Well, I was searching to see if this was already made, but the searches didn't show a thread with my idea so here it is. I am making this thread so we can have a typical tavern discussion thread for all things science! Basically, a thread for everything science! Ranging from discussions about laws and theories, scientific debate, breakthroughs, discussion about new scientific breakthroughs, certain scientists/philosophers, and all that good stuff! So go out there and let out your inner science! ;P To get us going somewhere I'll start: what do you think the future holds for technology? I think our knowledge will allow us to overcome the obstacles thrown at us in the future, I mean, we have discovered so much and have come so far!
Okay how about this, male orangutans can retract their penis to create a cavity for penetration by another orangutan as a means of homosexual sexual intercourse.
I'm counting down the posts until Mage posts a chart comparing the morphology of different animal species.
How about this: the sea anenom- amen- amemon- ASLUHADJHBKLJADNVLKJANELGUhn
The male sea anemone has a penis that can extend to forty meters in length. It is prehensile. It literally walks along the sea floor blindly, groping around for a female to impregnante.
Well your right. (some hot pig on pig sex) pig penis
It would appear bulls also have a similar feature as well. Cows mating
I have to wonder given the position of ducks and these other mammals on the phylogenetic tree I wonder if this is a feature that evolved independently or if it developed long ago, prior to the speciation of the groups that would eventually become birds and mammals.
I think the straightened penis is the tjus far end result of phallic evolution with the boneless variety being the newer. Incase you didn't know, all apes save humans have a bone inside their penises.
Did you know that a single fruitfly sperm is 2.3 inches long as compared to the fruitfly which is under a centimeter in length. To make this possible, the fruitfly's testicles make up 11% of it's body mass. I'm not sure whether that is by weight or volume, but either way it is very impressive. In comparison, a single human sperm would have to be over 30 feet long and each testicle would have to be approximately the size of a basketball.
I think the straightened penis is the tjus far end result of phallic evolution with the boneless variety being the newer.
The bone is apparently present in mammals only. So this would indicate a later evolutionary step. From what I'm reading of how the ducks and a mammals reproductive organs function they evolved independently. With a duck penis it's an expansion of the cloacal and uses lymph rather then blood to inflate.
Apparently there is also a means of reproduction where the male punctures the females abdomen then deposits the sperm in the wound. It's called traumatic insemination. I guess the ladies are glad humans don't reproduce this way.
How about being hung like a barnacle? Their penis get's to be up to forty times there own body length. That would be like an average sized human having a penis that's 232 feet long.
I think that we're going to have a really hard time surviving the next 100 to 200 years. We're running out of clean water, energy, and we have too much pollution. We can make clean water but distilling it is very expensive. Solar panels in the desert are a bad idea because we would be stealing heat from the animals that live there. And the only way to get rid of some types our waste would be to break it down to simple elements or to dump it into space.
We're running out of clean water, energy, and we have too much pollution.
Clean water is everywhere, but the cityfolk just have to throw all of their **** in in, both literal and figurative. Energy is infinite, we are just too dumb to tap in to it. Pollution is also the cityfolk's fault.
We can make clean water but distilling it is very expensive.
Or we could also use glacial ice and melt that, although it will also be very expensive. I can go out by my house and get a free bottle of spring water. Ever heard of Kentwood Springs Bottled Water? That just comes straight out of the ground here already cold.
Solar panels in the desert are a bad idea because we would be stealing heat from the animals that live there.
Or we could just put solar panels on every building as a government program. I would oppose it as a government program, but I still support the idea.
And the only way to get rid of some types our waste would be to break it down to simple elements or to dump it into space.
Actually, many rubber products, such as tires, can be super heated inside a vacuum to produce oil. Considering rubber is one of the least recyclable items and tires even more so, duing this on a mass scale will greatly reduce pollution , both waste and air, as well as create a new source of petroleum production.
Something which we mustn't consider doing. Space debris could become a major hazard as a result of the above actions.
Agreed, unless we could shoot it all into the sun. Unless it would have some consequence I do not know about, I see no problems with it.
On an un-related side note : Gliese 581d seems to have become the first exo-planet that has been labeled as habitable.
I believe I remember them considering it a year or two ago. Any thoughts on us ever inhabiting it?
I have a filter on my kitchen tap that let's me get fresh water. We also have plenty of every, finding ways to tap into is another thing.
Or we could just put solar panels on every building as a government program. I would oppose it as a government program, but I still support the idea.
The major drawback with solar panels is they are very fragile and can be expensive to replace. Though this could just be from lack of development in the tech. I think if we invested more in there development and advancement we could make them sturdy, cheap and possibly even more efficient. We could also for go placing them on the planet entirely and just place collectors in space to farm unfiltered solar energy.
Another idea for gathering energy could be antimatter reactors. With it we could have an almost 100% matter/energy conversion. That means a single gram of matter and antimatter could produce the energy equivalent from a 21.5 kiloton nuclear bomb. The problem would be to produce and sustain the required the antimatter in the first place.
Something which we mustn't consider doing. Space debris could become a major hazard as a result of the above actions.
This is another good reason to perfect scifi like shields for space craft. It will help protect from space debris and radiation.
On an un-related side note : Gliese 581d seems to have become the first exo-planet that has been labeled as habitable.
From my understanding of where such planets could exist this opens the field up significantly. Though the denser atmosphere and heavier gravity could still make it uninhabitable to humans without protection. Though interestingly the star being around 7 billion years old with a planet like that around it could have given it plenty of time for life to have developed and evolved.
Agreed, unless we could shoot it all into the sun. Unless it would have some consequence I do not know about, I see no problems with it.
It would be a good idea not to shoot iron into the sun as that stuff has a tendency to collapse stars.
