by | Jun 5, 2019 | Weirdness
from Metro The sun has ‘reached solar minimum’ and its surface is ominously calm by Jasper Hamill This recent Nasa image shows the face of the sun looking blanker than usual This solar slowdown often causes temporary cooling in Earth’s atmosphere. Climate change...
by | Jun 4, 2019 | Culture Music Art
from Axios 1 big thing: Media companies wade into betting By Sara Fischer Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios The legalization of sports betting has opened up new business opportunities, and ethical challenges, for some of America’s biggest media companies. Why it...
by | Jun 3, 2019 | Culture Music Art
from The Hollywood Reporter How Top Gamers Earn Up to $15,000 an Hour by Patrick Shanley SOURCE: Twitch A new lawsuit reveals the high stakes in gaming as brands like Coca-Cola and Bud Light push the hourly income of popular streamers as high as five figures:...
by | Jun 2, 2019 | Weirdness
from Stars And Stripes The Navy tracks UFO sightings. Scientists explain what’s really going on. By TOM AVRIL NOGA AMI-RAV/STARS AND STRIPES ILLUSTRATION (Tribune News Service) — The Navy caused a bit of a sensation this spring when it implemented a formal...
by | Jun 1, 2019 | Weirdness
from NYT via MSN After SpaceX Starlink Launch, a Fear of Satellites That Outnumber All Visible Stars by Shannon Hall Last month, SpaceX successfully launched 60 500-pound satellites into space. Soon amateur skywatchers started sharing images of those...
