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Cleaned-up Venera Photos For those of you who’ve never heard of Donald Mitchel, he’s a former computer research scientist and writer who also a space exploration history enthusiast. He is also an expert in the field of image resampling and enhancement. In his latest tweet (down below) Mitchel presents raw images he got from the Soviet Union’s Venera project, which sent back the…read more Exploration

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2020 Groundhog Day Roundup 2/2, a fine date in both U.S. and European styles of date-writing, and a fine day for SilverMedals.net. It’s Groundhog Day! One of the more ridiculous pseudo-historic, pseudo-arcane, and pseudo-holiday events in existence. As I wrote last year, it’s the day where fancy men in top hats stand outside in the freezing cold staring at the furry little rodents and…read more Animals

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2019 — Second-Warmest Year on Record Although we already bid adieu to 2019 more than two weeks ago, science information for the year was still coming in. Unfortunately it’s not exactly welcome news. According to NASA and the U.S. National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Association (NOAA), 2019 was the second-warmest year on record since 1880 (when modern record-keeping began). The average global temperatures for 2019 were second…read more Environment

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R.I.P. Kim Shattuck Kim Shattuck best known the lead singer and guitarist for The Muffs passed away October 2, 2019, at the age of 56. The pop/punk musician’s life ended after a 2-year struggle with ALS, according to her husband, Kevin Sutherland. ALS also known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease” is a rare group of neurological diseases where motor neurons that control walking, chewing,…read more Arts & Pop Culture

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