Enlarge / A Mazda RT-24P emerges from the Catesby Tunnel. (credit: Multimatic) A tip of the hat to the editor over at Dailysportscar this morning for reminding me of one of the cooler bits of industrial repurposing in the automotive world. It’s a Victorian railway tunnel in England that saw its last train in 1966 but…
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Meryl Rowin TO ALEXEI LEONOV, the colors in space were much more beautiful than those on Earth. No photograph could match what the late Russian cosmonaut experienced while floating hundreds of miles above his home planet in 1965: the distant curve of blue suspended in the deep black of space; the sunset as lines of reds,…
You probably won’t look this cute when you wake up, though. Kate Stone Matheson / Unsplash This story has been updated. It was originally published on October 22, 2018. You’re enjoying a cozy dream until your alarm suddenly blares. But when you peek out the window, it’s still pitch black outside. Did your clock malfunction?…
The Pillars of Creation seen in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared-light view. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI) For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured an image of one of space’s most iconic images—the Pillars of Creation. This part of the Eagle Nebula roughly…
Social media managers and creators have long relied on third-party tools to schedule posts on Instagram. But now the company is testing an in-app tool to schedule posts and reels. The company confirmed the development and said it is indeed experimenting with this.“We are testing the ability to schedule content with a percentage of our…
Another antitrust lawsuit is being filed in Europe targeting Big Tech for hefty damages over claims of abusive self-preferencing. This time ecommerce giant Amazon — and its nudge-tastic ‘Buy Box’ — is in the frame for an incoming opt-out representative legal action that’s been announced in the UK, seeking an estimated £900 million in damages…
Italy-based company Musixmatch is well-known for providing community-powered lyrics to major music streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, and Tidal. Now it’s launching a new platform for podcasts that combines AI-generated transcription and community-verified editing. While there are millions of podcast shows and episodes available for listeners, Musixmatch argues that podcast…
One of the most famous anti-war novels of all time, Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, is coming to the big screen and the small with Edward Berger’s much-anticipated film, with the full trailer out now. Based on Remarque’s own experience in World War I, the book and Netflix film focuses on…
UK, hun? What’s going on? Prime Minister Liz Truss has just resigned after being in office for just 45 days — the shortest tenure of any UK PM. The previous record holder, George Canning, died in office after serving 119 days back in 1827. So, yeah. Not great. ICYMI, it’s been a busy (read: chaotic,…