SC2Mapster

For people to post links to various subjects in science.

First link of the thread: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/forensics-on-trial.html

Who would have foreseen that research on studying the eyes of flies could be applied to recovering fingerprints from crime scenes? Certainly not the naysayers who said fly research was waste of money and time.

Bonus link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm

Computer programming methods inspired by evolution.

Dont even try to turn this into another idiotic religion debate thread, , if you want that then just leave the site and go somewhere else...

Edit Reason: Minor Edits, Edited to be something for everyone instead of directed at anyone.

@Taintedwisp: Go

You are the one who is trying to turn this into a religious thread. This thread specifically is asking for interesting stuff about science. You should keep the discussion to science without turning this into a silly argument where one isn't needed nor wanted.

@Nebuli2: Go

+1. Dude seriously needs to learn some restraint.

Lol at someone actually voting no up top. Anyways, mine is less a document and more of a documentary, I have no issues watching ants for hours on end. Find just about everything about them fascinating, is no surprise I like thinking about AI and systems in general.

Desert Ants

Ants in General

@Nebuli2: Go

Actually I was just looking at the 2 references to the religion thread in his post :P

But whatever, I wont say anything about it next time... Ill just let the stupidity continue...

This is an interesting topic... but I will stay away from it, due to the previous debacle about science vs. religion :( The wounds have not healed yet...

Fora TV is quite educational: http://fora.tv/2012/10/13/Ray_Kurzweil_How_to_Create_a_Mind

Talking of ants, friend sent me a link to this recently (I think he got it off reddit)

Some more links to various topics:

http://www.asme.org/kb/news---articles/articles/nanotechnology/nanomagnets-may-power-the-computers-of-the-future

http://www.asme.org/kb/news---articles/media/2012/11/video-current-trends-challenges-modular-robotics

http://news.discovery.com/human/excellent-idea/roads-glowing-netherlands-121102.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/advances-in-mechanical-hand-and-robotic-arms-impress/story-fn7celvh-1226511270339

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506511/breakthrough-offers-a-better-way-to-make-drugs/

http://www.memagazinedigital.org/memagazine/sample?folio=42#pg44

wtf fd federation what kind of guy are you ??? you ''troll''  on a forum about sc 2 map makers if you like to replay about your ''god'' plz dont do it here but on a god forum

this is the dutch version http://www.kerknieuws.nl/nieuws.asp?oId=22951

AND STOP TO NAG WITH YOUR DAMN GOD IF YOU BELIEVE IN HIM FINE BUT I BELIEVE IN SCIENCE AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU NEED TO SHUT UP I DONT UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DONT ASHAME FOR YOUR ZELF

are you a Jehovah's witnesses ???????????????

@rikky333: Go

To quote Nebuli2:

Quote from Nebuli2: Go

@Taintedwisp: Go

You are the one who is trying to turn this into a religious thread. This thread specifically is asking for interesting stuff about science. You should keep the discussion to science without turning this into a silly argument where one isn't needed nor wanted.

To that quote, here are some more SCIENCE links:

http://www.asme.org/kb/news---articles/articles/aerospace---defense/the-next-era-of-human-space-flight

http://www.asme.org/kb/news---articles/articles/bioengineering/a-mini-sensor-for-brain-scanning

???????????

• Virophages as bacteria killers.
• Viruses as "devolved" unicellular organisms that are another part of the tree of life as opposed to extrinsic freaks. Viruses as spreaders of permanent genetic information between all organisms.
• Weird shit (Harp sponge)
  

@Deadzergling: Go I agree. Ants are fascinating. And scary. Very scary.

EDIT:

Bacteria used in self-repairing concrete.

Carbon nanotubes as alternative to silicon computer chips.

If this thread is going to stay on Science, and not a debate then awesome :

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/134672-harvard-cracks-dna-storage-crams-700-terabytes-of-data-into-a-single-gram

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/131574-living-organ-on-a-chip-could-soon-replace-animal-testing

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/84340-new-silicon-chip-sequences-complete-genome-in-three-hours

@Taintedwisp: Go

Those were some pretty interesting links. Combine it with the improvement of processors using nanomaterials and the fact that supercomputers are seeing increasing use in science and you catch a glimpse of the future: supercomputers simulating trillions of different situations at a time and storing everything in specialized DNA. Looks like the future of scientific progress is going to be completely based in supercomputing, as opposed to partially relying on it.

I'm not sure about Organs on Chips being completely reliable as a way to test new drugs. A drug used on a few cells is a lot different from a drug affecting an entire organism. However, the idea is certainly promising if you're trying to find out why a certain substance is affecting an organism in a particular way. I don't think it will replace animal or human testing but it may speed it up exponentially (and make it much cheaper which is extremely important as today's drug development costs millions and takes far too long to keep up with our increasing, self-inflicted health problems).

@Gradius12: Go

Yea what would be the "exotic" matter? Really cool otherwise.

@rikky333: Go

If the religion thread instead were named "What's your favourite form of media?" this thread would be "What's your favourite song/book/film/game?", you wouldn't march into the latter saying "Why are you guys still discussing this!11!!".