Step-by-step — observe the night sky with a manual telescope
Latest from Space.comby Jamie Carter·6d ago
The night sky is not an impenetrable “blanket of stars.” There is depth and detail that can be navigated and known, probed and plundered for rewards — and the best way to do all of that is with a...
Hubble, James Webb Space Telescope team up to capture the 'Black Eye Galaxy' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 18, 2026
Latest from Space.comby Chelsea Gohd·6d ago
Sometimes, incredibly powerful space telescopes work together to accomplish amazing things. Recently, observations made by both the James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble were combined in a...
On this day in space! Aug. 18, 1868: Total solar eclipse leads to discovery of helium
Latest from Space.comby Hanneke Weitering·6d ago
On Aug. 18, 1868, a French astronomer named Pierre Jules César Janssen discovered helium while observing a total solar eclipse in India.
Graph Engineering Isn’t About More Connections — It’s About Which Ones Get Used | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Emmimal P Alexander·6d ago
TL;DR What I did: built a controlled experiment that isolates one variable, relationship density, from everything usually confounded with it, using a fully deterministic agent policy instead of...
It's harder to poop in space. Scientists may finally know why
Latest from Space.comby Samantha Mathewson·6d ago
Astronauts have long struggled with constipation in space. Now, scientists may finally understand why.
Ten Is Not a Hundred | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Javier Marin·6d ago
The problem If you review it (and you are not an LLM), you see the problem in a second, and you don’t need a finance degree. The bank has a review pipeline for exactly this.
Stare at an imprisoned god to stop the apocalypse in Sarco, a no-saves horror game in which you'll also, somehow, have to explore a gutted scientific base
Rock, Paper, Shotgunby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·6d ago
In Hello Andromeda's Sarco, you're trapped in a scientific research base with a sarcophagus housing a cosmic being that starts to open when you aren't looking at it.
Worm Munch Matters - Longreads
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells·6d ago
“Sound is a tangible way of connecting to aspects of nature that are hidden from humans. The deep ocean, the dark night, and now the dense earth beneath our feet,” writes Ella Browning.
The grief and fragile hope of deciding to freeze my eggs | Psyche Turning Points
Psycheby Matilda Hay·6d ago
My mum got married at 27, then had her first child, me, when she was 32. I always thought I’d have children at that age too.
Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty
ScienceDaily·7d ago
Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty - Date: - August 18, 2026 - Source: - Swinburne University of Technology - Summary: - A magnetar’s colossal magnetic field...
Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever
ScienceDaily·7d ago
Einstein’s biggest “mistake” came back — and changed cosmology forever - Date: - August 18, 2026 - Source: - Universe Today - Summary: - Einstein’s abandoned cosmological constant made a...
A therapy that “rewrites” childhood memories can ease fear of failure
ScienceDaily·7d ago
A therapy that “rewrites” childhood memories can ease fear of failure - Date: - August 18, 2026 - Source: - SWPS University - Summary: - Childhood criticism can leave people carrying a fear of...
Kratom poison center cases have surged 6,500% in the U.S.
ScienceDaily·7d ago
Kratom poison center cases have surged 6,500% in the U.S. - Date: - August 18, 2026 - Source: - Society for the Study of Addiction - Summary: - Kratom use and serious health problems linked to it...
AirPods with cameras are real, and Apple just showed how they'll work
Cult of Macby Rajesh Pandey·7d ago
A video file found in the new macOS 26.7 release candidate code gives us our first look at Apple’s upcoming AirPods with built-in infrared cameras.
Watch European astronaut make history during spacewalk today
Latest from Space.comby Mike Wall·7d ago
Sophie Adenot will make spaceflight history today (Aug. 18). The European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut will become the first French woman ever to conduct a spacewalk, an activity she'll undertake...
The bacteria that make cheese taste so good may also benefit your gut
ScienceDaily·7d ago
The bacteria that make cheese taste so good may also benefit your gut - Date: - August 17, 2026 - Source: - University of Reading - Summary: - Scientists studying three artisan British cheeses...
How an ancient collision with another galaxy transformed the Milky Way
Latest from Space.comby Keith Cooper·7d ago
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered evidence that our galaxy experienced a significant collision and merger with a dwarf galaxy 11.8 billion years ago.
Squid Lids - Penny Arcade
Penny Arcadeby Tycho·7d ago
For what always felt like a one-off experiment, Splatoon has had a long and successful career of being The Weird Kid in the family.
DNA shaper steers nervous system development
MIT Newsby Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research·7d ago
A functional nervous system depends on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. So as developing organisms build their nervous systems, their neurons must take on different forms and functions to...
Biological sex is neither binary nor a spectrum – a biologist explains how it’s multidimensional
The Conversation (US)by Ari Berkowitz, Professor of Biological Sciences; Director of the Cellular and Behavioral Neurobiology Graduate Program, University of Oklahoma·7d ago
Many people recognize that gender – how a person identifies, presents themselves and is perceived – has nuances.
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