You know the old problem of how to portray the round globe of Earth on a flat map? Now a trio of map experts has worked together to solve this problem. Their new map is 2-sided and round. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/astrophysicists-new-design-world-map…
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Disney Will Test the Limits of ‘Franchise Fatigue’ in 2021 and 2022
An anonymous reader shares a report: In November 2019, just a few days after Disney+ launched, Netflix (NFLX) content chief (now co-CEO) Ted Sarandos, speaking at a Paley Center for Media event, said that Disney (DIS) is “bound by” its content universes, a reference mostly to Marvel and Star Wars. He continued: “I do think the risk of being bound in…
Was this mystery radio signal really from Proxima Centauri?
Astronomers with Breakthrough Listen have detected a mysterious radio signal coming from the direction of the nearest star to the sun, Proxima Centauri. But is it really an alien signal or something more terrestrial? Source: https://earthsky.org/space/wow-signal-2020-blc1-proxima-centauri…
Humans Have Been Living In Space For 20 Years Straight
Since 2000, there have always been humans living and working on the International Space Station — and the streak could just be getting started. National Geographic reports: On Halloween in the year 2000, a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and flew into the history books, carrying one U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the nascent…
Kids can watch colorful crystals grow with this NatGeo kit, on sale for Prime Day
Get up to 20% off National Geographic STEM science kits, including a crystal growing kit, a glowing marble run and more. Source: https://www.livescience.com/news/kids-can-watch-colorful-crystals-grow-with-this-natgeo-kit-on-sale-for-prime-day
The Right Stuff review: Best part is the nudge to rewatch the original
Disney and National Geographic’s The Right Stuff is a TV remake that’s based on the film and the book by Tom Wolfe, but falls short compared with the originals Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256053-the-right-stuff-review-best-part-is-the-nudge-to-rewatch-the-original/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Amid the Pandemic’s Urban Quiet, a Song That Makes Sense
“Every musician knows that when the performers can hear one another, the performance is always better than otherwise,” writes Slashdot reader nightcats. “This principle applies in nature as well, and has been anecdotally witnessed amid the quiet imposed by COVID-19 on cities around the world. In San Francisco, behavioral ecologist Liz Derryberry has been able to deliver a dramatic scientific demonstration…
Happy World Oceans Day 2020
Why a World Oceans Day? Consider that Remdesivir, an antiviral medication now undergoing clinical trials as a possible Covid-19 treatment, contains compounds found in sea sponges. Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean is the theme for World Oceans Day 2020. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/happy-world-oceans-day…
Court Rules Photographer Gave Up Exclusive Licensing Rights by Posting on Instagram
When it comes to appropriating images found online, the situation is understandably confusing. If an individual posts something on social media, does that give someone else the right to use it in a different forum? Most lawyers would likely answer, “Not so fast,” and yet on Monday came a suggestive ruling perhaps otherwise from a New York federal court. From a…
National Geographic STEM Kits on Sale Now: Dinosaur Figures, Microscopes & More
Get up to 20% off National Geographic STEM science kits, including dinosaur dig sets, microscopes and more. Source: https://www.livescience.com/national-geographic-stem-science-deals.html