Magnetic field anomaly, the rich and immortality, an Argentine taxi driver in outer space and an incestuous family. Ugh, what an edition, mamma mia! It has a little bit of everything for everyone. The Recommended Links, all in one place. Enjoy!
Report an anomaly in the Earth's magnetic field and these are the consequences for life on the planet: "Right above South America, NASA detected a 'weak spot' in the Earth's magnetic field. These are the impacts it could have on the surface. NASA has been monitoring the phenomenon for years. Known as the 'South Atlantic Anomaly', it is an atypical behavior in the Earth's magnetic field. Right above Latin America, a large region that has weakened over the years can be observed."
The rich don't want to die, and that can improve your life: "And that money allows research centers around the world to develop therapies focused on senescence. That sounds much less attractive, but for ordinary men and women it will be much more useful. Because if they succeed, if that money flows, if those investigations prosper, it won't be eternal youth or immortality that we achieve. But the cure for cancer, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, heart problems, senile dementia, all diseases linked to aging."
An Argentine taxi driver's radio interferes with a NASA-relayed spacewalk: "In the early hours of Tuesday, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin spent seven hours and 55 minutes outside the International Space Station to move a radiator. During the spacewalk, the station passed several times over Argentina. It was 4:30 UTC (1:30 in Argentina) when something strange happened. Journalist Manuel Mazzanti was watching the live broadcast of the spacewalk on NASA's channel and heard a voice with an Argentine accent."
Fantastic Voyage (1984): "Developed by John R. Edmonds for the British company Quicksilva in 1984, originally released for the ZX Spectrum 48k, Fantastic Voyage was an adventure game that took place inside a human body and whose freedom to move at our will was among the first in a video game. This game is proof that movie licenses can be good if they are treated with care, so let's see how it achieved it." And also all the programming manuals for the Sinclair and clones!
The Toxic Avenger - The Cult Movie That Marked the 80s: "If you are a fan of cult cinema, you have surely heard of the movie The Toxic Avenger (1984). This film has become an icon of pop culture and has gained many followers since its release almost 40 years ago. In this article, we will explore everything you need to know about this legendary 80s movie, from its plot to its cultural impact. And you can also watch the full movie for free here!"
Is it possible to revive dinosaurs from their DNA?: "At least once in our lives we have had the doubt: is it possible to revive dinosaurs? And if so, what would it be like to bring them back to today's biosphere? It turns out that a paleontologist from Ohio State University asked himself the exact same questions, with a genetic basis. According to William Ausich, the key would be in the genetic material that has been preserved to this day."
It looks like a satellite dish, but it's actually a solar system that produces hydrogen: "Researchers in Switzerland have built a pilot-scale solar reactor that produces usable heat and oxygen, as well as hydrogen, with unprecedented efficiency for its size. It looks like a satellite dish (...), but this dish is special because it works like an artificial tree. After concentrating solar radiation almost 1,000 times, a reactor uses that sunlight to convert water into hydrogen, oxygen, and valuable and renewable heat."
The amusing exchange of barbs between Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke: "That anecdote that Asimov tells began when a plane crashed and among the survivors, about half the passengers, there was a man reading a book by Arthur C. Clarke. The man told the press that that reading had allowed him to stay calm during the accident. The news was published and Clarke photocopied it and sent a copy to many people, including Asimov. This is already another example of the authors' ego."
A lightning bolt produces a meteorite mineral never seen on Earth: "When local neighbors discovered the 'lightning scar', they found a fulgurite and decided to sell it, assuming it had value. Pasek bought it and then began a collaboration with Luca Bindi, professor of mineralogy and crystallography at the University of Florence in Italy. Together, the team set out to investigate unusual minerals that contain the element phosphorus, especially those formed by lightning, to better understand high-energy phenomena."
The controversial legend of Stan Lee: "The name of Stan Lee is, we could say, as well known as that of Marvel itself. To the less trained eye or the one not paying attention to the credits (or very attentive, but believing them wholeheartedly), Stan Lee is little less than the creator of all the classic characters that make up the publisher's superhero universe. It is a role that Lee willingly played until he was over ninety years old. (...) After overcoming the legal crises, Stan Lee ended up accepting his role as a totem, more symbolic than anything else."
The Whittakers, the American family that has practiced incest for generations: "Accompanied by a policeman who had served as his guide on previous trips, Laita entered the family's property. His mere presence triggered an unusual spectacle: a man with notable malformations approached the car and began barking at them. Other people with deformities approached with hostile attitudes. The atmosphere in the place could not be heavier. That was the price to pay to meet a family that has practiced incest for generations without caring about the consequences."
New details revealed about the Tully monster: "For more than half a century, the Tully monster (Tullimonstrum gregarium), an enigmatic animal that lived about 300 million years ago, has confused paleontologists, since its strange anatomy made classification difficult. Recently, a group of researchers proposed the hypothesis that Tullimonstrum was a vertebrate similar to cyclostomes (jawless fish like the lamprey and hagfish). If so, the Tully monster could fill a gap in the evolutionary history of the first vertebrates."
Videos: San Francisco in 1950 in 4K Ultra HD, burying himself in concrete, AI could change video games forever, ape drinking juice from a box, making a hole with water, "This column is in my way. I'm going to remove it.", gets stuck in the washing machine, in a 1987 video store, Shikakugangu's mechanical animations, comparison of speeds in Star Wars, a new jellyfish in Hong Kong, bird taxidermy and drones, comparison of deep ocean creatures, the Roland 100 system from 1975, "Another Brick in the Wall" by Dire Straits, gorilla children playing under the father's watchful eye, the origins of life, Pokémon for Game Boy in pixel art, from day to night in seconds, Karaoke, the history of the world according to Getty Images and the short films Five Cents (stop motion), Strange Invaders (animated) and Mother (animated).
Galleries: A puppy just like Snoopy, the best NASA photos of the year, Sony World Photography winners, when heads are canvases, Rain Szeto's illustrations, Escher's best works, Wernher Von Braun's illustrations of the first man on the Moon, the rich if they had been born poor, the winners of GDT Nature Photographer, David made in origami, things in X-rays, a game that has nothing to do with it, the Visual Dump and the Animated Dump.
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