this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2024
354 points (99.7% liked)

World News

38531 readers
1874 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News [email protected]

Politics [email protected]

World Politics [email protected]


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Scientists have discovered a reservoir of liquid water on Mars - deep in the rocky outer crust of the planet.

The findings come from a new analysis of data from Nasa’s Mars Insight Lander, which touched down on the planet back in 2018.

The lander carried a seismometer, which recorded four years' of vibrations - Mars quakes - from deep inside the Red Planet.

Analysing those quakes - and exactly how the planet moves - revealed "seismic signals" of liquid water.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yeah, but do they have hookers with three breasts? Otherwise, I'm not going.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Colonizing Mars exposed the colonists to mutagenic radiation, causing people born on Mars to have birth defects (and psychic abilities). They weren't native Martians, so the three booby lady won't exist until we send people there.

Fun fact, the Earth has a magnetosphere that protects us from radiation, and Mars does not. So it is very likely that Martian colonists would experience higher rates of cancer, birth defects, and sterility even with physical shielding.

But also, even if a human were to grow a third booby, it would probably be above or below one of the normal boobies, along a vertical line called the "milk line." A third medial booby is, medically speaking, unlikely.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

But also, even if a human were to grow a third booby, it would probably be above or below one of the normal boobies, along a vertical line called the “milk line.”

If anyone's curious, this is called "polythelia" or "supernumerary nipple" (SFW - seriously). Per the wiki, it's WAY more common than you'd probably expect, but they tend to go underreported bc people think they're just a mole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Runs in my family, from my father's side.

Genetics are weird af.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Why a third boob when you could have a full Kuato?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Better yet, do they make me wish I had three hands?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You're doing fine with two.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

"blah blah blah it's paper mache, I don't care!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

To me personally, settling mars has nothing to do with colonialism, or capitalism, or hookers and blackjack. It's about the fact that humanity is like a steam engine, and somebody threw too much coal into that thing. Now it's cooking hot, and one way to keep it from exploding is to "release steam" (in a metaphorical sense). That means, settling off to some other planet.