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venustus · Jan 27, 2021

NASA Will Soon Have a Helicopter on Mars - ExtremeTech

NASA's Perseverance rover will land on the red planet in about a month, but the rover won't be the only newly arrived robotic explorer. The wheeled robot carries the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity on its belly, and NASA has posted a handy list of things to know about this mission.

www.extremetech.com

plat1098 · Jan 27, 2021

Target joins other retailers in dropping Chaokoh coconut products over forced monkey labor allegations (nbcnews.com)

Target is a large US-based retailer, competing with the likes of Walmart. Embarrassing, right?

venustus: I'm in awe of the technology that enables us to view an alien landscape but also can't help but resent the heck out of humans' capability to pollute yet another pure environment with its "toys."

rockstarrocks · Jan 27, 2021

venustus said:
SFX here are some of the best..Just WOW:
From this

The effects looks cool but weird. All those tanks (T34s and German Tigers/Panthers/Panzer III & IVs) had APHE/APCBC (also APCR but not the preferred or easily available ammo) with HE fillers meaning they would explode after going through some armor (depending on the fuse sensitivity) and then explode. Some tanks even had about 500g TNT equivalent of HE fillers inside the AP shells. Also why it looks like an HEAT round, which actually penetrates by the effect of melted copper going through armor.

Don't mind the thumbnail, it's so gross.

amirr · Jan 27, 2021

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venustus · Jan 27, 2021

rockstarrocks said:
The effects looks cool but weird. All those tanks (T34s and German Tigers/Panthers/Panzer III & IVs) had APHE/APCBC (also APCR but not the preferred or easily available ammo) with HE fillers meaning they would explode after going through some armor (depending on the fuse sensitivity) and then explode. Some tanks even had about 500g TNT equivalent of HE fillers inside the AP shells. Also why it looks like an HEAT round, which actually penetrates by the effect of melted copper going through armor.

Well analyzed..Cinematic license

plat1098 said:
but also can't help but resent the heck out of humans' capability to pollute yet another pure environment with its "toys."

My biggest concern is the RTG power source on the rover....

upnorth · Jan 28, 2021

Social media damages teenagers' mental health, report says

Heavy social media use had a negative impact on wellbeing, the study found.

www.bbc.com

venustus · Jan 28, 2021

Gandalf_The_Grey · Jan 28, 2021

upnorth said:
More evidence an afternoon nap can be good for your brain

A new observational study is building on an increasing body of data finding a correlation between afternoon naps and improved mental agility and cognitive function. The research hypothesizes afternoon naps may help moderate age-related neuroinflammation, helping keep the brain healthy.

newatlas.com

Only when you're old. Sorry to disappoint you all (almost all).
From the article:

The new research recruited more than 1,500 elderly subjects

upnorth · Jan 28, 2021

Two more coma patients' brains jump-started with ultrasound

Five years ago, we heard how a team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) had used ultrasound to seemingly "jump start" a patient out of a coma. At the time, the scientists wondered if such results could be repeated, or if their success was just a one-off. They have now done it two…

newatlas.com

sepik · Jan 29, 2021

Legendary PC demoscene demo (MS-DOS) "Second Reality" by Future Crew (1993), running on Holographic Display made by Looking Glass Factory.

rockstarrocks · Jan 29, 2021

venustus · Jan 29, 2021

upnorth · Jan 30, 2021

Bulgaria busts counterfeit gang that used fake passport of U.S. actor as sample

Bulgarian authorities have busted a counterfeit gang that promoted the quality of its illegal documents and banknotes by showing a fake Bulgarian passport bearing the picture of U.S. actor Sylvester Stallone.

www.reuters.com