Science Megathread

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Fossil Of Ancient Four-Legged Whale Found In Peru

Hey, that looks kinda like my mom!

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Where is this idiot getting his figures?  50% greater survival rate ?!?!? Any successful human colony on Mars is going to be in a sealed environment with little chance for natural section to be a factor. The only significant environmental difference will be the 0.38g gravity field.

Eventually we'll most likely terraform the planet so we don't have to live in a sealed environment.

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Massive Alien Hunt Finds No Sign Of Extraterrestrial Life In 1,300 Stars Closest To Earth

Scientists have been searching for aliens for centuries, but new research reveals that if intelligent extraterrestrial life exists, it's likely not anywhere nearby.

As part of the decade-long $100 million Breakthrough Listen initiative funded by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, researchers conducted the most comprehensive Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence program ever undertaken. The team led by University of California, Berkeley astrophysicist Danny Price looked at 1,327 nearby stars across billions of frequency channels in an attempt to detect signs of intelligent life.

Results of their search was released in a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal with the researchers revealing that they came up empty.

They found no signs of intelligent life, that obviously doesn't mean there couldn't be relatively advanced creatures living on planets that orbit those stars, maybe something comparable to dogs or cats in terms of intelligence. it's also possible there is intelligent life that's intentionally hiding from us, perhaps because they recognize how destructive us humans can be.