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  1. dlamberth

    AI use in search for early life in 3.3 billion year old rock.

    "In searching for the earliest life on Earth and other worlds, researchers normally look for intact fossils or biomolecules made only by living organisms. But such signals are few and far between. Now, researchers have devised an artificial intelligence (AI) that can identify signs of ancient...
  2. dlamberth

    Potential new class of "Black Hole Stars"?

    "Astronomers may be one step closer to unlocking the missing link in supermassive black hole evolution after finding mysterious tiny red objects may in fact be an entirely new class of celestial objects – ‘black hole stars’. Scientists spot potential new class of black hole stars
  3. dlamberth

    New method to date fossils using micro-laser carbonate uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating

    "It is the first time that dinosaur eggs have been dated using carbonate uranium-lead (U-Pb) dating." “We fired a micro-laser at eggshell samples, vaporizing carbonate minerals into aerosol. "This is analyzed by a mass spectrometer to count uranium and lead atoms. "Since uranium decays into...
  4. dlamberth

    Human evolution question?

    If human evolution is still happening (and I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t be), wouldn’t it be very difficult to detect over only a thousand years?
  5. dlamberth

    10 Misconceptions About Evolution

    I thought I'd throw this out there because it's been a little dry around here. 10 Misconceptions About Evolution
  6. dlamberth

    Why almost all coal was made at the same time

    It took evolution 300 million years ago to cut off the production of Coal. This first 4 minutes of this video goes into a lot more information into how coal was produced than I understood. The rest is a plea for money to plant trees.
  7. dlamberth

    Quantum mechanical tunnelling

    I'm TOTALLY ignorant on anything quantum related. So I found this article pretty helpful in understanding the experiments that the scientist are using to observe quantum mechanical tunneling effects. I'm also impressed that they are able to get laser pulses that are a fraction of a billionth of...
  8. dlamberth

    Fossil "Mummy" gives glimpse of dinosaur skin.

    "duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens is a fossil with a difference—it offers a rare glimpse of the texture of dinosaur skin." https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/fossil-duck-bill-skin
  9. dlamberth

    Homo erectus in Java: 140,000-year-old fossils found in submerged river valley

    Coped from another site: Human fossils dating back 140,000 years were discovered in the creation of an artificial island in Indonesia. During sand dredging in the Madura Strait, contractors pulled around 177 million cubic feet (5 million cubic meters) of sand and sandstones to create an...
  10. dlamberth

    Well preserved Archaeopteryx fossil shows link between birds and dinosaurs.

    "Archaeopteryx is the fossil that clearly demonstrated Darwin's views. It's the oldest known fossil bird, and it helps show that all birds -- including the ones alive today -- emerged from dinosaurs. And while the first Archaeopteryx fossil was found more than 160 years ago, scientists are...
  11. dlamberth

    Are scientist wrong about how gravity works?

    "A theoretical proposal published in the journal Reports on Progress in Physics is making some bold claims about our previous understanding of quantum physics. Mainly, that we were wrong. The proposed theory grapples with the fact that quantum mechanics (basically modern physics) and general...
  12. dlamberth

    North American being pulled apart - Midcontinent Rift

    Today I came across an article from a source that's more in line of general information than it is science. But until today when reading it I didn't know that around a Billion years ago there was a 2000 mile long rift that created a "bason as wide as the Red Sea." This rift is called the North...
  13. dlamberth

    Could a planet really develop a brain?

    Here's another take on AI and consciousness. "But what if Spaceship Earth is itself developing (and indeed has already developed much of the infrastructure to support) a single emergent consciousness?" "Could a planet really develop a brain? A mind? Would such an outcome be desirable, and...
  14. dlamberth

    Planetary Alignment Provides NASA Rare Opportunity to Study Uranus

    "When a planet’s orbit brings it between Earth and a distant star, it’s more than just a cosmic game of hide and seek. It’s an opportunity for NASA to improve its understanding of that planet’s atmosphere and rings. Planetary scientists call it a stellar occultation and that’s exactly what...
  15. dlamberth

    Anticline geological structures

    An anticline is a structural trap formed by the folding of rock strata into an arch-like shape. The rock layers in an anticline trap were originally laid down horizontally and then earth movement caused it to fold into an arch-like shape called an anticline. Here's a very nice aerial photo...
  16. dlamberth

    CERN is getting an upgrade to detect long-lived particles

    "Physicists are finalizing plans for MATHUSLA, a powerful new addition to CERN's Large Hadron Collider that will detect long-lived particles and potentially open the door to new physics." Here's a simplified explanation: The world's largest atom smasher is getting a powerful upgrade — and it...
  17. dlamberth

    Scottish watering hole dinosaur congregating place 167 Million years ago.

    During the Jurassic period 167 million years ago, dinosaurs mingled on the muddy outskirts of a balmy lagoon on what is now Scotland’s Isle of Skye. As both predators and prey frequented the watering hole, they made layers of overlapping footprints. Those footfalls remain etched into Skye’s...
  18. dlamberth

    Info from Geological Society of America regarding Myanmar earthquake

    "An M7.7 earthquake struck overnight near Mandalay, Myanmar, as the result of strike slip faulting between the India and Eurasia plates. Focal mechanism solutions indicate that slip occurred on either a north-striking, steeply-dipping, right-lateral fault, or a west striking, steeply-dipping...
  19. dlamberth

    Today is the Anniversary of the "Good Friday" earthquake in Anchorage Alaska

    March 27, 1964, Alaska is shaken for 5 minutes by one of the strongest earthquakes experienced in modern times - a Mw 8.3 to 9.2 as the quake was so strong that no seismometer in the affected area recorded it correctly. As it hit a relatively remote and sparsely inhabited area the quake and...
  20. dlamberth

    Kilauea Volcano is spectacular today.

    Lava geyser 1000 feet into the air.
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