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Physicists Have Successfully Advanced a Key Device For Producing Fusion Power

Physicists working on a type of fusion reactor called a stellarator are getting closer to actually harnessing the power of nuclear fusion.

www.sciencealert.com

 

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...gon-capsule-begins-three-day-orbit-Earth.html


SpaceX Dragon Orbit Inspiration4

 

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paywall:
Experimental reactor could hand China the holy grail of nuclear energy.

Thorium. https://energyfromthorium.com/


Other articles

China Is About to Test Its Thorium-Fueled Nuclear Reactor - Interesting Engineering

The experimental reactor could move China closer to its green energy goals.

interestingengineering.com

China prepares to test thorium-fuelled nuclear reactor

If China’s experimental reactor is a success it could lead to commercialization and help the nation meet its climate goals.

www.nature.com

From 2009 Jerry Pournelle (an actual rocket scientist, and author)

Mail 581 July 27 - August 2, 2009

www.jerrypournelle.com

 

[RicInOR]

Home build electric ultra-light airplane

styrofoam & gorilla glue
10 bolts

Peter Sripol on Instagram: "It’s got wings!!! Ok maybe just half the wings so far... #ultralight #airplane"

4,124 likes, 56 comments - petersripol on August 17, 2020: "It’s got wings!!! Ok maybe just half the wings so far... #ultralight #airplane"

www.instagram.com

Peter Sripol on Instagram: "2/2 wing panels unlocked #ultralight #airplane"

3,745 likes, 55 comments - petersripol on August 29, 2020: "2/2 wing panels unlocked #ultralight #airplane"

www.instagram.com

 

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Hear audio, get pictures & video to help you ID birds you see. And you can track should you want to.
https://ebird.org/home web page and app.


example: Canada Goose (3 web pages )
https://ebird.org/species/cangoo

Canada Goose Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The big, black-necked Canada Goose with its signature white chinstrap mark is a familiar and widespread bird of fields and parks. Thousands of “honkers” migrate north and south each year, filling the sky with long V-formations. But as lawns have proliferated, more and more of these...

www.allaboutbirds.org

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis - Birds of the World

Species accounts for all the birds of the world.

birdsoftheworld.org

 

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Custom covered bridge.

Click to enlarge

 

[RicInOR]

NASA Officials Are Worried That Pirates Will Steal the James Webb Telescope

"Why would you announce that you’re going to be shipping on a certain day something that is worth over $10 billion?"

futurism.com

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-pirates/618268/

What? This -

 

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Cap't Kirk in Space



Or, TJ Hooker if you prefer


update: @sobo
Back to Earth! Star Trek's William Shatner, 90, is the oldest person EVER in space
as he and three others spend three minutes 62 miles above Earth:
Jeff Bezos opens New Shepard capsule door as new astronauts
land safely in Texas desert





NASA sent best wishes ahead of the flight, tweeting: 'You are, and always shall be, our friend.'

 

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Cap't Kirk in Space

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Or, TJ Hooker if you prefer

He went up in the "dick ship", didn't he?

 

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He went up in the "dick ship", didn't he?

He's still doing merchandizing too. He has a line of classic women's underwear. It's not doing so well. Probably shouldn't have named them Shatner Panties.

 

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He's still doing merchandizing too. He has a line of classic women's underwear. It's not doing so well. Probably shouldn't have named them Shatner Panties.

You got that from when I posted this 16 months ago, didn'ya?

 

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You got that from when I posted this 16 months ago, didn'ya?
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I know a good joke when I steal one.

 

[RicInOR]

For the first time, surgeons successfully attached a kidney grown in a pig to a human patient

"Although the successful operation represents a significant milestone, surgeons and researchers say that will need to know more about the longevity of the organ and any side effects that may occur."


" Of the more than 100,000 Americans currently on transplant waiting lists, 12 die every day."

 

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For the first time, surgeons successfully attached a kidney grown in a pig to a human patient

"Although the successful operation represents a significant milestone, surgeons and researchers say that will need to know more about the longevity of the organ and any side effects that may occur."


" Of the more than 100,000 Americans currently on transplant waiting lists, 12 die every day."

Forget pig kidneys. I want the heart of a lion!






And the stones of a bull.

 

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https://bit.ly/3vA4qlJ

https://images.fastcompany.net/image/upload/w_1153,ar_16:9,c_fill,g_auto,f_webm,q_70/wp-cms/uploads/2021/10/p-1-90687369-this-ingenious-wall-could-harness-enough-wind-power-to-cover-your-annual-electricity-bill.gif

Near future for self-sufficiency / survival?

 

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https://bit.ly/3vA4qlJ

https://images.fastcompany.net/image/upload/w_1153,ar_16:9,c_fill,g_auto,f_webm,q_70/wp-cms/uploads/2021/10/p-1-90687369-this-ingenious-wall-could-harness-enough-wind-power-to-cover-your-annual-electricity-bill.gif

Near future for self-sufficiency / survival?

If it's quiet and cost effective that is something that I'd want.

 

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Rolls-Royce's all-electric airplane smashes record with 387.4 MPH top speed

Just two months after its maiden flight, Rolls-Royce's "Spirit of Innovation" has hit a record top speed of 387.4 MPH.

www.engadget.com

Pics / video at this link

Rolls-Royce's all-electric aircraft completes 15-minute maiden voyage

Rolls-Royce, best known in aviation for its jet engines, has taken an all-electric airplane on its maiden voyage.

www.engadget.com

 

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https://www.freethink.com/series/just-might-work/how-to-make-insulin


Not sure I want meds from a Hacker.... but still


Open Insulin Foundation,

 

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https://www.freethink.com/series/just-might-work/how-to-make-insulin


Not sure I want meds from a Hacker.... but still


Open Insulin Foundation,

Looks legit. Open source might not be my first choice for medicine, but if money is tight, I could see it.