Cool Science thread

[PB]

I don't understand a thing that you said so here's a picture of a killer whale with a salmon on its head: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/07/scien...und/index.html

[old goat]

Nobel Laureates get personal parking spots on the Berkeley campus. More valuable than gold medals.

[Viva]

Francis Crick had a personal parking space at The Salk Institute.

White Mercedes with license plate: "AT CG".

[PB]

Just when you thought it was safe to go into the woods ........

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/scien...les/index.html

[MakersTeleMark]

We proved that shit on TRG years ago. Boring.

[J. Barron DeJong]

[Kenny Satch]

Just when you thought it was safe to go into the woods ........

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/scien...les/index.html

Darwin would not be shocked.
I OTOH think this is nuts.

[Kenny Satch]

Just when you thought it was safe to go into the woods ........

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/scien...les/index.html

Darwin would not be shocked.
I OTOH think this is nuts.

[bodywhomper]

Standing up for science.

I hope some here were able to participate.

I saw good turn outs at some of the well publicized protests yesterday, including at my alma mater, ucsd. At the middle school that my mother subs at (semi-retired), there were focused lectures to the children about some of what was going on and the students and faculty made signs and marched around during lunch the edge of their campus, adjacent to a residential neighborhood and large community park. My wife, twins, and I took the afternoon off and completed our monthly volunteer gig a day early, collecting water samples and completing water quality analyses from a local creek.

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[byates1]

This is trippy af bro

[byates1]

This is comforting

[MultiVerse]

It looks like an interstellar object is visiting our solar system

An Interstellar object, named A11pl3Z, is currently approaching Earth at over 152,000 mph. This object is traveling on a hyperbolic trajectory through the solar system, indicating it is not gravitationally bound to the Sun. It is only the third known interstellar object to be identified. Its closest approach will happen in October passing between the orbits of Mars and Earth, Its max velocity relative to earth will be over 200,000 mph. On its current trajectory there's no fear it will hit the Earth but might pass close enough to Mars to be observed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

https://earthsky.org/space/new-inter...e-sun-a11pl3z/

[Dantheman]

Man, that is smoking. I think Omouamoua(?) was around 50k mph.

[Dantheman]

Neanderthal fat factory: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/n...000-years-ago/

[ötzi]

The Neanderthals back then were clearly more advanced than the current iteration.

[byates1]

https://www.space.com/astronomy/rare...-survival-mode

[Dantheman]

Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-025-00244-x

[californiagrown]

Psilocybin treatment extends cellular lifespan and improves survival of aged mice https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-025-00244-x

Gonna need someone to translate for me... so how many grams of cubensis should i be taking on my summer morning alpine hikes to age gracefully? Currently pretty happy with ~1.5g.

[old goat]

Longer living mice. That's all I need. We've killed a dozen already this summer. Usually they're only in the house in the winter. How I haven't gotten hanta yet is a mystery. It's an RNA virus like covid, so maybe the covid shots help prevent it. j/k