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Intrigued by Graphene
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01-10-2018, 05:22 PM
OK, this is OT for this thread, but since it is fascinating and has nothing to do with Stanford football...

Apparently, yesterday it snowed in the Sahara desert.  The images are super cool:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-...ara-desert

And, dolphins are like wicked smart:

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003...ch.science

Quote:All the dolphins at the institute are trained to hold onto any litter that falls into their pools until they see a trainer, when they can trade the litter for fish. In this way, the dolphins help to keep their pools clean.

Kelly has taken this task one step further. When people drop paper into the water she hides it under a rock at the bottom of the pool. The next time a trainer passes, she goes down to the rock and tears off a piece of paper to give to the trainer. After a fish reward, she goes back down, tears off another piece of paper, gets another fish, and so on....

But it gets better.  Kelly has figured out how to game the system even more:

Quote:One day, when a gull flew into her pool, she grabbed it, waited for the trainers and then gave it to them. It was a large bird and so the trainers gave her lots of fish. This seemed to give Kelly a new idea. The next time she was fed, instead of eating the last fish, she took it to the bottom of the pool and hid it under the rock where she had been hiding the paper. When no trainers were present, she brought the fish to the surface and used it to lure the gulls, which she would catch to get even more fish. After mastering this lucrative strategy, she taught her calf, who taught other calves, and so gull-baiting has become a hot game among the dolphins.

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Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 04-25-2014, 01:15 PM
More on Graphene ... and Frogs - by CTcard - 04-25-2014, 04:09 PM
Re: More on Graphene ... and Frogs - by Robbie - 04-25-2014, 04:31 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by stupac2 - 04-25-2014, 04:46 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 04-25-2014, 05:25 PM
Re: More on Graphene ... and Frogs - by 82lsju - 04-25-2014, 06:14 PM
Re: More on Graphene ... and Frogs - by CTcard - 04-25-2014, 06:23 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CTcard - 04-25-2014, 06:39 PM
Re: More on Graphene ... and Frogs - by stupac2 - 04-25-2014, 06:40 PM
Re: More on Graphene ... and Frogs - by CTcard - 04-25-2014, 06:44 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CowboyIndian - 04-25-2014, 06:49 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CompSci87 - 04-25-2014, 08:43 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Leftcoast - 04-25-2014, 09:05 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CowboyIndian - 04-25-2014, 09:41 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Stymie - 04-26-2014, 03:23 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Mick - 04-26-2014, 05:24 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by garvin - 04-26-2014, 07:40 AM
Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 04-26-2014, 09:26 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Leftcoast - 04-26-2014, 09:56 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CowboyIndian - 04-26-2014, 11:06 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 04-26-2014, 03:32 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 04-30-2014, 10:12 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CowboyIndian - 04-30-2014, 10:19 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by washingtonismoney - 04-30-2014, 10:43 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 09-12-2015, 06:51 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Mikeferrari - 09-12-2015, 07:50 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 09-12-2015, 08:32 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by burger - 09-12-2015, 08:37 AM
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Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by garvin - 09-14-2015, 04:35 PM
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Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by ThePassionOfTheChryst - 09-14-2015, 05:03 PM
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Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 12-08-2015, 12:46 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CTcard - 12-08-2015, 10:09 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Treebound - 12-08-2015, 10:44 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Mick - 12-08-2015, 02:47 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 08-09-2016, 12:44 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by ThePassionOfTheChryst - 08-09-2016, 02:24 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 08-09-2016, 02:32 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 08-09-2016, 04:42 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by fullmetal - 08-09-2016, 05:14 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by ThePassionOfTheChryst - 08-09-2016, 11:25 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Extra Point - 08-10-2016, 10:06 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 08-10-2016, 12:00 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 10-05-2016, 12:11 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 10-05-2016, 12:11 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Mick - 10-05-2016, 01:21 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Mick - 10-05-2016, 01:21 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 10-05-2016, 01:46 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 10-05-2016, 01:46 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CornFed - 10-05-2016, 05:33 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by SUBuddha - 10-05-2016, 08:15 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 10-06-2016, 11:16 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Trevmiesterj - 10-06-2016, 11:43 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CrazedZooChimp - 10-06-2016, 03:17 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by BigEasyCard - 03-05-2017, 08:53 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CTcard - 03-05-2017, 09:55 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 04-04-2017, 12:44 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 04-04-2017, 02:15 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 04-04-2017, 08:20 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 04-07-2017, 07:35 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CTcard - 04-08-2017, 09:31 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 04-10-2017, 08:31 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 11-28-2017, 11:18 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 12-09-2017, 01:04 PM
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Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 12-09-2017, 02:51 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 12-21-2017, 05:34 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 12-21-2017, 05:34 PM
Re:This is so Cool - by unclechuck - 12-22-2017, 04:39 PM
Re:This is so Cool - by unclechuck - 12-22-2017, 04:39 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by ca245 - 12-22-2017, 07:05 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by ca245 - 12-22-2017, 07:05 PM
Re:This is so Cool - by Mick - 12-23-2017, 07:35 AM
Re:This is so Cool - by Mick - 12-23-2017, 07:35 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Cadwallon - 12-23-2017, 08:37 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Cadwallon - 12-23-2017, 08:37 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 12-23-2017, 10:19 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 12-23-2017, 10:19 AM
Re:This is so Cool - by unclechuck - 12-23-2017, 02:02 PM
Re:This is so Cool - by unclechuck - 12-23-2017, 02:02 PM
Re:This is so Cool - by Mick - 12-23-2017, 03:01 PM
Re:This is so Cool - by Mick - 12-23-2017, 03:01 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CompSci87 - 12-23-2017, 03:53 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CompSci87 - 12-23-2017, 03:53 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by unclechuck - 12-23-2017, 04:51 PM
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Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Cadwallon - 12-24-2017, 08:06 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Cadwallon - 12-24-2017, 08:06 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Mick - 01-09-2018, 10:07 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 01-10-2018, 05:22 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 01-23-2018, 10:50 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 01-23-2018, 11:44 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 01-23-2018, 01:00 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 01-23-2018, 01:17 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by pcgoode - 01-31-2018, 11:12 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Trevmiesterj - 02-11-2018, 04:20 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Trevmiesterj - 02-11-2018, 04:20 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Trevmiesterj - 03-07-2018, 11:01 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 03-07-2018, 01:39 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by cctop - 03-07-2018, 02:38 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by CTcard - 03-08-2018, 10:07 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by ca245 - 03-20-2018, 07:05 PM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Stymie - 03-21-2018, 08:50 AM
Re: Intrigued by Graphene - by Boston Card - 04-20-2018, 12:52 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by BostonCard - 05-06-2018, 08:15 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 07-07-2018, 04:13 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by BostonCard - 07-09-2018, 09:48 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by BostonCard - 11-09-2018, 07:44 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 11-10-2018, 10:59 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by CTcard - 11-11-2018, 11:55 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by BostonCard - 11-11-2018, 01:13 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by CompSci87 - 11-11-2018, 01:08 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 12-31-2018, 06:26 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by Mick - 01-01-2019, 09:52 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by Redrum - 01-01-2019, 11:45 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 01-01-2019, 07:50 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by Mick - 02-15-2019, 08:21 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by BostonCard - 03-04-2019, 11:44 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by Papa John - 06-19-2019, 11:35 AM
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RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 08-21-2019, 02:33 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by washingtonismoney - 08-27-2019, 07:25 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 08-27-2019, 02:04 PM
Graphene goes commericial - by triangle2 - 09-25-2019, 10:54 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by BostonCard - 03-05-2020, 02:45 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 03-07-2020, 01:58 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 03-23-2020, 07:29 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by Publius - 06-17-2020, 11:27 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by fullmetal - 06-28-2020, 01:47 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 07-21-2020, 07:30 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by BostonCard - 07-21-2020, 10:22 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 10-03-2020, 01:05 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by martyup - 10-04-2020, 10:22 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 10-12-2020, 05:27 PM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by BostonCard - 10-13-2020, 07:06 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by fanofourforebears - 11-20-2020, 06:38 AM
RE: Intrigued by Graphene - by 82lsju - 11-20-2020, 01:19 PM
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