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- 5 Gorgeous and Famous Comets Spotted on Earth in the Last 34 Years
- Humpback Whales Are Being Threatened
- It’s The Snyder Cut Trailer!
- Meet the Deadliest Marine Corps Recruit
- A Brief History of the Mason Jar
- 10 Epic Sign Language Interpreters at Metal Shows
- The Zero-Armed Bandit Game
- Do You Know How To Breathe Well?
- Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches
- Spot the Bodypainting
- The International Garden Photographer of the Year Macro Awards
- "The Thief" -- A Sculpture of an Art Thief That Hangs from the Outside Wall of a Museum
- It’s A Smart Lock That Looks Like A Regular Lock
- This Dad Just Won A Competition For Recreating The McDonald’s Menu
- What Does The Queen Eat?
| 5 Gorgeous and Famous Comets Spotted on Earth in the Last 34 Years Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:51 PM PDT
Whether we've seen the beauty of a comet in motion through a telescope or shooting in the night skies, it's definitely a magnificent visual worth witnessing. Its tail of gas and dust discharge that shines brilliantly as it is moved by solar winds and sunlight pressure from the sun is worth a photo for all the world to see. And the history and schedule in which it returns can prepare us to snap our own little photos for our picture collage. Click her for the full article  |
| Humpback Whales Are Being Threatened Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:25 PM PDT
For over 30 years, Paul Knapp Jr. has been taking travelers out into the Carribean Sea to let them hear the songs of the humpback whales. He has guided some 4,000 people on these listening trips. Science and tech journalist Dyllan Furness is one of these people, and he writes about his experience over at Outside Online. After 20 minutes, we reached Knapp's most reliable listening location, an indistinctive stretch of open water just west of a peninsula. Knapp cut the engine, plugged a hydrophone into a pair of boat speakers, and dropped the device into the water. "OK," he said as the cable ran through his fingers, falling to 50 feet below the surface. "Let's see if we hear anything." Within seconds, a chorus of cetacean song filled the air—humpbacks emanating a series of elevated chirps and bellows and downward-spiraling moans. I'd listened to countless whale recordings in preparation for the trip, but they failed to convey how haunting the songs are in person. Knapp fell silent for a few minutes before rattling off guesses at the whales' numbers and distance from us—two or three of them, maybe three or four miles away. Furness is lucky enough to have been able to listen to the humpback whales in person. But perhaps there will be no more humpback whale songs to listen to in the future, and that is because of human-made noise, as well as seismic blasts, which affect zooplanktons (a main food source for whales). More about this story over at Outside Online. (Image Credit: NOAA/ Wikimedia Commons) |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:25 PM PDT
Ever since the release of Justice League in 2017, people have been asking for the director's cut, which is commonly known as the Snyder Cut. On May 20 of this year, Snyder himself confirmed that it will be released. Just recently, the official trailer of Zack Snyder's Justice League was released, and fans are looking forward to the film, which will be shown sometime next year. The trailer features some muted scenes from the film, overlaid with the song Hallelujah. (Video Credit: IGN/ YouTube) |
| Meet the Deadliest Marine Corps Recruit Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:25 PM PDT
Pfc. Austin Ferrell will most likely graduate from basic training in the US Marine Corps on September 4. He's already broken marksmanship records. Every marine is supposed to be a rifleman and Ferrell has already proven that he can deliver the lead on target with remarkable precision. The Marine Corps Times reports: The new Marine scored 248 out of a possible 250 on Table 1 of the Marine Corps Rifle Qualification and followed it by a perfect 100 on Table 2, earning him the recruit record at Parris Island, South Carolina, under the modern scoring system. Table 2, which consists of close range fire at multiple targets and moving targets, was added to Marine Corps rifle qualifications in 2005. After a perfect score at 200 yards, Ferrell missed at 300, causing a loss of two points. But he once again scored perfectly at 500 yards. He was so good that some instructors were skeptical that his performance was real: "I was told by the recruits in the pits that were doing my target that all of the drill instructors were over there talking to make sure I wasn't cheating … because they couldn't believe it either," Ferrell added. Appropriately, Ferrell hopes to become a sniper. -via Super Punch | Photo: Cpl. Shane Manson/USMC |
| A Brief History of the Mason Jar Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:25 PM PDT
With so many people staying at home, gardening is bigger than ever this year. Now that harvest season is here, more people are trying their hand at home canning, so much so that manufacturers are having a hard time supplying enough mason jars. Luckily, I have plenty. If you're waiting on a shipment, you might wonder where they originally came from, and why they are named mason jars. That name comes from the inventor, John Landis Mason.
The jars' history continues with the Ball brothers and the rise and fall of home canning through different eras, at Smithsonian. |
| 10 Epic Sign Language Interpreters at Metal Shows Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:25 PM PDT
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| Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:25 PM PDT
Alan Bellows of Damn Interesting is offering up a browser game that may drive you crazy. The object is to diffuse a bomb by flipping levers in a certain order, but there are 28 levers and if you make one wrong move, the whole building explodes. I don't know what happens if you win, because I've blown up the building every time so far. |
| Do You Know How To Breathe Well? Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:25 PM PDT
Aimee Hartley believed that she knew how to breathe. After all, that's what she has been doing all her life. Aside from that, she was also a yoga teacher, and yoga is a practice which involves breathing exercises. But then she took a lesson with a breathing coach, who told her where she was going wrong. He pointed out she wasn't taking the air into her lower lungs but was, she says, an "upper chest breather. He then taught me this conscious breathing and I felt my lower belly open, and I felt myself breathing a lot better after just one session. So I then became fascinated by how we breathe." Now, Hartley is a Transformational Breath Coach, passing on to people what she had learned about breathwork. These are exercises that promise to help us become better breathers, which, it is claimed by practitioners, can transform our physical and mental health by improving immune function, sleep, digestion and respiratory conditions, and reducing blood pressure and anxiety (or transporting you to a higher realm of consciousness, if that is your thing). There is little high-quality research to back up many of these claims, although it has become widely accepted that diaphragmatic breathing (engaging the large muscle between the chest and abdomen to take bigger, deeper lungfuls of air) can reduce feelings of stress and anxiety – and the NHS recommends this for stress relief. So how do we breathe well? See the steps over at The Guardian. (Image Credit: alfcermed/ Pixabay) |
| Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:28 PM PDT
In normal times, we are amused at the phenomenon in which people have a nagging question in their everyday lives which they try to solve in the geekiest manner possible. We call that "overthinking." In 2020, people have more time to indulge in those personal missions. Ethan Rosenthal is a physicist and a data scientist in New York City, so he's had plenty of time to think about his favorite sandwich, made with peanut butter and bananas.
Read how he did exactly that, in excruciating detail, in a study of the optimal way to make a peanut butter and banana sandwich. You could say it's bananas. -via Metafilter |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:25 PM PDT There's a nude model in this photo. Do you see her? How about this one? Jörg Düsterwald, a German artist, is a master of bodypainting. He carefully covers his models with realistic paint and hides them in plain sight. Düsterwald's whole Instagram portfolio is a wonder to browse. He does a lot more than camouflage images. His use of bodypainting covers a wide variety of artistic effects. But it's his fairy-like hidden model images that I find the most striking. -via Oddity Central |
| The International Garden Photographer of the Year Macro Awards Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:25 PM PDT
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| "The Thief" -- A Sculpture of an Art Thief That Hangs from the Outside Wall of a Museum Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:08 PM PDT
If you visit the Olomouc Museum of Art in Czechia, be sure to check out an installation mounted on the outside of the building. It's a sculpture by David Černý of a thief attempting to escape from the museum with stolen artwork. Atlas Obscura fills us in on this funny work of art: The robber has a famed sculpture of Karel Nepraš in his bag, a tribute to the late Czech sculptor. The statue moves along the ledge once every hour. The voice used for the statue is that of well-known Czech singer David Koller, who is Černý's friend. The sculpture moves occasionally and can shout at passersby. Photo: Michal Maňas |
| It’s A Smart Lock That Looks Like A Regular Lock Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:08 PM PDT
Want to open your door without using keys but don't want it to be obvious? If your answer was yes to that question, then you might consider having this smart lock called Level Lock that looks like a regular lock. Some smart locks, like August, Kwikset and others, have distinctive hardware that's visible from the outside. Billed as an "invisible smart lock," Level Lock was designed with discretion in mind, according to a statement from Level Home. The lock itself looks like a key lock, but in fact can open by the touch of a finger, a vocal command or with a programmable keycard. You can also give others access to your home through the Level app, and approved guests can gain entry using their phone as a key. The stainless steel deadbolt hides a CR2 battery within it, which can hold a charge for up to one year, according to the statement. Level Lock's accompanying app, HomeKit, can connect with both iOS and Android devices. Unlike other smart locks, such as August, which costs $150, this smart lock is more expensive, costing $329. I wonder if the accompanying app will remind you when the battery's low. I also wonder what will happen if the battery runs out. Well, what do you think? (Image Credit: Level Home/ Engadget) |
| This Dad Just Won A Competition For Recreating The McDonald’s Menu Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:08 PM PDT
Jamie Rust had nothing to do during the lockdown, and so he just decided to improve upon what he likes to do: BBQ. And so, when he, along with some mates, took on the Restaurant Challenge by Altons BBQ World, Rust gave it his best shot. The contest was simple: "replicate classic dishes from some of the biggest chains around, such as KFC, Nando's and Pizza Express." … he didn't hold back, forking out £60 ($78) on the ingredients to make his own Big Mac, fries, Filet-O-Fish and apple pie. In preparation, the dad-of one said he went down to his local branch which supplied him with the packaging so it looked a touch more authentic. He said: "I cooked 99 percent of the whole menu, made my own Maccies uniform, and even made a custom Lego toy that looked like me with a set of tongs and a BBQ. "The Sausage and Egg McMuffin and Chicken Legend were identical! Everything else was better than Maccies because of the fresh ingredients and seasoning." Rust won with a score of 9.9/10. But the battle does not end here, as there's still the second round, where he hopes to step things up a gear. The McDonald's menu took him 18 hours to make. What are your thoughts about this one? (Image Credit: LADbible/@bro.n.slo) |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:08 PM PDT
What does Queen Elizabeth II eat? How many meals does she have in a day? What is her "guilty pleasure"? What kind of food does she like? What kind of food does she hate? How does she act when she doesn't like the food? The Queen's former chef, Darren McGrady answers all of these questions in this article over at Independent. (Image Credit: NASA/ Bill Ingalls/ Wikimedia Commons) |
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