Things you don't need to know...

[danutz_plusplus]

Return of the King's son. Time to steer the ship proper.

 

[danutz_plusplus]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1925583850513575956

View: https://x.com/PolymarketIntel/status/1925583850513575956


Hilarious indeed.

 

[pibbuR]

Posting this one here in stead of the daily smile thread due to its veeery geeky nature:

It's true. Archaea, one of the three domains of life (the other two are bacteria and eucaryotes), is not known to cause disease on humans.

pibbuR
PS.
Many species in this domain are extremophiles, and some of them have very weird shapes, like Haloquadratum walsbyi (an extremophile who likes waters 5 times more salty than sea water) whose cells are squares.

And BTW, archaea, not bacteria, is also the domain that probably gave rise to the eucaryotes and eventually us.
DS.

 

[pibbuR]

Seems like we may not to be as worried as we thought:

The Milky Way may not collide with neighboring galaxy Andromeda after all: 'From near-certainty to a coin flip'

"The fact that there is only around a 50-50 chance of a merger was very surprising."

www.space.com

pibbuR who worries a lot (too much) about a lot about (too many) things. But not this one.

 

[notdart]

Seems like we may not to be as worried as we thought:

The Milky Way may not collide with neighboring galaxy Andromeda after all: 'From near-certainty to a coin flip'

"The fact that there is only around a 50-50 chance of a merger was very surprising."

www.space.com

pibbuR who worries a lot (too much) about a lot about (too many) things. But not this one.

Darn it you beat me to the post..... pity we won't ever know the truth of it.

 

[Couchpotato]

Good to know but it won't matter in a few billion years the whole universe will go dark, and then bam another big bang will happen. Wish I could live long enough to experience space travel, though I doubt it'll happen in 50 years from now.

 

[pibbuR]

Spoiler: Nipicking

Actually it will take trillion of years before it turns black. Red dwarfs which dominate galaxies live for a veeeeeery long time. Practical consequences limited

Pibbur who thinks (guesses, hopes) we'll see another Big Bang, but the jury is still out.

 

[Couchpotato]

Sorry meant trillions but makes you wonder, if so how many times has it happened?

 

[Lakorus]

Many species in this domain are extremophiles, and some of them have very weird shapes, like Haloquadratum walsbyi (an extremophile who likes waters 5 times more salty than sea water) whose cells are squares.

And BTW, archaea, not bacteria, is also the domain that probably gave rise to the eucaryotes and eventually us.
DS.

Interesting fact, I thought that all cells tend to be spheres in one form or another. This looks like an early version of the windows-logo, btw

 

[bkrueger]

This looks like an early version of the windows-logo, btw

It is! The -3.5 billion years edition.

 

[notdart]

Good to know but it won't matter in a few billion years the whole universe will go dark, and then bam another big bang will happen. Wish I could live long enough to experience space travel, though I doubt it'll happen in 50 years from now.

Actually this is an open debate as to whether the universe will eventually collapse or expand forever. However lets pose this thought if it does collpase to re-explode will everything that previously happen repeat itself and will we relive these moments at some point in the distant future ?

 

[pibbuR]

Interesting and funny chemistry lecture/presentation from Royal Institute:

 

[Carnifex]

Chemistry is so intriguing, fascinating and fun, I wish it came more easily to me. That and language acquisition seem to be kryptonite to this bloke.

 

[Carnifex]

Father's Day loot....Disco Elysium, a medallion for having walked the Appalachian trail over thirty years ago, and a new pair of moccasins!