Tag: Easter

The Mars Perseverance Rover’s Parachute Contained a Secret Message

“The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message,” reports the Associated Press — thanks to the rover’s puzzle-loving systems engineer Ian Clark. “During a live stream discussing the landing, one Nasa commentator said: ‘Sometimes we leave messages in our work for others to find. So we invite you all to give it a…

Did you find the message hidden in Perseverance’s parachute?

The striped pattern on the parachute used by the Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a hidden message. Internet sleuths were able to figure it out within a few hours. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/perseverance-secret-message-dare-mighty-things…

Record number of billion-dollar disasters in U.S. in 2020

Last year, the U.S. experienced a record-smashing 22 weather and climate disasters that killed at least 262 people and injured scores more. Damages exceeded $1 billion each and totaled approximately $95 billion for all 22 events. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/record-number-billion-dollar-disasters-us-2020…

Children’s allergic reactions to nuts spike at Halloween and Easter

Severe peanut allergies in children jump 85 per cent on Halloween and 60 per cent on Easter, and other nut allergies follow the same trend, possibly due to social gatherings where sweets are shared Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2254924-childrens-allergic-reactions-to-nuts-spike-at-halloween-and-easter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

How to Play Chrome’s Hidden ‘Dinosaur Game’ and Firefox’s ‘Unicorn Pong’

How-To Geek has discovered three of the world’s most popular web browsers contain Easter Eggs:
It seems like every browser has a hidden game these days. Chrome has a dinosaur game, Edge has surfing, and Firefox has . . . unicorn pong? Yep, you read that right — here’s how to play it. First, open Firefox. Click the hamburger menu (the three…

Can New Zealand and Australia Eliminate All Coronavirus Infections?

“What Australia and New Zealand have already accomplished is a remarkable cause for hope,” reports the New York Times, in an inspiring article shared by Slashdot reader tflf (also republished here and here):
The results are undeniable: Australia and New Zealand have squashed the curve. Australia, a nation of 25 million people that had been on track for 153,000 cases by Easter,…

The Pope Suggests Considering a Universal Basic Wage

U.S. News and World Report notes a big surprise in the Easter Sunday letter from the pope:
Pope Francis on Sunday advocated for a form of universal basic income that would “dignify the noble, essential tasks” carried out by street vendors, small farmers, construction workers and caregivers around the world… In a letter written from Vatican City on Sunday, the head of…

Trump Says Keeping Covid-19 Deaths To 100,000 in the US Would Be a ‘Very Good Job’

Donald Trump has extended America’s national shutdown for a month, bowing to public health experts, and scientific reality, and warning that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to come. From a report: Speaking in the White House Rose Garden, the US president claimed that, if his administration keeps the death toll to 100,000, it will have done “a very…