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someguy3 , to science in Update: New solar flare, secondary peak today in this "Extreme" solar storm

I'll try again.

MossyFeathers , to science in Update: New solar flare, secondary peak today in this "Extreme" solar storm

Damn, sun. You're really trying to cause problems for us, huh?

ripcord ,
@ripcord@lemmy.world avatar

Problems? Its trying to give us a cool show.

kautau ,

Sun: burps

Ionosphere: HOLY FUCK COUNTER ALL THIS WILD ENERGY WHAT IS HAPPENING

Humans: Neat 📸

ekZepp OP ,

accurate 👍

Illogicalbit ,

That sun, so hot right now. - Mugatu

crocswithsocks ,

It's climate change.

Isoprenoid , to science in Update: New solar flare, secondary peak today in this "Extreme" solar storm

If only I could be so grossly incandescent.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Wanna work in jolly cooperation to build a rocket to the sun?

Aceticon ,

Just keep in mind that historically the use of wax as material for devices used in trying to reach the sun has ended up in catastrophe, so you might want to avoid that for your rocket.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

It's okay. We'll go at night.

Cap , to science in Update: New solar flare, secondary peak today in this "Extreme" solar storm
@Cap@kbin.social avatar

Hey guys...I don't think that picture's to scale...

cyberpunk007 ,

Where I live the picture sure felt to scale. I swear I almost melted.

arin ,

If the sun was ur anus

ekZepp OP ,

more less it is

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d323c50c-abb5-4f52-942f-5c249c11112d.jpeg

gapedanus , to science in Update: New solar flare, secondary peak today in this "Extreme" solar storm

https://snifferip.com/2My11

Streetlights , to Science Fiction in Faster-than-light 'warp speed' interstellar travel now thought to be possible

Link to the paper

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6382/ad26aa

I recognise some of those words.

admiralteal , to Science Fiction in Faster-than-light 'warp speed' interstellar travel now thought to be possible

A less credulous interpretation of this kind of study is that it indicates an issue with our mathematical models.

nxdefiant , to Science Fiction in Faster-than-light 'warp speed' interstellar travel now thought to be possible

warp drives, like the one powering spaceships in Star Wars

They had to have done this on purpose.

HubertManne , to Science Fiction in Faster-than-light 'warp speed' interstellar travel now thought to be possible

now? its been discussed as possible for awhile. now probable or practical. nope. lots of energy and bad effects of energy.

LongLive , to science in First proof of leeches jumping captured on video
@LongLive@lemmy.world avatar

So they are able to jump only when they are hungry and hence light?

FlyingSquid OP ,

The paper is behind a paywall, but I suspect the article doesn't say because the paper doesn't come to a conclusion, but I would guess either predation or avoiding being prey themselves.

Iheartcheese ,
@Iheartcheese@lemmy.world avatar

They only jump when you play Kriss Kross.

FlyingSquid OP ,

That will make you do it...

AmidFuror ,

Your comment is wiggida-wiggida-wiggida wack.

TWeaK , to science in First proof of leeches jumping captured on video

Article: there's a video, but we're not going to show it, just trust us!

FlyingSquid OP ,

The video is, I assume, behind the paywalled journal article. There's really not much they can do about that.

poo ,
@poo@lemmy.world avatar

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/554fb04f-14d6-42e9-96cf-78f1c5e82179.jpeg

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/601ec26d-5d18-478c-828f-fa664c1a30b7.gif

ch00f ,

I scrolled down and saw the video.

thesporkeffect , to science in First proof of leeches jumping captured on video

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/eff17004-ddbf-4287-95c1-3ab394ca7c34.gif

Ahh!! Leeches!

Drusas ,

Swamp leeches! Everybody check for swamp leeches!

ralakus , (edited ) to science in First proof of leeches jumping captured on video

Video link for anyone interested.

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/tech/science/2024/06/21/jumping-leeches-video-first-time/74169034007/

Better video with almost no editing

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-21/leeches-jumping-video/104007924

Actual paper and video source citation (locked behind many paywalls)

A jumping terrestrial leech from Madagascar
Mai Fahmy, Michael Tessler Biotropica,
DOI: 10.1111/btp.13340

FlyingSquid OP ,

Thank you.

MeThisGuy ,

thank you for the new nightmares.. I'd much rather have a flying squid

FlyingSquid OP ,

Who wouldn't? We're pretty awesome.

MeThisGuy , (edited )

can you fly like stingrays? (manta rays?)

FlyingSquid OP ,

I can fly like a jet!

https://phys.org/news/2013-02-bird-plane-squid.html

MeThisGuy ,

wow. TIL. thx.. learn something new everyday

https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/ad3be75f-5357-4167-a37a-773fd20f9944.webp

cybersandwich ,

...that leech fell. Wtf is this jumping business

SpaceNoodle , to science in First proof of leeches jumping captured on video

They fly now?

FlyingSquid OP ,

How dare you! That is not flying! I know what flying is!

OhTheMoose ,

They fly now.

jwt ,

That's not flying, that's just falling with style.

ripcord ,
@ripcord@lemmy.world avatar

Ooo, like planetary orbits.

moonsnotreal , to science in First proof of leeches jumping captured on video
@moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Very cool and very gross

FlyingSquid OP ,

Like much of the best biological science!

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