Will need to discover some way of communicating instantly across distance.Or find a way to kill space dinosaurs.
If you thought they don’t come much bigger than the Tyrannosaurus rex and the Argentinosaurus then think again – scientists in Argentina have uncovered the bones of a creature believed to be the world’s biggest dinosaur.According to the measurements of its gigantic thigh bones, the herbivore would have been 40m (130ft) long and 20m (65ft) tall, the BBC reported.Palaeontologists think it is a new species of titanosaur – part of a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs that were characterised by their long necks and tails and small heads – dating from the Cretaceous period.The mega dino would have weighed in at 77 tonnes (the equivalent of approximately 14 elephants), making it seven tonnes heavier than the previous record holder Argentinosaurus.
Researcher invents continuous, zero-toxic-emission system that converts nonrecycled plastics into crude oilJun 20, 2014 by Rob MathesonMIT spinout PK Clean, founded by Priyanka Bakaya MBA '11, aims to end the landfilling of plastic with a cost-effective system that breaks down nonrecycled plastics into oil, while reusing some of the gas it produces to operate."Plastic comes from oil to begin with, so it makes sense, instead of landfilling plastic, to convert it back to usable fuel," Bakaya says. "The goal is to end landfilled plastic waste forever—not just domestically, but also globally."PK Clean's so-called "continuous" system—the first of its kind in the United States, according to Bakaya—runs on a process called catalytic depolymerization, where heat and a catalyst break down plastics into crude oil to sell to refineries.About 70 to 80 percent of the product comes out as oil. Roughly 10 to 20 percent becomes hydrocarbon gas that heats the system, while the remainder is char residue.Following a trial in Pune, India, PK Clean last year built and installed its first full-scale commercial plant in Salt Lake City, partnering with Rocky Mountain Recycling, Utah's largest recycler.Operating continuously, the plant can convert up to 10 tons of plastic per day into 60 barrels of oil, with zero toxic emissions. Produced at around $35 per barrel, the oil is sold to a nearby refinery for around $100 per barrel.
edit: We should turn the Tiwai Aluminium Smelter into one of these factories
Our job will be to build and maintain those robots.
Then it will be our job to serve as a power source for those robots.Because using human bodies as a power source makes sense.
I am yet to find a suitable explanation for gravity. Science knows what is does, but is left fidgeting uncomfortably, if I ask what it is.
But magnetism as we understand it, is about ferrous metallic objects being attracted to a magnetic force, or replled by way of EMP, or similar.Fascinating subject to discuss over a beer or two.
Quote from kruz: December 22, 2014, 05:35:19 pmBut magnetism as we understand it, is about ferrous metallic objects being attracted to a magnetic force, or replled by way of EMP, or similar.Fascinating subject to discuss over a beer or two.Are you one of those guys who says words he saw on Wikipedia?Because I think you're one of those guys.
Everyone is supposed to learn about gravity and magnetism in 4th form science.If you missed it, that's it. You can never go back for another go.
Why is the sky blue?Makes for an interesting conversation over a beer or two.
But then.. what is blue?Is what you call blue, what I would perceive as red? but we both call it blue because we have been taught to call them the same thing..Do we even see colours the same way?
Yogurt lid licking be banishedWhat does the peel-off lid of a cup of yogurt have in common with a smartphone screen? They are both likely to benefit from next-generation nonadhesion technologies. These new ways of preventing things from sticking are also beneficial beyond the consumer sphere: Venice uses the new technologies to prevent flooding.Part of the yogurt eating ritual has always been licking the food off the foil lid. Over the course of a year, the yogurt stuck to lids worldwide is equivalent to the volume consumed in Africa, according to a calculation by Toyo Aluminium. Morinaga Milk Industry is doing something about that: Its lids peel off clean with no stuck yogurt.
