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ValueSubtracted@startrek.websiteM to Quark's@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 day ago

Please drive carefully: scientists plan to transport volatile antimatter for first time

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Please drive carefully: scientists plan to transport volatile antimatter for first time

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ValueSubtracted@startrek.websiteM to Quark's@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 day ago
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Cern researchers are testing traps capable of moving antimatter, which explodes into energy as soon as it comes into contact with regular matter
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    I was just about to post this! Now I really want to know if Data’s neural network was banana powered.

    “If one crunches the numbers (as they do in the original article), it turns out that bananas pop out a positron every 75 minutes or so.”

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      From the Memory Alpha wiki:

      He did not require sustenance, but occasionally ingested semi-organic nutrient suspension in a silicon-based liquid medium to lubricate his biofunctions. (TNG: “Deja Q”) Though capable of consuming more traditional food and drink, Data had no sense of taste and therefore tended not to bother eating. (TNG: “Hero Worship”)

      So, you could probably derive some of the organic components from bananas, but generally no. He’s not really banana-powered.

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