Cool Science thread

So, this mass exodus of Californians has at least one precedent.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft is back in contact with Earth after its successful first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April 26, 2017. The spacecraft is in the process of beaming back science and engineering data collected during its passage

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Originally Posted by BRUTAH

The carbon dating is super legit

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Uranium-thorium dating. The limit of C14 dating is about 40,000 years. There's definitely no doubt the mastodon bones are ~130,000 years old.

Cassini shot of north pole storm - talk about polar vortex

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5437f3dda1.jpg

Anyone got a cliffs notes on that crazy hexagon storm at the pole of Saturn? I'd love to hear how those angles happen in an atmosphere.

And a preemptive go fuck yourself with your google that for yous. This is TGR damnit where everyone is an expert on everything. One stop shop.

plutonium detonation? :)

Looked up the average temperature on Saturn. 288 degrees Frankenstein below zero.

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Originally Posted by Mazderati

Looked up the average temperature on Saturn. 288 degrees Frankenstein below zero.

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Pretty sure that's the average nightly temp at STFU's paintcan-shaker.

Polygon fluid boundaries require just the right balance of viscosity and velocity gradient.

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...2010/2471.html

See. Thank you.

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Ya its already very controversial. The authors are welcoming the scrutiny, one of them posted it in Reddit and basically asked people to criticize it because that's how science works.

The carbon dating is super legit, should be interesting to watch it play out. And maybe they find some remains that were missed at old archeological sites that now need to be revisited

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I wonder if they have any archived soil samples from the site: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39747326

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Originally Posted by BmillsSkier

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2...-donor-bodies/

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First they need to get the guy on the left some arms.

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I wonder if they have any archived soil samples from the site: http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39747326

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That's some crazy CSI shit right there. reminds me about dave chappelle's joke about criminal forensics.



Check it for semen! :tdo13:

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First they need to get the guy on the left some arms.

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They've reserved those for Mr Williams as well.

Cool shots of the north pole hexagon - take a look before the plutonium wrecks it all.

http://gizmodo.com/oh-my-god-look-at...ole-1793887193
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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d4b53be437.jpg

it might make it even purtier!

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Originally Posted by wyeaster

it might make it even purtier!

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I believe it's winking at you.

Wheres the SATURN FIRST! organizers when you need them? Sucked down the blue vortex?

getting unmotivated in legal states?

Pretty cool video JPL put together of the Cassini fly by.

http://www.space.com/36715-cassini-g...ing-video.html

homo naledi

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...r-family-tree/

What if some version of Planet of the Apes was real, and humans were the victors?

#nohomo

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ma...sil-discovery/

^^^That's incredible.