Why don't trains make *that* sound anymore? — If you've been on a modern train you won't have noticed that classic "clickety-clack" sound anymore. This is because train tracks are now one continuous piece of rail without gaps. But one long piece of metal without room to expand
SmallSat 2026 - NASA Science — SmallSat 2026
Home - The Virtual Telescope Project 2.0 — Home of the Virtual Telescope Project, an advanced robotic facility offering true real-time observations of the Universe with remotely controlled telescopes
BinocularSky - Home — The one-stop resource for choosing and using binoculars for astronomy, Binocular Astronomy
NASA’s Swift Sees ‘Wandering’ Mega Black Hole Shredding Star - NASA Science — NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory captured an “orphan” black hole lighting up as it devoured a star on the outskirts of a faraway galaxy. These phenomena
Canon New Children's Book Has Aliens Explaining Why Cameras Are Awesome — What even is this?
Real-time monitoring to protect chalk stream — Real-time pollution levels tracked along length of Hampshire's rare chalk stream.
Pixel 11 lets you make any Camera Look default with this buried setting — If you want to save one of Google's more unique Camera Looks as your default, you'll need to toggle this buried setting on.
NIAC 2026 Selections — Saptarshi BandyopadhyayDimming the Sun (DimSun) Using Controllable Dust Cloud to Reduce Solar InsolationNASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPasadena, CA
MCP is dead | Quandri Engineering
Israeli ministers and settlers call for return to Gaza settlements — ‘Gaza is ours.’
The Oldest Black Church in the U.S., the Wright Brothers' Home and a New York Hospital Are Among the American Heritage Sites in Urgent Need of Preservation — For its “Irreplaceable America” list in honor of the 250th birthday of the U.S., the World Monuments Fund chose…
AI-Powered CRM Platform HoneyBook Launches New Tools for Photographers — New client galleries for photographers.
Home - National Speleological Society — Since 1941 the National Speleological Society has been dedicated to protecting, studying, and exploring caves. With 8,000 members we are the largest cave focused membership organization in the world.
Last chance: Get the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra for under $1,000 — This is a big deal for Android users (and Android-curious iPhone users).
How Did Two Wolves End Up on This Remote Island Thousands of Years Ago? Researchers Think Humans Brought Them There, Then Cared for Them — The discovery suggests humans may have maintained relationships with wolves long after domesticated dogs came on the scene
A Feature-Length AI-Generated 'Live Action' Movie Is Premiering at Tribeca for Some Reason — An important story that deserves a better, human-made telling.
Cameraman Narrowly Escapes as Burning 'Spidercam' Crashes onto Pitch During Soccer Match — The faulty camera plunged over 65 feet.
Could we eliminate any particles from the standard model of physics? — The standard model of physics is one of the most successful scientific theories in existence, but do we need it all? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores whether it’s carrying any excess baggage
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X says attackers are targeting user accounts after the launch of X Money | TechCrunch — X is investigating a wave of unsolicited password reset emails that it believes may be tied to the rollout of its new payments service.
In a First, Astronomers May Have Spotted a Supermassive Black Hole That Wandered to the Edge of Its Galaxy — These giant celestial objects have mostly been identified at the centers of galaxies, where they're known to reside. But a recently discovered one—found because of the…
Viltrox teases several new lenses, including four L-mount options — The company is bringing several Air lenses to a new mount, and introducing two fast APS-C models.
Highly Allochthonous | NEWS & COMMENTARY FROM THE WORLD OF GEOLOGY & EARTH SCIENCE — Geology, explained well.
Becoming a parent may make you love your partner less — Parents report loving their partners less within the first year of having a child, but that doesn't mean the feeling is permanent or inevitable
An Ancient Sea Once Split North America Down the Middle. The Beautiful Multicolored Ammonite Shells From Its Waters Are So Perfectly Preserved That They Still Shimmer Today — Spectacular marine fossils tell the story of the long-gone Western Interior Seaway and the planet’s…
GitHub - FrigadeHQ/yap: Free, open source voice dictation for macOS. On-device transcription with Apple's Speech framework. No cloud, no API keys, no account. — Free, open source voice dictation for macOS. On-device transcription with Apple's Speech framework. No cloud, no API…
UN eyeing potential Israeli war crimes in Lebanon — High Commissioner Turk discusses displacement and trauma in Lebanon, asserting Israel is violating international law.
The Challenge of Photographing Mountain Gorillas in the Mist of an Impenetrable Forest — A challenge that's worth it.
Ancient monument marked summer solstice centuries before Stonehenge — Archaeologists have discovered traces of a wooden structure built 5000 years ago, 5 kilometres from Stonehenge, which appears to have been an even older monument for marking the summer solstice
Cinelux Sixteen Camera Captures Super 16 Film and Digital Video at the Same Time — The charm of Super 16 without the production headaches.
The Cost YAGNI Was Never About — If you think YAGNI is about saving effort, cheap generation should retire it. It doesn't. Here's why.
NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke Leaves NASA, Career Includes 4 Spaceflights - NASA — NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is departing the agency on Wednesday after 30 years of service. Throughout his career, he flew four missions, spent 549 days in
Understanding anorexia’s grip on the brain could unlock new therapies — One-third of people with anorexia nervosa don’t recover and treatment has remained stagnant for years. Now we’re beginning to understand how the condition takes over the mind
Killer robots are here – we must finally decide whether to accept them — We can no longer ignore the growing threat of fully autonomous weapons. The world must either act to ban them or accept that they are the future of war
The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second — The most comprehensive database ever compiled of how fast arachnids can run has shown how leg anatomy and evolutionary history influence spiders’ running speed
Heatwave conditions officially met in Northern Ireland — That heat threshold must be met for at least three consecutive days at the same weather station to be a heatwave.
Lily Phillips is spreading the word about climate change — Headline Newds wants to use parasocial relationships to spread the urgency of climate change.