An endangered whale calf has been found dead on a beach in Florida with signs it was hit by a boat. Fewer than 400 North Atlantic right whales are left on Earth. Source: https://www.livescience.com/endangered-whale-calf-washed-ashore-florida.html
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Remote Tasmanian Island To Be Powered By ‘Blowhole’ Energy That Harnesses Waves
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Technology that harnesses wave energy through a “blowhole” is being tested at a remote Tasmanian island in a project backed by federal grants and investors. When the mostly above-water unit is connected in about a month, King Island in Bass Strait will be powered by three renewables — wave, wind and solar….
Mystery spy boat washes up on Scottish isle
Scotland’s coastguard has been attempting to solve the mystery of a spy boat found on the remote Isle of Tiree. Events began on September 28th when th… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/339976/mystery-spy-boat-washes-up-on-scottish-isle…
2020 is your year to see Capricornus
Poor Capricornus. The early Greek stargazers labeled it as a Sea Goat, but no amount of squinting – or even imagining – can help you see a Goat in this part of the sky. In 2020, Jupiter and Saturn come to the rescue! Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-to-see-constellation-capricornus-jupiter-saturn…
Watch a toy boat float upside down in a levitating puddle
By taking advantage of a strange phenomenon in which liquids can be shaken so fast that they levitate, researchers have made a toy boat float upside down Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2253283-watch-a-toy-boat-float-upside-down-in-a-levitating-puddle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Fishing boat outbreak suggests antibodies protect against COVID-19 reinfection
Three crew members had neutralizing antibodies against the virus prior to the boat’s departure. Source: https://www.livescience.com/antibodies-prevent-covid-19-reinfection-fishing-boat.html
Watch SpaceX boat catch falling payload fairing in giant net (video)
SpaceX just plucked another payload fairing out of the sky, and you can see video of the dramatic cosmic catch. Source: https://www.livescience.com/spacex-rocket-payload-fairing-catch-video-starlink-11.html
Reviewer Calls Linux-based PinePhone ‘the Most Interesting Smartphone I’ve Tried in Years’
A review at the Android Police site calls Pine64’s new Linux-based PinePhone “the most interesting smartphone I’ve tried in years,” with 17 different operating systems available (including Fedora, Ubuntu Touch, SailfishOS, openSUSE, and Arch Linux ARM): There’s a replaceable battery, which is compatible with batteries designed for older Samsung Galaxy J7 phones. It’s good to know that even if PinePhone vanished…
Abandon ship! 18th-century pirate Blackbeard deliberately grounded his leaky boat
The 18th century ship Queen Anne’s Revenge, helmed by the pirate Blackbeard, was deliberately run aground by the notorious outlaw. Source: https://www.livescience.com/blackbeard-pirate-busted-boat.html
A Moment of Clarity Regarding the Raison d’Etre for the App Store
John Gruber, writing at DaringFireball: Feel free to file Google’s release this week of an update to their iPad Gmail app with support for split-screen multitasking under “better late than never,” but this is so late it borders on the absurd. It’s like the difference between showing up fashionably late and showing up a week after the party. Split-screen multitasking was…