An anonymous reader shares a report: Around Thanksgiving, it looked like this could have been Netflix’s year to win it all at the Oscars. Critics were heaping praise on the epic scale of Martin Scorsese’s mob movie “The Irishman,” which felt destined to be the streaming giant’s best shot at the elusive best picture trophy. The Los Gatos-based tech company put…
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Supercharged light pulverises asteroids, study finds
The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids into successively smaller fragments using their light alone, according to a University of Warwick astronomer. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-02-supercharged-pulverises-asteroids.html…
Will China Seize an American Company’s Drug For Fighting Coronavirus?
“Chinese researchers reportedly have applied for a local patent on an experimental Gilead drug that they believe could help fight the novel coronavirus outbreak — and also significantly bolster Gilead’s bottom-line going forward…” reports The Street. “If granted, Gilead will need to get Chinese patent owners on board when it wants to sell the drug for treating the novel coronavirus infection…
Taurus? Here’s your constellation
How to find to find the constellation Taurus in your night sky. Plus the names of some of its bright stars and star clusters and its mythology. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/taurus-heres-your-constellation…
Warm water measured below Antarctic glacier
The warm water found flowing under Thwaites Glacier in western Antarctica helps explain its rapid melting. Thwaites is part of what’s described the “weak underbelly” of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Its melting has implications for sea-level rise around the world. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/warm-water-measured-below-thwaites-glacier-antarctica…
Does a Vegan Diet Affect Your Intelligence?
“The vegan diet is low in — or, in some cases, entirely devoid of — several important brain nutrients,” argues the BBC. “Could these shortcomings be affecting vegans’ abilities to think?” omfglearntoplay shared their article:
According to the latest statistics, there are around 375 million vegetarians on the planet. In the West, veganism has ditched the hippie stigma to become one of…
See Mercury beneath Venus at dusk
February 2020 presents a good evening showing of Mercury for the Northern Hemisphere. This world will appear over the sunset point on the horizon as dusk gives way to nightfall for the next few weeks. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/mercury-returns-to-evening-sky…
How to locate planet Uranus
Tonight’s waxing crescent moon shines close to Uranus. Learn how to locate the planet, using tonight’s moon location and these links to charts and other info. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-and-uranus-in-front-of-pisces…
Nintendo Switch Soars Past SNES in Lifetime Sales
Nintendo says the Switch has hit 52.5 million sales in its lifetime, already surpassing that of the SNES. From a report: In becoming the company’s fifth best-selling console of all-time, the Switch has helped to boost Nintendo — the company reported a $2.75 billion operating profit, up from the previously predicted $2.38 billion. Previous forecasts had Switch sales for the fiscal…
New documentary to argue that we are not alone
‘The Phenomenon’ will feature never-before-seen archival interviews with major government officials. The question of whether we are alone in the unive… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334204/new-documentary-to-argue-that-we-are-not-alone…