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I imaged the Carina nebula with a 50 year old lens

This is a picture of the moon I took during the penumbral lunar eclipse on Friday.

“A Serial Liar”: How Sarah Palin Ushered in the “Post-Truth” Political Era in Which Trump Has Thrived

Vapers reported adverse health effects for at least 7 years, long before vaping-associated pulmonary illness (VAPI) was recognized by the medical community last summer. Cases similar to those in the current VAPI epidemic have existed previously and been unreported or not linked to vaping.

Amazonian rainforest fires are expected to become more frequent, due to drier conditions, new model shows. 1/6th of the forest is now calculated to be burnt by 2050.

Hyundai to make flying cars for Uber air taxis

FBI Surveillance Vendor Threatens to Sue Tech Reporters for Reporting on its Products

Clemson men's basketball snaps 0-59 streak in Chapel Hill in OT

Ocean acidification from climate change damages shark scales and potentially limits their ability to swim. As shark teeth are structurally and materially identical with their scales, chemical dissolution of their teeth at a similar rate is expected.

Only in mother Russia, comrades

I captured a bright Comet this week. This is how much it moved in 40 minutes. I used a fast telescope and very short 15-second exposures to capture it.

My 10 hour exposure of the Running Chicken Nebula

My 33 hour exposure of the Dolphin Nebula - a nebula formed by a star before going supernova [OC]

Long exposure photograph I captured of the recent SpaceX Starlink launch and its reflection along the shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean.

Iran plane crash likely caused by violations of international law — by both Tehran and Trump | Would the 176 souls who perished on that plane still be alive had the United States not sought to kill Gen. Qassem Soleimani?

White Nationalist Rep. Steve King Really Wants You To Stop Calling Him A White Nationalist

Bernie Sanders Leads in “Gold-Standard” Iowa Primary Poll for First Time

A Little-Known Privacy Battle Is Being Waged Over Encrypting the Nuts and Bolts of the Internet

Satellite test shows objects of different mass dropped in space fall at a rate within two-trillionths of a percent of each other proving the equivalence principle of Einstein’s general theory of relativity & the theory that the absence of air resistance, two objects will fall at the same rate.

LPT: Move frame by frame on YouTube with the period and comma keys. ( . and , )

Always keep a gun

Anyone who helps/donates to the fire charities is a super hero in my book

Why SpaceX's starlink satellites caught astronomers off guard — no on knew they would be so bright.

TIL, in 1969, police raided George Harrison's house and arrested him when they claimed to have found a large piece of hashish in one of Harrison’s shoes. Harrison proclaimed his innocence, saying, "I’m a tidy man. I keep my socks in the sock drawer and stash in the stash box. It’s not mine."

Agnes Keleti, the oldest living Olympic champion, turns 99

LPT: After medical procedure or having a baby, use a trial week for a home delivery food service.

We all make 'mistakes'

'Online and vulnerable': Experts find nearly three dozen U.S. voting systems connected to internet

Investigation into Hillary Clinton pushed by Trump comes up empty after two years

TIL that a number of tiny bees were found living in the swollen left eye of a Taiwanese woman. They were “sweat bees” and had been living off her perspiration.

LPT: If you’re thinking of having one, remember this: a cat is a subscription, a dog is a car payment, and a child is a mortgage payment

LPT: Park your car in the first available parking spot and walk the rest of the way. It's good exercise, it reduces vehicle congestion, and it's less stressful.

'A Universe from Nothing' -Lawrence Krauss

STFU Donny!

Can I have the Ron Burgundy Egg & Cheese on a Croissant?

Scientists are close to engineering a spicy tomato, after discovering the red fruit - a close relative of the pepper - still carries an inactive gene to produce capsaicin, which also gives peppers their kick.

US military members are still posting to TikTok despite China spy risk

Sen. Bernie Sanders slams Trump as 'pathological liar'

Ilhan Omar fires back at Graham, tells senator to stop kissing Trump's ring: 'This is a republic, not a monarchy!'

Call Trumpism what it is: a cult

Report: Trump Cited GOP Senate Impeachment Pressure As Reason to Kill Soleimani

NASA’s Newest Astronauts Ready for Space Station, Moon, and Mars Missions

A NASA high school intern helps discover planet with two suns

TIL in 1901 a wealthy Parisian woman established an "X Prize" of 100,000 francs for the first person to make contact with aliens. Contact with Martians didn't count — as everybody already knew there was life on Mars. The prize was eventually awarded to the Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969.

TIL two Buddhists who bought £5,000 of live Crustacea and released them into the sea for good karma, were fined £15,000 for ‘untold damage’ to the environment by introducing non-native species.

Why is college football attendance dropping?

Megathread: The US House of Representatives approves measure to restrain President Donald Trump’s actions on Iran

""The day when Modiji accidentally drops some poison on his shoes, many Indian journalists will be no more." - Kanhaiya Kumar

you have no power over me

Hello r/sports! Any survey lovers care to help out a student? My group is trying to get insight into how the experience of watching your fav sports team compares to watching an international event like the Olympics. Please delete if this isn't allowed. Thanks!