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Lots of great images of Saturns rings coming out right now!0
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Moons don't actually influence the tides, that's science fiction. Try this experiment at home: fill your bath tub, wave a tennis ball around over it, see if the water follows.
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Milky Way with Airglow Australis
This one is really spectacular. I would buy a print.
If you zoom in, the ground is sharp and detailed, but the stars have a bit of the dreamy look. I've got pictures like that. It's something going on in the atmosphere, it's just luck (eg it's outside the photographer's control), but it's beautiful.0 -
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Dark side of the sun looks like it could be good. Will have to watch.
https://corporate.discovery.com/discovery-newsroom/discoverys-the-dark-side-of-the-sun-takes-a-look-at-how-scientists-are-working-to-understand-our-brightest-star-and-protect-against-its-potential-to-devastate-modern-civilization/
I remember that there was something like this when I was in 7th or 8th grade too.0 -
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Okay, so I was reading about theories on Mars water and came across this interesting opt-ed piece on the collective progression of research. More so the that change from a stalwart front of discovery to a (subjectively) stranded, or thin collection of scientists.Here there is a paradox: Today, there are many more scientists, and much more money is spent on research, yet the pace of fundamental innovation, the kinds of theories and engineering practices that will feed the pipeline of future progress, appears, to some observers, including us, to be slowing. Why might that be the case?
Interesting read, if your into this science.
Opinion: Science in the age of selfies0 -
Okay, so I was reading about theories on Mars water and came across this interesting opt-ed piece on the collective progression of research. More so the that change from a stalwart front of discovery to a (subjectively) stranded, or thin collection of scientists.Here there is a paradox: Today, there are many more scientists, and much more money is spent on research, yet the pace of fundamental innovation, the kinds of theories and engineering practices that will feed the pipeline of future progress, appears, to some observers, including us, to be slowing. Why might that be the case?
Interesting read, if your into this science.
Opinion: Science in the age of selfies
I only read through that quickly, but one thing I didn't see mentioned was war. "Necessity is the mother of invention", and all that. An awful lot of technological progress has been due to war or the aftermath of it, and there hasn't been such a need for that pace of development in the past 50 years. (I realise that many of the areas of research mentioned might not necessarily seem related to that sort of endeavor, but making your armies and weapons more efficient trickles down into many other things eventually.)
I have an interesting book written in the 50's about the future of rocket development, which was so driven by the Cold War that the author couldn't really describe the concepts he was trying to explain since "the enemy" might read it and know what America was up to!0 -
I have an interesting book written in the 50's about the future of rocket development, which was so driven by the Cold War that the author couldn't really describe the concepts he was trying to explain since "the enemy" might read it and know what America was up to!
Agree with you on all of that. The article could be considered fringe science opinion as there is always strong suggestion that gov-sci is where the real cutting edge development and break-thru happen. And as you mention, very much driven by military wants and needs. I remember reading a 1960's book on NERVA engines for space exploration. It was presented as a generic hypothetical piece, with some mathematics, but there was a lot left out that everyone at the time in-the-know new was being developed and tested. But because of world politics and powers, we never get anything of substance.
Most scientists believe that discoveries are at least 10 years behind because of govt black-outs on research. I dunno if that is true, but we are still finding out today discoveries, developments, and projects from 50 years ago because of classification.
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