Weird & Interesting science, take 2

[Bob Schroeck]

I'd love to continue this discussion, but it's off-topic for this thread.

[robkelk]

Dinosaurs had hooves.

Well, Edmontosaurus had hooves

Amazing what one can learn when a dinosaur was covered in clay when it died, and the clay becomes rock around the body.

Artist's impression of an Edmontosaurus, with Sam Neill for scale:

[classicdrogn]

And now, time for walkies with Ms. Lithers!

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But seriously, though:

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[classicdrogn]

Words: they only mean what you think they mean, so thwy don't mean what you think they mean?


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[robkelk]

Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history

If it's what it says on the label, this is a notable discovery because little of UNIX V4 remains. That's unfortunate as this specific version is especially interesting: it's the first version of UNIX in which the kernel and some of the core utilities were rewritten in the new C programming language.

So, this is the original copy of UNIX Fourth Edition received from AT&T by the inventor of the Utah Teapot

The tapes are going to the Computer History Museum.

[classicdrogn]

Bro built a 2b FPS camera to capture the speed of light in his garage


This would have won the science fair forever

[classicdrogn]

Life, the universe, and everything.

Or at least on Mars

[Dartz]

One for the Ignobel prize this year: You'll never guess who likely had a micropenis

Hint: We thought he was a monorchid for the longest time.

[RMH999]

Epstein-Barr virus more firmly linked as cause of Lupus

EBV (cause of mono) is a nasty virus.  Linked to multiple cancers, multiple sclerosis,  Rheumatoid arthritis, and more.

[classicdrogn]

Teaching an octopus to play the piano

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[Bob Schroeck]

Japan demonstrates a ship-borne railgun -- and hits a moving target at sea with it. (The thumbnail is AI-generated, but the real damage shots are no less interesting.)