Science is Cool....

[Fish]

This is a repository for all cool scientific discussion and fascination. Scientific facts, theories, and overall cool scientific stuff that you'd like to share with others. Stuff that makes you smile and wonder at the amazing shit going on around us, that most people don't notice.

Post pictures, vidoes, stories, or links. Ask questions. Share science.

Why should I care?:

[RXTbone]

Awesome!

[chefsos]

The concept of a craft scooting all over the cosmos while farting nuclear detonations is funny, though

[Rain Man]

I think that concept has been around for a long time. I remember reading about it in college. We were much more into nuclear explosions then.

[Fish]

How does the new CORVID-19 disease work?

[Otter]

ISS docking simulator:

https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Otter

ISS docking simulator:

https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

COOL!

[DaFace]

Cross-posting this from another thread:

Not that I expect anyone to take the 10 hours to watch it all, but this YouTube series on the history of science is fascinating. It's all stuff you've probably heard bits and pieces of, but it's fun to rapidly run through all of the crazy twists and turns that "science" has made over the millenia.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...PDH5TKK2UpU8Ng

Probably my favorite thing about it is that it points out all the ridiculous stuff people used to believe (e.g., the four elements are earth, air, fire, and water), but by walking through it historically you can see how they got there and the logic of it.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by Otter

ISS docking simulator:

https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

Got it on the second try. It's definitely a slow-and-steady kind of deal. I think it took me probably 10 minutes to get it right.

But that probably makes it a good simulator. I think the real deal takes more like 30 minutes.

[Bill Brasky]

Originally Posted by Otter

ISS docking simulator:

https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

This was fantastic. Got it on the third try.

[DaFace]

Just to make sure people know (since it's otherwise in the Space Exploration thread), the manned launch is happening in two weeks.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Cross-posting this from another thread:

Not that I expect anyone to take the 10 hours to watch it all, but this YouTube series on the history of science is fascinating. It's all stuff you've probably heard bits and pieces of, but it's fun to rapidly run through all of the crazy twists and turns that "science" has made over the millenia.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...PDH5TKK2UpU8Ng

Probably my favorite thing about it is that it points out all the ridiculous stuff people used to believe (e.g., the four elements are earth, air, fire, and water), but by walking through it historically you can see how they got there and the logic of it.

If a lay history of science is your bag, few have done it better than Bill Bryson



https://play.google.com/store/audiob...WoJAM&hl=en_US

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

If a lay history of science is your bag, few have done it better than Bill Bryson



https://play.google.com/store/audiob...WoJAM&hl=en_US

I almost mentioned that book. Also, the James Burke series Connections that told stories about the history of science by showing how one advancement led to another which led to another in sometimes unexpected ways.

[Huffmeister]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Also, the James Burke series Connections that told stories about the history of science by showing how one advancement led to another which led to another in sometimes unexpected ways.

That show was incredible.

[Bill Brasky]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

If a lay history of science is your bag, few have done it better than Bill Bryson



https://play.google.com/store/audiob...WoJAM&hl=en_US

My local library had this for free on audio book. It was incredibly well written.

[jjchieffan]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Cross-posting this from another thread:

Not that I expect anyone to take the 10 hours to watch it all, but this YouTube series on the history of science is fascinating. It's all stuff you've probably heard bits and pieces of, but it's fun to rapidly run through all of the crazy twists and turns that "science" has made over the millenia.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...PDH5TKK2UpU8Ng

Probably my favorite thing about it is that it points out all the ridiculous stuff people used to believe (e.g., the four elements are earth, air, fire, and water), but by walking through it historically you can see how they got there and the logic of it.

Cool. I'm going to have to check this out. It'll probably give me some good ammo for those who ridicule me because I'm able to see that the ideas that that man came from an ape, that life came from non-life and that the Earth is billions of years old are all laughable non-science. And that those falsehoods, like the items in the article, will be eventually be proven wrong as well.