'Singing penis' sets noise record

[TheNorm]

Now that's what I call a party trick!

...up to 99.2 decibels, the equivalent of listening to a loud orchestra play while sitting in the front row.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13958630

[budwieser]

Originally Posted by TheNorm

Now that's what I call a party trick!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13958630

Excellent waste of money from the scientists while people are still dying of Cancer!

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by budwieser

Excellent waste of money ...

Scientists have a habit of borrowing ideas from other disciplines. This insect makes a very loud noise, and the mechanism is unknown. Who knows, ideas from this research might be used for a new type of ultrasound scanner to detect cancers.

If you want examples of excellent wastes of money, have a look at some of the money spent on advertising:

Facebook effect lifts UK online advertising past £4bn

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...g-social-media

[martyh]

99.2 decibels ...piffle ...the smack i get from the wife when i try a mating ritual is twice as loud as that

[budwieser]

Originally Posted by TheNorm

Scientists have a habit of borrowing ideas from other disciplines. This insect makes a very loud noise, and the mechanism is unknown. Who knows, ideas from this research might be used for a new type of ultrasound scanner to detect cancers.

If you want examples of excellent wastes of money, have a look at some of the money spent on advertising:



http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...g-social-media

" Who knows, ideas from this research might be used for a new type of ultrasound scanner to detect cancers."
Ok, I get your point. I didn`t think of it like that.

[Ignitionnet]

One obvious example is CERN and the LHC. Seems a lot to spend smacking particles together but where do you think the technology for radiotherapy, and the particle accelerators that make the isotopes used for it come from?

The cooling technology used to keep the LHC's superconductors superconducting likewise is being used in a fusion reactor, fusion is the power source of the future.

Not to say there aren't some completely nonsensical 'scientific' breakthroughs.

[budwieser]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

One obvious example is CERN and the LHC. Seems a lot to spend smacking particles together but where do you think the technology for radiotherapy, and the particle accelerators that make the isotopes used for it come from?

The cooling technology used to keep the LHC's superconductors superconducting likewise is being used in a fusion reactor, fusion is the power source of the future.

Not to say there aren't some completely nonsensical 'scientific' breakthroughs.

I`ll bet Marie Curie didn`t sit and watch Water Boatmen rubbing their dicks against their bellys.! Then again..........She might have.

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

...'scientific' breakthroughs.

Some more examples:

Alexander Fleming noticed that a culture dish of bacteria that had accidentally been invaded by a mould had stopped a bacterial colony from growing. This led to the discovery of penicillin.

Wilhelm Roentgen noticed that a screen would fluoresce when an electrical discharge occurred in the tube he was working on. He reached out for the screen, and saw a shadow of the bones of his hand on the screen. He had discovered X-rays.

Louis Pasteur inoculated some chickens with cholera bacteria which was supposed to kill them. However, he accidentally used an old culture of the bacteria, and the chickens became sick but then recovered. Pasteur inoculated them again with bacteria from a fresh culture and the chickens didn't even get sick. He had discovered vaccination.

[Hugh]

Ah, the Principle of Limited Sloppiness.

My favourite example of that is 'Burnt wine' or 'brandewijn', more commonly known as Brandy...

[TheNorm]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Ah, the Principle of Limited Sloppiness....

“In the field of observation chance only favours the prepared mind.”

Louis Pasteur