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- Sat Oct 07, 2023 7:58 am
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Fossils & Paleontology
- Replies: 105
- Views: 43533
Fossils & Paleontology
There are both raised tracks and depressed trackways at WhiteSands ... depending on the soil conditions at the time made. Once it is dry, it is more resistant to the effects of wind or water. Eventually, a new layer of sediment buries the hardened mud or sand, preserving the footprints. As the sedim...
- Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:02 am
- Forum: Astronomy
- Topic: Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.
- Replies: 261
- Views: 35401
Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/21/scientists-excited-to-find-ocean-of-one-of-jupiters-moons-contains-carbon Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon Discovery adds weight to view that Europa’s ocean could be most promising place in solar system to loo...
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:18 pm
- Forum: The Big Lie & Aftermath of The Former Guy
- Topic: trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, contemnor, and rapist - $537M)
- Replies: 12890
- Views: 2036423
trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)
Get 'em while they are hot! He is selling mugshot tshirts of his horrible 20-minute experience at the Fulton County violent Jail. Trump Describes Humiliating Mugshot as a ‘Terrible Experience’ https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-mugshot-former-president-reports-to-fulton-county-jail He opted to for...
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:22 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: Political Toons
- Replies: 6270
- Views: 998255
Political Toons
Didn't that paid admissions scandal involving the actress have something about one of her kids getting an athletic scholarship for rowing or volleyball or some such? A sport she wasn't even involved in? Yes. The rare full ride Coxswain scholarship.. she did have to chant "Stroke, Stroke" ...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:00 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Titan Submersible Vessel
- Replies: 221
- Views: 21651
Titan Submersible Vessel
“While not definitive, this information was immediately shared with the Incident Commander to assist with the ongoing search and rescue mission.” “While not definitive", if you believe in coincidence... what made it definitive for me was when contact was lost and it did not resurface... droppi...
- Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:48 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Archaeology
- Replies: 278
- Views: 184972
Archaeology
Germany pls check article for images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/16/till-shines-3300-year-old-sword-found-in-germany-bronze-age-grave-bavaria The image... way nicer than I thought... https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/20af7bbb01e9e4b7f14bbb66abb7c366e82ef7e9/0_378_2268_2268/master/2268.j...
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:13 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Fossils & Paleontology
- Replies: 105
- Views: 43533
Fossils & Paleontology
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/ediacaran-fossil-park-to-open-to-tourists/102220196 Half a billion years old :thumbsup: One of the fossils found at the site was the Spriggina – the first evidence of a creature with a head . Exclusive to the Flinders, it has not been found anywhere else in th...
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Archaeology
- Replies: 278
- Views: 184972
Archaeology
1,000-year-old Native American canoe retrieved from North Carolina lake https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/21/north-carolina-lake-native-american-canoe It surely was wider... 1000 years is long time to be in the muck... but worse to be out of sometimes. https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e0e2...
- Sun Apr 16, 2023 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Stuff
- Topic: Hijack This Thread
- Replies: 7152
- Views: 934766
Hijack This Thread
Can you give some change? https://youtu.be/pN08sD1yA80 How many ways are there to spend a dime? Back in the day I could buy a RC 16 oz for 10 cents.... 2 plus 2 cent glass bottle deposit 2 million dimes worth $200,000 stolen from Philadelphia truck, police say Police searching for ‘10 or more males...
- Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:30 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Archaeology
- Replies: 278
- Views: 184972
Archaeology
The Shaman's Secrets The Shaman's Secrets 1934 Germany. Workers digging a trench find grave from 9,000 years ago. Local archaeologists say that the grave is a Neolithic farmer. Nazi party says a white man from the Neolithic, an ur-Aryan 1950's - It's a Mesolithic woman. pelvis shape and other bones....
- Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:25 am
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Archaeology
- Replies: 278
- Views: 184972
Archaeology
What is it? Two thousand-year-old object found at Roman fort in Northumberland in 1992 has been reassessed by archaeologists. Theory 1 - 1992. A darning tool. Theory 2 - Sun 19 Feb 2023. A sexual implement used for pleasure or torture. Theory 3. - " " " . Part of a statue which passer...
Jokes
Yeah, it's not a joke but it made me laugh... and an informative read about swearing origins and some benefits of using them... by golly. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/09/is-swearing-still-taboo If it were the 14th century, your name was Robert Clevecunt and you lived on Pissing Alley...
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:59 pm
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: 💣 The Disastrous 118th Congress - MAGA Mike Johnson Saved by Shadow Speaker Hakeem Jeffries
- Replies: 2722
- Views: 546079
The 118th Congress with Pretzel Kevin "Only Kevin" "My Kevin" McCarthy, Speaker? /Clowns
I picked Fred Upton.. fellow Michigander.. He's not a crazy.
If this continues to drag on I hope Hakeem gets 6 R's willing to dive on the grenades for self pride and country.
If this continues to drag on I hope Hakeem gets 6 R's willing to dive on the grenades for self pride and country.
GEOLOGY!
“Making minerals: Crushed, zapped, boiled and baked”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62013806 As I understand it, iron/nickel meteorites are the cores of proto planets that were destroyed in the early formation of our solar system. ... or from outside our solar system like Oumuamua ...
- Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:40 am
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Archaeology
- Replies: 278
- Views: 184972
Archaeology
As Gutsick Gibbon says, "very cool". Way cool. She explained it well... I was thinking Neandertal. Homo Erectus were smart While establishing evidence for early use of fire, it is difficult to determine with certainty whether this fire was ‘‘collected’’ by hominins from a natural source o...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:47 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Archaeology
- Replies: 278
- Views: 184972
Archaeology
Eating fresh water fish made us human.... ? ..read the link. Oldest evidence of the controlled use of fire to cook food, researchers report. The needle moved from 170,000 years ago to 780,000 years.... so, that's what it will be until an older is found. The chances of the GBY site being the oldest i...
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 7:35 am
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: Is Political Polling Meaningful Anymore?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 2803
Is Political Polling Meaningful Anymore?
Push Pull Polling. It seems the purpose of the Push to get the Pull is to publish results that shows a candidate ahead whether or not they were... to get $'s from Business's (in hopes to curry favor) by backing the frontrunner/likely winner? As for individual me, It could be I'm wired differently......
- Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:56 am
- Forum: Astronomy
- Topic: Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.
- Replies: 261
- Views: 35401
Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.
When Neutron Stars merge they instantly form a black hole. Not this time. But the latest observations revealed the monster star hovering in view for more than a day before it faded out of sight. “Such a massive neutron star with a long life expectancy is not normally thought to be possible,” said Dr...
- Fri Nov 11, 2022 7:42 pm
- Forum: Astronomy
- Topic: General Astronomy
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3374
General Astronomy
It's a piece of the wing with heat shield tiles facing upwards... I think https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/shuttle-debris-2-history-channel-vnr-1668112284.jpg?crop=0.9938224591689938xw:1xh;center,top&resize=660:* Michael Ciannili, program manager of the Apollo, ...
- Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:03 am
- Forum: Current Politics
- Topic: Is Political Polling Meaningful Anymore?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 2803
Is Political Polling Meaningful Anymore?
What Froggy said.. :yeahthat: The American going right way or wrong way poll is at 72% wrong way, 28% right way. It's reported as a negative for Biden and Dem's. I'm Democratic straight ticket but if I was asked I would answer wrong way.... because of what has become of the republicans. So, it's a s...
- Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:32 pm
- Forum: Astronomy
- Topic: NASA Flying Observatories
- Replies: 2
- Views: 940
NASA Flying Observatories
note: first seven minutes mostly on aviation history that leads up to the Boeing 747 SP model used. https://youtu.be/DKDz9wS1oWQ Interesting 747 modification. I always thought it was a normal 747. I became a fan of Sofia when it was used to fly along in the path of the solar eclipse we had. The spa...
- Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:28 pm
- Forum: Astronomy
- Topic: Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.
- Replies: 261
- Views: 35401
Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.
the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) was able to take a picture of the newly formed crater created by the hit when it flew over the impact site less than 24 hours later. The image is impressive, showing blocks of ice that were spewed up onto the planet's surface around the 492-foot (150-meter) wid...
- Sun Aug 28, 2022 7:24 pm
- Forum: Science
- Topic: Archaeology
- Replies: 278
- Views: 184972
Re: Archaeology
It's archaeology lost. This made me feel angry, sad and admirative of the Man in the Hole. Amazon activists mourn death of ‘man of the hole’, last of his tribe Man resisted all attempts to contact him, laying traps and firing arrows at anyone who came too close. Officials know very little about the ...
- Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:09 pm
- Forum: Astronomy
- Topic: The case for intelligent life on other planets ...
- Replies: 75
- Views: 5836
Re: The case for intelligent life on other planets ...
...and that's why we've never found the fossilized remains of anything.the evidence of it would only last a few million years
- Sun May 22, 2022 8:57 pm
- Forum: Religion and Politics
- Topic: The Vatican Observatory
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4096
Re: The Vatican Observatory
Neil DeGrasse Tyson says the same. Earth is a pear-shaped oblate sphere...and the Earth was not a Sphere but roughly in the shape of a Pear.
I don't think he'll recant.