Day: November 9, 2021

TTU Virgin Galactic Selling Tickets, Crew Dragon Diapers, Bezos Loses Again, and Mars PandemicTTU Virgin Galactic Selling Tickets, Crew Dragon Diapers, Bezos Loses Again, and Mars Pandemic

November 9, 2021| tempestuniverse| 0 Comment | 4:00 am

On today’s podcast: Virgin Galactic sells 100 more space tickets Link: https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/1108/1258704-virgin-galactic-tickets/ No Toilet for Returning SpaceX Crew Link:...

Chess grandmaster playing match against 140,000 people reveals expected result

A chess grandmaster who is playing a single game against 140,000 people thinks the match is heading for a draw. [...]

Magna Carta 'copy' miscatalogued in 1940s found to be original

An issue of the Magna Carta, which was wrongly catalogued as a copy in the 1940s, has been identified as original. [...]

Flying duck caught on speed camera could be repeat offender

A duck has been caught on a radar image breaking the speed limit in central Switzerland - and it could be a repeat offender. [...]

Mum in court accused of killing three people with poisonous mushrooms - what you need to know

An Australian woman accused of murdering her estranged husband's parents and an aunt by serving them a beef wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms is on trial. [...]

Student rescued from mountain twice in four days - after going back to find his phone

A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji last week had to be saved a second time just four days later, local authorities have said. [...]

Woman who faked being a man to get into Magic Circle finally allowed in

How did one woman fool the most famous magic society on the planet? [...]

Letter sheds possible new light on Shakespeare's marriage

New analysis of a letter fragment has possibly shed light on William Shakespeare's marriage - suggesting it may have been less fractious than previously suggested. [...]

Just 303 DeLoreans left on Britain's roads, say DVLA

Forty years on from the film that made them immortal, there are just 303 DeLorean cars left on Britain's roads. [...]

Robots race half-marathon against humans for first time, one falls over

Robots have raced against humans in a half-marathon for the first time. [...]

Four-foot-long caiman found and seized by police

A four-foot-long caiman has been seized by police during a search of a property in Essex. [...]

China is sharing priceless moon samples with international partners, but NASA can't be a part of it

The Wolf Amendment, a law that prevents bilateral cooperation in space research between the U.S. and China, is preventing U.S. government-funded analysis of the Chang'e 5 moon samples. [...]

Peak Design 7L Outdoor Sling Bag: Ideal for outdoor adventures

One of the most comfortable bags we've ever used. This sling bag from Peak Design's new range is lightweight, practical and perfect for outdoor types — but how suitable is [...]

NASA celebrated this employee's story of resilience, then tried to scrub it from the internet. Then fired her.

"It feels like everything that I worked for has been taken down little by little." [...]

May's best stargazing week is about to begin. How to see a lion, an upside-down bear, a mini 'planet parade' — and more.

This week is the best time in May to view the night sky. Here's everything you can see during May's dark skies, from an upside-down bear to some of the [...]

Space photo of the week: Cotton candy clouds shine in one of Hubble's most beautiful images ever

The Large Magellanic Cloud, which is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, has been caught in the crosshairs of the Hubble Space Telescope. [...]

Who needs more exercise: Women or men?

Do the benefits of exercise differ by sex? The answer is yes, evidence suggests. [...]

Celestron Nature DX 8x42 binocular review

Does 8x magnification cut it for both stargazing and wildlife spotting, or is it just too small for either activity? [...]

AI models can't tell time or read a calendar, study reveals

Challenges in visual and spatial processing and a deficit in training data have revealed a surprising lack of timekeeping ability in AI systems [...]

Scaly-foot snail: The armor-plated hermaphrodite with a giant heart that lives near scalding deep-sea volcanoes and never eats

Also known as "volcano snails," these gastropods grow a suit of metal-enriched scaly armor and have an enormous heart, which helps them survive in oxygen-poor water in the deep ocean. [...]

Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter's super volcanic moon Io

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself. [...]

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