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Strongman Hafþór Júlíus Björnsso is famous for being The Mountain in Game of Thrones.

It's man made though. Made in 1998

Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20241123233006/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wrek9p24ko

Source: Website

Joseph Albert (1825-1886, photographer).

Carte-de-visite portrait photograph of the young Albert Einstein, Munich, n.d. [c.1884].

The chances of intelligent life emerging in our Universe – and in any hypothetical ones beyond it – can be estimated by a new theoretical model which has echoes of the famous Drake Equation

As you prepare for the cold months to come, you can be glad you’re not a painted turtle—the species evolved to be freeze-tolerant and hatchlings spend winter just chillin’, literally, in sandy burrows—or a grotesquely engorged ant about to make the ultimate sacrifice to feed the colony. Instead, forage some of the last sweet berries, get your mind right for the dark winter, and enjoy these stories about preparing for the cold.

Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys with the UN World Food Programme to the country of Niger in the African Sahel to see an innovative land recovery project within the Great Green Wall of Africa that is harvesting rainwater, increasing food security, and rehabilitating the ecosystem.

The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud forms when Mars' atmosphere interacts with the tall volcano, creating a spectacular sight.

More info about it:

https://phys.org/news/2024-09-cloud-atlas-mars-showcases-array.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-what-s-going-on-with-that-weird-long-recurring-cloud-on-mars

https://www.space.com/mars-weird-long-cloud-arsia-mons-secrets

Research into psychology of people in US and UK suggests it is better to submit work on time rather than perfecting it through procrastination

Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749597824000578

Toy company advises parents to ‘discard the product packaging or obscure the link’ on Glinda and Elphaba dolls

Process on an image processed by Gerald - Enhancement of colors

📸 NASA/JPL/SWRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Thomas Thomopoulos

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21132026

🔗 A little article describing the gif.

🔗 The creators blog.

Source: Tumblr

The world's first wooden satellite, built in Japan, is being flown to the International Space Station on a SpaceX mission.

LignoSat will be released into orbit about 400km above the Earth, with researchers hoping it will prove wood is a space-grade material.

LignoSat will stay in orbit for six months, with the electronic components onboard measuring how wood endures the extreme environment of space.

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It’s not a project for most people, but watching someone ride up to 20 miles, and up to 30 mph, on tossed-out vape batteries is transfixing.

"To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising," said Tom Nordheim, a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab who worked on the study.