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Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia honoured by Basketball Hall of Fame

Women evaluate their relationships more negatively and their partners as less physically attractive on days in which they have higher levels of estradiol, a hormone that peaks just prior to ovulation, new study shows. Men also perceived their partners to be less satisfied when estradiol was high.

TIL children's poet Shel Silverstein wrote many outlaw country songs, such as A Boy Named Sue.

TIL, percussive maintenance is when you pound your fist on something to get it to work. The astronauts on Apollo 12 successfully did it when one of the cameras stopped working.

Pizza Hut

Thor's helmet from Forth Worth tx (bortle 7 skies).

LPT: Want to be treated well as a tourist abroad? Wear a local soccer jersey.

LPT: if you are going to take sexy videos of yourself, start the video on an object for a few seconds first so that's how it shows in your camera roll ;)

Recent study uncovers new privacy worries for direct-to-consumer DNA testing

Poll: Bernie Sanders is beating every other candidate in Nevada | A new Nevada poll puts Sanders ahead in the state by 7 percentage points.

Sanders Surges in Texas, Leads Among Dems: Poll

TIL US Army still has dummy tanks. They have dummy M1 tanks that imitate not only in appearance but also in its heat signature in order to appear real to infrared detectors. These decoys cost only $3,300, compared to $4.35 million for a real M1. It's the same size as a duffel bag when disassembled.

Computer science professors create a bracelet that blocks nearby microphones

This is not okie dokie

I did an exposure of over 14 hours to capture the hydrogen alpha emissions from the Orion nebula. This is a HDR image where the bright core and faint surrounding nebulosity are both correctly exposed.

Antares carried Cygnus into orbit this afternoon. Cygnus is now on track to dock with the International Space Station early Tuesday (2/18) morning. [OC]

My 8 hour long exposure of the Thor's Helmet Nebula (NGC 2359), taken from my light polluted apartment roof [OC]

From deep within my Heart Nebula, I hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day. I collected light for 25 hours to watch these newborn stars sculpt something massive. [OC]

Stanford researchers develop new CRISPR technique which allows accurate detection of abnormal disease signals in genetic regulatory circuits of cells

Nature lifts the paywall from all articles regarding the coronavirus CoV-2

TIL that Lithuanian politician Artūras Zuokas won an IG Nobel prize in 2011, for “demonstrating that the problem of illegal parked luxury cars can be solved by running them over with a tank”. Zuokas had used an armoured vehicle to run over an illegally parked car in a Vilinus bike lane.

TIL that Francis Bellamy, famous for creating the United States pledge of allegiance, was “an early American democratic socialist” who "believed in the absolute separation of church and state" and did not include the phrase "under God" in his pledge.

University of Alabama player Herbert Jones, with a broken left wrist, sinks two late free throws in a win over LSU. He finished with 6 points and 17 rebounds.

TIL the human brain remains half awake when sleeping in a new environment for the first time.

Huge red star might explode soon and next few weeks are critical

LPT Valentines Day is about love, so don't forget to love yourself.

[LPT] If you adopt a child, never say adopted

LPT: Moved to a new town/area and you don't know anybody? Sign up for a class. You'll meet people with similar interests and you'll learn something.

LPT: Don't buy lilies if you have a cat

Manchester City BANNED from all UEFA competitions for next two seasons

The world wastes twice as much food as previously estimated — and rich countries are disproportionately responsible. Belgium had the most food waste, and the Philippines had the least.

Why Does Mainstream Media Keep Attacking Bernie Sanders as He Wins?

Galactic cosmic rays affect Titan's atmosphere

New paper finds Ebola virus protein may be useful in fight against deadliest brain cancers

Astronomers simulated Betelgeuse going supernova and found that when it explodes, it will shine as bright as a Half Moon, but “All this brightness would be concentrated into one point,” Howell says. “So it would be this incredibly intense beacon in the sky that would cast shadows at night."

Coronavirus vaccine: Inovio Pharmaceuticals lab in San Diego identifies possible vaccine in 3 hours, but testing will take months

Trump now says he did send Rudy Giuliani to Ukraine. CNN analysts think Trump forgot his earlier lie.

Trump just comes out and admits to entire Ukraine scam. How are Republicans feeling right about now?

TIL Mark Twain wrote an essay entitled Concerning the Jews. He claimed Jews didn't do their part of fighting in America's military. In response, the War Department revealed that Jewish Americans were represented in the military in a larger percentage than their share of the population.

EU Judge Raises Prospect of Increasing Multibillion Fine Against Google

California court says Apple must pay retail workers for time spent waiting on bag searches

you're breathtaking

Little Brown Dog is overjoyed by astronaut's return home

Carl Sagan unveils the Pale Blue Dot image

NASA publishes newly processed version of the pale blue dot photo (in case not already postedd)

Astronomers simulated Betelgeuse going supernova and found that when it explodes, it will shine as bright as a Half Moon, but “All this brightness would be concentrated into one point,” Howell says. “So it would be this incredibly intense beacon in the sky that would cast shadows at night."

TIL that Marthe Richard, a French prostitute, was the 13th woman to hold a piloting license, a spy during WW1 and the legatee of Rockefeller Foundation's financial director. After WW2 she started politics. A law named after her outlawed prostitution in France and 1,400 brothels were closed.

oh boy here they come

Who doesn’t love rain delays.

New Sport: Ski-Gliding