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by Liz
Sat Oct 07, 2023 7:58 am
Forum: Science
Topic: Fossils & Paleontology
Replies: 105
Views: 24436

Fossils & Paleontology

There are both raised tracks and depressed trackways at WhiteSands ... depending on the soil conditions at the time made. Once it is dry, it is more resistant to the effects of wind or water. Eventually, a new layer of sediment buries the hardened mud or sand, preserving the footprints. As the sedim...
by Liz
Fri Sep 22, 2023 8:02 am
Forum: Astronomy
Topic: Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.
Replies: 257
Views: 29639

Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/21/scientists-excited-to-find-ocean-of-one-of-jupiters-moons-contains-carbon Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon Discovery adds weight to view that Europa’s ocean could be most promising place in solar system to loo...
by Liz
Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:18 pm
Forum: The Big Lie & Aftermath of The Former Guy
Topic: trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)
Replies: 12615
Views: 1270883

trump (the former guy, defamer, and rapist)

Get 'em while they are hot! He is selling mugshot tshirts of his horrible 20-minute experience at the Fulton County violent Jail. Trump Describes Humiliating Mugshot as a ‘Terrible Experience’ https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-mugshot-former-president-reports-to-fulton-county-jail He opted to for...
by Liz
Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:22 pm
Forum: Current Politics
Topic: Political Toons
Replies: 6035
Views: 680162

Political Toons

Didn't that paid admissions scandal involving the actress have something about one of her kids getting an athletic scholarship for rowing or volleyball or some such? A sport she wasn't even involved in? Yes. The rare full ride Coxswain scholarship.. she did have to chant "Stroke, Stroke" ...
by Liz
Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Titan Submersible Vessel
Replies: 221
Views: 18144

Titan Submersible Vessel

“While not definitive, this information was immediately shared with the Incident Commander to assist with the ongoing search and rescue mission.” “While not definitive", if you believe in coincidence... what made it definitive for me was when contact was lost and it did not resurface... droppi...
by Liz
Sat Jun 17, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Archaeology
Replies: 274
Views: 100636

Archaeology

Germany pls check article for images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/16/till-shines-3300-year-old-sword-found-in-germany-bronze-age-grave-bavaria The image... way nicer than I thought... https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/20af7bbb01e9e4b7f14bbb66abb7c366e82ef7e9/0_378_2268_2268/master/2268.j...
by Liz
Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:13 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Fossils & Paleontology
Replies: 105
Views: 24436

Fossils & Paleontology

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/ediacaran-fossil-park-to-open-to-tourists/102220196 Half a billion years old :thumbsup: One of the fossils found at the site was the Spriggina – the first evidence of a creature with a head . Exclusive to the Flinders, it has not been found anywhere else in th...
by Liz
Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:06 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Archaeology
Replies: 274
Views: 100636

Archaeology

1,000-year-old Native American canoe retrieved from North Carolina lake https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/21/north-carolina-lake-native-american-canoe It surely was wider... 1000 years is long time to be in the muck... but worse to be out of sometimes. https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e0e2...
by Liz
Sun Apr 16, 2023 2:11 pm
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: Hijack This Thread
Replies: 6972
Views: 585000

Hijack This Thread

Can you give some change? https://youtu.be/pN08sD1yA80 How many ways are there to spend a dime? Back in the day I could buy a RC 16 oz for 10 cents.... 2 plus 2 cent glass bottle deposit 2 million dimes worth $200,000 stolen from Philadelphia truck, police say Police searching for ‘10 or more males...
by Liz
Tue Mar 28, 2023 5:30 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Archaeology
Replies: 274
Views: 100636

Archaeology

The Shaman's Secrets The Shaman's Secrets 1934 Germany. Workers digging a trench find grave from 9,000 years ago. Local archaeologists say that the grave is a Neolithic farmer. Nazi party says a white man from the Neolithic, an ur-Aryan 1950's - It's a Mesolithic woman. pelvis shape and other bones....
by Liz
Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:25 am
Forum: Science
Topic: Archaeology
Replies: 274
Views: 100636

Archaeology

What is it? Two thousand-year-old object found at Roman fort in Northumberland in 1992 has been reassessed by archaeologists. Theory 1 - 1992. A darning tool. Theory 2 - Sun 19 Feb 2023. A sexual implement used for pleasure or torture. Theory 3. - " " " . Part of a statue which passer...
by Liz
Sun Feb 12, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: The Funny
Topic: Jokes
Replies: 464
Views: 113843

Jokes

Yeah, it's not a joke but it made me laugh... and an informative read about swearing origins and some benefits of using them... by golly. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/feb/09/is-swearing-still-taboo If it were the 14th century, your name was Robert Clevecunt and you lived on Pissing Alley...
by Liz
Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:59 pm
Forum: Current Politics
Topic: 💣 The Disastrous 118th Congress - "My Kevin" McCarthy "Fuc*ing Fuc*wad" Mike Johnson, House Speaker /Clowns
Replies: 2580
Views: 301527

The 118th Congress with Pretzel Kevin "Only Kevin" "My Kevin" McCarthy, Speaker? /Clowns

I picked Fred Upton.. fellow Michigander.. He's not a crazy.
If this continues to drag on I hope Hakeem gets 6 R's willing to dive on the grenades for self pride and country.
by Liz
Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:35 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: GEOLOGY!
Replies: 19
Views: 1737

GEOLOGY!

“Making minerals: Crushed, zapped, boiled and baked”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62013806 As I understand it, iron/nickel meteorites are the cores of proto planets that were destroyed in the early formation of our solar system. ... or from outside our solar system like Oumuamua ...
by Liz
Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:40 am
Forum: Science
Topic: Archaeology
Replies: 274
Views: 100636

Archaeology

As Gutsick Gibbon says, "very cool". Way cool. She explained it well... I was thinking Neandertal. Homo Erectus were smart While establishing evidence for early use of fire, it is difficult to determine with certainty whether this fire was ‘‘collected’’ by hominins from a natural source o...
by Liz
Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:47 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Archaeology
Replies: 274
Views: 100636

Archaeology

Eating fresh water fish made us human.... ? ..read the link. Oldest evidence of the controlled use of fire to cook food, researchers report. The needle moved from 170,000 years ago to 780,000 years.... so, that's what it will be until an older is found. The chances of the GBY site being the oldest i...
by Liz
Tue Nov 15, 2022 7:35 am
Forum: Current Politics
Topic: Is Political Polling Meaningful Anymore?
Replies: 47
Views: 2271

Is Political Polling Meaningful Anymore?

Push Pull Polling. It seems the purpose of the Push to get the Pull is to publish results that shows a candidate ahead whether or not they were... to get $'s from Business's (in hopes to curry favor) by backing the frontrunner/likely winner? As for individual me, It could be I'm wired differently......
by Liz
Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:56 am
Forum: Astronomy
Topic: Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.
Replies: 257
Views: 29639

Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.

When Neutron Stars merge they instantly form a black hole. Not this time. But the latest observations revealed the monster star hovering in view for more than a day before it faded out of sight. “Such a massive neutron star with a long life expectancy is not normally thought to be possible,” said Dr...
by Liz
Fri Nov 11, 2022 7:42 pm
Forum: Astronomy
Topic: General Astronomy
Replies: 34
Views: 2503

General Astronomy

It's a piece of the wing with heat shield tiles facing upwards... I think https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/shuttle-debris-2-history-channel-vnr-1668112284.jpg?crop=0.9938224591689938xw:1xh;center,top&resize=660:* Michael Ciannili, program manager of the Apollo, ...
by Liz
Mon Nov 07, 2022 10:03 am
Forum: Current Politics
Topic: Is Political Polling Meaningful Anymore?
Replies: 47
Views: 2271

Is Political Polling Meaningful Anymore?

What Froggy said.. :yeahthat: The American going right way or wrong way poll is at 72% wrong way, 28% right way. It's reported as a negative for Biden and Dem's. I'm Democratic straight ticket but if I was asked I would answer wrong way.... because of what has become of the republicans. So, it's a s...
by Liz
Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:32 pm
Forum: Astronomy
Topic: NASA Flying Observatories
Replies: 2
Views: 602

NASA Flying Observatories

note: first seven minutes mostly on aviation history that leads up to the Boeing 747 SP model used. https://youtu.be/DKDz9wS1oWQ Interesting 747 modification. I always thought it was a normal 747. I became a fan of Sofia when it was used to fly along in the path of the solar eclipse we had. The spa...
by Liz
Fri Oct 28, 2022 7:28 pm
Forum: Astronomy
Topic: Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.
Replies: 257
Views: 29639

Planets, Comets, Asteroids, etc.

the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) was able to take a picture of the newly formed crater created by the hit when it flew over the impact site less than 24 hours later. The image is impressive, showing blocks of ice that were spewed up onto the planet's surface around the 492-foot (150-meter) wid...
by Liz
Sun Aug 28, 2022 7:24 pm
Forum: Science
Topic: Archaeology
Replies: 274
Views: 100636

Re: Archaeology

It's archaeology lost. This made me feel angry, sad and admirative of the Man in the Hole. Amazon activists mourn death of ‘man of the hole’, last of his tribe Man resisted all attempts to contact him, laying traps and firing arrows at anyone who came too close. Officials know very little about the ...
by Liz
Mon Jun 13, 2022 1:09 pm
Forum: Astronomy
Topic: The case for intelligent life on other planets ...
Replies: 75
Views: 4787

Re: The case for intelligent life on other planets ...

the evidence of it would only last a few million years
...and that's why we've never found the fossilized remains of anything.
by Liz
Sun May 22, 2022 8:57 pm
Forum: Religion and Politics
Topic: The Vatican Observatory
Replies: 24
Views: 3488

Re: The Vatican Observatory

and the Earth was not a Sphere but roughly in the shape of a Pear.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson says the same. Earth is a pear-shaped oblate sphere...
I don't think he'll recant.

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