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· 2026-10-04T19:30:47+00:00Toucan Gets A Custom Artificial Beak
· 2026-10-04T18:41:00+00:00: Asteroid Psyche 16 has been found to contain gold reserves worth $700 quintillion. That's enough to make everyone on Earth billionaires.
AI visual note: An illustration of the asteroid Psyche 16 floating in space, representing the claim that it contains gold reserves worth $700 quintillion—enough to theoretically make every person on Earth a billionaire.
· 2026-10-04T23:35:35.759000+00:00TIL about the “shadow biosphere” hypothesis: the idea that completely unknown life forms exist alongside us on Earth, using fundamentally different chemistry that might make them unrecognizable as life to us
· 2026-10-04T20:28:01+00:00At the Nobel Peace Prize lecture Al Gore gave on December 10, 2007, he warned us that the Arctic could be “ice free” by the end of summer 2014. That didn’t happen. Oops. And this year’s September Arctic sea ice extent (SIE) five-day minimum of 4.60 million km² on September 12th
AI visual note: This figure shows September Arctic sea-ice extent anomalies and pause probabilities from CMIP5 model simulations under historical and three RCP scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP8.5) through 2100. Panel **a** displays the declining sea-ice extent anomalies (reaching ~ -6 million km² by 2100 under RCP8.5), panel **b** shows the rising probability of a 7-year pause in decline (peaking near 0.48 under RCP2.6), and panel **c** plots pause probability versus pause length, with the historical baseline crossing the p=0.05 significance threshold near 20 years. The image relates to the accompanying post by providing scientific context that undermines Al Gore's 2007 prediction of an ice-free Arctic by 2014—the model data shows substantial natural variability and frequent multi-year "pauses" in the sea-ice decline, meaning a single year's extent (like 2014's
· 2026-10-04T20:50:09+00:00It's kinda funny how Falcon Heavy's triple core landing is getting way more attention than the lunar lander it's launching.
AI visual note: The image displays details for "Griffin Mission One," a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center scheduled for NET December 2026, with badges for LZ-40, LZ-2, and ASOG landing zones. The three landing zone badges directly relate to the post's joke, as they highlight the triple-core booster recovery capability that overshadows the actual Griffin lunar lander payload being delivered to the Moon.
· 2026-10-05T00:18:01+00:00Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid. Live now with this information.
· 2026-10-04T22:24:54+00:00The massive A340-600 battling fierce winds goes around after a tough landing attempt… The Airbus A340-600, approximately 76 meters long, experiences harrowing moments while approaching the runway under the influence of strong winds. Assessing that the landing cannot be
· 2026-10-04T23:54:09+00:00The gravitational pull of the moon. Here's how does the Moon influence the tides.
· 2026-10-04T23:53:31+00:00Mars!!! 128 million miles away. Listen to the sounds.
· 2026-10-04T22:54:42+00:00The Griffin-1 mission is both a critical technology demonstration for Astrobotic Technology's lander and delivery of a fully functional operational rover. The Lander (Griffin 1) Serving as a demonstration flight, this is the debut mission for Astrobotic's large
AI visual note: The image shows an artist's conception of the Astrobotic lunar rover on the moon's surface, with the Astrobotic logo visible on both vehicles.
· 2026-10-05T00:10:55+00:00Linear Time is a 3D Illusion
AI visual note: A philosophical text overlay on a cosmic/galaxy background describing consciousness as a TV projector, explaining that 'All dimensions and realities exist simultaneously' and that reality is a '3D simulation' with parallel realities shifting at high frequencies.
· 2026-10-04T22:14:47+00:0010/4/26 Tampa Bay Shelf Cloud @JimCantore @bn9weather @tropicalupdate @ReedTimmerUSA @PaulFox13 @DenisPhillipsWx @WeatherNation @MattDevittWx @BobbyWTSP @WeatherProf @jonathanbelles @NWSTampaBay @NbergWX @weatherchannel @NashWX @mcclureWX @FLStormChasers_ @accuweather
· 2026-10-04T23:52:39+00:00I’ve never seen these before but apparently they are an actual thing. Throw them into a small fire and on contact they release a fine spray of fire retardant shutting down the flames. Limited use for small fires.
· 2026-10-05T00:06:14+00:00Starship development has been astounding to witness the last few years. If you haven’t been watching, you might want to catch up!
· 2026-10-04T23:54:11+00:00JUST NOW: Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket has EXPLODED into a MASSIVE fireball on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral in #Florida It literally looks like a NUCLEAR BOMB went off. @ElonMusk responded: “Most unfortunate. Rockets are hard.” Insane to #WATCH
· 2026-10-04T23:44:33+00:00Fractional distillation of crude oil.
· 2026-10-04T23:54:06+00:00A mysterious death at a Russian anti-plague institute is raising serious CBRN questions. A 28-year-old technician died after developing severe pneumonia, while conflicting accounts circulate over whether a laboratory accident involving plague bacteria occurred. Officials
· 2026-10-04T23:43:30+00:00NASA Targets 2030 Moon Reactor to Beat China, Russia
· 2026-10-04T23:44:32+00:00どんより月曜日 土星が見ごろだそう
AI visual note: A close-up photograph of bright yellow black-eyed Susan flowers with dark brown centers blooming in a garden.