"In a stunning first for neuroscience, researchers have created
an electronic link between the brains of two rats, and
demonstrated that signals from the mind of one can help the
second solve basic puzzles in real time — even when those
animals are separated by thousands of miles." posted by sarastro
on Feb 28, 2013 - The Timeline of the Far Future is a Wikipedia
article which serves as a gateway to a ton of fascinating
scientific topics on the far edge of human understanding:
~50,000 years from now the Earth will enter a new Glacial period
; ~100,000 years from now the Earth will likely have experienced
a supervolcanic eruption; ~10,000,000 years from now the East
African Rift divides the continent of Africa in to two land
masses; ~20,000,000,000 years from now the Universe effectively
dies due to The Big Rip posted by codacorolla on Jan 22, 2013 -
Prototypes are usually the missing links in the evolution of
human technology, the dead-ends of ideas that give way to the
refinement of the final physical produc