The N&G Science Discussion Thread

[RenegadeMonster]

NASA just found a question mark in space. What exactly is it? — National Geographic

The object is far outside our galactic neighborhood, possibly billions of light-years away. But astronomers have seen similar objects closer to home.

apple.news

 

[RenegadeMonster]

Here are a couple of interesting reads to get your week started

Three-Eyed "Dinosaur Shrimp" Are Waking Up At Burning Man

The human festival is over, but for Triops and fairy shrimp, it's just getting started.

www.iflscience.com

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/world/ancient-human-population-collapse-scn/index.html

 

[RenegadeMonster]

Was Our Universe Formed Inside the Quantum Chaos of Another Universe’s Black Hole? — Popular Mechanics

A cosmologist explains the mind-bending hypothesis that our universe could have branched off from a black hole singularity in another universe.

apple.news

This theory is new to me, interesting read.

 

[Kris]

whether or not the earth is 4.65 billion years old (because it is)

Can someone recommend a book that talks about the history of the earth and how animals evolved and such that they enjoyed reading? Something that is pop science, not too technical.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Can someone recommend a book that talks about the history of the earth and how animals evolved and such that they enjoyed reading? Something that is pop science, not too technical.

I know you are probably looking for something a bit broader but this book is terrific.

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World

Amazon product ASIN 0062490435

 

[Kris]

I know you are probably looking for something a bit broader but this book is terrific.

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of Their Lost World

Amazon product ASIN 0062490435

Thank you. I'll see if my library has it.
I did a bit more digging and found this one too: A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters

 

[RenegadeMonster]

The mystery of Siberia's exploding craters - BBC Reel

BEST OF 2021: On a remote peninsular in the Arctic circle, enormous wounds are appearing in the permafrost and have started to worry scientists. Research teams from Russia and the United States are racing to find out what this means for Siberia, and potentially the rest of the world. Based on...

www.bbc.com

 

[RenegadeMonster]

A New Dinosaur Discovery Challenges ‘Everything We Think We Know’ — The Atlantic

If dinosaurs loved the heat, why are their footprints all over Alaska?

apple.news

I love a good story that changes what we thought we knew.

 

[RenegadeMonster]

A Revelation About Trees Is Messing With Climate Calculations — WIRED

Trees make clouds by releasing small quantities of vapors called “sesquiterpenes.” Scientists are learning more—and it’s making climate models hazy.

apple.news

Got this Apple News notification. Going to have to read it tomorrow and see if I can get a better understanding of this.

 

[Jan]

Because it is this time of the year

Does winning a Nobel prize make you less productive? Do you get ‘Nobelitis’? Here’s what it did to me | Paul Nurse

There’s something to the notion that Nobel winners create less thereafter, says scientist Paul Nurse

www.theguardian.com

 

[nolalady]

This is fascinating. Decoding genomes to find familial links in order to better understand the sociopolitics of ancient peoples.

https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-marriage-traditions-politics-revealed-giant-family-trees-built-dna

 

[Jan]

Don't know if it's fitting in here perfectly but it is a fascinating read

The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership with OpenAI

The companies had honed a protocol for releasing artificial intelligence ambitiously but safely. Then OpenAI’s board exploded all their carefully laid plans.

www.newyorker.com

 

[RenegadeMonster]

As the Moon Grows More Distant, Life on Earth Will Never Be the Same Again — Popular Mechanics

Watch out for more asteroid impacts. We’ll also have fewer tides, a lengthening day, no more seasons, and no more stunning total solar eclipses.

apple.news

Articles like this have always fascinated me. I enjoy a good read.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

As the Moon Grows More Distant, Life on Earth Will Never Be the Same Again — Popular Mechanics

Watch out for more asteroid impacts. We’ll also have fewer tides, a lengthening day, no more seasons, and no more stunning total solar eclipses.

apple.news

Articles like this have always fascinated me. I enjoy a good read.

It won’t let me read it via Apple News

 

[RenegadeMonster]

Is there a 9th planet out there? We may soon find out. — National Geographic

Starting in 2025 the Vera C. Rubin observatory will increase the number of known objects circling the sun by roughly tenfold, spotting new comets, exotic asteroids from other stars, and perhaps even the elusive Planet Nine.

apple.news

Anyone else here really want 9 planets again? I do. I hope they find it.

 

[LeSamourai]

Is there a 9th planet out there? We may soon find out. — National Geographic

Starting in 2025 the Vera C. Rubin observatory will increase the number of known objects circling the sun by roughly tenfold, spotting new comets, exotic asteroids from other stars, and perhaps even the elusive Planet Nine.

apple.news

Anyone else here really want 9 planets again? I do. I hope they find it.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Is there a 9th planet out there? We may soon find out. — National Geographic

Starting in 2025 the Vera C. Rubin observatory will increase the number of known objects circling the sun by roughly tenfold, spotting new comets, exotic asteroids from other stars, and perhaps even the elusive Planet Nine.

apple.news

Anyone else here really want 9 planets again? I do. I hope they find it.

I am good with it but only if they name it after something that begins with a “P” so I can employ my “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles” mnemonic device again.

 

[RenegadeMonster]

Let's make it a requirement that all glass windows reflect ultraviolet light

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Let's make it a requirement that all glass windows reflect ultraviolet light

Just give a camera filter and I’d be good.

 

[AndySlash]

I am good with it but only if they name it after something that begins with a “P” so I can employ my “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles” mnemonic device again.

pickles? it was pizzas here.