Group items tagged BBC - Advanced Concepts Team

The Canadian insect collector who eats his specimens - 0 views

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fun bio

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Ma Ru on 05 Apr 10

Dedicated to Tobias...

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X-37B military spaceplane launches from Cape Canaveral - 1 views

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rocket spaceplane military

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The X-37B, which has been likened to a scaled-down space shuttle, blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 0052 BST (1952 EDT).
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The X-37B, which has been likened to a scaled-down space shuttle, blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 0052 BST (1952 EDT). The military vehicle is unpiloted and will carry out the first autonomous re-entry and landing in the history of the US space programme.
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In all honesty, we don't know when it's coming back for sure.
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Weird science versus the volcano - 1 views

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science ash cloud security

shared by Ma Ru on 19 May 10 - Cached

Ma Ru on 19 May 10

Although I'm not sure if fighting ash clouds lies within space industry interests, but "Weird science" in the title makes it an obligatory read for an ACTer, doesn't it?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Although I'm not sure if fighting ash clouds lies within space industry interests, but "Weird science" in the title makes it an obligatory read for an ACTer, doesn't it?</div>

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Flea's jumping ability explained - 3 views

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BIO PHY science flea

shared by Ma Ru on 11 Feb 11 - No Cached

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Ma Ru on 11 Feb 11

Very ACT-ish...

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Phineas Gage - 3 views

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neuroscience science

shared by Ma Ru on 06 Mar 11 - No Cached

Ma Ru on 06 Mar 11

As I now work in the Centre for Robotics *and Neuroscience*, here's a story for you. Some highlights: "It sent the iron straight up into his skull and out of the top of his head, landing some 30 metres away. (...) Phineas was unconscious before getting up and riding an oxcart into town with, 'a big bleedin' hole in his head'. (...) although Phineas survived, he was a changed man. Now he was reportedly unreliable, partial to swearing and often making inappropriate remarks." I guess If I were him I'd be a little partial to swearing too.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As I now work in the Centre for Robotics *and Neuroscience*, here's a story for you. Some highlights: "It sent the iron straight up into his skull and out of the top of his head, landing some 30 metres away. (...) Phineas was unconscious before getting up and riding an oxcart into town with, 'a big bleedin' hole in his head'. (...) although Phineas survived, he was a changed man. Now he was reportedly unreliable, partial to swearing and often making inappropriate remarks." I guess If I were him I'd be a little partial to swearing too.</div>

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LeopoldS on 07 Mar 11

what sort of story is this please???

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Ma Ru on 07 Mar 11

Apparently you didn't read it... This is a story about how science is born :)

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LeopoldS on 07 Mar 11

now I did ... :-) just had read your comment ....

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Science behind hangovers - 3 views

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bio science fun alcohol

shared by Ma Ru on 20 Jun 11 - No Cached

Ma Ru on 20 Jun 11

Finally some applied research, that is...

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Plant has a bat beckoning beacon - 2 views

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plant bio science

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A rain forest vine has evolved dish-shaped leaves to attract the bats that pollinate it, scientists have found. Tests revealed that the leaves were supremely efficient at bouncing back the sound pulses the flying mammals used to navigate. When the leaves were present the bats located the plant twice as quickly as when these echoing leaves were removed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A rain forest vine has evolved dish-shaped leaves to attract the bats that pollinate it, scientists have found. Tests revealed that the leaves were supremely efficient at bouncing back the sound pulses the flying mammals used to navigate. When the leaves were present the bats located the plant twice as quickly as when these echoing leaves were removed.</div>

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LHC puts supersymmetry in doubt - 1 views

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PHY LHC supersymmetry

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Ma Ru on 27 Aug 11

Of interest for Luzi, Pacome, Sante et al., I guess...

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Southern Lights images captured by ISS - 1 views

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ISS fun

shared by Ma Ru on 21 Sep 11 - No Cached

Ma Ru on 21 Sep 11

Nice...

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Quadruple rainbow' caught on film for the first time - 1 views

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LeopoldS on 08 Oct 11

Reminder of physics classes ...

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They got it -> Monopoles. - 1 views

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PHY NRG NAN technology

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pacome delva on 19 Oct 09

very interesting. Quasi-particles acting as magnetic monopoles.

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[FUN] Fake Dutch 'moon rock' revealed - 0 views

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fun moon rock museum

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Ma Ru on 28 Aug 09

Read before you go to Rijksmuseum;) My fav quote though: "US officials said they had no explanation for the Dutch discovery." I could find one or two...

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LeopoldS on 29 Aug 09

nice story indeed :-)

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Mobile pollution sensors deployed - 0 views

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mapping air pollution

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Herschel gives glimpse of power - 0 views

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space science esa herschel

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Herschel starts to ROCK. At the moment this is the most distant human-made object I've seen with my own eyes ;) Fortunately someone in ESA does some *real* science...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Herschel starts to ROCK. At the moment this is the most distant human-made object I've seen with my own eyes ;) Fortunately someone in ESA does some *real* science...</div>

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