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#541 Post by Alan H » October 9th, 2017, 12:25 pm

Latest post of the previous page:

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Alan H wrote:I wasn't aware Richard had done that. Will watch later. Have you read his book, The Real Secrets of Alternative Medicine?
I haven't. Any good?
Getting through it. It's self-published and could do with some professional editing, it's occasionally repetitive, but it's a useful reference book for the history of all sorts of altmed nonsense. I can only admire his perseverance to put it all together and the amount of work required!
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Re: Science videos

#542 Post by Tetenterre » October 20th, 2017, 3:32 pm

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#543 Post by Alan H » November 16th, 2017, 11:36 pm

A youtube channel well worth subscribing to is Tom Scott's. He has several themes of videos: Things you might not know, Amazing places, Built for science, etc. They tend to be very short - just a few minutes - but I dare you to try to find something that's not interesting or something that does not make you say, "wow".
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#544 Post by Alan H » January 4th, 2018, 10:01 pm

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#545 Post by Alan H » January 14th, 2018, 12:37 am

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#546 Post by Compassionist » January 15th, 2018, 9:41 am

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This video is awesome! Thanks for posting it. :hilarity:

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#547 Post by Tetenterre » February 1st, 2018, 5:13 pm

Not so much science as civil engineering:
https://dms.licdn.com/playback/C5600AQG ... rdv6FDaokU

An example:

Imagine taking the cure, and the facility to administer it, to the patient.

60% of the total volume of this unit can be used to carry medical supplies and equipment. The remaining 40% expands to create a space 200% larger that the entire unit.
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#548 Post by Alan H » February 1st, 2018, 9:47 pm

NASA's Curiosity Rover Captures Breathtaking Panorama of Martian Landscape

Watch the short video, full screen, highest resolution.
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#549 Post by Alan H » February 1st, 2018, 9:48 pm

Tetenterre wrote:Not so much science as civil engineering:
Indeed. Marvellous!
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#550 Post by Alan H » February 2nd, 2018, 12:35 am

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#551 Post by Tetenterre » February 6th, 2018, 5:22 pm

Falcon Heavy test launch: Scheduled for 18:30 UT today.

Edit:
From SpaceX (16:58 UT):
T-0 delayed to 2:20 p.m. EST, 19:20 UTC due to upper level wind shear. Continuing to monitor winds and will update as info becomes available.

Watch the launch: http://www.spacex.com/webcast

Animation of what should happen (but lots could go wrong in practice):


Flight profile:
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#552 Post by Alan H » February 6th, 2018, 9:01 pm

That was just stunning! The two boosters landed in complete sync. There will shortly be an electric car in orbit around the sun...
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#553 Post by Tetenterre » February 7th, 2018, 10:15 am

Watched it on a huge screen at our astro soc meeting. At least half a second difference between the booster touchdowns: bloody shoddy sychronisation if you ask me :laughter: !

Now, if Bertrand Russell had used the analogy of a sports car instead of a teapot, we'd be in trouble... :wink:
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#554 Post by Alan H » April 26th, 2018, 7:14 pm

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There are three fundamental questions for anyone advocating Brexit:

1. What, precisely, are the significant and tangible benefits of leaving the EU?
2. What damage to the UK and its citizens is an acceptable price to pay for those benefits?
3. Which ruling of the ECJ is most persuasive of the need to leave its jurisdiction?

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