Scientific Discoveries, Motherfuckers!

[Dr. Insomniac]

Here's a thread to talk about things that scientists have recently figured out about life, the universe, and everything. For starters, Mars is packing.

[Daikun]

Planet with four suns discovered.

Allergy-free milk.

Magnetic tape that can store 35TB of data.

[RacattackForce]

Zebrafish neurons: Improvements in light-sheet microscopy enable real-time activity imaging of almost every neuron in the brain of zebrafish larvae. Dunno why we did it, but hey, it's science. http://bit.ly/WTrs41
Giant squid: They're all pretty much the same species. Who knew? http://bit.ly/YWMTi8
Mariana trench: Microbes manage to survive in it. Considering the vast amounts of water pressure they have to undergo, it's actually kinda cool. http://bit.ly/YMsWuu
Black hole & binary star: A star is orbiting a black hole while said black hole is slowly, slowly sucking the life out of it. http://slate.me/WFmC84
Planck mission data: We've determined that the universe is 13.82 billion years old. Well, it's at least that old, anyway. http://slate.me/Yci6Bi
Crocodile newt: New species of salamander that looks like Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon without wings. http://bit.ly/ZYZobS

DISCUSS DAMMIT!!!

[Dr. Insomniac]

We can grow kidneys.

[Daikun]

We're finally finding a cure for AIDS.

[Daikun]

Scientists find the part of the brain that causes aging.

[TheEclecticDude]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-cell-phone-in-a-pill-bottle-to-te-2013-05