New Artemis II astronaut iPhone video reveals new Earthset view
‘Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos.’
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One-upping the Pope"The Pope's English".
Escalating tensions between Pope Leo XIV and President Trump may hinge on something unusually simple: the pope doesn't need a translator.
The big picture: Leo's native-level English removes a long-standing Vatican buffer — ambiguity in translation — that has historically softened or clarified papal critiques of U.S. leaders.
Without that layer, Leo's comments land more directly in the American media ecosystem and to American Catholics, amplifying political impact and backlash.
The pope's remarks have worked seamlessly into cable news clips, social media, and campaign messaging, accelerating their political impact — just like the president.
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/20/pope-leo-english-trump-iran
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Voyager 1, still hanging onOn April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the Low-energy Charged Particles experiment, or LECP. The nuclear-powered spacecraft is running low on power, and turning off the LECP is considered the best way to keep humanity’s first interstellar explorer going.
It's been up there for almost 49 years.
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How a retractable pen worksHere's an explanation.
https://mechanical-pencil.com/products/pen#05-header
Why create a website like this? Because engineers love to explain how things work...or, too much time on their hands...
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Immune primingUPMC and University of Pittsburgh clinician-scientists have weaned and kept multiple liver transplantation patients off of all immunosuppressant drugs for more than three years through a first-in-human clinical trial of a unique “immune priming” therapy.
Results of the small, early-stage trial are reported today in Nature Communications. They confirm that it is feasible, safe and preliminarily effective to give living donor liver transplant recipients an infusion of immune cells derived from their donor a week before transplantation and then, one year later in eligible patients, start to remove the immunosuppression drugs that prevent organ rejection.
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Laser researchA day in the life of a laser scientist.
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Humanoid robots run half-marathonDozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism and autonomous navigation skills as they whizzed past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, highlighting the sector's rapid technical advances.
Video of the winner:
And one that never really got going:
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Should you find yourself in the Tokyo area......stop by this Japanese manor house for afternoon tea.
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Another criminal caught in the immigration netHow is it that ICE seems to be able to find these people, but don't seem to have current information on their actual legal status?
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Where old t-shirts go to die...and hopefully get recycled...
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Immunotherapy update'It's incredible, like science fiction': How a new wave of immunotherapy is eliminating cancers
OTOH...
In general, somewhere between 20% and 40% of patients respond to immunotherapy. That means a lot of patients – the majority, in fact – are opening themselves up to side effects, not to mention wasted time and hope, without much upside.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260410-how-a-new-wave-of-immunotherapy-is-eliminating-cancers
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Pasta salads!Big fans here in the wtg household, though we are sometimes using grains like farro instead of pasta in these types of recipes:
https://www.eatingwell.com/best-30-minute-pasta-salad-recipes-11952879
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House in Old Town (Chicago)Wtg, I can't view the link .
Does this work for you?
edit: Nice properties in VT and the Cotswalds!!
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Welfare check on seniorDidn't answer the daily check-in call...
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Merlin bird apph/t Doctor Phibes
Identify the birds you see or hear with Merlin Bird ID
Free global bird guide with photos,
sounds, maps, and more.
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The benefits of going out in the rainIt turns out that after decades of studying the elements of rain's potential mood-boosting abilities, scientists have found some decent evidence to support it. And it's not the only benefit of rain: research shows rain also removes harmful substances from the air, while its unmistakable smell may even enhance our memories.
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"When nothing was taboo"Paris in the 1930s.
Moving "effortlessly from slums to exclusive salons", the legendary photographer Brassaï captured the brothels, gay bars and backstreets of Paris's hazy night-time in its radical inter-war years.
Brassaï's photographs of lovers in cafes, the gargoyles of Notre Dame and the lamplit streets of Montmartre are some of the most iconic ever produced of Paris. A pioneer of night-time photography, he has shaped the view of the city as a place for romance, forever caught in a hazy twilight world of shadow. "The Paris you dream of, that's Brassaï's Paris," Anna Tellgren, curator of Brassaï: The Secret Signs of Paris at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, tells the BBC.
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One-upping the PopeThomas Wenski, Archbishop of Miami, said the federal government abruptly ended a more than six-decade relationship with Catholic Charities in Miami, calling it “baffling” to shutter a program the government would be “hard-pressed to replicate at the level of competence and excellence that Catholic Charities has achieved.”
The canceled contract was worth $11 million, the Miami Herald reported.
Emily G. Hillard, the Department of Health and Human Services press secretary, claimed to the Miami Herald the partnership was terminated because the number of unaccompanied children under the charity’s care is “significantly lower” under the Trump administration compared to the Biden administration.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement, an HHS office that had a contract with Catholic Charities, is “closing and consolidating unused facilities as the Trump Administration continues efforts to stop illegal entry and the smuggling and trafficking of unaccompanied alien children,” Hillard said.
