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The internet adventures of Peter Di Cecco.


Aliens exist?!

Big news for Astronomers and SETI enthusiasts yesterday: A new planet that is probably capable of supporting life was discovered. As pointed out in a recent reddit thread, just a few years ago a possible signal was discovered coming from this solar system. Since 1+1=2, this is the closest thing ever to discovering extra-terrestrial intelligence! I’m psyched!

Here are some excerpts and links to the articles:

[In December 2008] Ragbir Bhathal was scanning the night sky for alien activity, just as he does every night. Except on this December eve Ragbir Bhathal found a strong, regular, repeating signal. […] there stands a strong chance that Ragbir found a message sent by some intelligent, alien race.

— VBS Blog

A new member in a family of planets circling a red dwarf star 20 light-years away has just been found. […] Gliese 581g is the first world discovered beyond Earth that’s the right size and location for life.

— Discovery News



#geeky   #thank you science   #space  


ROBOTS!


#robots   #thank you science  


This video is incredible.

Did You Know? (via Vimeo)



#power of the internet   #cool idea   #thank you science   #internet  


Girl with no vagina gets pregnant via oral sex and a knife fight.

A true WTF.

There’s this girl who can’t have sex, because she doesn’t have a vagina. One day, she decides to give her boyfriend oral sex. Shortly after the fellatio, the girl’s ex-lover finds out, and a knife fight ensues. All three people in the love triangle are admitted to the hospital for knife wounds.

Nine months later, the girl goes back to the hospital complaining of abdominal pains. Turns out there’s a fetus wanting to come out, but she doesn’t have a vagina, so a caesarean section is performed. A healthy baby boy is born.

She has no vagina, so she’s never had sex, so how did the pregnancy occur? The girl’s knife wounds allowed the semen to travel from her gastrointestinal tract to her reproductive organs. Unbelievable!

That dude’s little swimmers should be in the Olympics!

Read the full story here.



#is this for real?   #thank you science   #wtf   #Nature of Things  


Look out Captain Kirk, here we come.

“Using traditional chemical rockets, a trip to Mars – at quickest — lasts 6 months. But a new rocket tested successfully last week could potentially cut down travel time to the Red Planet to just 39 days.”

— Universe Today via reddit


I highly suggest reading the article on Universe Today, it’s neat stuff!



#thank you science   #geeky  


“John Gordon used a hobby kit to design a computer-controlled camera, then stuck it in a protective box and launched it into space (from Vulcan, Alberta) with a weather balloon. The pictures shot by his DiY satellite are breathtaking.”

— io9 via The Wold is Awesome

You can see the whole photo set on John Gordon’s Facebook page.

There is also a YouTube video of the whole process (it starts off with some slides, but there is video and sound later):



#DIY   #cool idea   #geeky   #thank you science