Science News

[Guybrush]

I thought this was interesting, although I've only read the news article and it should be taken with a grain of salt.

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-link-between-cats-and-schizophrenia-is-real-study-finds

Cat ownership is associated with schizophrenia. It may roughly double the risk, though it may be important when in life you have exposure to them.

This is not completely unexpected because cats are potential carriers for toxoplasmosis, a parasite that increases risk taking behaviours in mice and which studies seem to suggest can have a similar effect on humans. I've known about toxoplasmosis' (and by extension cats') potential for increasing suicide rates and traffic accidents, but the schizophrenia diagnosis is new (if true).

[Janszoon]

Cat ownership is also associated with being awesome. 

[Psy-Fi]

50 "exceptionally well-preserved" Viking skeletons unearthed in Denmark

"This discovery offers extraordinary opportunities to perform a wide range of scientific analyses, which can reveal more about the general health, diet, and origins of those buried," said Michael Borre Lundø, archaeologist and curator at Museum Odense, in a statement.

He added that it was "truly unusual" to find so many well-preserved skeletons at once.

[Psy-Fi]

World's first wood-panelled satellite launched into space

[Psy-Fi]

Supersonic winds rage on planet over 500 light-years from Earth

[Psy-Fi]

66-million-year-old vomit discovered by amateur fossil hunter in Denmark: "Truly an unusual find"   

[Buck_Mulligan]

It'll be less expensive and a lot less noisy than Concorde.

Boom Supersonic's XB-1 demonstrator became the first manned civilian aircraft to break the sound barrier since the end of the Concorde era.

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/boom-supersonics-xb-1-goes-supersonic-for-the-first-time

[Guybrush]

It'll be less expensive and a lot less noisy than Concorde.
 
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/boom-supersonics-xb-1-goes-supersonic-for-the-first-time

Looks cool! I wonder who the target group is. But I guess it's not the average municipal employee like myself.

[Buck_Mulligan]

Looks cool! I wonder who the target group is. But I guess it's not the average municipal employee like myself.

I think it will be more than just "the average municipal employee" that will be on the outs.

This might be more in your wheelhouse, then again maybe not because I could see it displacing municipal water service employees.

This company wants to decentralize water recycling in the same way solar panels have changed energy generation. On-site non-potable recycling can do more than just save water. Reduce heating/cooling/Utility bills.

https://epiccleantec.com

[Psy-Fi]

He saves the best for last...

The Deepest Bottle Implosion Ever Recorded (SOUND WARNING!!)

[Psy-Fi]

Fish species thought to be extinct for 85 years rediscovered

[Buck_Mulligan]

20,000 km/h The speed at which a new jet engine could power an aircraft. The engine, developed by a group of scientists at the CAS Institute of Mechanics in Beijing, is "a potential game-changer in hypersonic propulsion that could redefine the limits of air and space travel," the South China Morning Post reported. It's part of China's ambitious plan to build a plane that can travel anywhere in the world within an hour by 2030. At 20,000 km/h (12,400 mph), flying from Shanghai to Los Angeles would take just 30 minutes.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3299576/chinese-scientists-build-worlds-first-jet-fuel-powered-engine-mach-16-flight?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage&utm_source=semafor