August 4, 2022 -

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Is the Alien in Nope a Metaphor?
Link: https://www.vulture.com/2022/08/is-the-alien-in-nope-a-metaphor.html

Musician PollyHill tells FIRST…

Sky News

Mosh pit nappy, designed to avoid queues at gig loos, sells out

An adult incontinence nappy, designed for concertgoers to avoid long queues at toilets, has gone on sale. [...]

US city tells residents to stop sticking googly eyes on its statues

A council in the US has asked its residents to stop sticking googly eyes on the city's art. [...]

Mystery drones spotted over New Jersey - and authorities have 'no clue' who is flying them

Large drones have been spotted flying over New Jersey and New York City in recent weeks - but no one knows who's operating them. [...]

Most mispronounced words of 2024

Trying to keep up with the latest trends is difficult enough, especially when you don't know how to pronounce them. [...]

Mother sues Mattel over porn website printed on Wicked doll packaging

Toy giant Mattel is being sued by a mother who says her daughter accessed a porn website via a link on the packaging for a Wicked doll. [...]

Large sinkhole opens up in South Wales as residents told to stay away

A large sinkhole has appeared on a housing estate in South Wales, with the local council warning residents to stay away from the area. [...]

Man eats £4.9m banana

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur has kept his promise and eaten a banana he bought for $6.2m (£4.9m). [...]

Ed Sheeran apologises to new Manchester United manager after interrupting interview

Ed Sheeran has apologised to Manchester United's new manager for interrupting him during a live Sky Sports interview. [...]

Cat wriggles through drainpipe - but with less-than-purrfect results

A cat had to be freed from a drainpipe by firefighters after getting stuck in the middle of wriggling through. [...]

Banana duct-taped to a wall sells for $6.2m at auction

A banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2m (£4.9m) at an auction in New York. [...]

LiveScience

MIT's massive database of 8,000 new AI-generated EV designs could shape how the future of cars look

An open-source database made by MIT engineers houses over 8,000 aerodynamic car designs and could train future AI models to design EVs in the future. [...]

'Rising temperatures melted corpses out of the Antarctic permafrost': The rise of one of Earth's most iconic trees in an uncertain world

As the Atlantic grew wider, the ancestral population of all of today's oaks may have been straddling the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. If so, the ancestor of the oaks [...]

Space photo of the week: James Webb and Chandra spot a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' sparkling in the galaxy next door

There's a cosmic 'Christmas Wreath' hanging in the Small Magellanic Cloud, the James Webb and Chandra telescopes revealed in a sparkly new image. [...]

Do black holes really evaporate — and how do we know?

In 1974, Stephen Hawking proposed that black holes could evaporate. But do we understand how this might happen? [...]

James Webb telescope solves 20-year-old Hubble conundrum — and it could finally explain why the universe's oldest planets exist

The James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed 20-year-old Hubble observations that could finally explain how ancient stars can host massive planets. [...]

What do you know about psychology's most infamous experiments? Test your knowledge in this quiz.

From shocking studies to ESP, what do you know about the most infamous and bizarre psychological experiments ever conducted? [...]

Celestron PentaView LCD Digital Microscope Review

The Celestron PentaView’s LCD digital display makes this microscope ideal for demonstrating to a large audience. [...]

Leaf sheep: The adorable solar-powered sea slug that looks like Shaun the Sheep

Known for its uncanny resemblance to the TV character Shaun the Sheep, this adorable sea slug munches on algae to steal its ability to photosynthesize and become solar-powered. [...]

Future robots could one day tell how you're feeling by measuring your sweat, scientists say

Scientists say a phenomenon called "skin conductance," which changes when you sweat, is a surprisingly accurate method for detecting emotions — with future robots that detect this able to tell [...]

Why do iguanas fall from trees in Florida?

Florida's non-native green iguanas become paralyzed and drop from trees when temperatures dip. Climate change could bring this problem to new areas. [...]

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Day: August 4, 2022

TTU Nope Is A Nope, Polly Hill UFO, Ordered To Shoot A UFO, and SpaceX Space Junk