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LordTrychon@startrek.websiteto Astronomy@mander.xyz•X-ray Signal Points to Destroyed Planet, Chandra Finds3·4 months agoIt doesn’t HAVE to be that intelligent life is its own doom, but it does seem increasingly likely.
In his essay “To Tell a Chemist” (1965), Asimov proposed a simple shibboleth for distinguishing chemists from non-chemists: ask the person to read the word “unionized”. Chemists, he noted, will read un-ionized (electrically neutral), while non-chemists will read union-ized (belonging to a trade union).
LordTrychon@startrek.websiteto Astronomy@mander.xyz•The IAC confirms the existence of a Super-earth in the habitable zone of a Sun-like Star2·5 months agoBreakthrough Starshot project is working towards accelerating a probe close to 20% of C. That’s a significant fraction of C in these terms.
Even if we could get to .25 C, that would be 80 years for the probe to get there, and then 20 more for the data to come back.
But yes, that is still VERY close.
Isaac Asimov is considered one of the greats of 20th century science fiction. Again, while most famous for writing science fiction he wrote much more than just that.
Isaac Asimov has won scores of Hugo Awards for stories and for Best Editor; dozens of Nebula Awards; several World Fantasy Awards; over a dozen Theodore Sturgeon Awards and Homer Awards; and multiple Sidewise Awards1. He has won Hugo Awards for Best Related Work, Best Novelette, and Best Editor.
He wrote 40 novels and a lot of short stories, and is a great read almost always. He also wrote textbooks because he was just amazing.
LordTrychon@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Jonathan Frakes Talks Directing And Tawny Newsome Talks Writing For ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’English3·8 months agoNah, that’s more related to the episode named ‘Lower Decks’ I think.
LordTrychon@startrek.websiteto Science Memes@mander.xyz•And 299999999 is divisible by 13English1·8 months agoInteresting read. Thank you.
LordTrychon@startrek.websiteto ADHD memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•So you've decided to just... embrace it?English6·8 months agoWife and I watched through it for the first time last month.
We watched it for the second time last month as well.
Actually, we started our third watch last night.
Yep. I found it fascinating. I think the version I had probably had a forward from Asimov talking about how we were wrong about guesses about Venus.
I don’t remember much else from the story except this, and the big reveal of the whodunnit. (Or more accurately the how).
There was a young adult sci fi series by Asimov called ‘Lucky Starr’ and I remember Venus was Oceanic in that one. Old old series.
Oh good. I was worried they were defenseless.
Did some checking, out of curiosity.
And yeah. Interesting as hell.
We recorded 65 dBSPL (dB of sound pressure level) ultrasonic sounds 4 inches (10 cm) from tomato and tobacco plants, implying that these sounds could be detected by some organisms from up to several feet (meters) away.
https://www.sci.news/biology/plants-ultrasonic-clicks-07895.html
Did some searching. The paper from 2019 that discussed this -
We recorded 65 dBSPL (dB of sound pressure level) ultrasonic sounds 4 inches (10 cm) from tomato and tobacco plants, implying that these sounds could be detected by some organisms from up to several feet (meters) away.
https://www.sci.news/biology/plants-ultrasonic-clicks-07895.html
Same. Would like answers.
LordTrychon@startrek.websiteto politics @lemmy.world•Scoop: Trump stalled Black journalists interview over fact-checking3·11 months agoSaying ‘nu-uh… you are…’ is right up his alley.
Lol
#hashtag-ohno-dot-gif!
Wth… shows Thursday on my machine…