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**RollWithEm** · 07-13-2012, 06:55 AM

Newly disclosed files show UK was hoping to snag some alien tech

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We're still learning stuff from a big pile of UK Ministry of Defence UFO files that just went public. First we heard theories on why aliens might actually visit us, and now we've learned that the ministry was on the lookout for UFOs packing killer alien tech that they could put to use.

**RollWithEm** · 07-16-2012, 02:00 PM

How cool is this?

**RollWithEm** · 07-17-2012, 07:50 AM

Matt Smith claims the new season of Doctor Who will begin in August.

http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/do...st-says/275611

**RollWithEm** · 07-23-2012, 07:50 AM

Scientists create artificial jellyfish out of a rat's heart muscle

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building an artificial jellyfish out of silicone and rodent cardiac muscles is actually for the good of the human heart. Or at least that's what researchers are hoping for.

"The design of the heart that we have today is by no means the best physically possible design," said John Dabiri, an aeronautics and bioengineering professor at the California Institute of Technology who participated in the experiment. "It is the one that evolution stumbled onto over the course of millions of years of random searching."

The ultimate idea here is to find a way to build an artificial heart that functions better than our natural heart. And since the heart is basically a big pump, scientists are looking for ways to construct better biological pumping technology. Enter the jellyfish, which is basically a big swimming pump, taking in water and shooting it back out again to propel itself through water.

Though they could have used jellyfish muscles in the experiment, the researchers simply found that rat muscles were easier to work with. With a little silicone to put the "jelly" in jellyfish, the team found that the mass (which they called a "Medusoid") behaved much like the real thing when an electrical charge passed through it. Eventually, they even plan to add devices that allow the Medusoid to feed and move on its own, but for now the team is simply considering the implications the research has for future human heart health.

**RollWithEm** · 07-24-2012, 12:55 PM

1st look at Bryan Fuller's new Munsters from Mockingbird Lane

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The Munsters may have human forms, but creator Bryan Fuller claims they'll have darker roots. What they lack in looks, they'll make up for in story.

**RollWithEm** · 07-25-2012, 08:08 AM

**RollWithEm** · 07-27-2012, 06:28 AM

http://walyou.com/r2-d2-guitar/

**RollWithEm** · 07-27-2012, 06:30 AM

**RollWithEm** · 07-30-2012, 06:35 AM

How to watch BSG: http://www.theawl.com/2012/07/how-to...star-galactica

That's not a bad plan.

**RollWithEm** · 07-31-2012, 07:51 AM

**RollWithEm** · 07-31-2012, 08:44 AM

Scientists lost a 5,000-year-old star for 3 years

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A pulsar is made up of what's left over when a larger star is destroyed in a supernova. Those remnants are then compressed into a much smaller volume, and that compression leads to a very fast rotation. They're called "pulsars" because they seem to pulse on and off to our eyes (or our telescopes) when the beams of light emitted from their poles spin toward and away from us. When it was first spotted, this particular pulsar (designated J1838-0537) was spinning about seven times per second.

Alright, that makes sense.

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Now, when we say the Fermi team "lost" this star, we don't mean that they saw it in the sky, then didn't see it again for three years. The Fermi telescope doesn't necessarily work that way. It scans the sky for any sign of particles (or photos) of high-frequency gamma radiation, then translates whatever it finds into a kind of sky map. Scientists are then able to study the results to find both constant sources of gamma radiation, like stars, and infrequent bursts of it, like, say, solar flares. According to Pletsch, this particular pulsar was visible in the Fermi data until September 2009, at which point "it seemed to suddenly disappear."

I think I see where this is going. It slowed down too much.

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After carefully studying the data, the Fermi team determined that the star sort of hiccuped at some point in its rotation, causing it to speed up very, very slightly, just enough that its rotational pattern was no longer detected by the telescope.

Or I guess sped up would make sense, too.

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Using algorithms on the ATLAS supercomputer, the team was able to pin down the pulsar yet again this year.

Glad to hear it.

**Krstic All-Star** · 07-31-2012, 09:06 AM

This is why when I travel intergalactically I use Google Galaxy

**RollWithEm** · 08-01-2012, 07:07 AM

**RollWithEm** · 08-02-2012, 08:21 AM

Watch the Full Trailer for Doctor Who Season Seven

**RollWithEm** · 08-03-2012, 05:32 AM

The Top 10 Science Fiction Movie Remakes Of All Time

If you're going to consider TV shows, there is simply no way Battlestar is not #1 on this list. The Fly? Please.

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RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 28,197 Rep Power: 6035755	Re: RWE's SciFi Corner Matt Smith claims the new season of Doctor Who will begin in August. http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/do...st-says/275611 __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

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RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 28,197 Rep Power: 6035755	Re: RWE's SciFi Corner How to watch BSG: http://www.theawl.com/2012/07/how-to...star-galactica That's not a bad plan. __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

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08-02-2012, 08:21 AM	#89 (permalink)
RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 28,197 Rep Power: 6035755	Re: RWE's SciFi Corner Watch the Full Trailer for Doctor Who Season Seven __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

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RollWithEm Never Argue with a Fool Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Orleans Posts: 28,197 Rep Power: 6035755	Best Sci-Fi Remakes The Top 10 Science Fiction Movie Remakes Of All Time If you're going to consider TV shows, there is simply no way Battlestar is not #1 on this list. The Fly? Please. __________________ But that's just me. RWE's Random Questions: (Close Friends, Virginity, Home-Schooling, Wiretapping, Cheating, Piracy) RWE's Movie Rankings: (Coen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick, Top 90 of the 90's) RWE's Underground Update - RWE's SciFi Corner RWE's Smash Central - RWE's Culinary Cul de Sac 2015 FRSL Champion New Orleans Jazz Lawson - Thabo - Thad - Brow - Big Al - Manu - Jayson

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