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more about #scienceporn Wookie1972: So, are they going to send some clones of Sam Bell up there? more » gorehound: Good science is news.We do need to return there and then to reach out for Mars. more » Mathmos: Can we put aside some Helium 3 at the same time, just in case we have a use for it some day? more » Grey_Area: Why are those annealed organic solar cells staring at me? more » Meirelle: LOL. I have that issue of PopSci. I remember reading that article. My reaction: ".....the fuck?" more » Annalee Newitz: Yay Fortean Times and PopSci! more » AmishJohn: Several species already exhibit homosexual rape - chimps and some dolphins, for example. more » stenz: I think you mean nuclear *fusion*... more » -
#nasaonabudget
How Harvesting Moonwater Could Save NASA Money
When it comes to cost-saving exercises NASA should consider, harvesting water from the moon to cut down on rocket fuel costs may be one of the less commonly suggested ones. But that doesn't mean that it wouldn't work, apparently. More » -
#scienceart
An Organic Solar Power Cell's Beautiful Flaw
This isn't the mysterious landscape of an alien world. It's a closeup of annealed organic solar cells, complete with device-ruining cracks. It's just one of the amazing images from this year's Art Of Science competition. More » -
#fringe
Fringe May Feature Bisexual Animals And Rocketmen From The Future
Fringe writer J.R. Orci posted this image showing where he's finding ideas for upcoming episodes. Will a ragtag startup crack nuclear fusion? Or will bisexual animals reveal "atonist sun secrets"? The truth is there, somewhere. -
#scienceporn
Defeated Giant Monster Hung From The City's Rafters
"Wheke," the giant calamari that invaded New Zealand in January 2000, went on display in Paris today. The massive tentacles almost make Wheke look like a space marauder or crazed mutant by themselves, but they're not what make him science-fictional. Rather, it's the process used to preserve Wheke so he can go on display for years to come: he's the first creature to be "plastinated," meaning that he was totally dehydrated and all fluids were replaced by a special plastic resin. The next step: to create a living plastic, so plastinated creatures can continue to move and even think. Click through for a gallery of Wheke pictures. More » -
#scienceporn
The Next Mars Rover Needs A Mega-chute
NASA tests the next generation of space parachute inside the world's largest wind tunnel, built to hold a Boeing 737. The 165-foot-long parachute opens to a diameter of nearly 55 feet, holds more air than a 3,000 square foot house, and can survive loads of over 80,000 pounds. NASA hopes to launch its new Mars Science Lab in 2009, which will put the next generation of rover on the surface of Mars in 2010. Click through for a couple of images of the new rover in progress. More » -
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#scienceporn
A Foam Peanut, Sliced Thinly and Magnified
Every science fiction lover starts out by taking the world around them apart: unscrewing the cover from the cable box, putting shit in the microwave to watch it explode, asking their teachers and parents WHY the dog can't talk, or WHY we have to work for money instead of donuts. That's why this image delights me. Aaron Messing took a foam peanut, sliced it thinly, and put it under the microscope. The result? Beautiful deconstructed foam. [Aaron Messing Microscopy Gallery] -
#robots
A Robot's Vision of Antarctica's Undersea Kingdom
This looks like a rocket entering a wormhole, but it's actually a robot camera designed to function on the ocean floor under the Anatarctic ice. The Submersible Capable of under Ice Navigation and Imaging (SCINI) can fit through a hole in the ice as small as 15 cm. Similar cameras could one day probe a buried ocean on Saturn's moon for unknown life forms. Click through to see the sea life under the polar ice. More » -
#scienceporn
Saturn: Hot Or Not?
You can vote for the sexiest image of Saturn and its moons from the Cassini space probe, until Dec. 30. You even get to rate every space photo from 1 to 10, bringing a whole new meaning to "science porn." This pic shows the "dragon storm" on Saturn, a disturbance so fierce it kicked up radio waves. -
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Tentacled Fungus Attacks The Microverse
This creepy monster skull is actually a snapdragon seed pod, magnified by an electron microscope. Just as you'd always suspected, the microscopic world turns out to contain nothing but slimy textures and sinister craggy shapes, judging from Karin Jones' haunting microscopy photos. More » -
#cars
Car Of 2017 Will Mix High-Tech With No-Tech
The car of the future will have sleek plastic on the outside, but hand-woven seats on the inside. Harsha Ravi's designs for the car of 2017 won Wheels magazine's design prize. They're an awesome mixture of high-tech (cutting-edge carbon-neutral bioplastic) with zero-tech. It's all part of an urban car that's customizeable and cheap, but also green. More » -
#robots
Japanese Toilet Bug Makes Small Talk
Japanese truckers could soon be having some surreal encounters. Not only will this ladybug robot scrub the floor and dodge around people, it will also try to engage them in conversation. Are people ready for a chatty cleaning bot? The Lady Bird will understand simple speech and respond. You can ask about local traffic conditions, and it'll have the latest info. Between this and the kneeling office bot, Japan could be swarming with officious (but adorable) answer-bots by 2010.Image from Yomiuri. More » -
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The Fastest Solar Car In The World
This is the Nuna4, which won the World Solar Challenge in Australia — the fourth time in a row the University of Delft has won the race. The Nuna4 weighs less than 190 kg (without driver), and its lightweight construction means it can get up to an average speed of 90.87 km/hour. Image by Erik Van 'T Woud/AFP/Getty Images More »
