OT: The Because Science Thread (Now With Aliens!)

[Cal Gal]

Scientists may have finally discovered why Mercury is so weird​

Scientists may have finally discovered why Mercury is so weird

"What surprised us, at the end, was how effective this type of impact could be in explaining Mercury's unusual structure without needing to consider multiple collisions or extremely rare conditions."

www.yahoo.com

 

[Cal Gal]

We Were Wrong About Uranus: New Study Solves Long-Standing Mysteries​

We Were Wrong About Uranus: New Study Solves Long-Standing Mysteries

The most precise measurements yet.

www.yahoo.com

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/EricTopol/status/1911536319861497943

 

[Cal Gal]

Scientists Intrigued by Tree That Harnesses Electricity to Kill Its Enemies​

Scientists Intrigued by Tree That Harnesses Electricity to Kill Its Enemies

For trees, lightning strikes are the great leveller. Stick your neck out by growing taller than the rest and you risk getting zapped into oblivion. Hundreds of millions of trees suffer this fate every year. But the opposite appears to be the case for the tonka bean tree, a native of the...

www.yahoo.com

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/EricTopol/status/1912528219015901406

 

[MindzEye]

Shame that 'Murica cancelled science.

 

[axlsalinger]

at least with pseudoscience, you can find a cure for whatever you need pretty quickly!!

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/EricTopol/status/1912531188226359328

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82cLukqLgME

 

[Artnes]

View: https://bsky.app/profile/angus.bsky.social/post/3ln4qurvsu226

 

[Deckie007]

Is it Blurple? I bet it's Blurple

 

[Volcanologist]

looks like more of a Bleen

 

[Aberdeen]

Is it schleeb?


View: https://youtu.be/eMJk4y9NGvE?si=TgEo1sypV_R4MHYN

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/AlecStapp/status/1918437683631636684

 

[Cal Gal]

Physicists unveil controversial device that generates power from Earth's spin: 'Convincing and remarkable'​

Physicists unveil controversial device that generates power from Earth's spin: 'Convincing and remarkable'

The method could be yet another avenue for sustainable energy harvesting.

www.yahoo.com

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/TheFigen_/status/1918730553236259090

 

[Cal Gal]

Let's hear it for Zeke and Angel:

There’s Currently a Two-Headed Snake on Display in the SF Bay Area — and People Have Questions​

There’s Currently a Two-Headed Snake on Display in the SF Bay Area — and People Have Questions

The double-headed serpent is housed inside Northern California's largest reptile shop and has already eaten nine times to great success.

underscoresf.com

 

[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/SusanneM0905/status/1921591167063351659

 

[Volcanologist]

Make Plastic Great Again

 

[worm]

Guess we better all avoid the ocean or we will disappear