Science is Drokking Fantastic Because...

[Dandontdare]

Spectogaphy.  The exoplanet passes in front of its star, and they measure the wobble in light.  The light frequency tells you what the planet's atmosphere is made of, whilst the wobble size and period gives how big the planet is and how fast it's moving.

Always bearing in mind that there is a LOT of educated guesswork involved. And sometimes, pesky science throws a big spanner into what we thought we knew: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/02/hubble-constant-mystery-that-keeps-getting-bigger-estimate-rate-expansion-universe-cosmology-cepheid

[Proudhuff]

[von Boom]

About time.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/18/scientists-develop-slippery-toilet-coating-stop-poo-sticking

[Frank]

Item on Sky News (22:25pm) about 'digital skin' focuses on allowing amputees to receive haptic feedback from artificial limbs and for relatives to embrace via long-distance Skype calls.

Desperately trying not to invoke the old rule that any technological innovation will be utilised for porn.

[TordelBack]

...haptic feedback from artificial limbs and for relatives to embrace via long-distance Skype calls.

Desperately trying not to invoke the old rule that any technological innovation will be utilised for porn.

That really is the funniest bit of River-in-Egypt I've seen in years. 

[The Legendary Shark]

Our favourite comic once again predicted the future - Nu-Earth may not be alone.

[The Legendary Shark]

Is Tharg's home system in danger???

[paddykafka]

It is the talented, imaginative and innovative young people like these - whose projects are covered in the articles about the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, below - that give even an old misanthrope like me some hope for the future. Their hard work and inspiration is a credit to their schools, peers, parents and above all, themselves. Fair play to all these Young Scientists!

https://www.thejournal.ie/young-scientist-autism-students-wristband-4959147-Jan2020/

https://www.thejournal.ie/slurry-pit-sensor-4959232-Jan2020/#comment-8523890

[von Boom]

Biological robots.
https://youtu.be/MJ8NorRU_6c

[von Boom]

The explosion of a supermassive black hole has left a dent the size of 15 milky way galaxies in space.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/feb/27/biggest-cosmic-explosion-ever-detected-makes-huge-dent-in-space

[JayzusB.Christ]

Here's something we kids of the 80s would not have believed could ever happen. https://www.thejournal.ie/second-person-cleared-of-hiv-reveals-identity-5039475-Mar2020/

Pity about the other thing going round right now.

[TordelBack]

This is the coolest thing I've read in ages: working out the length of a dinosaur's day from studying shells - and that's just the start of all the brilliant inferences!

[TordelBack]

Incredible timelapse of Good Friday's final flypast of Earth by the BepiColombo Mercury mission. And then Earth receding yesterday as she heads for Venus. ALL the feels.

[paddykafka]

The pessimist in me can't help but imagine, a cartoon of some guy, staggering out from the wreckage of his house, looking at what remains of his gaff and shouting:' "It'll zip safely by Earth", they said! "223,000 feckin' miles away" they said! '

https://www.space.com/house-size-asteroid-2020-gh2-earth-flyby-april-2020.html#xenforo-comments-30547

[Dandontdare]

Well this is fucking weird - toy boats floating upside down on levitating water. I say we burn all of these scientists as a precaution.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/02/whatever-floats-your-boat-scientists-defy-gravity-with-levitating-liquid