Feb. 22, 2022
Tue. 02/22 - Hot Jupiter Is Raining Gems
The mysteries of people with super color vision. Plus, a Hot Jupiter that rains gems. And Hank the Tank, the furry 500 pound dumpster diving home invader taking California by storm.
The mysteries of people with super color vision. Plus, a Hot Jupiter that rains gems. And Hank the Tank, the furry 500 pound dumpster diving home invader taking California by storm.
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Links:
- The Rare Gift of Seeing Extra Colors (Wall Street Journal)
- 'I'm really just high on life and beauty': the woman who can see 100 million colours (The Guardian)
- A “hot Jupiter’s” dark side is revealed in detail for first time (MIT News)
- A 'hot Jupiter's' dark side is revealed in detail for first time: The planet's night side likely hosts iron clouds, titanium rain, and winds that dwarf Earth's jetstream (Science Daily)
- Scientists study a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet's dark side in detail for the first time (Engadget)
- Hank the Tank, a 500-Pound Bear, Ransacks a California Community (NY Times)
- A 500-pound bear called Hank The Tank now rules California (A/V Club)
- Mystery Deepens as China Denies Owning Space Junk Set to Crash Into Moon (Science Alert)
- Corrected identification of object about to hit the moon (Project Pluto)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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