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Hi. Find this video very pretty. If there was an 'educational videos' section, it would fit well. Move to 'Experiments' or leave it here; but enjoy it ! ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AXupc7oE-g

I just discovered this happened over 2 months ago. Did anyone hear this in the news? Armand Duplantis set another pole vault world record 20'4" in Belgrade on March 20, 2022. He cleared the bar by a few inches, brushing the bar on the way down. Only 2 other people ever vaulted higher than 20 feet, Bubka and Lavillenie.

I found the following in google: 1. Artery - the study of art 2. Bacteria - the back door of a cafeteria 3. Biology - the scientific study of the number 2 4. Nitrates - prices of services in the evening 5. Tumor - additional two of something

Evidently a new hearing about UAP's is happening, this is a short synopsis of the hearing by CNET. I thought some of us might be interested in discussing this latest chapter in the on going investigation. Congressional UFO Hearing https://www.npr.org/2022/05/17/1099410910/ufo-hearing-congress-military-intelligence https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pentagon-reports-400-ufo-encounters-tells-congress-theyre-investigating-video/story? Complete hearing.

Only the quarks named as u, d, s, c, t, b are allowed for now. The mandatory language is English Eventually, we will allow the use of bound states of quarks, like p (proton), n (neutron) and any other particles that can be named with a Latin letter, like the electron (e). Here's mine, STUD The next one is pretty obvious. You're allowed to use Shakespearian English, Yorkshire English, Alabama English. Only, please document.

Some local news form near me. Indian relics returned https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-61510755 Exeter museum in 'historic' handover of regalia to tribal leader

When the new EHT image appears on screen for the first time, astrophysicists be like...

Where I live, right now the sky is clear and the Moon is a beautiful dark orange ball! About the max of the total eclipse.

It was beautiful. All other horses suddenly look so slow...

To all women @SFN, and to all women in science: Happy Women's Day!! We value you, trust you, we love your work, and we wish you to keep going strong. Most importantly: We are inspired by you. You're better off without a Y chromosome, believe me. What's your favourite woman in science? Mine is Emmy Noether.

In the early/mid fifties, I remember getting building sets called "Bayko" and was designed for building houses, stations, garages, bungalows etc. It was my favourite Chrissy present! The Bayko sets started as simple designe building up to more complicated stuff and numbered arounf 4 or 5 sets from memory....the following photos give an idea of what could be constructed and the methodology...... In my very humble opinion, it leaves the LEGO construction sets for kids we see today, for dead! ....Anyone else remember them? Anyone else lucky enough to have had them? The other rather inovative and educational "toy" was the …

Inspired by another thread, I thought it might be good to have a place to put funny or otherwise notable ambiguities, and any comments about them in general Here's some that have been posted already elsewhere by TheVat: Kids make nutritious snacks Miners refuse to work after death Panda mating fails, veterinarian takes over Old school pillars are replaced by alumni One I've found: A woman in the UK gives birth every 48 seconds

Anyone else watched Project Blue Book? I am watching it on Peacock but I think it originally aired on the History Channel. Not a bad show, it does seem to be loosely based on actual UFO sightings, very loosely, they take a lot of poetic licence and make up details and change names but I do recognise the sightings from the late 50s to early 60s so far. Sadly they have left out some details that were IMHO important and made up stuff to make a "better" story but really didn't need the embellishments. Let me know if you watched it and want to discuss.

Tomorrow is ANZAC Day, commemorated in Australia and New Zealand as both our nations most solemn day of the year. ANZAC is an acronym for "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps" and is a most solemn day for remembering the fallen in all wars in which our nations have taken part in. Ironically it does not commemorate some glorious victory, but an inglorious defeat at ANZAC Cove Gallipoli when Australian and NZ troops stormed the beaches of Gallipoli, only to be mowed down by the defending Turkish troops in WW1. It was the first time the troops from both countries were to fight under their flags. The day is remembered at Gallipoli itself, with the co-operat…

The other day I found my car covered in bird shit, which was annoying. Then I thought, there must be something positive I can take from this, and there is. Birds are dinosaurs, so I have dinosaur droppings on my car. Dinosaur droppincs! How cool is that? What different perspectives have you taken on a negative situation in an attempt to change it into a positive one?

Wilting of technology. Just to share.

Things that I remember being on the internet, stuff like that, being expunged from it, even things like entire words and their meanings (like fascismile from before), along with some stuff changing from how it was and it making me look... Really outrageous and hateable I guess The second has happened to me several times I wanted to ask if anyone else was having similar things happening to them or thought they were

I suffer from chronic pain and I want to use Red Light Therapy for sleep (so not directly aimed at eyes) but I have also inflammation and RSI! I can't find a definitive answer (because I have insane headaches and I can't even read currently) whether or not it is safe! I read NIR should be safe, because it is low energy radiation and it doesn't increase heat of an eye to the opposite from a laser! Also an ophthalmologist said the same thing, that it should be safe of this reason! But I also read it shouldn't be aimed direct even at closed eyes!!! But like on a wall, so it hits you indirectly! So what would be problem in this case, if it doesn't increase heat?! My que…

Last night on our regional news there was a member of the local air ambulance crew asking some (unknown) sad individuals to desist from shining laser lights at the air ambulance as it tries to land to pick up an emergency patient. He further said that a week earlier someone had tried to similarly stop a police helicopter landing. That individual had been caught and was now facing prosecution. But he also said that the aircrew has suffered real eye damage in the incident. So my question is how could joe average get hold of a laser capable of such damage?

I watched this over the weekend. Overall I thought it was a humorous, provocative, and scarily accurate depiction of what happens when human beings are confronted with a dire threat (in this case an extinction level event arising from a direct hit by a 5-10 km wide comet). Meryl Streep's character, President Orlean, was very well written. She's basically the female Trump, governing an administration infested with nepotism, corruption, and private donors. Interestingly this film was panned by critics - perhaps because it's message about the superficiality of the media hit a little too close to home. Synopsis from IMDB: "Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrenc…

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Over the last few years I have watched some momentous documentaries, that have brought tears to my eyes, and had me in awe with the beauty of nature and the environment.... The first one certainly did bring a tear to my eye, so keep a box of tissues handy... "Love and Bananas: An Elephant Story" "Chasing Ice" has breath taking scenary and much food for thought [as they all are] https://watchdocumentaries.com/chasing-ice/ Chasing Ice tells the story of nature photographer James Balog and the findings of his Extreme Ice Survey, a project that set out to study and expose the impact of global warming. The third is equally thought …

I am enjoying "The Expanse" and I am excited for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" but it was a alternate history soap opera on Apple TV that has ignited my interest in real life space exploration and space science. Before COVID hit I watched the trailer and dismissed it as another astronaut wives club style soap opera but during the quarantine I decided to check it out due to curiosity and boredom. It turned out better than I expected. First 3 episodes were slow but after the story managed to grab my attention. Good selection of music too. Thanks to this sho…

Hi everyone, On the page http://www.askabiologist.org.uk/answers/viewtopic.php?id=6389 of the website http://www.askabiologist.org.uk, someone who claims to be Christopher LaRock asserts that the rabies virus be a poxvirus; he writes: "Poxviruses such as the one that causes rabies". Now, Poxviridae are DNA viruses while the rabies virus is an RNA virus, and the two viruses belong to two different realms (Varidnaviria and Riboviria, respectively), so they are about as far apart from each other as viruses can be if I understand it right. Therefore, the assertion of the answerer on http://www.askabiologist.org.uk who claims to be Christopher LaRock is fully false. This …