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Subject: Noteworthy Scientific Developements Posted by: Baldwin - [4261155] Wed, Dec 11, 2002, 13:29 It's been a long time coming but it looks like a cure for the common cold is only five years from market. If I am reading this correctly that is. The words croup, cold and flu are mixed throughout this piece but I think it is the common cold that is the specific target of this therapy. | |||||||
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| 587 | Boldwin ID: 1902939 Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 01:06 | Compelling case. Better than Freakanomics' theory. | ||||||
| 588 | boikin ID: 532592112 Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 12:05 |
I think this idea is actually pretty old I remember reading an article several years back that was trying to link soil led in cities to lower IQs. I am not sure if this is related to humans but I was reading a study that showed a link between increased lead in birds has shown to lead to homosexual behaviors. | ||||||
| 589 | Boldwin ID: 51036421 Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 22:43 | Figures. | ||||||
| 590 | sarge33rd ID: 12554167 Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 23:11 | Great, now B will be blaming "the gay", on lead based paint. | ||||||
| 591 | Perm Dude ID: 201027169 Fri, Jan 04, 2013, 23:17 | Imagine being *that* lab assistant. | ||||||
| 592 | sarge33rd ID: 4609710 Wed, Jan 09, 2013, 14:42 | NASA, working on a proof of warp drive | ||||||
| 593 | Boldwin ID: 1054104 Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 05:54 | Really fun find. But my 'too iffy' meter is pegged. Confidence is low. | ||||||
| 594 | sarge33rd ID: 4609710 Fri, Jan 11, 2013, 21:41 | The White House Response To The Death Star Petition Is Amazing | ||||||
| 595 | Perm Dude ID: 201027169 Fri, Jan 11, 2013, 21:52 |
"This Administration does not support blowing up planets." This is a bit of a shift from the previous Administration, yes? | ||||||
| 596 | Boldwin ID: 540371121 Fri, Jan 11, 2013, 23:18 | No truth to the rumor Elon Musk is involved. | ||||||
| 597 | sarge33rd ID: 4609710 Sat, Jan 12, 2013, 17:30 |
WATSON learns new words Two years ago, Brown attempted to teach Watson the Urban Dictionary. The popular website contains definitions for terms ranging from Internet abbreviations like OMG, short for "Oh, my God," to slang such as "hot mess." But Watson couldn't distinguish between polite language and profanity -- which the Urban Dictionary is full of. Watson picked up some bad habits from reading Wikipedia as well. In tests it even used the word "bullshit" in an answer to a researcher's query. Remember WATSON? From JEOPARDY? | ||||||
| 598 | Boldwin ID: 130502011 Mon, Jan 21, 2013, 00:11 |
The following story comes with noteworthy caveats. 1) The most 'biased-towards-this-theory' scientist in the world is announcing it. 2) The meteorite would actually have to be a meteorite. 3) We'd have to be looking at the meteorite, and not contamination of the meteorite. 4) The meteorite must not have come from earth itself for this to have significance. ...however, he's a seriously good scientist, they seem to have no trouble recognizing a meteorite, and I imagine they can tell that something is fossilized in place, therefore I think this is pretty intriguing... This is IMO unmistakably evidence of life.  - PuffingtonHost | ||||||
| 599 | Boldwin ID: 10055219 Mon, Jan 21, 2013, 11:38 |
The previous 'best evidence' Mars rock ALH 84001 [which had Bill Clinton kinda intrigued and itching to be part of the announcement] was this: ...however further scientific debate produced juuuuust enuff alternative non-life explanations to prevent a hullabaloo from ensuing. This latest meteorite disintegrated and fell in the village of Araganwila in Sri Lanka on 29 December 2012. Several of the fossilized algae are visually identical to known algae, to which the latest paper replies, many of them are not known, to which I reply, 'We don't know half the stuff in the ocean right now, conservatively speaking, let alone a billion years ago, none of them are necessarily alien unless you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that rock did not from the earth.'. Still, that's the best and possibly only fossilized life ever found in a meteorite which makes it pretty kool no matter how you look at it. | ||||||
| 600 | Boldwin ID: 10055219 Mon, Jan 21, 2013, 11:54 |
   Russia Today My own best guess is that this is from earth, that only a small percentage of meteorites come from earth and even fewer of those are young enuff to include fossilized life, thus the rarity of the finding. Still it would be very cool for this former sci-fi junkee to find the panspermia hypothesis bolstered. | ||||||
| 601 | Boldwin ID: 10055219 Mon, Jan 21, 2013, 15:48 |
See the little fishy swimming across your screen at about the second segment of the 'worm'? That's actually just space schmutz. | ||||||
| 602 | Boldwin ID: 28152622 Wed, Feb 06, 2013, 23:52 |
I am blown away by this one. Could Minority Report have a legimate scientific basis? Eeks. Where evil lurks:  German scientist claims to have discovered a 'dark patch' in their brains where rapists and other violent convicted offenders are missing an area where compassion and sorrow are processed. Wow | ||||||
| 603 | Boldwin ID: 22135179 Sun, Feb 17, 2013, 17:09 |
Longterm Martian cycle that mirror's Earth's occasional 'snowball earth' cycles. Results in geologically brief [somewhat] Earth-like Mars periods, a process called MEGAOUTFLO.  These images are meant to be more thot provoking than statements to be taken as precisely scientific accurate. The shorelines would of course be set by the amount of water released. Liberties [great big ones] were taken speculating about climates, arid regions, amount of life [if any], etc. | ||||||
| 604 | Boldwin ID: 54120184 Mon, Feb 18, 2013, 05:36 | But the interesting thing is that Mars actually does have enuff mass to hold onto it's atmosphere. What it doesn't have is enuff magnetic shielding to prevent the sun from blowing off the hydrogen in the atmosphere. [also preventing an adequate ozone protection if I recall correctly] When that happens the water eventually breaks down, hydrogen is lost, the oxygen gets sequestered and the planet rusts. Nitrogen also has been massively sequestered which could be released by terraforming. | ||||||
| 605 | Boldwin ID: 4824216 Fri, Mar 01, 2013, 08:00 |
Bacteriophage, a virus that attacks bacteria, found with a functioning adaptive immune system. Remarkable both for the very promising field of therapy with phages, and for the degree of genetic swapping revealed between phages and bacteria. The immune system was stolen from bacteria. Phages were thot to be too simple an organism to house an immune system and in fact there is quite the semantic controversy whether viruses are living creatures at all. | ||||||
| 606 | Boldwin ID: 4824216 Fri, Mar 01, 2013, 08:06 | There is a story floating around that there is a comet very possibly scheduled to hit Mars soon and that this could spark a mini-terraforming event releasing frozen groundwater and atmosphere. My understanding is that it would take many such comets to produce a lasting significant atmosphere. Also that one big comet wouldn't do the trick, most of a massive comet's effects would be blown off into space. It would take many small comets. | ||||||
| 607 | sarge33rd ID: 4609710 Mon, Mar 04, 2013, 23:24 |
1st documented case of CURED HIV Mar. 3, 2013 Researchers today described the first documented case of a child being cured of HIV. The landmark findings were announced at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta, GA. | ||||||
| 608 | Boldwin ID: 02321116 Mon, Mar 11, 2013, 17:32 | Nanoparticles with bee venom [when properly shielded from normal cells] kills aids virus without harmimg normal cells. This looks very promising and it is doubtful the virus can find a defense to this type of attack. | ||||||
| 609 | sarge33rd ID: 4609710 Tue, Mar 12, 2013, 22:27 |
too cool | ||||||
| 610 | Boldwin ID: 163511813 Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 15:35 | Invention of the ancible. The word, not the invention itself, of course. | ||||||
| 611 | biliruben ID: 21841115 Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 15:41 |
I remember this from Le Guin's Left Hand of Darkness. You spelled it wrong. | ||||||
| 612 | Boldwin ID: 163511813 Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 16:04 | That's the problem with superluminal communication. Sometimes you just need to slow down. | ||||||
| 613 | Boldwin ID: 13342611 Fri, Apr 26, 2013, 16:44 |
Chocolate laffs in the face of science. Some areas of science are just not ready for primetime. Here is your prime example. If you get the sense that the science is settled, you'll have to explain how you came to that conclusion. FWIW one of the smartest people I know, tho far too 'healthfoody' for my taste, assures me certain kinds of dark chocolate are practically a miracle healthfood with @148 crucial and rare chemicals. Always gives me acne and weakens my immune system to this day. Except that acne thing has been disproved by science. No one told my face. I'm an addict currently on the wagon. | ||||||
| 614 | Boldwin ID: 294281510 Wed, May 15, 2013, 14:02 |
Why those commercials claiming the body can't tell the difference between fructose and sugar are flat out UNTRUE. I spose the figleaf they would hide behind is that yes it's true the body can process both, but the body doesn't handle them both the same way. And the difference has sinister results. | ||||||
| 615 | Boldwin ID: 164192113 Tue, May 21, 2013, 14:22 |
One of the craziest, most unexpected, counterintuitive, experimental results I've ever heard of, as weird as quantum physics...and deeply connected to it. Reverse causality Which puts destiny back on the table and raises all sorts of questions. So crazy I'm not buying it right off the bat. Extraordinary claims needing... I'm in shock and getting a nap before I finish reading it. I wanna be sharp for this one. | ||||||
| 616 | Boldwin ID: 164192113 Tue, May 21, 2013, 16:32 | All is foreseen; but freedom of choice is given. | ||||||
| 617 | Boldwin ID: 195432220 Sun, Jun 23, 2013, 10:31 |
Super-fast acting virus [in the rabies general family of viruses] seeks out and only attacks skin cancer cells in trials with mice. The viruses act so fast they begin killing the skin cancer before the bodies immune system can kill them. The viruses may even help the body's immune system to go on and finish the job attacking the melanoma. Faster please as Glenn Reynolds would say. Article in Virology, on a Yale study, aggregated at Scitechdaily.com. | ||||||
| 618 | Perm Dude ID: 41661813 Sat, Aug 10, 2013, 12:01 | If true, this is probably the best news for third world countries you could possibly think of: Vaccine for malaria passes critical test. | ||||||
| 619 | Perm Dude ID: 431013412 Sat, Apr 26, 2014, 16:18 | Reading the minds of the comatose. | ||||||
| 620 | Boldwin ID: 285121619 Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 23:21 |
Everybody knows only tin-foil hat wearing loons believe floride in the water is dangerous... ...except Lancet Neurology...ya'know, the actual scientific studies. Also the National Research Council ...in 2006 the National Research Council released a 500 page review, which took 12 scientists over three years to produce and described in great detail why EPAs purportedly safe drinking water standard (4 ppm) needs to be reduced in order to protect human health. The report documents myriad potential hazards from fluoride exposure, including damage to the bones, brain, and various glands of the endocrine system. According to Dr. Bob Carton, a former risk-assessment scientist at EPA, this report should be the center piece of every discussion on fluoridation. It changes everything.But everybody knows that just nuts so don't worry, consensus is always the right choice. | ||||||
| 621 | biliruben ID: 28420307 Mon, Jun 16, 2014, 23:57 | Can you provide the cite for the Lancet review? | ||||||
| 622 | biliruben ID: 28420307 Tue, Jun 17, 2014, 00:08 |
Nevermind. "Perfluorinated compounds, such as perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulphonate, are highly persistent in the environment and in the human body, and seem to be neurotoxic.73 Emerging epidemiological evidence suggests that these compounds might indeed impede neurobehavioural development.74" Going to the sole article referenced, their conclusions are: "This study suggests an association between PFC exposure and children's impulsivity. Although intriguing, there is a need for further investigation and replication with a larger sample of children." 83 kids. Glad they are taking a look, but it's all questions as of yet. That sample can show danky. | ||||||
| 623 | Boldwin ID: 585281717 Tue, Jun 17, 2014, 18:42 |
Liberals are anything but consistent. I've never been strongly concerned about this issue. I drink bottled reverse osmosis filtered water, and you all can take the risk or not. But fluoride was originally considered a hazardous industrial waste, that industry turned into a health miracle in the same way they tried to make tobacco use a healthy practice thru their PR. I am flumoxed as to way the knee-jerk anti-business, businessmen are evil meme didn't get applied here. How did the regulators who practically won't approve anything, allow flouride such a free ride? If it isn't a case of malthusian elites trying to cull or dumb down the herd, I'd like someone to explain these things to me. | ||||||
| 624 | biliruben ID: 28420307 Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 05:06 |
I don't know that this is a liberal issue. It was a public health issue. IIRC, the driving force behind the APHA was dentistry, with a dentist the head. No idea if he was liberal, just concerned about dental carries. Portland, one of the most liberal cities is America, still does not flouridate. | ||||||
| 625 | bibA ID: 204511510 Wed, Jun 18, 2014, 09:06 | Portland does not flouridate? I guess liberals just don't want to do any culling up there. Now that the news is out, expect major population movement into Oregon. At least from people tired of getting culled. | ||||||
| 626 | Boldwin ID: 245102511 Wed, Jun 25, 2014, 12:23 |
I prolly posted about this over a year ago and it is just now filtering into the mainstream but it's the kind of thing that I get stoked about. These are the kind of advances you wait for before you mistakenly build inefficient infrastructure with premature tech. | ||||||
| 627 | sarge33rd ID: 57691412 Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 13:10 |
Toyota develops a crankshaft free, piston engine, producing electrical output Been awhile since the internal combustion engine really saw a monumental change. This, could be very interesting to watch. | ||||||
| 628 | biliruben ID: 561162511 Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 13:43 |
Maybe I'm missing something here, but that looks like a better buggy-whip. Gas powered cars will be all but gone in 20 years. Or they should be. | ||||||
| 629 | sarge33rd ID: 57691412 Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 13:59 | the application wouldnt necessarily be restricted to autos. I'm thinking there may well be other applications. Eliminate the crank, and you eliminate a LOT of the vibration/counter-balancing requirements. How much more efficient as a generator motor would this be, than what is currently being used? (or would it be?) | ||||||
| 630 | Gator ID: 13521231 Thu, Jul 24, 2014, 18:25 | I just saw a Sketcher's commercial that shows it's markers are scented with fruit farts. Now that is noteworthy. | ||||||
| 631 | sarge33rd ID: 12739213 Sat, Aug 02, 2014, 16:31 |
fascinating potential here The science is beyond my ken, but from a few folks I know for whom it is in their wheelhouse, they say this as a proof of concept, is entirely valid. | ||||||
| 632 | sarge33rd ID: 390471112 Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 10:13 | Biologists discover electric bacteria that eat pure electrons rather than sugar, redefining the tenacity of life | ||||||
| 633 | Bean ID: 5292191 Mon, Aug 18, 2014, 14:47 |
<631>It's ability to generate enough force to effectively keep a satellite in orbit is the key to its usefulness. Otherwise, other forms of propulsion will continue to be used for keeping geosynchronous satellites in orbit and dodging space junk. I believe most of today's communications satellites employ solar cells for sustaining their payloads, while using propellants for navigation. Many of the birds fall out of a stable orbit due to lack of propellants and have to be replaced. Nice basic research in any case. | ||||||
| 634 | Boldwin ID: 335571715 Wed, Jun 17, 2015, 17:03 |
As I've always said, space is chocked full of naturally occurring hydrocarbons and these OF COURSE get incorporated during planet formation. No dino's were harmed in the creation of this oil. As this moon choking on excess hydrocarbons demonstrates. | ||||||
| 635 | Boldwin ID: 49572022 Mon, Jul 27, 2015, 04:27 |
Thrust without fuel. I have never been quite as boggled by a scientific paper the first read. The first time I wrapped my mind around phonons was almost as tuff. | ||||||
| 636 | Boldwin ID: 49572022 Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 14:21 |
Or not Violating fundamental conservation principles is not taken lightly. | ||||||
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