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the 'Stuff That's Just Really Interesting 'thread

Mr. Friendly said:
newatlas.com

Scientists tally up the total number of ants on Earth

The next time an inquisitive four-year-old asks how many ants there are on Earth, you can be ready to fire back a specific number. Researchers in Germany have scoured the scientific literature to come up with an answer to that question, as well as the inevitable follow-up – how much do they all…
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German scientists reviewed over 450+ studies on ants around the globe and determined how many there are...a conservative 20 quadrillion ants on earth. that's 2000 times the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy. how much would that many ants weigh? they guestimate about 12 million tons.
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And so help me... if they are ever zapped with radiation and increase in size we are doomed!!!
 
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Lysrin said:
And so help me... if they are ever zapped with radiation and increase in size we are doomed!!!
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LOL!!! I remember reading a short scifi story when I was a teenager where the ants were an advanced surveillance system to monitor mankind and help another alien society to study them.
 
sswilson said:
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SpinLaunch wraps up new round to fling payloads to space | TechCrunch

Instead of using a conventional rocket to vertically propel things to orbit, SpinLaunch wants to use an aerodynamic launch vehicle attached to a rotating arm in a large vacuum chamber.
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Just like space elevators, I keep wanting stuff like this to become a viable reality. :)
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I totally agree with you but unfortunately there are fewer Forward Thinking people in this world that are being outnumbered by backward thinking people as exemplified in the news every day! I apologize for being a bit of a downer right now as I am myself somewhat down and bummed out by.........
 
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GeezerGamer said:
I totally agree with you but unfortunately there are fewer Forward Thinking people in this world that are being outnumbered by backward thinking people as exemplified in the news every day! I apologize for being a bit of a downer right now as I am myself somewhat down and bummed out by.........
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...by the Fives. 🤪
 
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