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NASA Wants Your Ideas for Saving the Hubble Telescope Again
After 36 years in orbit, Hubble still dazzles astronomers but is headed for a plunge into the atmosphere in the early-to-mid-2030s. The agency asked for reboost ideas four years ago too, and those went nowhere.
Ars Technica ↗️💾 Tech and Science
A Pompeii Cupboard Offers a Peek at Life Before Vesuvius
A humble cupboard from Pompeii is offering a fresh glimpse of everyday life in the city before Vesuvius erupted.
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Turns Out Birds Get Jet Lag Too
Manx shearwaters spend weeks hunting at sea, and new research suggests the race back to their nests leaves them jet lagged.
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Apple's iPhone Duo Brings Two Screens and a $2,000 Price Tag
Ars Technica respects Apple's first crack at a foldable phone but isn't sure it actually likes it. Foldables let screens keep growing while still fitting in a pocket, though the reviewer notes Android versions often sport an ugly, bubbly seam.
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Apple's Folding iPhone Duo Finally Cracks on Fold Number 75,001
Apple never said how many folds the iPhone Duo could handle, so YouTuber Kuba Klawiter had one folded and unfolded by hand on a live stream until it gave out. On fold 75,001, a line formed down the middle of the inner screen.
Gizmodo ↗️💾 Tech and Science
Stressed-Out Trees Are Skipping Their Usual Autumn Color Show This Year
The clocks have gone back, yet the orange, yellow and red foliage is still largely missing in action. Experts are calling it a 'false autumn,' a sign that nature is confused and out of sync.
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A Giant Cloud on Mars Could Showcase Physics Nobody Has Ever Observed
Every morning during Martian spring and summer, a wispy cloud forms near the volcano Arsia Mons and stretches over 1,000 miles, roughly the distance from New York to Kansas City. A new model suggests it may host ice-forming physics never directly observed before.
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Astronomers Claim to Pinpoint the Real Sky Behind 'Starry Night'
In a letter from early June 1889, Vincent van Gogh told his brother Theo he had watched the countryside from his asylum window before sunrise, with a morning star that looked very big. Now astronomers think they have matched that Saint-Rémy-de-Provence sky to his famous painting, though skeptics aren't sold.
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That Amelia Earhart 'Plane' Spotted on Apple Maps Was Really Just a Bunch of Trees
It started with a blurry satellite image off Nikumaroro, a remote South Pacific atoll, showing something that looked a lot like an airplane wing. Researchers called it 'very likely' Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane and set off on an expedition to find out. Alas, the legendary aviator's final resting place remains a mystery, because the shape turned out to be a cluster of large trees.
Smithsonian Magazine ↗️💾 Tech and Science
A Venomous Primate Missing for 89 Years Is Turning Up in Indonesian Backyards
The big-eyed Bangka slow loris hadn't been documented by scientists since 1937, yet it has apparently been creeping through local homes and gardens all along. It belongs to the world's only known group of venomous primates, which activate their toxin by licking a gland on their arms.
Gizmodo ↗️💾 Tech and Science
DNA Points to Easter Island Sailors as Hawaii's First Settlers
A new genetic study suggests Hawaii was settled by seafarers who set out from Easter Island. It's a remarkable twist in the story of Polynesia's epic ocean crossings.
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Webb Spots a Mystery Glow in an Empty Patch of Sky
Astronomers using the Webb telescope caught a strange flash of light twice in a spot in Fornax where nothing should be. Its source remains a puzzle, and the suspects are anything but ordinary.
Gizmodo ↗️💾 Tech and Science
Slate's $25,000 electric pickup gets its first showroom and a dose of reality
Slate has opened its first customer showroom as its bargain-priced electric truck inches toward production. Inside, crank-down windows and a wall of bright color chips offer a charmingly retro, no-frills pitch. The showroom sells the promise, but mass production will decide whether this affordable pickup actually delivers.
Ars Technica ↗️💾 Tech and Science
Samsung is already sliding past the foldable phone craze
Foldables are suddenly so last week, and Samsung appears first in line with an even wackier new smartphone shape.
Gizmodo ↗️💾 Tech and Science
A Legendary Siberian Cave Coughs Up an Ice Age Yak Look-Alike
Researchers digging in one of Siberia's most famous caves have uncovered the remains of a shaggy, yak-like mammal from the Ice Age. It's the latest prehistoric surprise from a site that keeps on giving.
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