LGP Science Thread

[viva la ben]

If we prove there are more dimensions, then what? My mind can't really comprehend it... what practical use will we ever gain from it?

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this is the one i was looking for

[PensFanInDC]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101118/ts ... 1118204119

Astronomers were mystified as to how the planet might have formed, since the star contained few elements heavier than hydrogen and helium and planets typically form out of a complex cloud of spinning space rubble.
"It is a puzzle for the widely accepted model of planet formation to explain how such a star, which contains hardly any heavy elements at all, could have formed a planet," said Setiawan.
"Planets around stars like this must probably form in a different way."

[doublem]

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninsca ... t_prof.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Drugs
The 5 Most Profitable Drugs: They Never Cure You

Because Ibogaine is an outright cure, drug companies want nothing to do with it.

Martin Kuehne, a chemist at the University of Vermont, is quoted in the story, saying, "Pharmaceutical companies don't like cures. Really, they don't -- that's the sad thing. They like treatment. Something for cholesterol or high blood pressure that you take for years and years, every day. That's where the profit is."

1) Lipitor (2009 gross revenue: $7.5 billion): Designed to lower cholesterol, Lipitor uses statins to decrease LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels and increase HDL cholesterol levels. Studies indicate that high cholesterol increases one's chance for heart disease, the leading health problem in the U.S.

2) Nexium (2009 gross revenue: $6.3 billion): This well-marketed drug decreases the amount of acid produced in the stomach, but it's not an instant cure for heartburn.

3) Plavix (2009 gross revenue: $5.6 billion): Nobody likes a nasty blood clot, and this drug prevents that from happening, particularly after a stroke or a heart attack. The downside: Plavix increases your chances of small-injury bleeds and, if drinking alcohol, heightens your risk of stomach and intestinal bleeds.

4) Advair Diskus (2009 gross revenue: $4.7 billion): For asthma sufferers, a twice-daily inhaler to reduce the swelling in your respiratory system. Helps keep attacks from being more severe.

5) Seroquel (2009 Gross: $4.2 billion): Rounding out our top 5 is Seroquel, an anti-psychotic drug that treats schizophrenia, severe depression, and bipolar disorder by altering chemical activity in the brain.

[columbia]

Life is found in deepest layer of Earth's crust:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... crust.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[columbia]

Scientists glimpse universe before the Big Bang

The discovery doesn't suggest that there wasn't a Big Bang - rather, it supports the idea that there could have been many of them. The scientists explain that the CMB circles support the possibility that we live in a cyclic universe, in which the end of one “aeon” or universe triggers another Big Bang that starts another aeon, and the process repeats indefinitely. The black hole encounters that caused the circles likely occurred within the later stages of the aeon right before ours, according to the scientists.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-sci ... e-big.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[bh]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/ ... ice-humans" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Harvard scientists reverse the ageing process in mice – now for humans

Looks like Krafster might get his wish someday soon.

[Kraftster]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/ ... ice-humans
Harvard scientists reverse the ageing process in mice – now for humans

Looks like Krafster might get his wish someday soon.

Thanks! I meant to bring this up today, but I had forgotten about it. I was, indeed, very psyched to hear this news. Between this and the research being done on gas-induced suspended animation/hibernation in mice, I am becoming motivated to live a healthier lifestyle so hopefully we can harness this stuff for human use in the next 50 years!

[doublem]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80bea ... agazine%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Could MS Nerve Damage Be Repaired? Stem Cell Study in Mice Offers Hope.

Stem cells are the key. Amazing.

[PensFanInDC]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80bea ... agazine%29

Could MS Nerve Damage Be Repaired? Stem Cell Study in Mice Offers Hope.

Stem cells are the key. Amazing.

If I read that correctly they used 'adult' stem cells. I am very much in favor of this!

Good stuff!

[doublem]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80bea ... agazine%29

Could MS Nerve Damage Be Repaired? Stem Cell Study in Mice Offers Hope.

Stem cells are the key. Amazing.

If I read that correctly they used 'adult' stem cells. I am very much in favor of this!

Good stuff!

I think that is the case but embryonic stem cells are also just as important. They have been doing some very important research on that lately.

[PensFanInDC]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80bea ... agazine%29

Could MS Nerve Damage Be Repaired? Stem Cell Study in Mice Offers Hope.

Stem cells are the key. Amazing.

If I read that correctly they used 'adult' stem cells. I am very much in favor of this!

Good stuff!

I think that is the case but embryonic stem cells are also just as important. They have been doing some very important research on that lately.

This has been mentioned as a controversial topic of the week and it would be a good one.

Embryonic stem cells kill life to save life. Adult stem cells only save lives.

[doublem]

Well, it's a little more complicated, on numerous levels.

[PensFanInDC]

Well, it's a little more complicated, on numerous levels.

My wife works in the field so she knows eons more than I on the subject and I trust her opinion on it.

[doublem]

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-rep ... thers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Reproductive scientists create mice from 2 fathers.

[columbia]

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-rep ... thers.html

Reproductive scientists create mice from 2 fathers.

Can't wait for the Disney telling of the story:
Mickey Has Two Daddies.

[Shyster]

Today, the SpaceX corporation, in the second test launch of its Falcon 9 heavy-lift rocket and the first test launch of its Dragon cargo/crew capsule, became the first private, commercial company to launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft. The flight was virtually flawless.

http://news.discovery.com/space/spacexs ... earth.html

In addition to commercial satellite launches, the Falcon 9, when topped with a Dragon, will be used for supply missions to the International Space Station in the same way as the unmanned Russian Progress vehicles. SpaceX is also developing a crewed version of the Dragon for crew transfers.

SpaceX’s entire development budget to date for the Falcon 9 and Dragon is less money than NASA spent to build the launch tower for its Ares I rocket—a rocket that has been cancelled by Congress and will likely never fly. Today was a great day both for science and for capitalism.

[doublem]

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80bea ... 80beats%29" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Study: Giant Storks Roamed the Island of the Hominid “Hobbits”.

[count2infinity]

not sure i necessarily buy it, but interesting

http://science.howstuffworks.com/enviro ... ravity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[shmenguin]

Scientists glimpse universe before the Big Bang

The discovery doesn't suggest that there wasn't a Big Bang - rather, it supports the idea that there could have been many of them. The scientists explain that the CMB circles support the possibility that we live in a cyclic universe, in which the end of one “aeon” or universe triggers another Big Bang that starts another aeon, and the process repeats indefinitely. The black hole encounters that caused the circles likely occurred within the later stages of the aeon right before ours, according to the scientists.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-11-sci ... e-big.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

i have no real scientific data to back this up, but it seems to make sense that the universe expands with the big bang, then eventually collapses into a singular point as gravity draws everything back together, then expands again in another "big bang". and so forth

[PensFanInDC]

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/ma ... n-lab.html

"Though less well-tested than embryonic stem cells, induced cells theoretically have the advantage of minimizing the risk for cell rejection when replanted back into the host patient."

[doublem]

Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In 'Berlin Patient'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/1 ... 96521.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

[Physical_Graffiti]

If we prove there are more dimensions, then what? My mind can't really comprehend it... what practical use will we ever gain from it?

[youtube][/youtube]
this is the one i was looking for

We talked about this in my Active Citizenship class: I didn`t watch the entire video, but does it not turn out that the flatlanders hit a "wall" that they can not see, and it turns out to be a human foot? I have heard this explanation as a means of showcasing why we can not see "rods".

[bhaw]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/odd/a/-/odd/84 ... isas-eyes/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This is kind of science related. May lead to scientific discoveries about the past.

[PensFanInDC]

Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In 'Berlin Patient'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/1 ... 96521.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Another article on it:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2 ... virus.html

Adult Sourced Stem Cells FTW!!

[doublem]

Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In 'Berlin Patient'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/1 ... 96521.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

Another article on it:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2 ... virus.html

Adult Sourced Stem Cells FTW!!

Where does it say adult stem cells were used? Did I miss that?