NASA is holding a press conference Thursday. A press conference to discuss a "an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life". Seriously, you guys. You guys, seriously. That's pretty much all the information available right now. Kottke did a little poking into the CVs of the various participants and thinks it will be about indirect biochemical evidence of bacterial life on Titan. I'm intrigued. Press conference starts at 2:00 Eastern. It'll be streamed. Thought you'd want to know. (Thanks P. Bump!)
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Nov 29, 2010
NASA sets us all up for heartbreak
Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot image is 30 years old today
Thirty years ago today, the Voyager 1 spaceprobe had completed its ncounters with the outer planets and was careening out of our solar system. The time came to shut off the probes’ cameras to preserve power and memory for the other onboard scientific instruments. But before engineers flipped the switch, one last photo opportunity was […]
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The scientific secrets inside a single grain of moon dust
While scientists have studied Moon rocks for 50 years, researchers have for the first time conducted deep analysis on a single grain of lunar dust, atom by atom. Using a common materials science technique called atom probe tomography that’s not widely used by geologists, the Chicago Field Museum’s Jennika Greer and colleagues probed the grain […]
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Watch how a heavy anvil floats in a vat of mercury
This is so amazing. Watch what happens when a blacksmithing anvil is lowered into a large vat of pure liquid mercury. Update: One of our readers posted the link to the original video in the comments. I have replaced the animated GIF. Thanks, Crispy75. [H/t Alberto Gaitán via Bryce Lynch] Image: Screengrab from GIF
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5 massage therapy guns that won't break the bank like Theragun
You kill it at the gym all week, your nutrition is dialed in, and you’re drinking so much water that your spare time is spent walking back and forth to the bathroom (way to get those steps in!)—so how do you take things to the next level? By focusing on recovery. A proper post-workout routine, […]
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Upgrade your sock drawer with these all-season bamboo yarn socks
Everybody wears socks, even presidents, but not everybody wears sophisticated, ultra-comfortable socks made with bamboo yarn that offers softness, ventilation, and durability. So with all these DeadSoxy socks on sale for Presidents’ Day, why not use this opportunity to make those hard-working feet of yours happier than they’ve ever been? With styles for work and […]
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Make good on that New Year's resolution to read more with these apps and speed reading techniques
If you’re looking to read more in 2020, you probably wish you had more time to get that done. Well, we can’t create more hours in the day (we’re mad about it too), but we can help you maximize those hours. Catch up on that book list and get ahead of the game when you […]
