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Quote from: Science AlertAn experimental philosopher from the University of Arizona has set up what he's calling the Millennium Camera: a device designed to take a single image of the Tucson, Arizona landscape over the course of a thousand years.
Quote from: BBCIt was brought to the Lower Moss Nature Reserve and Wildlife Hospital by a well-meaning rescuer last week.On arrival they discovered the hoglet was in fact a "faux furry friend", a volunteer for the animal charity said.
Quote from: BBCCufflinks were commissioned by landowners in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, where the largest piece of space rock was found.Because of its fragile composition, the segments of the 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite were preserved in a resin.Lachlan Bond's mother had the gift made as a surprise. He said they were "absolutely gorgeous".
Quote from: Popular MechanicsThe U.S. Air Force is about to drop some serious coin on the future of air power. The service will spend almost $20 billion over five years to develop Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD), its secret new sixth-generation fighter jet and future replacement for the F-22 Raptor. NGAD will also be the first aircraft program conceived from the start as a combination of both manned and unmanned aircraft.
Quote from: Popular MechanicsHow would you react at the thought that the very chair you are sitting in is made up of tiny particles that harness some type of rudimentary experience? Actually, how would you feel if we told you that the potted flower next to your chair, as well as your brain and the four walls surrounding all of you—each and every one—possess an internal mental characteristic? What if the world around you was not an inanimate stage, upon which you, the owner of a soul, played the lead role, but was instead fully awake–just like you? Let's hear it from panpsychism, the theory that everything has a mind or a mind-like quality.
Quote from: SnopesIn an MTV article published in 1997 , "The Dark Side of the Moon" sound engineer, Alan Parsons, explained, "There simply wasn't mechanics to do it. We had no means of playing videotapes in the room at all. I don't think VHS had come along by '72, had it?"Additionally, in the same MTV story, Pink Floyd drummer, Nick Mason, joked of the theory, "It's absolute nonsense, it has nothing to do with 'The Wizard of Oz.' It was all based on 'The Sound of Music.'"