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The most important telescope is almost finished.

What's possible with a small telescope, a DSLR and a light-polluted city backyard - my take on the Horsehead Nebula

Ted Lieu Lays It On The Line For Anti-Lockdown Protesters With Ominous Prediction — “These folks at Huntington Beach undoubtedly spread the virus even more,” warned the California Democrat.

LPT: If you are expecting a package, leave your dogs on a leash or indoors.

Murder hornet shows up in the US, feels right at home

LPT: Opt out of “Future Off-Facebook Activity” easily. This will stop Facebook from tracking you while you aren’t using the app.

Chinese Scientists Uncover Structural Basis for SARS-CoV-2 Inhibition by Remdesivir

TIL that initially the adults of Sesame Street didn’t believe Mr. Snuffleupagus was real, but this was changed to avoid having kids feel that adults wouldn’t believe them when they had something important to say.

Well, the fridge 'save'd me during this quarantine

Comet Swan, expected to reach 3rd or 4th magnitude May 17th, photo Damien Peach

I teamed up with a professional observatory to create one of the sharpest images this galaxy ever taken

I spent 400 hours making this telescope and mirror by hand, I finished it just before my high school graduation

The US just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO

Xiaomi, India's largest smartphone maker, sending browser data to China: Report - The Week

Current understanding of cosmology and nuclear physics suggests that dark matter could be made of axions, hypothetical particles with unusual symmetry properties. Physicists now report on how to search for axions using the unique properties of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs).

Megan Rapinoe, USWNT vow to move forward after losing equal pay ruling: ''We will never stop fighting''

LPT: Admitting that you're wrong is a sign of growth, not weakness.

YouTube deletes conspiracy theorist David Icke’s channel

Joe Biden gives US Soccer ultimatum: Equal pay, or no World Cup funding

International Astronomy Day 2020

Gravitational waves could prove the existence of the quark-gluon plasma

Dr. Donald J. Trump, M.D. — Trump is clearly the worst possible person to be leading our country through one of the deadliest pandemics and worst economic calamity of our time.

More than 70% of jobless Americans did not receive March unemployment benefits: study

Alvida(Au revoir), Irrfan Khan!

LPT: If someone asks you a question while trying to get to know you, ask them it back. Simple but they probably asked because they want to be asked themselves

Neil Armstrong earned his Masters from USC in 1970 and presented a seminar on "Moon Landing Techniques"

TIL that in 1859, a guy released 24 rabbits for hunting into the wild in Australia, a country which had no native rabbit population then. By 1920, their population increased to 10 billion. This is the fastest spread ever recorded of any mammal.

Trump Bragged On Tape Of Being Able To Do Exactly What Biden Is Accused Of

Gyms trying to hard to motivate

An inside ball sets up a great try in the Japanese Top League

LPT: It’s important to understand that some people will not change. You could beat them with a stick everyday and they will be the exact same person. Sometimes we have to accept this and do what’s best for us.

LPT: The majority of the time, the fastest way to get better in bed with someone is by clearly communicating with them

'Survival': Tenants, landlords brace for largest rent strike in decades | "If banks are getting bailed out and corporations are getting bailed out, why aren't poor people getting bailed out?" one activist asked.

BREAKING NEWS: The Richest FootBall Club in 2020 is ANNOUNCED

TIL that a farmer called Almon Strowger invented automatic telephone switching because he didn't trust his local telephone operator. She was the wife of his competition and Strowger suspected that she was diverting requests for his services to her husband’s business instead.

Welcome to quarantine.

Jason mamaui

Is it good wisdom?

E-Cigarettes as Bad for Arteries as Regular Smokes, Study Finds

.ORG Domain Registry Sale to Ethos Capital Rejected in Stunning Victory for Public Interest Internet

Ofa Tu'ugafasi's sends Bernard Foley into the Shadow Realm. Super Rugby

League - Michael Jennings scores a freakish try

TIL the Black Death was personified by an old woman carrying a rake and a broom. If she used the rake, some would survive in between the teeth of the rake. If she used the broom the whole population of an area would die

LPT: If you have depression do things in chunks.

LPT: Pay Attention to the smell of your home when you come back from a trip - that's what it smells like to guests all the time, you just get used to it

LPT: Help yourself save money by not being afraid of looking at your bank account on a daily basis or after big spends. Being far more aware and in touch with your balance will make you much more conscious when making a decision to buy something

LPT: If you’re unsure between two options/decisions, flip a coin. If you’re truly impartial then you wont care what the outcome is, but if you flip it and you still feel unsure or don’t want to pick that outcome, then you’ve actually already made up your mind before you started.

LPT: Help restaurants by using apps like DoorDash and Foodora to see which restaurants are still open for delivery, then call the restaurant to see if they have their own delivery service.

TIL that Texaco, Inc. ("The Texas Company"), the American oil subsidiary of the Chevron Corporation, illegally supplied oil on credit to Franco's forces during the Spanish Civil War and also shipped oil to Germany to support the Nazis during World War II.

I serve the soviet union