Science Cringe
20.04.202501:21
"CONTROVERSY CONTINUES TO PLAGUE DEAD SEA SCROLLS" - Neil Altman, Roanoke Times, 30APR1995
>Albright was nearly blind, yet it was upon his authority many scholars accepted his dating as "pre-Christian."
>linen wrapping materials and woolen textiles found at the sites, actually date well into the Christian era, some as late as 600 A.D.
>Solomon Zeitlin of UNPENN - scrolls date from medieval times, anywhere from 300 A.D. to 1600 A.D.
>Norman Golb, UChicago - paleography, archeology and carbon-14 - compromised to fit theories the scrolls date from before time of Christ.
>Golb points out that none of the sciences used for dating the scrolls are valid compared with the internal evidence of the words on the scrolls themselves.
>Carbon dating of the Isaiah Scroll is as early as 335 B.C., according to tests done in 1991. Paleographic and archeological dating is as late as 100 B.C. But Zeitlin found spelling "on par with the spelling in many writings of the Middle Ages."
https://archive.ph/zhOGG
(Fake History)
>Albright was nearly blind, yet it was upon his authority many scholars accepted his dating as "pre-Christian."
>linen wrapping materials and woolen textiles found at the sites, actually date well into the Christian era, some as late as 600 A.D.
>Solomon Zeitlin of UNPENN - scrolls date from medieval times, anywhere from 300 A.D. to 1600 A.D.
>Norman Golb, UChicago - paleography, archeology and carbon-14 - compromised to fit theories the scrolls date from before time of Christ.
>Golb points out that none of the sciences used for dating the scrolls are valid compared with the internal evidence of the words on the scrolls themselves.
>Carbon dating of the Isaiah Scroll is as early as 335 B.C., according to tests done in 1991. Paleographic and archeological dating is as late as 100 B.C. But Zeitlin found spelling "on par with the spelling in many writings of the Middle Ages."
https://archive.ph/zhOGG
(Fake History)
03.04.202505:19
"NASA says removal of 'first woman, person of color' language from Artemis websites 'does not indicate' moon mission crew change" - Brett Tingley, Spacecom, 24MAR2025
>NASA websites no longer state that the Artemis 3 lunar mission will aim to land the first person of color and the first woman on the moon — a longstanding goal of the Artemis program that the agency has consistently called upon when discussing lunar plans.
The change appeared this weekend as NASA continues to cancel programs dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) as well as purge its websites of any language related to these efforts. These decisions are guided by the Trump administration's push to end programs and close offices related to DEIA efforts in order to eliminate what it deems "immense public waste and shameful discrimination," according to the White House.
NASA slashed its workforce significantly as part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce federal spending.
https://archive.ph/wn7bh
(Space?)
>NASA websites no longer state that the Artemis 3 lunar mission will aim to land the first person of color and the first woman on the moon — a longstanding goal of the Artemis program that the agency has consistently called upon when discussing lunar plans.
The change appeared this weekend as NASA continues to cancel programs dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) as well as purge its websites of any language related to these efforts. These decisions are guided by the Trump administration's push to end programs and close offices related to DEIA efforts in order to eliminate what it deems "immense public waste and shameful discrimination," according to the White House.
NASA slashed its workforce significantly as part of the Trump administration's efforts to reduce federal spending.
https://archive.ph/wn7bh
(Space?)
09.03.202523:49
"Superconductivity: the search and the scandal" - Kit Chapman, Chemistry World, 15APR2024
>In July 2023, the world became obsessed with superconductivity. Two pre-prints from a group in South Korea claimed that a copper-doped lead-apatite, dubbed LK-99 after its two proposers, Lee Sukbae and Kim Ji-Hoon, was a superconductor at room temperature and ambient pressure. The claims spread across social media, with both seasoned groups and amateur chemists trying to recreate the material. By August, a consensus was reached that LK-99 was yet another dead end, and not a superconductor at all.
>The news followed a paper in Nature that proposed another room-temperature superconductor, this time only showing its properties at intense pressures, by Ranga Dias at the University of Rochester in the US. Yet Dias’ claims have now been retracted, and his data and academic reputation have been brought into question amid allegations of research fraud and plagiarism.
https://archive.ph/uAeWg
(Science)
>In July 2023, the world became obsessed with superconductivity. Two pre-prints from a group in South Korea claimed that a copper-doped lead-apatite, dubbed LK-99 after its two proposers, Lee Sukbae and Kim Ji-Hoon, was a superconductor at room temperature and ambient pressure. The claims spread across social media, with both seasoned groups and amateur chemists trying to recreate the material. By August, a consensus was reached that LK-99 was yet another dead end, and not a superconductor at all.
>The news followed a paper in Nature that proposed another room-temperature superconductor, this time only showing its properties at intense pressures, by Ranga Dias at the University of Rochester in the US. Yet Dias’ claims have now been retracted, and his data and academic reputation have been brought into question amid allegations of research fraud and plagiarism.
https://archive.ph/uAeWg
(Science)
14.02.202509:28
So this is what Fifth-Generation Science Warfare is really like.
01.02.202504:20
Latest Boston Dynamics humanoid robot reaches the front.
(Science Weapon)
(Science Weapon)
15.01.202504:09
18.04.202517:46
"This 'treasure' rewrote California history. It was an elaborate hoax." - Katie Dowd, SFGATE, 01MAR2021
>For centuries, historians had searched for Drake’s plate, the only evidence of Francisco El Draco's expedition to the California coast. The "English" privateer, fresh off raiding Spanish ships and towns along the Pacific coast, found safe harbor in the Point Reyes area in June 1579. He claimed the territory for Queen Elizabeth I. He named it New Albion.
>According to crew member accounts, El Draco left an inscribed brass plate in the area to stake his claim. But in the 350 years since, no one had seen it.
>“If the Drake plate is bogus, the hoax was perpetrated by someone who had not only studied the history of his voyages minutely but who also had knowledge of ship fittings of the 16th century,” Bolton told the Oakland Tribune.
>In 1933, five Clampers employed an Alameda ship worker to make the brass plate, and hand-carved the inscription.
https://archive.ph/OIEIM
(Fake History)
>For centuries, historians had searched for Drake’s plate, the only evidence of Francisco El Draco's expedition to the California coast. The "English" privateer, fresh off raiding Spanish ships and towns along the Pacific coast, found safe harbor in the Point Reyes area in June 1579. He claimed the territory for Queen Elizabeth I. He named it New Albion.
>According to crew member accounts, El Draco left an inscribed brass plate in the area to stake his claim. But in the 350 years since, no one had seen it.
>“If the Drake plate is bogus, the hoax was perpetrated by someone who had not only studied the history of his voyages minutely but who also had knowledge of ship fittings of the 16th century,” Bolton told the Oakland Tribune.
>In 1933, five Clampers employed an Alameda ship worker to make the brass plate, and hand-carved the inscription.
https://archive.ph/OIEIM
(Fake History)
16.03.202514:26
"FDA reportedly raids manufacturer of poppers, an increasingly popular party drug" - Benjamin Ryan, NBC, 14MAR2025
>Double Scorpio, an Austin-based poppers manufacturer “stopped all operations following a search and seizure at our offices by the FDA.”
>The reported raid comes after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the helm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer with a history of drug addiction and false claims about vaccines in particular, has erroneously suggested that poppers and other drug use, not HIV, cause AIDS. However, what led to the reported raid or whether Kennedy had any knowledge of it is unclear.
>Alkyl nitrates, or poppers, which are meant to be inhaled, cause an immediate and short-lasting euphoric rush along with muscle relaxation. The drug has long been popular among gay men, in part because it can relax the sphincter muscle and make anal sex less painful and otherwise more pleasurable.
https://archive.ph/u8oqi
(GRIDs)
>Double Scorpio, an Austin-based poppers manufacturer “stopped all operations following a search and seizure at our offices by the FDA.”
>The reported raid comes after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the helm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer with a history of drug addiction and false claims about vaccines in particular, has erroneously suggested that poppers and other drug use, not HIV, cause AIDS. However, what led to the reported raid or whether Kennedy had any knowledge of it is unclear.
>Alkyl nitrates, or poppers, which are meant to be inhaled, cause an immediate and short-lasting euphoric rush along with muscle relaxation. The drug has long been popular among gay men, in part because it can relax the sphincter muscle and make anal sex less painful and otherwise more pleasurable.
https://archive.ph/u8oqi
(GRIDs)
07.03.202512:05
"It’s Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto" - FuelArc, 06FEB2025
>TL;DR: The CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto
>With its decade-long production run, the NHTSA reported that the Ford Pinto and its famously flawed gas tank behind the rear bumper caused 27 fiery deaths with its knowingly negligent design. There are other estimates, including some much higher, but I’m running with confirmable numbers here, either governmental sources for the Ford Pinto or news sources that I can verify for the Tesla CyberTruck.
https://archive.ph/7fB8y
>TL;DR: The CyberTruck is 17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto
>With its decade-long production run, the NHTSA reported that the Ford Pinto and its famously flawed gas tank behind the rear bumper caused 27 fiery deaths with its knowingly negligent design. There are other estimates, including some much higher, but I’m running with confirmable numbers here, either governmental sources for the Ford Pinto or news sources that I can verify for the Tesla CyberTruck.
https://archive.ph/7fB8y
08.02.202521:22
"Donation of Constantine" - wiki
>The Donation of Constantine (Latin: Donatio Constantini) is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope. Composed probably in the 8th century, it was used, especially in the 13th century, in support of claims of political authority by the papacy.
https://archive.ph/zoLhC
(Fake History)
>The Donation of Constantine (Latin: Donatio Constantini) is a forged Roman imperial decree by which the 4th-century emperor Constantine the Great supposedly transferred authority over Rome and the western part of the Roman Empire to the Pope. Composed probably in the 8th century, it was used, especially in the 13th century, in support of claims of political authority by the papacy.
https://archive.ph/zoLhC
(Fake History)
27.01.202512:36
15.01.202503:50
15.04.202520:15
"Historian Augusta" - wiki
>The true authorship of the work, its actual date, its reliability and its purpose have long been matters for controversy by historians and scholars ever since Hermann Dessau, in 1889, rejected both the date and the authorship as stated within the manuscript. Major problems include the nature of the sources that it used, and how much of the content is pure fiction. For instance, the collection contains in all about 150 alleged documents, including 68 letters, 60 speeches and proposals to the people or the senate, and 20 senatorial decrees and acclamations.
>Despite the conundrums, it is the only continuous account in Latin for much of its period and so is continually being re-evaluated. Modern historians are unwilling to abandon it as a unique source of possible information, despite its obvious untrustworthiness on many levels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_Augusta
(Fake History)
>The true authorship of the work, its actual date, its reliability and its purpose have long been matters for controversy by historians and scholars ever since Hermann Dessau, in 1889, rejected both the date and the authorship as stated within the manuscript. Major problems include the nature of the sources that it used, and how much of the content is pure fiction. For instance, the collection contains in all about 150 alleged documents, including 68 letters, 60 speeches and proposals to the people or the senate, and 20 senatorial decrees and acclamations.
>Despite the conundrums, it is the only continuous account in Latin for much of its period and so is continually being re-evaluated. Modern historians are unwilling to abandon it as a unique source of possible information, despite its obvious untrustworthiness on many levels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_Augusta
(Fake History)
14.03.202503:20
"My genitals shrank and changed shape. Doctors discovered surprise culprit that should terrify men" - Ishita Srivastava, DailyMail, 13MAR2025
>Finasteride, the generic name for Propecia, is recommended by doctors in cases of male baldness to help improve hair growth and hair count over time.
>In the male body, an enzyme called 5α-reductase is responsible for converting testosterone into a hormone called DHT (dihydrotestosterone).
>DHT causes hair to become shorter and finer, eventually stop growing in the affected area.
>Finasteride reduces amount of DHT produced in the body by blocking the production of 5α-reductase.
>DHT is also crucial for sexual arousal, erectile function, and genital tissue health, and its reduction can negatively impact these functions.
>In some cases, the side effects persist even after stopping the drug. This is known as Post-Finasteride Syndrome (PFS) and can include long-term sexual dysfunction, depression, and cognitive issues.
https://archive.ph/azcQ3
(Miracle Medicine)
>Finasteride, the generic name for Propecia, is recommended by doctors in cases of male baldness to help improve hair growth and hair count over time.
>In the male body, an enzyme called 5α-reductase is responsible for converting testosterone into a hormone called DHT (dihydrotestosterone).
>DHT causes hair to become shorter and finer, eventually stop growing in the affected area.
>Finasteride reduces amount of DHT produced in the body by blocking the production of 5α-reductase.
>DHT is also crucial for sexual arousal, erectile function, and genital tissue health, and its reduction can negatively impact these functions.
>In some cases, the side effects persist even after stopping the drug. This is known as Post-Finasteride Syndrome (PFS) and can include long-term sexual dysfunction, depression, and cognitive issues.
https://archive.ph/azcQ3
(Miracle Medicine)
20.02.202502:09
"Daily showers are purely ‘performative’ and have no real health benefit, experts insist" - Ben Cost, NYPost, 25APR2024
>Experts say the daily shower has no proven health benefit, dismissing the dousing as a socially-accepted practice geared toward staving off accusations of funkiness — as A-listers like Jake Gyllenhaal to Mila Kunis admit they’ve been saying no to the nozzle.
>And while abstaining from daily showers might seem like antisocial behavior, medical experts are inclined to lean toward agreeing with earthy types like McCarthy, saying that the modern obsession with cleanliness can actually be hazardous to one’s health.
>When asked about addressing critics, he told Vice: “Tell anyone who mocks you that they are betraying profound ignorance of the skin microbiome, and then walk away.”
>“We wash our bodies so much more than we did in the past,” Dale Southerton, Professor of Sociology of Consumption at University of Bristol
https://archive.ph/9HMS8
(Science?)
>Experts say the daily shower has no proven health benefit, dismissing the dousing as a socially-accepted practice geared toward staving off accusations of funkiness — as A-listers like Jake Gyllenhaal to Mila Kunis admit they’ve been saying no to the nozzle.
>And while abstaining from daily showers might seem like antisocial behavior, medical experts are inclined to lean toward agreeing with earthy types like McCarthy, saying that the modern obsession with cleanliness can actually be hazardous to one’s health.
>When asked about addressing critics, he told Vice: “Tell anyone who mocks you that they are betraying profound ignorance of the skin microbiome, and then walk away.”
>“We wash our bodies so much more than we did in the past,” Dale Southerton, Professor of Sociology of Consumption at University of Bristol
https://archive.ph/9HMS8
(Science?)
06.02.202522:57
"We aborted healthy babies after NHS mistakes, couples tell BBC" - Michael Buchanan, BBC, 06FEB2025
>Two couples told the BBC they went through with abortions after NHS trust mistakenly told them their unborn babies had serious genetic conditions.
>They say errors by doctors at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust led to them terminating their pregnancies.
>Another family say a last-minute scan on the day they were due to have an abortion changed their minds and they are now the parents of a healthy nine-year-old boy.
>The trust, which is currently at centre of the largest maternity inquiry in the history of NHS, said its foetal medicine teams strived to provide "compassionate and professional" care.
>Two days later, the foetal care team at City Hospital in Nottingham told them the initial results indicated their daughter had a rare genetic condition called Patau's Syndrome, which often results in miscarriage, stillbirth, or baby dying shortly after birth.
https://archive.ph/CcD7S
(Medicine)
>Two couples told the BBC they went through with abortions after NHS trust mistakenly told them their unborn babies had serious genetic conditions.
>They say errors by doctors at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust led to them terminating their pregnancies.
>Another family say a last-minute scan on the day they were due to have an abortion changed their minds and they are now the parents of a healthy nine-year-old boy.
>The trust, which is currently at centre of the largest maternity inquiry in the history of NHS, said its foetal medicine teams strived to provide "compassionate and professional" care.
>Two days later, the foetal care team at City Hospital in Nottingham told them the initial results indicated their daughter had a rare genetic condition called Patau's Syndrome, which often results in miscarriage, stillbirth, or baby dying shortly after birth.
https://archive.ph/CcD7S
(Medicine)
23.01.202515:57
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10.04.202505:03
"Experts dispute claim dire wolf brought back from extinction" - Victoria Gill, BBC, 07APR2025
>This now extinct species is possibly most famous for its fictional role in Game of Thrones, but it did exist - more than 10,000 years ago - when it roamed across the Americas.
>But while the young wolves - Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi - represent an impressive technological breakthrough, independent experts say they are not actually dire wolves.
>Zoologist Philip Seddon from the University of Otago in New Zealand explained the animals are "genetically modified grey wolves".
>Meanwhile experts have pointed to important biological differences between the wolf on the cover of Time and the dire wolf that roamed and hunted during the last ice age.
>Dr Nic Rawlence explained how ancient dire wolf DNA - extracted from fossilised remains - is too degraded and damaged to biologically copy or clone.
>"You can reconstruct, but it's not good enough to do anything else with."
https://archive.ph/8e5vE
(Biology?)
>This now extinct species is possibly most famous for its fictional role in Game of Thrones, but it did exist - more than 10,000 years ago - when it roamed across the Americas.
>But while the young wolves - Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi - represent an impressive technological breakthrough, independent experts say they are not actually dire wolves.
>Zoologist Philip Seddon from the University of Otago in New Zealand explained the animals are "genetically modified grey wolves".
>Meanwhile experts have pointed to important biological differences between the wolf on the cover of Time and the dire wolf that roamed and hunted during the last ice age.
>Dr Nic Rawlence explained how ancient dire wolf DNA - extracted from fossilised remains - is too degraded and damaged to biologically copy or clone.
>"You can reconstruct, but it's not good enough to do anything else with."
https://archive.ph/8e5vE
(Biology?)
09.03.202523:57
"Microsoft quantum computing 'breakthrough' faces fresh challenge" - Dan Garisto, Nature, 07MAR2025
>Analysis pokes holes in protocol that underpins Microsoft’s claim to have created the first topological qubits.
>A physicist has cast doubt on a test that underlies a high-profile claim by Microsoft to have created the first ‘topological qubits’, a long-sought goal of the company’s quantum computing effort. The critique comes amid mounting speculation about the validity of Microsoft’s claim.
>Microsoft announced the breakthrough, which could lead to a quantum computer more resistant to information loss than with other approaches, on 19 February. Without a peer-reviewed paper backing up the claim, some researchers were sceptical. An accompanying paper in Nature described a method to measure the read-out from future topological qubits, but did not offer proof of their existence.
https://archive.ph/VEzfd
(Quantum Slop)
>Analysis pokes holes in protocol that underpins Microsoft’s claim to have created the first topological qubits.
>A physicist has cast doubt on a test that underlies a high-profile claim by Microsoft to have created the first ‘topological qubits’, a long-sought goal of the company’s quantum computing effort. The critique comes amid mounting speculation about the validity of Microsoft’s claim.
>Microsoft announced the breakthrough, which could lead to a quantum computer more resistant to information loss than with other approaches, on 19 February. Without a peer-reviewed paper backing up the claim, some researchers were sceptical. An accompanying paper in Nature described a method to measure the read-out from future topological qubits, but did not offer proof of their existence.
https://archive.ph/VEzfd
(Quantum Slop)
17.02.202515:22
New bleeding edge humanoid robot technology dropped.
It's a device to change drone video channel.
(Science Weapon)
It's a device to change drone video channel.
(Science Weapon)
02.02.202500:45
ChatGPT's logo finally deciphered
(Tech L)
(Tech L)
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