Quote of the Week
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
Franklin D. RooseveltTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Helix Nebula reveals what happens to material shed by a dying star
Faint bow shocks around the Helix Nebula expose stellar fragments being stripped apart before rejoining the galaxy.
UCLA engineers build a ‘lying mirror’ that displays a fake reflected image
A deep-learning-designed optical surface can turn unseen objects, colors, and distorted inputs into one predetermined reflected image.
Scientists discover remnants of Theia, the planet that collided with Earth 4.5 billion years ago
Two vast structures near Earth’s core could preserve pieces of Theia, the lost world linked to the Moon’s formation.
Europe’s catastrophic ‘flood of the millennium’ in 1342 wasn’t a single event
Medieval records reveal a relentless sequence of floods that killed thousands and repeatedly battered Europe from 1341 to 1343.