An Ignoble Experiment: Collapsed Arecibo telescope offers near-Earth asteroid warning from beyond the grave

2022/10/31

Collapsed Arecibo telescope offers near-Earth asteroid warning from beyond the grave

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October 31, 2022

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Collapsed Arecibo telescope offers near-Earth asteroid warning from beyond the grave

(University of Central Florida)

After collapsing into pieces in December 2020, the mighty Arecibo Observatory has a final parting gift for humanity — and it's a doozy.

Using data collected by Arecibo between December 2017 and December 2019, scientists have released the largest radar-based report on near-Earth asteroids ever published.

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History & Archaeology

Nazca child ingested psychoactive cactus just before ceremonial death in ancient Peru

(Dagmara Socha)

Thousands of years ago, a child in Peru was sacrificed as part of an ancient ritual, their head severed at the neck and made into a type of trophy.

A new analysis of a single hair plucked from the mummy's skull reveals that the child consumed a psychoactive cactus prior to execution, as part of the ceremony.

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Egyptians helped discover King Tut's tomb. Now, they're finally being recognized.

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British archaeologist Howard Carter is often credited with finding Tutankhamun's tomb, but the names and identities of the Egyptians who did much of the work are largely unknown.

Now, in the exhibition "Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive" at the University of Oxford's Bodleian libraries, which runs through Feb. 5, 2023, photos of the Egyptians who uncovered King Tutankhamun's tomb are displayed in an attempt to recognize them.

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The Day of the Dead isn't Halloween. Here are its roots, from Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican celebration

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The Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but Mexico's famous holiday is actually a lively commemoration of the departed.

The nationwide festivities, which include a massive parade in Mexico City, typically begin the night of Oct. 31 with families sitting vigil at grave sites. Mexican tradition holds that on Nov. 1 and 2, the dead awaken to reconnect and celebrate with their living family and friends. Given the timing, it may be tempting to equate Day of the Dead with Halloween, a ghost-themed U.S. holiday. But the two holidays express fundamentally different beliefs.

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Life's Little Mysteries

Why can we sometimes see the moon in the daytime?

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The moon's presence in the night sky has transfixed people for millennia. But why is the moon sometimes visible during daylight?

We sometimes see the moon during the day for the same reason we see it at night — it is reflecting light from the sun — and its closeness to Earth makes it brighter than the daytime or nighttime sky. After the sun, the moon is by far the brightest celestial object we can see.

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Curious Creatures

Horrifying close-up photo of an ant is the stuff of nightmares

(Eugenijus Kavaliauskas)

Creepy-crawlies with a menacing bite that can trigger an insatiable itch, ants are the stuff of nightmares for many people.

A close-up image of one of these pint-size terrors from Nikon's Small World Photomicrography Competition 2022 is eliciting a horrified response that has spread across the internet like venom through the lymphatic system.

Full Story: Live Science (10/31)