stopped reserch 50 years ago- On again now
https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1617...7%2Fa-64505202
"We’re partnering with @DARPA to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space. This new engine would allow us to do more science and reach destinations faster—key steps for sending the first crewed mission to Mars. https://go.nasa.gov/3DaNirN
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NASA to test nuclear-powered spacecraft by 2027
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NASA and the defense research agency DARPA believe they can safely use nuclear energy to power human spaceflight to the red planet.
Hope it works. Rather sure It will myself. Very Glad its not my money investing in the research. Almost true as Australian Tech out of ANSTO is highly likely to be helping the Fuel supply via highly enriched uranium which Silex Laser technology is likley to be a part of. We are all invested in our cool ANSTO.
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Blue Bottles- they can sail! All three animals in one!
Each bluebottle is 3 animals not one !
"[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)]Bluebottle or Pacific Man-of-War is not a single animal but a colony of four kinds of highly modified individuals (zooids). The zooids are dependent on one another for survival.[/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)]The float (pneumatophore) is a single individual and supports the rest of the colony. The tentacles (dactylozooids) are polyps concerned with the detection and capture of food and convey their prey to the digestive polyps (gastrozooids). Reproduction is carried out by the gonozooids, another type of polyp.
[/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)]The float is a bottle or pear-shaped sac that can exceed 15 cm. It is mainly blue, though its upper margin may show delicate shades of green or pink. It is a living, muscular bag that secretes its own gas, which is similar to air. The float has aerodynamic properties and it seems likely that sailing characteristics may be modified by muscular contraction of the crest. Physalia sails at a slight angle downwind and the course is determined by the curvature of the float and the underwater resistance of the rest of the colony. The float may project either to the left or to the right; the left-handed forms sail to the right of the wind and vice versa. Thus, if the sailing angle of one form leads to its stranding on the shore, the others [/COLOR][COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)]sailing to the opposite side of the wind may escape[/COLOR]
Link to museum chat on them
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I have been stung more than a few times- Warm water might help. Pee probably doesn't No I haven't tried[biggrin]
Its true- Scientific Proof Is A Myth
I loved this
"You've heard of our greatest scientific theories: the theory of evolution, the Big Bang theory, the theory of gravity. You've also heard of the concept of a proof, and the claims that certain pieces of evidence prove the validities of these theories. Fossils, genetic inheritance, and DNA prove the theory of evolution. The Hubble expansion of the Universe, the evolution of stars, galaxies, and heavy elements, and the existence of the cosmic microwave background prove the Big Bang theory. And falling objects, GPS clocks, planetary motion, and the deflection of starlight prove the theory of gravity.
Except that's a complete lie. While they provide very strong evidence for those theories, they aren't proof. In fact, when it comes to science, proving anything is an impossibility.
" Link Forbes
This was in a pod cast about conspiracy and woo theroy in another thread.
I had to chat with a person who claimed to have "irrefutable proof" about 'Australian Immunization Registry' They required proof from AIR but do not allow AIR to do it for them. I suspect there is strong evidence of an issue or two[bighmmm] Not scientifically proven or dis-proven of course[biggrin] The irrefutable proof seems more than questionable and was not provided[bigrolf]
Birds and platics study Lord Howe Island
"A previously unknown disease in seabirds caused by the ingestion of plastic has been found on Lord Howe Island by scientists from the United Kingdom and Australia.
Named plasticosis, the newly classified disease is caused by plastic that repeatedly injures soft tissue and leads to the formation of extensive scar tissue in a bird's stomach.
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"A global study commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature in 2019 found on average that humans consumed as much as five grams of plastic a week.Ms Charlton-Howard said microplastics had also been found in human breast milk and human placentas."
Spooky bit about some of this which clearly needs more science is micro plastics in my toothpaste[bigwhistle]
https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn...862&height=485
Adrift Lab classifies new disease caused by plastic ingestion by Lord Howe Island seabirds - ABC News
