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10/1/2016

10/1/2016. Sorry im late, went to queensland for the week. futurism.com/science-weekly/ Subscribe for update, or dont I dont care. THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE January

Sorry im late, went to queensland for the week.
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THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE
January 3 - 10, 2016
Physic: t Space
Burnett scientists verify that Space! announces that the Falcon
mums will net metre when "t ‘it l? will Land an a mehili drama ship
is conserving them [aka far its next launch an Jan 17th
the EMU Effect]
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Scientists develop a new class at tit' Scientists essence dim flickers at
mend were that are gentle visible tight coming mam a black
Waugh tn manipulate stem cells hale forthe first time
withoout damage
A new implantable "shack
absurder" far knees has been
developed ta delay knee
replacement surgeries
Scientists teach bacteria ta
perform artificial photosynthesis
ta convert sunlight into valuable
chemical products
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#8 - brickfest (15 hours ago) [-]
The light coming from the black hole wasn't from the black hole itself... think the article mentioned the flashes were coming from the material orbiting black hole, not from the area beyond event horizon.

Think NASA is preparing telescope to photograph the phenomenon properly. Sorry if I'm not entirely correct, my entire space knowledge comes from Kerbal space program and movies like Interstellar
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User avatar #36 to #8 - wutthephuk ONLINE (1 hour ago) [-]
Well, from the ages of 4-10 my father passed out in front of the T.V. drunk whilst watching the history channel and not having a remote to change it. While all in the mean time the History channel played space documentaries and I became to love it. I am still in love with space today and I can almost tell you every detail about space. and I can tell you that black holes do spew out light that can leave the gravitational field. although it isnt the light from around it, its from Hawking radiation caused from when a particle is generated from a black hole while at the same time losing an atom. It is possible the the light is hawking radiation being bent and shot out if its spinning fast enough.
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User avatar #12 to #8 - casinoer (10 hours ago) [-]
That was pretty good.
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#14 to #8 - silasP (7 hours ago) [-]
I haven't read the article yet, but maybe they're referring to Hawking radiation, which does indeed come from within the black hole. In fact, it's the ONLY thing that comes from black holes.
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User avatar #16 to #8 - lapsushominum ONLINE (7 hours ago) [-]
Yes generally the light "from" black holes is generated by the matter around it that is spinning so rapidly the friction generates heat and radiates light
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User avatar #5 - lapsushominum ONLINE (17 hours ago) [-]
The first one is cool but the terminology of "observing" has always bugged me because it conveys an incorrect message to the layman that a human witnessing whatever event is special when in reality in this experiment it refers to measuring their movement via lasers in which case contact with the lasers is what is causing the effect.
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User avatar #20 to #5 - wiwaaaa (6 hours ago) [-]
It is probably just the person who made the picture doesn't have an understanding of quantum mechanics, and so just copied the term used in the scientific publication to be safe. I agree that it is a confusing term for people who haven't seen the terminology defined properly though.
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#15 to #5 - captainbalu (7 hours ago) [-]
Was about to write the same thing. I know people who would tend to think humans are special for altering things by observing them wich is not the case. therefore i like your comment
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User avatar #17 to #15 - lapsushominum ONLINE (7 hours ago) [-]
Yeah it's just unfortunate word choice because it conveys the message that somehow observing an event as in light entering the eye and being interpreted by the brain somehow retroactively changes the event when in reality it's the physical interaction with the measuring instrument that caused a reaction.
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User avatar #18 to #5 - skumbaner (6 hours ago) [-]
Aw. I thought the atoms were shy and tensed up when someone was looking at them
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User avatar #1 - admin (18 hours ago) [-]
it's october already? damn son
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User avatar #25 to #1 - mattdoggy (3 hours ago) [-]
Bring on the Skeletons
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#6 to #1 - thisweekinscience [OP](17 hours ago) [-]
>"back from queensland"
>expecting me to use ****** american style of time telling
>go home admin, ur high
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User avatar #3 to #1 - necrova ONLINE (18 hours ago) [-]
Go to sleep dude, no where does it mention anything about October.
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User avatar #4 to #3 - hightechlowlife ONLINE (18 hours ago) [-]
The joke is that the title is 10/1/2016 AKA October 1st.
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User avatar #11 to #4 - necrova ONLINE (13 hours ago) [-]
Oh, well I was only pretending to be stupid.

I haven't gone to sleep yet either
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User avatar #35 to #4 - dreygur (1 hour ago) [-]
It's pretty refreshing actually. I always have to think twice about the dates on this site because I'm an ********
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#21 - raisinbeuponhim (5 hours ago) [-]
bacteria photosynthesis? Are we becoming protoss now?
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#23 - djequalizee (5 hours ago) [-]
These posts are always a little misleading. They seem to bend what is actually going on a bit to make it seem more interesting. Though i guess they need to fit it into a couple sentences, so i can forgive it a bit
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#9 - kingderps (14 hours ago) [-]
With the zeno effect thing, I wonder what is meant by "observe" we can't see individual atoms normally, we need an electron microscope, that must do something to the atoms.
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User avatar #10 to #9 - goodhomer ONLINE (14 hours ago) [-]
It means measure.
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User avatar #22 to #10 - rockamekishiko ONLINE (5 hours ago) [-]
measure as in...?
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User avatar #24 to #22 - goodhomer ONLINE (3 hours ago) [-]
Probably speed, position, charge, etc. All the things we can measure.
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#13 to #10 - skebaba (8 hours ago) [-]
Then ******* say so. Some scientists...
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User avatar #26 to #13 - gmarrox (2 hours ago) [-]
It's called a scientific observation. Don't worry, you'll learn about the scientific method eventually. Until then, enjoy 3rd grade.
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User avatar #19 to #13 - wiwaaaa (6 hours ago) [-]
It's just terminology. We call something that can be measured an "observable" in quantum mechanics. Chill dude
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#42 - blackoutonetwotwo ONLINE (16 minutes ago) [-]
>atoms will not move when someone is observing them
>not move

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User avatar #34 - friedgreenpomatoes (1 hour ago) [-]
so black holes aren't black at all, just very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, dark grey holes.
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User avatar #31 - sourceror (1 hour ago) [-]
Physics: so wait you're telling me that atoms are the equivalent of deer in the headlights???
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#40 - anon (36 minutes ago) [-]
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User avatar #37 - ILIEKPEPSEE ONLINE (1 hour ago) [-]
This whole "Atoms/particles/etc. act differently when they're being observed" thing is the one thing that confuses me most about quantum mechanics. Can someone explain the phenomenon in some reasonable fashion?
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User avatar #43 to #37 - whitie ONLINE (6 minutes ago) [-]
We just confirmed the fact that it happens

There isn't anyone in the world who could explain why it happens to you (right now)
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User avatar #45 to #43 - ILIEKPEPSEE ONLINE (5 minutes ago) [-]
It just defies all logic, to me at least.
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User avatar #46 to #45 - whitie ONLINE (1 minute ago) [-]
Discovering something like this redefines the way we percieve logic, before the discovery of gravity the idea of an object pulling on you by simply being near you probably sounded pretty silly, one hundred years from now this phenomenon will just be another law of physics
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User avatar #47 to #46 - ILIEKPEPSEE ONLINE (45 seconds ago) [-]
I guess so
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#29 - nebuelaeus ONLINE (1 hour ago) [-]
>Purposely confusing information about black holes is confusing
This annoyed me, I read that **** and thought "what?! holy **** !"
But no, it's the light from around a black hole, something we've known about for a while. Why do you hurt me so
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#38 - vivified ONLINE (48 minutes ago) [-]
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I am rooting for the knee shock absorbers.
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#39 to #38 - antibronywiseman ONLINE (39 minutes ago) [-]
That roll.
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#44 - supersixfourr ONLINE (6 minutes ago) [-]
>10/1/2016
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#33 - anon (1 hour ago) [-]
I'm obviously posting as anon for this question:

So that first article about quantum mechanics apparently has some application in computers. If you can observe atoms, then you stop their motion. Who is going to be watching the computers? Does it have to be a human, or can it be an animal, or an insect? Does the thing observing have o be alive, or have a consciousness? Can you trick the atoms into thinking they're being watched?
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#41 to #33 - renacava ONLINE (24 minutes ago) [-]
that's the question, wtf is up with consciousness and is it defined by its ability to observe?
either that, or it's using instruments to measure the atoms that interferes with them, eg: light hits the electrons in metals making them bounce around, which means that all we see is bouncing around electrons but the electrons are naturally not bouncing, it's the act of shining a light on it to observe it that changes its results... or something

i dunno man i read like one tiny book on quantum theory in 8th grade, **** , where's sciencexplain

tho i do think that guy, Bohr, he tried to figure out wtf is up with conscious observers being the trigger for that quantum **** we keep talking about... but i dont think people really cared much back then tho
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#32 - Eichimaru (1 hour ago) [-]
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**Eichimaru rolled image** You gon' post "This week in Science" and give no links? That's cold, fam
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User avatar #30 - bakinboy (1 hour ago) [-]
Salsa PLZ!
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#28 - anon (1 hour ago) [-]
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**anonymous rolled image**SCIENCE
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#27 - anon (2 hours ago) [-]
Australia represent, my previous lab team is actually making photosynthesis for realsies. Through synth bio.
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User avatar #7 - creamymcgee ONLINE (16 hours ago) [-]
All fascinating as per usual.
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