Welp, considering I'm not likely to get some/see some any time soon, might as well pay for it and eat reasonably while I'm at it.

One thing that this article forgets to mention is that almost of equal tech importance is the creation of contact lenses with small enough pixels arranged in a way that they don't just look blurry to us. This device would still have to measure the light, process it into something that makes sense to us, then feed…

why are these genomes soo large? shouldn't something more complex like an animal need more instructions to function properly?

how do frosts act as liquids? More explanation plz!

I am on board with this idea. Just imagine "Jeans with Genes! now at your local GAP"

well atilla, columbus, and polo were looking for places to trade spices with that by necessity had people. I however, am looking for some god-damned peace and quiet (aka no other human being within a 3 days walk + forest & mnts).

idk, there's something much more drawing to me about a land completely untouched by human intervention than one in which humans live and manage the land for mutual benefit of species.

and how exactly, do you quantify where someone lies in each quadrant?

this is more of a "why Nasa is interested in trying to see if space can be warped for propulsion" rather than a " How NASA may build a Alc. drive." How implies that the physics is worked out, and the only problem left is in the engineering. We have no idea how to generate a region of negative mass energy density..…

works as in "it concentrates" or as in "it economically concentrates"?

yes, but the amount of gold they gathered was pretty damn small. And it was not exactly an article about harvesting gold from those trees as it was about nanoparticles being made and transported by those trees.

sooo.. does this work with any other metals?

That magnet thing bothered me the most. Magnets 1. have a strength ~= 1/r^3 law, so things far away shouldn't feel much 2. Only attract ferrous metals (iron, nickel, Cobalt, or other magnets) and 3. If anything, will push away non-ferrous metals (gold,silver will be pushed away under a changing field). Also, why the…

ah but what a wonderful, crazy world it is. As long as you're careful not to bring more than 2 in per lifetime, why not raise your kids up with our truly magnificent national parks and exciting new sciences so that they are ready, able, and willing to face the challenges ahead?

Kin selection also makes me afraid I'll never get the chance to engage in reproducion. basis of many a nightmare xD

I second the motion. Though in this case we need some new physics more than new technology.

True, Recent developments in Supercapacitors have yielded some amazing Power densities.. but what is more important for long term operation is Energy density. Power density is the amount of energy per unit time you can get from a given mass, but energy density is the amount of energy actually contained within that…

yep! that and oh.. wait.. a fusion reactor will probably never be built this century small enough to fit on anything.. batteries will never have power densities high enough for a suit, and you sure as hell can't make arc jets with enough power in the atmosphere based purely on electricity. No 'we've done things…

we would use it to power a giant 'Lazor beam' of course!

well yeah near the end it got kinda forced and.. egh. but initially it was well posed. It also wrapped up the hinted at arc about the ancients.. in a decent way I suppose