Science is Drokking Fantastic Because...

[Zarjazzer]

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/physics-and-astronomy/astronomy/60-second-adventures-astronomy-the-big-bang

Some nice 60 second animations from the OU on the big bang, exoplanets etc.

[Ancient Otter]

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

Well, they might have discovered that much this year if they weren't blanketed in smoke from a mega brush fire.

Elsewhere:

Replacement for Soyuz planned by Russians, along with call for new interplanetary travel technology.

Oldest star in the Universe discovered.

2013 brightest ever year for comets.

Isle of Wight "Dinosaur Capital of the U.K."

Spines evolved back to front?

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

The Up Goer Five:

An explanation of the Saturn V moon rocket that only uses the 1000 most commonly used English words.

[Richmond Clements]

The Up Goer Five:

An explanation of the Saturn V moon rocket that only uses the 1000 most commonly used English words.

Seriously though, that is the most beautiful man made object ever. It makes me proud to be a human.

[Definitely Not Mister Pops]

Isn't it though?

I had the pleasure of seeing her in the flesh over Christmas.

I love this description. It's like Dr Seuss or somesuch.

[Frank]

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/up_goer_five.png   that is the most beautiful man made object ever.

Revealing.

[Ancient Otter]

Gamma-ray burst 'hit Earth in 8th Century'

'Quadruple helix' DNA seen in human cells

[vzzbux]

Leicester put back on the map.
King Richard III remains confirmed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882





V

[Zarjazzer]

Leicester put back on the map.
King Richard III remains confirmed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882




V

I really feel enthused by this story it has everything I like some bloody history and science a merging and there he is! One of the lost, dead (butchered) Kings.

[Frank]

They stabbed him in the arse, which seems unnecessary. The folk who made the discovery are promising to tell us what kind of food Richard III ate; they've verified that his closest living relative is a Canadian carpenter; and they've revealed that he suffered from scoliosis, so Shakespear's portrayal of him as a hunchback was Tudor propaganda. Science is fantastic.

[Mardroid]

Interesting stuff. I'm watching the documentary Richard III: The King in the Car Park, right now.

I found myself groaning at the bit at the start where this (slightly odd) woman mentions part of the carpark being marked with an 'R' then stating she has a 'feeling' that he's here.

Except.... she turned out to be right.* And weirdly, his remains are the first thing they found in the dig, before even the remains of the friary, etc.

*I confess it didn't stop me chuckling when they draped his colours over the cardboard box housing his remains and stuck it in a van though.

[Frank]

Me too. They're doing the little princes now, BWAH-HA-HA!

[JayzusB.Christ]

Leicester put back on the map.
King Richard III remains confirmed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21063882





V

My brother lives in Leicester.  He's been really, really hoping this was true.  Waheyyy!

I like Richard III, me.  He taught Johnny Rotten all he knows about theatrical stares and sneers.  (Except, like Caligula, he was actually quite a normal chap, apparently.)

[TordelBack]

Yes, it's cheesy as feck, but this makes me stupidly happy:

http://music.cbc.ca/#/concerts/Chris-Hadfield-and-Barenaked-Ladies-ISS-Is-Somebody-Singing-2013-02-05

[Ancient Otter]

This is a really good video of the Chelyabinsk meteor exploding.