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06-14-2010, 12:58 PM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

MythBusters is awesome. Very entertaining.

Anyone seen Morgan Freedman's new thing... through the wormhole?

I haven't, but I saw his interview on the daily show the other day about it.

Wondering if anyone had any opinions on it.

04-28-2010, 12:17 AM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-04/taser-shocks-meth-intoxicated-sheep-dont-harm-heart-taser-study-says

Researchers are testing the effects of shooting a taser at people on Meth by experimenting on sheep.

Question 1.... which is more cruel to animals: Shooting Mary's little lamb up with Meth, or hitting them with a taser after they speeding their sheepy little heads off?

Obviously, each action is potentially lethal independent of the other. I suppose the point is to test the limits.... And to do this there must find the point in which the sheep dies.

Question 2.....Is this testing worth it for greater good? That is, to stop cops from killing every meth addict in the slums?

The meth users chose to be high.... The sheep didn't have a choice.

Thoughts?

04-26-2010, 05:44 PM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

Yeah. I guess it depends on the circumstance. I still had the Columbus analogy on my mind. In which case, it wasn't about survival... just gaining what the other had. They were surviving just fine with what they had before.

04-26-2010, 12:05 PM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

This is making the assumption that any intelligent life will be as greedy and evil as humans are.

.... So yeah, probably.

:-/

03-18-2010, 12:19 PM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/57324/title/To_catch_a_thief%2C_follow_his_filthy_hands

Apparently researchers are looking at a person bacterial fingerprint as a possible crime scene investigation technique.

I can't really see this being very effective. I mean, if I was to live with someone for 10 years in the same house, hold their hand on a daily basis, and interact with the same environment every day... I couldn't see the bacteria on each of our hands being distinguishably different from the other.

What do you think?

03-18-2010, 11:50 AM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

Shrimpy surprise from Science News on Vimeo.

(Filmed look up from a bottom of a hole drilled in an ice shelf.)

This is crazy. I never thought about animals living in ice shelves. He's a hyper little thing, too. You would never guess he is freezing his little curstacean butt off....

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/57396/description/Ice_drilling_nets_shrimpy_surprise

03-18-2010, 11:34 AM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

I see antidepressants as a way for you to get yourself out of bed long enough to make your life better all around. Usually, when a person is depressed about their life, they are too down to actually fix it. I think the medication is meant to give them enough energy and motivation, no matter how empty, to correct the things that were making the person depressed in the first place. That way you can actually get off the medication and no longer have the underlying issues that were causing them to be depressed in the first place.

It's not so much a temporary fix as it is a helpful tool in a long term recovery plan....

At least, that's how I see them.

03-10-2010, 02:39 PM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/jatropha.html

Researchers are looking at growing crops in space as a possible solution to the world's fuel crisis.

The motivation behind this study is to find out if microgravity will improve cell structure and speed up the growth and development of the plants.

Growing plants in space to be used for fuel is one thing, but what if they start growing food for human consumption?

Would I be the only one reluctant to eat a tomato picked fresh from space 2 weeks ago?

And wow, could you imagine what the import tax would be....

03-10-2010, 01:54 PM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

I had a college history professor that made the same assumptions as you, i.e. everything being connected. He also linked in the fact that paper money would be non-existent and all funds would be electronic. Sounds feasible and not necessarily a bad thing, except when he tied it into a government conspiracy theory.

For instance, a fugitive on the run for some random crime could have everything he owns shut down remotely. All funds would be locked, and with no cash alternatives... his options would be limited. His car would be shut down remotely (already possible with OnStar), and everything else he is known to own would become virtually useless.

The advantages of such networking would be massive. But, the possible control that could be held is a bit daunting.

I’m surprised that all of the parking meters in the U.S. aren’t networked to the city’s police stations. Cameras on license plates and tickets printed automatically. Can you imagine how much money the city spends annually on the salary of meter maids?

Not that I am complaining... ;)

03-10-2010, 12:28 PM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

Have you seen the drawing from University of Calgary of what this little guy may have looked like?

He's cute. I'd keep him as a pet.

03-10-2010, 11:50 AM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

The Tiny T-Rex ( Raptorex) lived about 60 million years before T-Rex. It seems as though size was about the only evolutionary change between the two. It’s amazing to think that 60 million years of evolution wouldn't change it's bone structure at all.

I was reading on National Geographic, and apparently scientist still believe that earlier ancestors to the two dinosaurs had longer arms. It's hard to image a T-Rex (large or small) with longer arms. Seems like it would throw off it's balance or something.

03-10-2010, 11:19 AM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

Some species of frogs have the ability to change sex without the influence of a pesticide. This is useful to ensure a species survival. Perhaps the chemical is triggering a survival instinct that the frog already possesses?

I could see it being potentially hazardous. Apparently 10% of the exposed frogs turned female, while the other 90% had lower fertility levels. Procreation of the species could take a serious hit if enough frogs were exposed.

03-10-2010, 10:55 AM

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ChristyR
Denton, TX
Posts: 13

According to Nasa, the Sumatran earthquake in 2004 shortened the length of each day by 6.8 microseconds and shifted Earth's axis by about 7 centimeters.

Even though the earthquake in Chile was smaller, it's location made it much more effective in shifting Earth's axis.

Looks like we are loosing sleep time with every earthquake. =/