LGP Science Thread

[PensFanInDC]

Russians regenerate flowering plant from 30,000-year-old frozen burrow of Ice Age squirrel
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/eur ... story.html

Encino Plant?

[Gaucho]

I was just going to post that. Not only the same topic, the same article even.

[MelicharSux]

science

[Rylan]

I want a mini-chameleon

[MRandall25]

http://news.yahoo.com/type-alien-planet ... 02250.html

Scientists have discovered a new type of alien planet — a steamy waterworld that is larger than Earth but smaller than Uranus.

Posted just for the opening quote.

[Physical_Graffiti]

I'm offended!

[Tomas]

Neutrinos apparently don't travel faster than the speed of light. Faulty connector. Bummer...

The OPERA collaboration, which made headlines in September with the revolutionary claim to have clocked neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light, has identified two possible sources of error in its experiment. If true its result would have violated Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, a cornerstone of modern physics.

according to a statement OPERA began circulating today, two possible problems have now been found with its set-up. As many physicists had speculated might be the case, both are related to the experiment’s pioneering use of Global Positioning System (GPS) signals to synchronize atomic clocks at each end of its neutrino beam. First, the passage of time on the clocks between the arrival of the synchronizing signal has to be interpolated and OPERA now says this may not have been done correctly. Second, there was a possible faulty connection between the GPS signal and the OPERA master clock.

http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/02/fa ... rrors.html

[doublem]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... al-illness

The Neglect of Mental Illness Exacts a Huge Toll, Human and Economic.

I think this is uniquely American.

[bh]

Yeah mental illness is a strange one in this country. People don't want to talk about it.

doublem, did you read about this and see the 60 minutes report? Kinda shocked me. I have some people very close to me on anti-depressants.
http://www.minnpost.com/second-opinion/ ... ts-not-new

[count2infinity]

I think its because it's one of those great unknowns in the medical field. how does it happen? why does it happen? how much of it is a physical problem with the brain and how much of it is just the person themselves? How do you medicate something that's not a physical malfunction if it's the latter of my last question? There are just so many unknowns to be able to fully medicate/treat all the people with mental illness of some sort.

[doublem]

I have read about the anti-depressant placebo theory before. I don't know, I take them, it seems to work for me, but I don't take a large amount or anything like that. I know one thing it's pretty clear mental illness runs in families. It's a shame that no one talks about it, like they do cancer or AIDS, How much better would people be without that stigma attached?

[doublem]

Also it's really hard to figure out what's happening in the brain when you can't really take a look at it.

[MRandall25]

Also it's really hard to figure out what's happening in the brain when you can't really take a look at it.

I'll say that, and 2 more things:

1. Psychology isn't considered a concrete science (basically building on what you're saying)

2. People could easily take advantage of a system (like if they put up a welfare type system, I feel a lot of people would try to exploit that)

[doublem]

Also it's really hard to figure out what's happening in the brain when you can't really take a look at it.

I'll say that, and 2 more things:

1. Psychology isn't considered a concrete science (basically building on what you're saying)

2. People could easily take advantage of a system (like if they put up a welfare type system, I feel a lot of people would try to exploit that)

Well the sad thing is a lot of people with mental illness are homeless or in jail. This upsets so very much.

[MRandall25]

Also it's really hard to figure out what's happening in the brain when you can't really take a look at it.

I'll say that, and 2 more things:

1. Psychology isn't considered a concrete science (basically building on what you're saying)

2. People could easily take advantage of a system (like if they put up a welfare type system, I feel a lot of people would try to exploit that)

Well the sad thing is a lot of people with mental illness are homeless or in jail. This upsets so very much.

I realize that and it sucks we can't help them because people look down on psychology.

[shmenguin]

Also it's really hard to figure out what's happening in the brain when you can't really take a look at it.

OCD has been identified with brain scans. i don't know if there are any similar results with depression. though the 2 are somewhat linked. they're both treated with drugs like prozac, anyways.

[doublem]

Also it's really hard to figure out what's happening in the brain when you can't really take a look at it.

I'll say that, and 2 more things:

1. Psychology isn't considered a concrete science (basically building on what you're saying)

2. People could easily take advantage of a system (like if they put up a welfare type system, I feel a lot of people would try to exploit that)

Well the sad thing is a lot of people with mental illness are homeless or in jail. This upsets so very much.

I realize that and it sucks we can't help them because people look down on psychology.

We can't help them becasue people don't realize the seriousness of certain illnesses that cause people to do drugs, be homeless and be tossed in jail.

[count2infinity]

love it

[Shyster]

60 Minutes did a really nice segment on Elon Musk and SpaceX, which last year became the first private company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft. In a month or so SpaceX will launch a demonstration flight of its Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station. While it will be used only for cargo transfers for now, SpaceX designed the Dragon with the capability to carry human passengers.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50121782n

[Kraftster]

Awesome awesome.

http://www.htwins.net/scale2/

[Willie Kool]

Awesome awesome.
http://www.htwins.net/scale2/

Makes you feel so sort of insignificant, doesn't it?

Spoiler:

[columbia]

Does this mean I can start smoking again and it wont matter?
I'd like that.

Spoiler:

It's been 358 days.

[Gaucho]

Does this mean I can start smoking again and it wont matter?
I'd like that.

Spoiler:

It's been 358 days.

Spoiler:

922

[Gaucho]

Awesome awesome.

http://www.htwins.net/scale2/

Fantastic.

[joopen]

Does this mean I can start smoking again and it wont matter?
I'd like that.

Spoiler:

It's been 358 days.

Spoiler:

922

10,000 (I'm 27)