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- 30 Stunning Images For Hubble Telescope’s 30th Anniversary
- Letters to Santa Found in the Newspapers
- Best Illusion of the Year 2020
- Reddit’s 2020 Year in Review
- Dyker Heights Christmas Lights 2020
- Driver Trapped In Car For 10 Hours After Being Buried In Snow
- Time Slows Down When You’re Concealing Something, Apparently
- Lego Omelet Rice
- A Filter For Astronaut Urine Could Provide Drinking Water On Earth
- Scientists Rebuilt A Dinosaur Brain
- The Greatest Christmas Movie Is <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>
- Her Majesty’s Kidnappers
- Data’s Organ Solo
- He's back again for the season finale! Oh no! The main character has to deal with aggressive police!
| 30 Stunning Images For Hubble Telescope’s 30th Anniversary Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:43 AM PST
To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 30 long years in operation (good for them, really), NASA has released stunning images taken by the telescope. The images of celestial bodies, such as stars in different numbers, groups, and galaxies will be added to NASA's Caldwell catalog. The Caldwell catalog is an compilation of star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies: These images will be added to the Caldwell catalog which draws inspiration from 18th-century French astronomer Charles Messiers' own record of the heavens. From NASA's description, "The Messier catalog, begun by astronomer Charles Messier in the 18th Century and revised over the years, includes some of the most fascinating astronomical objects that can be observed from Earth's Northern Hemisphere. Among them are deep-sky objects that can be viewed in stunning detail using larger telescopes but are also bright enough to be seen through a small telescope. This characteristic makes Messier objects extremely popular targets for amateur astronomers possessing all levels of experience and equipment. They are so popular, in fact, that they have inspired a special award from the Astronomical League (an organization for amateur astronomers) given to observers who are able to spot each of these objects. Those who succeed receive a certificate and are given the distinction of being in the Messier Club." The Caldwell collection consists of 109 objects observable by a small telescope, Engadget reports. That website reports that the additional 30 pictures, the Hubble output consists of 87 of the 109 objects in that collection. Image via Lighting Stalking  |
| Letters to Santa Found in the Newspapers Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:43 AM PST
Newspapers.com presents a roundup of letters to Santa Claus from as far back as 1901. Most are pretty straightforward: I've been a good boy/girl, please bring me a GI Joe/dolly/pony, etc. But there was a letter dropped in a mailbox in 1992 that was reprinted across the country because it was so sad.
Readers donated a total of $17,000 for Thad and his family. Despite the efforts of many who tried to investigate, Thad was never identified, and the money was eventually given to the United Way. Read more letters to Santa from over the years at Fishwrap. -via Strange Company |
| Best Illusion of the Year 2020 Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:30 AM PST
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| Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:30 AM PST PSA: I don't think masks ruined our pictures at all. I'm excited to look back on them and see what an insane time in life we were having - but that we made it through anyway. from r/weddingplanning Almost half a billion people use reddit each month, so the activity on the site is a snapshot of what the world was doing in 2020. The site's year-end review takes a look at the subreddits that stood out this year, for participation, virality, and influence.
You can read the report on trends with examples of influential or representative posts at redditblog. |
| Dyker Heights Christmas Lights 2020 Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:30 AM PST
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| Driver Trapped In Car For 10 Hours After Being Buried In Snow Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:30 AM PST
Kevin Kresen was trapped in his car for more than 10 hours after his car got buried underneath four feet of snow. The 58-year-old driver got stuck after a plow covered his car. A state trooper managed to find him and his vehicle after digging through the snow. He suffered from hypothermia and frostbite, and was taken to Lourdes Hospital for treatment. Image via the New York Post |
| Time Slows Down When You’re Concealing Something, Apparently Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:30 AM PST
No, it's not a way to manipulate time in general, it's just your perception of time that slows down. A new study found that trying to conceal something can alter your perception of time. The study, which appeared in Biological Psychology, wanted to find how time is perceived during lying: In line with previous research, the researchers observed stronger physiological arousal when a concealed item was presented on the screen. They also found that the display of all items in the guilty condition was perceived as longer than that in the innocent condition. Response times were also longer in the guilty condition than in the innocent condition. "When you are concealing something, you will feel that time passes more slowly than usual, because you are in an aroused and highly vigilant state. Not only the very thing to be concealed but also other items are perceived as lasting longer than usual during this state," Matsuda and Nittono told PsyPost. Image via PsyPost |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:29 AM PST
YouTube is a fun platform where you can find all kinds of videos. This one is one of them. Well, it's also unusual. Would you actually cook a meal using Lego blocks? YouTuber I like home presents a reality where you can, through his videos. By the way, if you haven't realized it: it's not real-time cooking using actual Lego blocks! I like home combines the power of editing, stop-motion, and creativity to create these videos. |
| A Filter For Astronaut Urine Could Provide Drinking Water On Earth Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:27 AM PST
Aquaporin A/S, a Danish company that designed a water-purification system for the International Space System, has designed a new system that could provide more drinking water for humans on Earth. This new system uses proteins called aquaporins that could remove microplastics and micropollutants from wastewater, as CNN details: Aquaporin's technology could help. The company is working with wastewater companies — including BIOFOS, Denmark's largest state-owned wastewater utility, and UTB Envirotec in Hungary — to remove micropollutants and microplastics from wastewater, preventing them from flowing into the sea. A study conducted at BIOFOS showed that aquaporins remove over 95% of microplastics and micropollutants in wastewater, using much less energy than traditional systems. "It has an enormous potential," says BIOFOS innovation manager Dines Thornberg, who led the study. "I think the Aquaporin system could lead the way in actually creating clean, affordable drinking water from wastewater in the future. I am really optimistic that we can meet the challenges of water scarcity in many parts of the world with technologies like this." Image screenshot via CNN |
| Scientists Rebuilt A Dinosaur Brain Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:27 AM PST
Researchers from the University of Bristol have successfully reconstructed the brain of a dinosaur! The Thecodontosaurus was the size of a large dog in the late Triassic age (about 205 million years ago). Thanks to the help of advanced imaging and 3D modeling techniques, experts are now able to study the dinosaur's fragile fossils in detail without destroying them: According to Futurism, experts scanned the interior of a Thecodontosaurus fossil and identified anatomical details about the dinosaur's brain that had not yet been revealed. Antonio Ballell, a Ph.D. student at the University of Bristol's School of Earth Sciences, recently shared his team's findings in a statement reported by CNN: "Our analysis of Thecodontosaurus' brain uncovered many fascinating features, some of which were quite surprising. Whereas its later relatives moved around ponderously on all fours, our findings suggest this species may have walked on two legs and been occasionally carnivorous. "Our analysis showed parts of the brain associated with keeping the head stable and eyes and gaze steady during movement were well-developed. This could also mean Thecodontosaurus could occasionally catch prey, although its tooth morphology suggests plants were the main component of its diet. It's possible it adopted omnivorous habits." CNN reports that experts also digitally reconstructed the dinosaur's inner ears, revealing that the Thecodontosaurus had a high hearing frequency and could recognize noises from other animals. Image via Deseret |
| The Greatest Christmas Movie Is <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:27 AM PST
There are lists of the best Christmas movies here and there, and all are arguable, not only about how "great" they really are, but whether they are Christmas movies at all. Must a Christmas movie be about Christmas, or merely take place during Christmastime? What if there's only one scene that takes place during the season? By now, we've pretty much settled on the fact that Die Hard is, in fact, a Christmas movie, but there are plenty of edge cases in various Christmas movie lists. Gabriella Paiella is of the opinion that The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the greatest Christmas movie, despite the fact that it's three movies, and she makes a point of watching all 12 hours every holiday season. Her first argument is that they were all released to theaters in December, during her childhood, so viewers of her generation will always have that connotation. But there are other reasons to see The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King as Christmas films.
And there are more reasons that will cause you to squint your eyes and say, yeah, maybe you can see it, at GQ. |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:26 AM PST
Through a large part of human history, a monarch had absolute power over all his/her subjects. Under England's Queen Elizabeth I, that authority included conscripting the best singers from every social strata for the royal children's choir, which equated to kidnapping. This power was delegated to the Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal, who could take any child he pleased to become part of the choir. In 1600, the Master was Nathaniel Giles. It was in that year that he took possession of 13-year-old Thomas Clifton as he walked home from school. On the surface, there wasn't a thing his parents could do about it, as Giles had the power of the throne behind him, and it was his job to fill the choir with promising young singers.
So why was Clifton snatched from his family? Read about Giles and how he took advantage of the legal authority he was given at Jstor Daily. -via Strange Company |
| Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:26 AM PST
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| He's back again for the season finale! Oh no! The main character has to deal with aggressive police! Posted: 20 Dec 2020 08:26 AM PST |
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