by | Jun 24, 2021 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from NYT via DNYUZ Rembrandt’s Damaged Masterpiece Is Whole Again, With A.I.’s Help AMSTERDAM — Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” has been a national icon in the Netherlands ever since it was painted in 1642, but even that didn’t protect it. In 1715, the monumental canvas...
by | Jun 23, 2021 | Weirdness
from The Guardian Scientists identify 29 planets where aliens could observe Earth Astronomers estimate 29 habitable planets are positioned to see Earth transit and intercept human broadcasts by Ian Sample Science editor The scientists identified 1,715 star systems...
by | Jun 21, 2021 | Weirdness
from The Daily Beast The Cruel and Twisted Discoveries at Germany’s Stonehenge by Candida Moss Getty When you think of Stonehenge what do you think of? England? Druids? Partygoers celebrating the solstice? A unique piece of ancient heritage? Chances are that you don’t...
by | Jun 17, 2021 | Weirdness
from The Observer SpaceX’s Starship Worksite in Texas Is a Constant Headache for Regulators By Sissi Cao Space enthusiasts look at a prototype of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft at the company’s Texas launch facility on September 28, 2019 in Boca Chica near Brownsville,...
by | Jun 16, 2021 | Weirdness
from Quanta Magazine How Animals Color Themselves With Nanoscale Structures Animals sculpt the optical properties of their tissues at the nanoscale to give themselves “structural colors.” New work is piecing together how they do it. by Viviane Callier The stunning...
by | Jun 12, 2021 | Weirdness
from The Independent via Yahoo! News El Salvador to use energy from volcanoes for bitcoin mining by Vishwam Sankaran El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele, accompanied by US Ambassador to El Salvador Ronald Johnson (out of frame), speaks during a joint press conference...
