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This Year’s Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be The Brightest For Years. Here’s How To See Up To 50 ‘Shooting Stars’ In An Hour
Although it began on July 17 and will continue through August 26, 2021, the date you want in North America is the night of Wednesday/Thursday, August 11-12—the peak night. That’s when the meteor activity reaches is highest and thus the rate of shooting stars will be the highest. But the next night will be almost as good, and possibly better for Europe.
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Although it began on July 17 and will continue through August 26, 2021, the date you want in North America is the night of Wednesday/Thursday, August 11-12—the peak night. That’s when the meteor activity reaches is highest and thus the rate of shooting stars will be the highest. But the next night will be almost as good, and possibly better for Europe.
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Forbes
This Year’s Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be The Brightest For Years. Here’s How To See Up To 50 ‘Shooting Stars’ In An Hour
There will be almost no moonlight interference for August’s Perseids, the year’s best display of ‘shooting stars,’ which began at the weekend. Here’s when the all-important peak night is—and how to see as many ‘fireballs’ as possible.
2,400-year-old baskets still filled with fruit found in submerged Egyptian city
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Smithsonian Magazine
2,400-Year-Old Baskets Still Filled With Fruit Found in Submerged Egyptian City
Wicker vessels recovered from the ruins of Thônis-Heracleion contain doum nuts and grape seeds
Sea monsters and their inspiration: serpents, mermaids, the kraken and more
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Understanding Heidegger on technology
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The New Atlantis
Understanding Heidegger on Technology
On whether thinking can save us
'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
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'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy
In this short essay, written for a symposium in the San Diego Law Review, Professor Daniel Solove examines the nothing to hide argument. When asked about gover
The Slippery Slope Is Not a Fallacy
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Gavinhoward
The Slippery Slope Is Not a Fallacy: Apple and CSAM, and How to Defend Against Presumers | Gavin D. Howard
Apple now scans for CSAM on users' devices. Proponents of it are saying that those of us against it are for allowing CSAM. They are either misguided or lying. Here's why, as well as how to combat them.
Chatcontrol 2.0: The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence in the EU
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CBD Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response
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Cannabidiol from the cannabis plant has potential to prevent and inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection
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Cannabidiol from the cannabis plant has potential to prevent and inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection
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PubMed Central (PMC)
Cannabidiol Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Promotes the Host Innate Immune Response
The rapid spread of COVID-19 underscores the need for new treatments. Here we report that cannabidiol (CBD), a compound produced by the cannabis plant, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection. CBD and its metabolite, 7-OH-CBD, but not congeneric cannabinoids, ...
Animals Can Count and Use Zero. How Far Does Their Number Sense Go?
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Quanta Magazine
Animals Count and Use Zero. How Far Does Their Number Sense Go?
Crows recently demonstrated an understanding of the concept of zero. It’s only the latest evidence of animals’ talents for numerical abstraction — which may still differ from our own grasp of numbers.