UnkNuk Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Aussie ducks learn to swear, can say 'you bloody fool' like a human "You bloody fool!" As an Aussie living in Sydney with access to a motor vehicle, I've screamed that expression plenty of times in my life. When someone forgets to use the blinker or slams on the brakes? You bloody fool is a common refrain. Others have probably screamed it at me, too. The one place I wouldn't expect to hear it, though, is at a duck pond. How wrong I was. https://www.cnet.com/news/aussie-ducks-learn-to-swear-can-say-you-bloody-fool-like-a-human/?ftag=CAD-03-10abj4f&bhid=27387568584822941599927611586826&mid=13509450&cid=1494321690 (I can't copy the audio here but it's in the article.) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: Aussie ducks learn to swear, can say 'you bloody fool' like a human "You bloody fool!" As an Aussie living in Sydney with access to a motor vehicle, I've screamed that expression plenty of times in my life. When someone forgets to use the blinker or slams on the brakes? You bloody fool is a common refrain. Others have probably screamed it at me, too. The one place I wouldn't expect to hear it, though, is at a duck pond. How wrong I was. https://www.cnet.com/news/aussie-ducks-learn-to-swear-can-say-you-bloody-fool-like-a-human/?ftag=CAD-03-10abj4f&bhid=27387568584822941599927611586826&mid=13509450&cid=1494321690 (I can't copy the audio here but it's in the article.) I saw this on tv last night. Was laughing my head off. They also had birds perfectly mimicking a baby crying and construction site sounds. Man it was funny. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Those Aussies.....always with the fowl language..... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said: Those Aussies.....always with the fowl language..... Well done dad. Love it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon45ca Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 9/6/2021 at 12:11 AM, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: Yeah, that part gave me a chuckle as well. It’s a fascinating topic, though. Especially when you consider that, along with “dinosaur remains,” the Chicxulub impactor, and other collisions like it, may very well have ejected actual living things like tardigrades, dormant bacteria, and various extremophile organisms capable of surviving in space, and deposited them on planets and moons throughout our solar system. Or a similar “seeding” might have been what actually brought life to planet Earth. Do you know how long it would take an organism that could actually survive the vacuum of space to reach a planet that has food on it? Long enough to starve to death. Those tardigrades were in space for like 10 days. Plus you need to have an absolute sniper of a shot to hit a moving target from another moving target across 390 Million kms...the distance from Earth to Mars. And that's a gimme shot compared to the other planets in the Solar System, let alone other star systems. This is supposed to be a science thread. Panspermia is science fiction. It's a completely unnecessary theory that makes the explanation for the origins of life even more complicated, and for no reason other than "aliens!" It's like saying pizza from Domino's is actually from Outer Space, even tho all the ingredients and equipment necessary to make the pizza is already at Domino's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 9 hours ago, UnkNuk said: Aussie ducks learn to swear, can say 'you bloody fool' like a human "You bloody fool!" As an Aussie living in Sydney with access to a motor vehicle, I've screamed that expression plenty of times in my life. When someone forgets to use the blinker or slams on the brakes? You bloody fool is a common refrain. Others have probably screamed it at me, too. The one place I wouldn't expect to hear it, though, is at a duck pond. How wrong I was. https://www.cnet.com/news/aussie-ducks-learn-to-swear-can-say-you-bloody-fool-like-a-human/?ftag=CAD-03-10abj4f&bhid=27387568584822941599927611586826&mid=13509450&cid=1494321690 (I can't copy the audio here but it's in the article.) Heard about this on the radio yesterday A bi lingual parrot. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/17/missing-parrot-british-accent-speaking-spanish-california 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, falcon45ca said: Do you know how long it would take an organism that could actually survive the vacuum of space to reach a planet that has food on it? Long enough to starve to death. Those tardigrades were in space for like 10 days. Plus you need to have an absolute sniper of a shot to hit a moving target from another moving target across 390 Million kms...the distance from Earth to Mars. And that's a gimme shot compared to the other planets in the Solar System, let alone other star systems. This is supposed to be a science thread. Panspermia is science fiction. It's a completely unnecessary theory that makes the explanation for the origins of life even more complicated, and for no reason other than "aliens!" It's like saying pizza from Domino's is actually from Outer Space, even tho all the ingredients and equipment necessary to make the pizza is already at Domino's What is science fiction one day becomes reality the next as we increase our knowledge and/or technical expertise,that then helps us increase our knowledge. https://www.space.com/22880-life-from-space-panspermia-possibility.html While I totally agree that this is just a theory,theories are all we have for how life originated on this planet. Another point in the evolution of life that fascinates me is when it became and how life became multi-celled. Most life before snowball earth was single celled and we postulate that volcanism stimulated the process of single celled to multi celled. https://theconversation.com/how-snowball-earth-volcanoes-altered-oceans-to-help-kickstart-animal-life-53280 The earth is nearly 4 billion years old and snowball earth is believed to have occurred between 640-720 million years ago. I first learnt about this watching Brian Cox's series The Wonders of life. Edited September 14, 2021 by Ilunga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 A huge leap towards Nuclear fusion ? https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/superconducting-magnets-needed-to-power-nuclear-fusion-reactors-exist-and-work/ I believe that our species has the intellects to make this is only a matter of when not if. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 10 hours ago, Ilunga said: A huge leap towards Nuclear fusion ? https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/superconducting-magnets-needed-to-power-nuclear-fusion-reactors-exist-and-work/ I believe that our species has the intellects to make this is only a matter of when not if. From the article: "In fact, the CFS research and development team boasts that their reactor will be able to turn a glass of water into the electricity usage of one human for their entire lifetime." Sounds good to me. But there's always a caveat: "If such a powerful machine can produce more electricity than it uses..." Thus far, hasn't that been the problem with fusion? That it takes more power than it actually produces? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 3 hours ago, UnkNuk said: From the article: "In fact, the CFS research and development team boasts that their reactor will be able to turn a glass of water into the electricity usage of one human for their entire lifetime." Sounds good to me. But there's always a caveat: "If such a powerful machine can produce more electricity than it uses..." Thus far, hasn't that been the problem with fusion? That it takes more power than it actually produces? Yep that's been the problem so far. However I do believe if we keep working towards making nuclear fusion a realistic,reliable form of power generation it will happen eventually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 More good news on the treatment of Alzheimer's https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/chemists-found-an-effective-remedy-for-aged-brain-diseases-ural-university/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Dark energy stuff. https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/scientists-may-have-accidentally-detected-dark-energy-1.5589069 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 William Shatner has a program on RT America called "I Don't Understand" wherein he interviews different people to learn about things he doesn't understand. In his latest episode, he interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson on astrophysics. It's kind of a rambling conversation but, hey, it's William Shatner and Neil deGrasse Tyson! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 As I have stated before I am on the spectrum-Aspy. When I was growing up their was no recognition of Autism let alone therapies to help those on the spectrum. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-breakthrough-therapy-reduced-autism-diagnoses-in-children-by-one-third/ I usually don't buy into the political spin, Australia is the smart country,however these guys deserve a shout out. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 More Good news on the Nuclear Fusion front and it comes from Canada https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/canadian-fusion-energy-startup-to-build-400m-demonstration-plant/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 Solar Hydrogen Clean Energy $@@# yeah https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ut-austin-solves-clean-hydrogen-energy-hurdle/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 And the Nobel prize for medicine goes to... https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/oct/04/nobel-prize-in-medicine-awarded-to-us-duo-for-work-on-sense-of-touch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Well, if anyone should go...might as well be him. Star Trek's Captain Kirk is rocketing into space — for real https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/captain-kirk-blue-origin-1.6198720 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Well, if anyone should go...might as well be him. Star Trek's Captain Kirk is rocketing into space — for real https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/captain-kirk-blue-origin-1.6198720 Not before TJ Hooker! Edited October 4, 2021 by NewbieCanuckFan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 White Noise can help kids with learning difficulties. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/flickering-screens-help-children-reading-and-writing-difficulties/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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