https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220111-why-nasa-is-exploring-the-deepest-oceans-on-earth
Could our understanding of the deep ocean help unlock the mysteries of outer space? Nasa's space mission is leading us to unexplored depths of our own planet.
Our oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth's surface, but over 80% of them remain unexplored. In fact, it is often claimed that we know more about the surface of Mars and the Moon than about the ocean floor on our own planet.
Nasa is on a mission to change that. The US space agency is exploring the deep ocean to search for clues of what oceans on other planets could look like, and push the limits of science and technology in one of the most extreme environments on our planet. It is a mission filled with wonder, danger and a not-insignificant risk of implosion.
The hope is that the underwater discoveries they make will help to unlock some of the mysteries in outer space while also test some of the equipment and experiments needed for missions elsewhere in the Solar System.
Earth's ocean depths are surprisingly similar to some of the conditions Nasa expects to find on other worlds in our Solar System. They could even provide clues about where scientists should be searching for alien life.
The deepest parts of Earth's oceans are known as the hadal zone. Named after Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, it is a forbidding place worthy of its name. Consisting of deep trenches and troughs, it extends 11km (6.8 miles) below the surface of the world's oceans. Cumulatively they account for an area of seabed equivalent to the size of Australia. Yet few vehicles can survive plunging into this dark abyss.
It is here that Nasa scientists, in partnership with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in Massachusetts, are attempting to explore and probe the limits of life on Earth. Even the language the scientists use for their missions to this region shares terms with space exploration – in recent years marine biologists have sent multiple "landers" equipped with sensors and cameras to "crash-land" on the floor of the hadal zone, where they take measurements.
But engineers from Nasa's Jet Pr
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
The Fallout Worlds Update is arriving today, and it brings the Public and Custom Worlds game modes to Fallout 76. We’re also kicking off Season 6 with a new Scoreboard and rank-up rewards, expanding on Daily Ops with Double Mutation Weekends, new locations, a new enemy group, and more. Read on to catch all the details!
An Update on Season 6 Timing
We recently announced that we would need to delay the end of Fallout 76 Season 5 and the start of Season 6 due to an issue affecting purchased rank-ups. However, after further investigation, we have found that we can safely move forward with starting Season 6 today, September 8, as scheduled.
We’ve been delving deep into the bug mentioned above, and have since found that it will not prevent any players from receiving the rewards they earned through rank-ups. While everyone will have their correct rewards from Season 5, we do still need to address the underlying issue that affects purchasing rank-ups with Atoms. As a result, we are going to disable rank-up purchases during the start of Season 6 until we can resolve the bug and release a hotfix. We will let you know as soon as we plan to re-enable rank purchases. In the meantime, all players can still rank up and claim Season 6 rewards normally by completing in-game Challenges to earn S.C.O.R.E.
We’d also like to express our sincere apologies to all of you in the community for any confusion or inconvenience our initial announcement may have caused while we believed we would have to delay Season 6. To help make it right, we’re going to kick off Double XP and Double S.C.O.R.E. Daily Challenge events this weekend starting as soon as today’s patch is live, until 12:00 p.m. ET (16:00 UTC) on Monday, September 13.
We hope that you’re excited to jump into the new Season with us as soon as the Fallout Worlds Update is live today.
Update Highlights
- New Ways to Play: Experience Appalachia like never before with Public Worlds! Each Public World features specialized game settings, fit to a theme, and they are available to all players.
- Your World, Made to Order: Fallout 1st Members can now create Custom Worlds to build their own personalized versions of Appalachia using a wide variety of modifiable game settings.
- Season 6 Begins: Team up with The Unstoppables to combat the villainous Diabolicals on an all-new Scoreboard and claim tons of rank-up rewards along the way.
- Daily Ops Expansion: Our latest expansion for Da
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
I won't be doing that today!
Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
It was about a weak back.
2230 CST: I have to bow out for the night. Apparently, a skunk got into the back yard and sprayed my dog while he was out pooping. Let me know what happens after closed session.
IF YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW WHERE TO WATCH, LOOK NO FURTHER. THIS URL IS VALID FOR ALL BOARD MEETINGS.
https://roundrockisd.org/about-rrisd/board-of-trustees/live-streamed-board-meetings/
IF YOUR AUDIO IS NOT WORKING, USE THIS FEED FROM KXAN.
https://fb.watch/8bstnLoCI5/
Ladies, gentlemen, and that amazing Technicolor rainbow both between and outside that, tonight is a highly-anticipated Round Rock ISD board meeting. We've got contested topics on the agenda, ranging from the censures for Trustees Typhoid Mary and Qcumber Barbie to mask policy to closed-door sessions with counsel in regards to possible or pending litigation to an Animal House-esque planned walkout by the local vocal whackaloons.
We want a good, clean board meeting. That means no self-supplied furniture, no pole dancing (looking at you, Jeremy Story), and if anyone gets arrested, I'll toss $25 to the Lilith Fund per arrestee when my next paycheck hits (and provide screenshots of me donating in their names to boot) and I see charges filed.
I'M IN NO MOOD FOR YOUR WISECRACKS. NOW LET'S GET IT ON!
Tonight's rules are a bit different from last time. Since yours truly is suffering from pretty severe stomach cramps, I'm not going to touch booze tonight (I have enough GI issues already, I don't need more). Instead, I'm going to use H-E-B's cinnamon-sugar pita crisps - you can use similar if you'd prefer. They're pretty tasty and easy on a wibbly stomach. As a general rule, substitute one chip for one drink, and if it says finish the drink, just grab a handful and munch away until they're gone.
That said, if you'd prefer to go for booze, start with the stronger stuff and work your way down tonight. The crazy stuff is expected at the beginning of the meeting, and then all the other stuff will be ~90 minutes later or so due to the traffic jam caused by the merry band of morons making their way over to The Oaks at Forest Creek.
It'd be a crying shame if the police were out there along the probable routes from McNeil to The Oaks and waiting for speeders / cell phone users / et cetera, now wouldn't it? It's near th
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It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
