Science is Drokking Fantastic Because...

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Ro-busters in Fukushima

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Apocalypse 2012: Asteroid Version - watch a close fly past by a 5 km wide asteroid here & here

Thanks to Yahoo Science for the links from their article

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That would be Sir Patrick catching his lift.

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Life developed on land before moving to sea?

[TordelBack]

Life developed on land before moving to sea?

I suspect this is a case of interpretation pushed to dodgy extremes, but the whole thing is very exciting - linking the Edicaran and the Cambrian organisms has always been a tricky business, but the possibility of a separate Ediacaran radiation is fascinating! 

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Testing to see if the entire universe is a computer simulation

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Testing to see if the entire universe is a computer simulation

The Matrix is on over Christmas sometime. Reality is really weird but I doubt it's a computer sim. Still you never know there does seem to be a horribly determinist streak in things.  Isn't everything allegedly all coming to an end this Friday according to the Mayan calender? The great 'off' switch is coming everyone.

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Oddly, in the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory today, one of the characters (I forget his name. The curly one with glasses) explains the idea that we might all be holograms. Not quite the same thing as this idea, and probably a load rubbish but.. I'll admit... it was quite interesting. I know it's a comedy show, but it wasn't playing this as a gag, and I'm sure (although I haven't researched it) it's based on an actual theory. It's certainly familiar. I know I read something about it before...

[Ancient Otter]

Oddly, in the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory today, one of the characters (I forget his name. The curly one with glasses) explains the idea that we might all be holograms. Not quite the same thing as this idea, and probably a load rubbish but.. I'll admit... it was quite interesting. I know it's a comedy show, but it wasn't playing this as a gag, and I'm sure (although I haven't researched it) it's based on an actual theory. It's certainly familiar. I know I read something about it before...

It came up in this episode of Horizon. They are probably better episodes explaining it but I remember it the most because the Physicist behind the theory has a near meltdown when the interviewer says "I think I understand it..." and he goes something like "No! You can't understand it! I don't fully understand it myself!" (if I remember it right).

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Paralysed woman's thoughts control robotic arm

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I'll just leave this link here and wish you all a merry christmas

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I'll just leave this link here and wish you all a merry christmas

Wow, what a Xmas present!  Thanks for that! I'm going to come back to this tonight and really savour the film clips.

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Space porn in glorious HD! Caught these last night, brilliant stuff.

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

The footage from the Cassini probe is particularly gorgeous

[Ancient Otter]

700,000 galaxies my be uncovered by one installation this year.