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@antipodean said in Science!:
Bloody Cantabs fucking up cosmology.
An article translating:
Cosmological Evidence Emerges That Dark Energy Is An Illusion
Cosmologists have long wondered whether dark energy and the accelerating expansion of the universe is an illusion. Now the evidence backing this idea is mounting.
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@Machpants said in Science!:
Yeah it's a good YouTube channel. I think I prefer that is to 'oh yeah, our numbers don't work, so two thirds of the universe is made up of stuff we can't see or detect, that's why our numbers are wrong'
I do like the idea that you can get a Nobel prize for just making shit up though. Hope for me yet.
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inhomogeneities
Which having just googled it because I'm a nosey fuck, has a remarkably simple definition. Things which are not homogenous.
Should have spotted it really but can certainly use it in future when needing to sound like a piston wristed gibbon with some class "A" wankspeak (thank you for that term as well, one that is far more likely to get used).
More on topic, I stumbled on this the other day:
9 of the Most Remarkable Scientific Discoveries of 2024
Discover the new planets, moons, health advances, and ancient history uncovered in 2024.
Didn't know that they had found an Earthlike planet or that they had found a treatment for AIDS with this bit in particular "As more research is done on this drug, it’s possible that other vaccines that attack the capsid proteins of other viruses could emerge." Interesting stuff happening all the time.
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Wiki says more likely air burst than impact crater, but maybe damage up to 50 miles away from centre of impact.
Tsar Bomba nuke, as a comparison, apparently damaged up to 150 miles.
So not likely end of the world. Yet.
Would move away from the equatorial parts though ...
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So are this lot as good at thier job as meteorologists?
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@taniwharugby said in Science!:
So are this lot as good at thier job as meteorologists?
in fairness, as the location gets refined the chance rises until it either goes to 100 or falls to zero.
And you have a few years yet
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@Rembrandt ha, literally was just discussing this at work!
I reckon none of these scientists have ever watch Jurassic Park to know how quick things could get out of hand
Also talking about Wooly Mammoths...
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@Rembrandt said in Science!:
Not clickbait. The crazy bastards actually did it.
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No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction
Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species
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@nostrildamus said in Science!:
@Rembrandt said in Science!:
Not clickbait. The crazy bastards actually did it.
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No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction
Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species
Oh for sure, yes they don't have time machines, so you're well in your rights to completely disregard this scientific achievement and completely ignore the fake Thylacines/Mammoths/Dodos that might soon be coming along with the lifelines to White Rhino/Red Wolfs and other species on the cusp of extinction.
