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I love the smell of science in the morning!

DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
edited June 2009 in Social Entropy++
It smells like..nerds.

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So, it appears the old saw about Komodo dragons killing by infection is a load of bunk

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  • itswebitsweb Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    halitosis is a myth
    confirmed

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    itsweb wrote: »
    halitosis is a myth

    confirmed
    no, your mother is proof that halitosis is very real

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  • QorzmQorzm Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    old people smell

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    So it's venom instead, then

    That's actually a lot worse!

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    what could be more important than your family?


    sssssssssssssssssssssssscience?

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2009
    While that's pretty awesome, it's also kinda disappointing

    The bacteria thing was just so cool and fucked up

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  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    It seems odd that they're only now discovering this. Have they never autopsied a dead kimodo dragon before? Seems like you'd notice twelve venom glands just hangin out there.

    Edit: whoops, misread. It was six on each side of the lower jaw.

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    hooray the Science thread is back

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Still pretty sure that those bacterias arent good for you

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    science smells like sex sometimes

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Hey that's the ScienceNews website

    I get their magazine delivered

    S'pretty sweet

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  • CrossBusterCrossBuster Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Or is it sex that smells like science?

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  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Either way I'm blinded by it

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Halfmex wrote: »
    It seems odd that they're only now discovering this. Have they never autopsied a dead kimodo dragon before? Seems like you'd notice six venom glands just hangin out there.
    I was thinking the same thing, but it really illustrates how many species we don't really know all that much about

    it is rather odd that biologists seem to have inferred whether or not they have venom glands largely based on the effect their bites have rather than actually doing an autopsy

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Hey that's the ScienceNews website

    I get their magazine delivered

    S'pretty sweet
    yeah, SN is a good publication
    I get that and SciAm

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  • HalfmexHalfmex I mock your value system You also appear foolish in the eyes of othersRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    Halfmex wrote: »
    It seems odd that they're only now discovering this. Have they never autopsied a dead kimodo dragon before? Seems like you'd notice six venom glands just hangin out there.
    I was thinking the same thing, but it really illustrates how many species we don't really know all that much about

    it is rather odd that biologists seem to have inferred whether or not they have venom glands largely based on the effect their bites have rather than actually doing an autopsy
    Yeah, exactly. It's pretty interesting and a great discovery nonetheless, just strikes me as funny.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Urgh my first thought regarding the lack of komodo autopsies is that they need to place a new biocontainment facility before the next mission

    God I even managed to nerd up the science thread, that is hardcore

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    it is scientifically proven that these new prius commercials will insure I never, ever buy one

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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Mysst wrote: »
    it is scientifically proven that these new prius commercials will insure I never, ever buy one

    I haven't seen these, but toyota has always had really terrible commercials

    I dunno what's up with that

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  • KajustaKajusta Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I ordered a 50 ft ethernet cable from amazon on the 7th, they shipped it on the 8th, I did 3 day shipping and that shit still isn't here.

    Science has done nothing for me in this regard.

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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    A lion's bacteria still gonna fuck you up. Those things are nasty.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    if you're in a position to actually worry about getting an infection from a lion bite, you're pretty lucky

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    human bites can be damn nasty, too

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  • AlpineAlpine Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Some enviro-science from Coca Cola

    Coca-Cola releasing "Green" bottles in place of plastic version

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    autono-wally, erotibot300 wrote: »
    human bites can be damn nasty, too
    that's why you always bite when fighting. you may not win, but hopefully you'll give him an infection

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  • Run Run RunRun Run Run __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2009
    An American woman's mouth is the most dangerous place..

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    autono-wally, erotibot300 wrote: »
    human bites can be damn nasty, too

    Too right. It turns out that we didn't only out-compete Neanderthals, we may have eaten the poor bastards as well.

    "The cuts to the bone are similar to those left on those of deer and other animals butchered by humans in the Stone Age. It is believed that the flesh was eaten by humans and the teeth used to make a necklace."

    Hardcore.

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  • autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    abstinence only education really fucked up the fun in sex

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    That Neanderthal article is some disturbing science

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  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    We don't just crush the competition, we consume it.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    autono-wally, erotibot300 wrote: »
    m ø ø se bites can be quite nasty, too

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  • Shifty FisterShifty Fister Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Yess, science thread returns.

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    AMP'd wrote: »
    That Neanderthal article is some disturbing science

    Can you imagine the legends they must have told about us? If they had a storytelling tradition, that is.

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Modeling Combustion Engines to Pump Up Efficiency

    stuff like this makes me want to go back to school

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    haha
    I saw that earlier along with a bunch of other articles about engineering better fuel efficiency and I had a hunch you'd get a big ol boner over them

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    why did it take so long for science to find venom glands in komodo dragons!?

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2009
    natek wrote: »
    why did it take so long for science to find venom glands in komodo dragons!?
    honestly? probably just a case of no one bothering to look because they didn't think they were there

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    haha
    I saw that earlier along with a bunch of other articles about engineering better fuel efficiency and I had a hunch you'd get a big ol boner over them

    you know me

    anything to do with engines and I get all glassy eyed and happy

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  • nateknatek unh unh Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Druhim wrote: »
    natek wrote: »
    why did it take so long for science to find venom glands in komodo dragons!?
    honestly? probably just a case of no one bothering to look because they didn't think they were there

    it just seems odd that they go with one thing for so many years without even bothering to look

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  • BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Run Run Run wrote: »
    An American woman's mouth is the most dangerous place..

    I'm sure any female orifice, regardless of nationality, is not something you will have to worry about.

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