Science! (2 Viewers)

[bonnjer]

It's about time that we had a thread devoted to cool science news. I'm always seeing interesting articles about various science related news and I know I'm not seeing half of what's out there. Let's kick it off with this tough bug:

This beetle’s stab-proof exoskeleton makes it almost indestructible

Jigsaw-puzzle-shaped seams that hold a notoriously tough insect’s wing cases together could inspire engineers.

www.nature.com

 

[superchuck500]

It's poetry in motion.

 

[Dago]

That's amazing

 

[efil4stnias]

It's poetry in motion.

I gotta stop clicking these threads. My co workers cant understand why i will sing certain songs throughout the day.

 

[Charlie Brizzown]

That beetle's name is bad arse. The Diabolical Ironclad Beetle.

 

[CoolBrees]

Not to step on the beetle but...

Space is science right?

US spacecraft touches asteroid surface for rare rubble grab

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth...

apnews.com

 

[tenordas]

I can smell the chemicals...

 

[tenordas]

Not to step on the beetle but...

Space is science right?

US spacecraft touches asteroid surface for rare rubble grab

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth...

apnews.com

Yes, saw that yesterday or day before on the local news. So cool!

Now we can harvest gasses to plant on Mars, so maybe, just maybe, we can thicken the atmosphere as the first step in terraforming it to support humans. I know that has been discussed in NASA meetings. I don't know if will work, but this accomplishment means it's possible to try it.

 

[CoolBrees]

Speaking of people on Mars.

This girl is awesome

[Best of 2019] Meet Alyssa Carson, the 18-year-old training to become the first human on Mars

At three years old, Alyssa Carson knew she wanted to be an astronaut. She’s worked tirelessly and could soon become the first human to set foot on Mars

thenextweb.com

 

[St. Widge]

So, engineering is science, right?

 

[jboss]

Yes, saw that yesterday or day before on the local news. So cool!

Now we can harvest gasses to plant on Mars, so maybe, just maybe, we can thicken the atmosphere as the first step in terraforming it to support humans. I know that has been discussed in NASA meetings. I don't know if will work, but this accomplishment means it's possible to try it.

The whole terraform Mars idea is so baffling to me. We currently live on a planet that is absolutely perfect for life. Life can't help but naturally thrive here under all kinds of conditions. So what's the obsession with a desolate wasteland like Mars? It seems like all the time and money on this, in my opinion, foolish project to terraform Mars could be spent on improving quality of life on Earth. I mean we can't even deal with our own global climate crisis as it is. Like we're gonna create an artificial self-sustaining atmosphere and climate on a planet 40 million miles away?

I feel like too often in science and tech the question asked is "can we do it" and not "should we do it".

 

[superchuck500]

She's tidied up and I can't find anything!

 

[tenordas]

The whole terraform Mars idea is so baffling to me. We currently live on a planet that is absolutely perfect for life. Life can't help but naturally thrive here under all kinds of conditions. So what's the obsession with a desolate wasteland like Mars? It seems like all the time and money on this, in my opinion, foolish project to terraform Mars could be spent on improving quality of life on Earth. I mean we can't even deal with our own global climate crisis as it is. Like we're gonna create an artificial self-sustaining atmosphere and climate on a planet 40 million miles away?

I feel like too often in science and tech the question asked is "can we do it" and not "should we do it".

That's fair, and we certainly should be making efforts at solving earth's pollution problems. However, we also have to acknowledge the very real future that humanity is going to become too numerous for planet earth.

We're going to need places to colonize. Mars is the most viable option currently, so the question of terraforming has to be addressed since currently it couldn't sustain life. The other nearest option is Venus, but we'll need to figure out actually how to correct global warming, and on a much larger scale along with being able to remove green house gasses to be able to make Venus viable.

 

[LAhotsauce]

Saw this on a Netflix nature doc

 

[efil4stnias]

She's tidied up and I can't find anything!

dammit.