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Gfamily
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by Gfamily » Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:32 am
Probably not, but this is interesting...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-50419917
[Researchers}... discovered that the amount of oxygen in Martian "air" rose by 30% in spring and summer.
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While the changes are most likely to be geological in nature, planetary scientists can't completely rule out an explanation involving microbial life.
The results come from nearly six Earth years' (three Martian years') worth of data from the Sample Analysis at Mars (Sam) instrument, a portable chemistry lab in the belly of the Curiosity rover.
Paper
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com ... 19JE006175
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by JQH » Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:33 am
Methane content shows considerable variation as well. Since that and oxygen are produced by biological processes on Earth the implications are interesting but I presume geological (or should that be areological?) processes can't be ruled out.
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by Gfamily » Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:24 am
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by Martin Y » Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:36 am
It's not April 1st, and it's not funny enough to be a spoof.
"These rocks, which are clearly rocks, look a bit like a bee if you squint a bit"? I don't get it.
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by Gentleman Jim » Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:40 am
Of course there is.
Why else would the BBC be showing a documentary about it*
*Sunday; 9pm, I believe
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by JQH » Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:11 pm
That documentary seems to be focussing on the dangers presented by invasive species.
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by dyqik » Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:22 pm
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by cvb » Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:52 pm
Martin Y wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:36 am
It's not April 1st, and it's not funny enough to be a spoof.
"These rocks, which are clearly rocks, look a bit like a bee if you squint a bit"? I don't get it.
Pareidolia much?
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by rockdoctor » Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:19 pm
But he's a professor, so it must be true!
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by Gfamily » Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:38 pm
rockdoctor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:19 pm
But he's a professor, so it must be true!
Professor Emeritus: tick
working in area outside his speciality: tick
interested in diseases carried by insects: ticks
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by tom p » Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:07 pm
cvb wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:52 pm
Martin Y wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:36 am
It's not April 1st, and it's not funny enough to be a spoof.
"These rocks, which are clearly rocks, look a bit like a bee if you squint a bit"? I don't get it.
Pareidolia much?
That 2nd "insect" looks much more like a cannon
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by jaap » Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:23 pm
tom p wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:07 pm
That 2nd "insect" looks much more like a cannon
So how big are those "insects" anyway? There is no scale given with those photographs, so they could be as large as a cannon. They'd probably need to have relatively large wings to be able to fly in the thin Martian air. If we ever get to Mars they'd be a great local source of protein, given that there seems to be no other plant or animal life to subsist on.
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by tom p » Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:25 pm
jaap wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:23 pm
tom p wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 4:07 pm
That 2nd "insect" looks much more like a cannon
So how big are those "insects" anyway? There is no scale given with those photographs, so they could be as large as a cannon.
I was thinking exactly the same thing
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by basementer » Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:28 pm
Gfamily wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:38 pm
rockdoctor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:19 pm
But he's a professor, so it must be true!
Professor Emeritus: tick
working in area outside his speciality: tick
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Nicely done
but ticks are arachnids.
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by Little waster » Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:54 am
basementer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:28 pm
Gfamily wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:38 pm
rockdoctor wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:19 pm
But he's a professor, so it must be true!
Professor Emeritus: tick
working in area outside his speciality: tick
interested in diseases carried by insects: ticks
Nicely done
but ticks are arachnids.
Fixes clocks in his spare time?
Only provided minimal feedback when marking his students' work?
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by shpalman » Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:48 am
Little waster wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:54 am
basementer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:28 pm
Gfamily wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 3:38 pm
Professor Emeritus: tick
working in area outside his speciality: tick
interested in diseases carried by insects: ticks
Nicely done
but ticks are arachnids.
Fixes clocks in his spare time?
Only provided minimal feedback when marking his students' work?
Nervously repeats the same small movement?
having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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by dyqik » Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:20 pm
shpalman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:48 am
Little waster wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:54 am
basementer wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 5:28 pm
Nicely done
but ticks are arachnids.
Fixes clocks in his spare time?
Only provided minimal feedback when marking his students' work?
Nervously repeats the same small movement?
Obtains goods on credit from Peter Serafinowicz?
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by jimbob » Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:44 pm
cvb wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:52 pm
Martin Y wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:36 am
It's not April 1st, and it's not funny enough to be a spoof.
"These rocks, which are clearly rocks, look a bit like a bee if you squint a bit"? I don't get it.
Pareidolia much?
It reminded me of this thread on what was JREF by someone calling themselves "Buzz Lightyear" who seemed to think that sandstone was created by giant silicon snakes (or something like that)
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/fo ... hp?t=75675
Have you considered stupidity as an explanation
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by dyqik » Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:48 pm
Surely that's whatever drug Elon Musk is on this week, rather than sandstone.