Cool science stuff

One of the "other problems" that might be created is the fact that nuclear fusion as it takes place in the sun produces free neutrons as a byproduct. Free neutrons can be used to enrich uranium and/or to help to produce plutonium which are the ingredients of nuclear bombs.

 

Scaling up is going to take years and years, not to mention they have no idea if that’s even feasible.

 

The Cosmos Is Thrumming With Gravitational Waves, Astronomers Find

And for those (like me) who need a more thorough explainer, Katie Mack has a good rundown here:

 

As forces go, gravity is especially weak. It's the weakest of the four forces found in nature, by a huge lot. It becomes effective only with the accumulated mass of large celestial bodies like Earth, which weighs several sextillion tons.

 

"Explain It Like I'm 5"

 

So I do this all the time -- I'll see a cool science story and I'll say, "I should post this on the science thread." Then I'll forget about it and it will sit there on my phone for weeks before I remember.

So here's this one:

A 'fake moon' has been following Earth around the sun since 100 BC, and astronomers just noticed

 

If it detects traveling, this will never fly in the NBA.

Georgia Institute of Technology on LinkedIn: First year Georgia Tech student made an artificial intelligence basketball… | 39 comments

 

A new species of early humans?

300,000-year-old skull found in China unlike any early human seen before

 

Anya or Jondalar?

 

Have we been doing cosmology wrong?

A Researcher Says the Expansion of the Universe Is Just a Mirage. He Might Be Right.

 

I love finding out medieval scribes had a sense of humor.

Why Are Medieval Manuscripts Full Of Doodles Of Snail Fights? - Ancient Pages