Cool Science thread

[neck beard]

https://www.newscientist.com/article...consciousness/

A bug in fMRI software could invalidate 15 years of brain research
"These results question the validity of some 40,000 fMRI studies and may have a large impact on the interpretation of neuroimaging results,"
http://www.sciencealert.com/a-bug-in...tists-discover

Thankfully, science will improve science.

[SkiCougar]

Nice slide presentation of what the world is doing and has done to explore space. includes the mars missions that have failed and succeeded, how many satellites each country has; etc:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galle...s-today#785521

[Dantheman]

A bug in fMRI software could invalidate 15 years of brain research
"These results question the validity of some 40,000 fMRI studies and may have a large impact on the interpretation of neuroimaging results,"
http://www.sciencealert.com/a-bug-in...tists-discover

Thankfully, science will improve science.

Ouch.

[Dantheman]

Triple star solar system
http://www.space.com/33367-new-plane...ar-system.html

Titan may be more amenable to life than previously thought
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...stry-for-life/

[SkiCougar]

If you thought the milky way was a big deal, this shows where we really are and that the milky way really isn't all that with a good video explaining it.

"Mapping Laniakea, the Milky Way's Cosmic Home "

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...ic-home-video/

[Dantheman]

Fuckin' levitating nanodiamonds, how do they work?
http://phys.org/news/2016-07-electro...s-sensors.html

Superposition observed in neutrinos
http://phys.org/news/2016-07-weird-q...eds-miles.html

[Dantheman]

Study shows wheat causes systemic immune response in non-celiac individuals with self-reported wheat/gluten sensitivity
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/...4911469566225/

Full text is available free: http://gut.bmj.com/content/early/201...16-311964.full

I haven't read the whole thing, but their conclusions support the hypothesis that wheat causes "leaky gut" in wheat-sensitive individuals and that a leaky gut is no bueno.

"In summary, the results of this study on individuals with sensitivity to wheat in the absence of coeliac disease demonstrate (1) significantly increased serum levels of sCD14 and LBP, as well as antibody reactivity to microbial antigens, indicating systemic immune activation; (2) an elevated expression of FABP2 that correlates with the systemic immune responses to bacterial products, suggesting compromised intestinal epithelial barrier integrity and increased microbial translocation; and (3) a significant change towards normalisation in the levels of the immune activation markers, as well as FABP2 expression, in response to the restrictive diet, which is associated with improvement in symptoms."

[Mazderati]

Non-celiac but still wheat-sensitive.

[Dantheman]

True, but still pretty significant given that non-celiac wheat sensitivity has been widely derided as being psychosomatic. I edited the OP to be more specific.

[huckbucket]

Google perfecting artificial voices ... with examples

http://www.neowin.net/news/googles-d...ot-apocalypse?

[Dantheman]

[digitaldeath]

That mutant shit is dope


How do u know if you're a celiac?

http://m.nautil.us/issue/40/learning...study-the-crow

[Viva]

Cute little study, but it's been performed previously ad nauseam.

The narrator fucked up, too, at a critical point.

[TomCrac]

I wonder how many 5 year projects under $180,000,000.00 (here in the US) we have?

China begins operating world's largest radio telescope



http://phys.org/news/2016-09-china-w...telescope.html

[Dantheman]

How do u know if you're a celiac?

I have DH (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatitis_herpetiformis) so it's rather obvious. Otherwise, blood tests for certain IgA antibodies and an intestinal biopsy.

Cute little study, but it's been performed previously ad nauseam.

That's unsurprising, really. Cool to watch though and the first time I've seen it in popular media.

The narrator fucked up, too, at a critical point.

What did he screw up?

[Dantheman]

Geysers spotted by Hubble on Europa
http://time.com/4507503/jupiters-europa-geyser/

[huckbucket]

New study says instead of 200 billion galaxies in the observable universe, the real number is closer to 2 trillion. 2 trillion galaxies! 100 billion stars in the average galaxy.

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/1...han-we-thought

Thats almost as many stars as there are ATOMS in your body (10^24 vs 10^27).

[Dantheman]

^^^ That is fucking awesome.

[digitaldeath]

intestinal biopsy! dang ... sounds lucrative for the doc

[cat in january]

Update on ITER


"We expect first plasma in December 2025 and full power by 2035. For sure, that schedule is still challenging but it is the best technically achievable schedule, taking into account the financial constraints," Bigot told reporters during a visit to the ITER site in rural Cadarache.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-fr...-idUSKCN1271BC

[Dantheman]

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...-paralyzed-man

[iceman]

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...-paralyzed-man

Kind of a follow-on to that, from The New Yorker by the very excellent Adam Gopnik. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...-says-about-us

[BmillsSkier]

New study says instead of 200 billion galaxies in the observable universe, the real number is closer to 2 trillion. 2 trillion galaxies! 100 billion stars in the average galaxy.

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2016/1...han-we-thought

Thats almost as many stars as there are ATOMS in your body (10^24 vs 10^27).

[Dantheman]

Kind of a follow-on to that, from The New Yorker by the very excellent Adam Gopnik. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...-says-about-us

That was a good read.

[iceman]

That was a good read.

Gopnik is brilliant and a really engaging writer. He's all over the map - essays, criticism, travelogues, memoir, features, etc. etc. - and it's all really good. Worth looking for more of his stuff. He's a real foody too, as I know you are, and he's written a lot about it. This one about bread (and women) was good: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...read-and-women I know you can't eat bread but it can't hurt to read about it!