Hell" (Hell is a german term for lager)

[WarpGirl]

Does this count? http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... ?GT1=43001

[Kotik]

Does this count? http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... ?GT1=43001

Someone did a 'cat lapping' study me sayz someone had entirely too much free time on his hands

[WarpGirl]

It's actually not that crazy. Scientists study cat's claws to help develop better hypodermic needles. Perhaps the way a cat laps water will help develop something useful.

[enterprikayak]

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/sc ... _dusttail/

Planetary dust trails.

[Kotik]

So far I've only got a German link. Hope to find an english one, too. Scientists at the CERN in Switzerland

have stored antimatter for the first time

Looks like Trip's job is starting to become a reality

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

^ Here is an English article

[justTripn]

I think that's Trip and Scotty in the illustration. But only very vaugely so no one gets sued for copyright infringement.

[Enerdhil]

I think that's Trip and Scotty in the illustration. But only very vaugely so no one gets sued for copyright infringement.

As for Scotty, OK. But I believe the other to be that Enterprise captain on the first movie.

[Alelou]

Yup. Stephen Collins as Captain Decker.

[Alelou]

Very cool slideshow of the brain. I would happily hang a few of these as art: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/1 ... brain.html

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

7 Amazing Exoplanets [Interactive]

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

How Many Oceans Does Pluto Have?

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

There was a documentary on Swedish TV about the ten most threatening things that could happen to mankind. From lowest to highest, they were:

10. Collapsing star
9. Deadly impact
8. Supervolcanic eruption
7. Hostile extraterrestrials
6. Natural pandemic
5. Physics experiments
4. Climate catastrophe
3. Doomsday war
2. Machine superintelligence
1. Synthetic biology

Frankly, I thought the whole thing too far fetched, like taken from a slew of sci-fi movies.

I mean, "hostile extraterrestrials". Sure, I subscribe to the camp that doesn't think we should presume that ETs are friendly, but I think we'd be hit by stray comets, asteroids or black holes before they would arrive. And "physics experiments", like the LHC, are just like a nutty conspiracy theory. And the less said about "climate catastrophe" (the man-made kind) the better.

Also, "doomsday war" is now a rather remote possibility after the end of the cold war. Say what you want about the islamo-fascists, but they won't be able to turn the world into a nuclear wasteland. And I've always been sceptical of the possibility of real artificial intelligence.