NASA Wants to Send a Probe to the Hellish Surface of Venus

With all the talk about sending humans to the moon and eventually Mars, it can be easy to forget there are other planets worth exploring. But a team of researchers at NASA has set its sights on Venus, Earth’s closest neighbor and one of the least understood planets in the solar system.Since the first (crash)…

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The Acid Sludge Streaming Out of Germany’s Coal Mines

Imagine a Sunny Delight factory explosion in the gloomy realm of Mordor, spilling streams of "orange drink" through the land. That's what Tom Hegen's photos look like. Only thing is, they weren't shot on Mordor—it's Germany—and that tangy-looking liquid isn't anything you'd want for breakfast. It's acid drainage out of coal mines.Hegen flew above lignite…

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Surface Pro 7: Not Much New, But Still a Whole Lot to Love

Good news for fans of the Microsoft Surface Pro: The little tablet that could, now in its seventh edition, has reached that point of maturity and general success where no one wants to rock the boat for fear of screwing something up. What’s new? Almost nothing. If you don’t have a Surface Pro 6 to…

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Taika Waititi Has Even Bigger Plans for ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Throughout his career, Taika Waititi has played a lot of different roles. He’s been a minister (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), a vampire (Viago in What We Do in the Shadows), and a friendly pile of rocks (Korg in Thor: Ragnarok). In his new film, Jojo Rabbit, he plays Adolf Hitler—well, a young German boy's imaginary…

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Google debuts new digital wellbeing ‘experiments’ like a notification mailbox, unlock clock & even a paper phone

Following the introduction of its digital wellbeing tools for Android at Google’s I/O developer conference last year, the company has since expanded the feature set to include new options like…

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