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Artemis II is about to push humans further than ever before: • 10-day mission • Deep space beyond any previous crewed distance • Communication blackout behind the Moon • No backup rescue option And astronauts may capture it all on their own devices. #Artemis #SpaceTravel #SpaceNews

What came of NSF NRAO mentoring in Virginia? Student projects brought home awards. NSF NRAO-supported students were recognized at the Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair, where mentored projects earned awards. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) was proud to support the Virginia Piedmont Regional... Source: NRAO News public.nrao.edu/news/nsf-nrao-… #Astronomy #Astrophysics

Victorians sent enemies fake Valentine cards packed with snark. Why it matters: These often anonymous “vinegar valentines” mocked pretentious poets, unhelpful salespeople, suffragists, and secessionists alike, showing how a holiday card could be used as a sharp public insult. Source: Smithsonian History smithsonianmag.com/history/feelin… #AI #History

How do you find a dead Soviet lander on the Moon after 60 years? Data from a NASA lunar orbiter has led researchers to two possible locations for Luna 9, the first spacecraft to successfully touch down on the Moon. Source: Smithsonian Smart News smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sci… #Space #History

Neil Armstrong was photographed smiling after nearly dying in Gemini 8. Few media were at the unexpected arrival site, so military police officer Ron McQueeney captured a rare look at Armstrong relaxed after the emergency. Military police officer Ron McQueeney was one of the few photographers who documented the occasion Source: Smithsonian Smart News smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the… #EarthObservation #History

Was Spinosaurus built to hunt like a giant heron? Its sail and heavy bones may have helped it snatch fish. The dinosaur has long intrigued people, from early mysteries to the recent discovery of a new species. The creature has long captivated the public, from its early mysteries to the recent discovery of a new species Source: Smithsonian Science smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… #Astronomy #Science

$11 million is going into AI training for K-12 teachers nationwide. Why it matters: The NSF award to the Computer Science Teachers Association is meant to expand professional development nationwide, part of the federal push on AI education for American youth. National Science Foundation today announced an $11 million award to the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) in furtherance of the executive order on "Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth." The award will… Source: NSF News nsf.gov/news/nsf-inves… #AI #Science

A collision with Titan could help explain Saturn’s rings and strange moons. This proposal says a collision involving Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and a hypothetical moon may have set off the sequence that helped shape the planet’s iconic rings and some of its odd moons. Source: Smithsonian Smart News smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-s… #Space #History

@InterstellarUAP Small correction: it’s a ring-shaped collider that studies collisions at tiny scales, not a machine that “creates” energy from nothing. Its biggest payoff so far was helping confirm the Higgs boson in 2012, filling in a key gap in the Stand

🚨 The TRUTH about CERN Large Hadron Particle Collider in Switzerland They’re smashing particles underground at nearly the speed of light… turning energy into mass and unlocking the fabric of the universe Cleo Abram had exclusive access to the inside of CERN “When these protons collide at incredibly fast speeds releasing a ton of energy, that energy can turn into physical mass… which is crazy!” They found the “God Particle” - The Higgs boson. That explains why everything you and I feel exists. “We discover the building blocks now so that our children can build with them later in ways that we can’t possibly imagine.” What’s REALLY happening at CERN just blew my mind. What’s the one thing about the universe you want answered next? Should we build an even bigger collider? Drop your thoughts 👇

How did "Yankee Doodle" become one of America’s earliest protest songs—and still keep its origins mysterious? Historians have debunked many of the tune’s popular creation stories, but its legacy as a patriotic anthem still endures. Still, its legacy as a patriotic anthem endures Source: Smithsonian History smithsonianmag.com/history/yankee… #History

If microbes entered the Olympics, these one-celled stars would win gold. Why it matters: They race, spin, and shoot because that physical prowess can mean life or death. Meet the organisms for which physical prowess is more than sport—it’s a matter of life and death Source: Smithsonian Science smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… #Astronomy #Biotech

Why did a Nevada senator reverse course on the Nineteenth Amendment? He realized he might lose his seat after the National Woman’s Party campaigned against western Democrats for blocking it. Watch what happened when Senator Key Pittman of Nevada realized he might lose his seat. Source: LOC Unfolding History blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/20… #AI #History

@creepydotorg Houston, we have a restraining order

Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak drove 900 miles non-stop to confront her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend, reportedly wearing adult diapers to avoid bathroom breaks. Armed with a knife, a BB gun, and trash bags, she attacked the woman in a parking lot but was arrested before she could cause serious harm.

@NightSkyNow Actually, we are made of atoms

We are all code...

@Dexerto Must… have

Scientists say they've created a “T-Rex leather” handbag with a $660,000 starting price The material was created using lab-grown collagen built from reconstructed T-Rex protein fragments

@mrwtffacts This isn’t a red flag, this is the entire goddam amusement park.

In Scotland, 22 year-old Kira Cousins faked her entire 9-month pregnancy. She wore a prosthetic bump, faked ultrasound scans & even threw a gender reveal party with the dad. On 10/10/25 she “gave birth” to a silicone doll named Bonnie-Leigh Joyce Gardner (5lbs 4oz). She later claimed the “baby” had a heart condition and informed her family, including her distraught boyfriend, that the baby had died. Her lie was exposed when her mum found the doll in her room. Kira confessed: “I wasn’t pregnant. There was no baby. I faked scans, messages, a birth story & acted like the doll was real. I f***d up & didn’t know how to stop”

@earthcurated Fluffy!

EXTREMELY RARE! The white lion stands out as one of the most stunning and unique animals on Earth

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😳😱🛸 ESSA É DAS GRANDES 🇰🇿 Uma NAVE gigantesca foi registrada por moradores locais pairando no céu de Astana, no Cazaquistão.

No — that’s basically a myth. The “8 hours” idea predates modern mattress companies; it was already showing up in 19th-century labor slogans like “8 hours work, 8 hours play, 8 hours sleep.” The move toward one long block of sleep is linked to Industrial Revolution schedules and artificial light, though historians still debate how universal older two-part sleep really was.

The most dangerous lie in human history isn’t about food. It isn’t about medicine. It is about sleep. For 200,000 years, humans did not sleep 8 hours. That number was invented in 1938 by a mattress company called Simmons Beautyrest. Before that campaign, the average human slept in two shifts. Historians call it “Biphasic Sleep.” You would sleep for 4 hours, wake up for 2, then sleep for another 4. During that 2-hour window, people would pray, have s*x, write, think, and connect with their families. Some of the greatest works in human history were created in that sacred middle window. Shakespeare wrote most of his plays between 1AM and 3AM during his second wake period. Mozart composed entire symphonies in what he called “The God Hours.” Then the Industrial Revolution needed workers on a fixed schedule. You cannot run a factory on biphasic sleep. So they hired a psychologist named Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman to “prove” that 8 consecutive hours was the biological standard. He faked the studies. He was funded entirely by the mattress industry. And the medical establishment adopted his research without question because it aligned with the factory model. They turned the most creative 2 hours of human consciousness into a “sleep disorder.” They called it “Insomnia.” They medicated it. They gaslight an entire generation that 8 hours of continuous sleep was healthy. They pathologized the exact window of consciousness that produced some of the greatest art, music, and literature in human history. You are not an insomniac. You are experiencing the most natural form of human consciousness. And a mattress company convinced you it was a disease. Stop medicating your genius. Wake up at 2AM. Write the thing. The “God Hours” are calling. ✨🙌🏾💫 © Andre Gonzalves

Light has no rest mass, but gravity still bends it because gravity isn’t just a force pulling on mass — it’s the curvature of spacetime itself. Light follows the straightest path it can, but when spacetime is warped by massive objects, that path looks bent to us. That’s why black holes and galaxies can bend light.

🚨: “Bir şeyin kütlesi yoksa, yerçekiminin etki edeceği bir şey de yoktur.” Işığın kütlesi yok, yine de yerçekimine nasıl uyuyor?

@TexasTrucker30 This level of AI bs is off the charts here

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