LGP Science Thread

[Mr. Colby]

A neurobiological topic dealing with the functioning of the brain in something like a sensory system, a disease, etc. that I can find a lot of recent information/experiments. Recent being the last 5 years.

[Corvidae]

A neurobiological topic dealing with the functioning of the brain in something like a sensory system, a disease, etc. that I can find a lot of recent information/experiments. Recent being the last 5 years.

Prions. Insanely interesting (pun intended?). Lots of new research and attempted connections between the amyloid plaques formed in their disease and things like Alzheimer's.

[Mr. Colby]

A neurobiological topic dealing with the functioning of the brain in something like a sensory system, a disease, etc. that I can find a lot of recent information/experiments. Recent being the last 5 years.

Prions. Insanely interesting (pun intended?). Lots of new research and attempted connections between the amyloid plaques formed in their disease and things like Alzheimer's.

Good input, thank you. I'll look into it

[roland]

Jack Nicholson Hydrogen Power Car


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[doublem]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39614418/ns ... e-science/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

First patient treated in embryonic stem cell trial.

[pittsports87]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39614418/ns ... e-science/

First patient treated in embryonic stem cell trial.

[doublem]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2010/10/1 ... c=fb&cc=fp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Why Science Matters: A Scientist’s Apology.

[doublem]

http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/m ... r-own-luck" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Make Your Own Luck
Five principles for making the most of life's twists and turns.

Great read for a better life.

[roland]

CERN scientists eye parallel universe breakthrough

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101020/sc_ ... ience_cern" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"GENEVA (Reuters) – Physicists probing the origins of the cosmos hope that next year they will turn up the first proofs of the existence of concepts long dear to science-fiction writers such as hidden worlds and extra dimensions.

And as their Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN near Geneva moves into high gear, they are talking increasingly of the "New Physics" on the horizon that could totally change current views of the universe and how it works.

"Parallel universes, unknown forms of matter, extra dimensions... These are not the stuff of cheap science fiction but very concrete physics theories that scientists are trying to confirm with the LHC and other experiments.""

[PensFanInDC]

I hope the other me is cool

[shafnutz05]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sci_oldest_galaxy

Astronomers believe they've found the oldest thing they've ever seen in the universe: It's a galaxy far, far away from a time long, long ago.

Hidden in a Hubble Space Telescope photo released earlier this year is a small smudge of light that European astronomers now calculate is a galaxy from 13.1 billion years ago. That's a time when the universe was very young, just shy of 600 million years old. That would make it the earliest and most distant galaxy seen so far.

By now the galaxy is so ancient it probably doesn't exist in its earlier form and has already merged into bigger neighbors, said Matthew Lehnert of the Paris Observatory, lead author of the study published online Wednesday in the journal Nature.

This absolutely blows my mind.

[Froggy]

I hope the other me is cool

you have a beard, right? that makes you the evil twin.

[bh]

An older article but one I happened to come across. Kinda changed my thinking on early man.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 83861.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Physical_Graffiti]

I hope the other me is cool

you have a beard, right? that makes you the evil twin.

Not if you're Cartman.

[Point Breeze Penguins]

An older article but one I happened to come across. Kinda changed my thinking on early man.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 83861.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wow. I have never read an article with so many unfounded assumptions.

[Kicksave]

An older article but one I happened to come across. Kinda changed my thinking on early man.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 83861.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wow. I have never read an article with so many unfounded assumptions.

You've never read Faux News?

[Point Breeze Penguins]

An older article but one I happened to come across. Kinda changed my thinking on early man.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 83861.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wow. I have never read an article with so many unfounded assumptions.

You've never read Faux News?

Let me rephrase.

I have never read an article that did not feature a half-naked blonde reading the news that made so many unfounded assumptions.

[roland]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sci_oldest_galaxy

Astronomers believe they've found the oldest thing they've ever seen in the universe: It's a galaxy far, far away from a time long, long ago.

Hidden in a Hubble Space Telescope photo released earlier this year is a small smudge of light that European astronomers now calculate is a galaxy from 13.1 billion years ago. That's a time when the universe was very young, just shy of 600 million years old. That would make it the earliest and most distant galaxy seen so far.

By now the galaxy is so ancient it probably doesn't exist in its earlier form and has already merged into bigger neighbors, said Matthew Lehnert of the Paris Observatory, lead author of the study published online Wednesday in the journal Nature.

This absolutely blows my mind.

I find it odd when astronomers say how old something is or how big/old the Universe is. I think it's all assumption based on the technology that they have today. In the old days, man believed that "the Earth is flat" or "the Sun revolves around Earth which is center of the Universe" because they didnt have the instruments/knowledge to work with. I don't see how they can put a number on the age of the Universe. At this point, deciding how big the Universe is would be similar to me saying that from Oakland, I can see to the end of town, which is Mt Washington, and that's as far as it goes. It's gotta be waaaaaaaaaaaay bigger than what we imagine.

once again, I refer to the "Hubble Deep Field Image" which is truly mind blowing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Deep_Field" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[doublem]

An older article but one I happened to come across. Kinda changed my thinking on early man.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 83861.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wow. I have never read an article with so many unfounded assumptions.

What does that mean?

[PensFanInDC]

An older article but one I happened to come across. Kinda changed my thinking on early man.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 83861.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wow. I have never read an article with so many unfounded assumptions.

What does that mean?

It means the article has many unfounded assumptions....

[doublem]

and why would that be?

[shmenguin]

I find it odd when astronomers say how old something is or how big/old the Universe is. I think it's all assumption based on the technology that they have today. In the old days, man believed that "the Earth is flat" or "the Sun revolves around Earth which is center of the Universe" because they didnt have the instruments/knowledge to work with. I don't see how they can put a number on the age of the Universe. At this point, deciding how big the Universe is would be similar to me saying that from Oakland, I can see to the end of town, which is Mt Washington, and that's as far as it goes. It's gotta be waaaaaaaaaaaay bigger than what we imagine.

i forget why the common belief is that the universe is about 14 billion years old (is it the rate in which things are moving away from each other in the galaxy?), but i think there's some pretty good science behind it. though i guess it's more accurate to say, "it's been about 14 billion years since the universe started expanding". some think that the universe expands and collapses, and the cycle repeats - which kind of makes sense.

[doublem]

New Theory Links Depression to Chronic Brain Inflammation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... nt=Twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

According to the new theory, severe stress and adverse life events, such as losing a job or family member, prompt neurobiological processes that physically alter the brain. Neurons change shape and connections. Some die, but others sprout as the brain rewires itself. This neural remodeling employs basic wound-healing mechanisms, which means it can be painful and occasionally incapacitating, even when it's going well.

"It's necessary and normal so that an individual can adapt, change behavior and deal with altered circumstances," Markou said. Real problems occur only "when these restructuring processes go into overdrive, beyond what is necessary and adaptive, and for longer periods of time than needed. Then depression becomes pathological."

The theory extends findings made by other researchers that the neurobiological substrates of physical and emotional pain overlap. Just as the body's repair mechanisms for physical injury can sometimes result in chronic pain and inflammation, so too can the response to psychological trauma, resulting in chronic depression.

[roland]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sci_oldest_galaxy

Astronomers believe they've found the oldest thing they've ever seen in the universe: It's a galaxy far, far away from a time long, long ago.

Hidden in a Hubble Space Telescope photo released earlier this year is a small smudge of light that European astronomers now calculate is a galaxy from 13.1 billion years ago. That's a time when the universe was very young, just shy of 600 million years old. That would make it the earliest and most distant galaxy seen so far.

By now the galaxy is so ancient it probably doesn't exist in its earlier form and has already merged into bigger neighbors, said Matthew Lehnert of the Paris Observatory, lead author of the study published online Wednesday in the journal Nature.

This absolutely blows my mind.

I find it odd when astronomers say how old something is or how big/old the Universe is. I think it's all assumption based on the technology that they have today. In the old days, man believed that "the Earth is flat" or "the Sun revolves around Earth which is center of the Universe" because they didnt have the instruments/knowledge to work with. I don't see how they can put a number on the age of the Universe. At this point, deciding how big the Universe is would be similar to me saying that from Oakland, I can see to the end of town, which is Mt Washington, and that's as far as it goes. It's gotta be waaaaaaaaaaaay bigger than what we imagine.

once again, I refer to the "Hubble Deep Field Image" which is truly mind blowing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Deep_Field" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

quick trip through the "known" universe, the trip back is pretty cool.

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[Corvidae]

I find it odd when astronomers say how old something is or how big/old the Universe is. I think it's all assumption based on the technology that they have today. In the old days, man believed that "the Earth is flat" or "the Sun revolves around Earth which is center of the Universe" because they didnt have the instruments/knowledge to work with. I don't see how they can put a number on the age of the Universe. At this point, deciding how big the Universe is would be similar to me saying that from Oakland, I can see to the end of town, which is Mt Washington, and that's as far as it goes. It's gotta be waaaaaaaaaaaay bigger than what we imagine.

once again, I refer to the "Hubble Deep Field Image" which is truly mind blowing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Deep_Field" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Especially considering that inflation theory is true, "if the entire cosmos were scaled down to the size of the earth, the part accessible to us would be much smaller than a grain of sand."