Cool science stuff

Uranus has started leaking gas, NASA scientists confirm

 

What could possibly be sucking gas out of Uranus?

 

Moon bases could be built using astronaut urine - CNN

 

Diesel exhaust fluid, or DEF, is a much more efficient source of urea than astro piss. Easily synthesized on the moon from present ingredients in much greater quantity. I'm stupider now.

 

Learn something new every day. Thanks.

 

Yep, DEF is much more concentrated. Probably disappoints a bunch of truckers who figured they could just set up a funnel-and-tube system in their sleepers to piss into and save them some time.

 

They're obviously going to have to reclaim every molecule of water they can, so it makes sense to see if they can make some use of the byproducts.

 

Please God let somebody bring this topic up at one of the White House meatslapping festivals aka "press conferences."

 

SpaceX is go for launch to the ISS -- with astronauts. May 27.

NASA and SpaceX set historic first astronaut launch for May 27

 

Apropos of nothing, I finally saw a baby pigeon, tucked up under the awning of the front door.

Take that, #birdsarentreal!

 

Detecting neutrinos, which pass through matter like it isn't there, is not an easy task. This is the first time I've read an explanation of how it's done at the Super-K neutrino detector in Japan:

A golden chamber buried under a mountain in Japan contains water so pure it can dissolve metal, and it's helping scientists detect dying stars