Astronomers have discovered the two most massive black holes in the Universe

What ’s 10 - billion times as massive as our Sun , several times large than our solar system , and has a gravitational influence on pretty much anything that comes within 2000 light years of its gaping , cosmic maw ? Why , that would be a recently come across bootleg hole at the center of oval galaxy NGC 3842 , the smaller — yes , smaller — of two supermassive smuggled holes that astronomers have announced are the most monolithic they ’ve ever discovered ....

April 23, 2025 · 4 min · 686 words · Dr. Kimberly Hunter

Cold War Spy Satellite Reveals Just How Fast the Himalayas Are Losing Ice

During the Cold War , undercover agent orbiter were invariably circling the Earth . But while the intent of those planet is generally to track human activities , the imaging they captured has also testify to be a trove of scientific data . The latest habit of Cold War imagery has revealed a immense speedup in Himalayan ice loss . The resultspublished in Science Advanceson Wednesday show that glaciers in the Himalayas are melt twice as fast this C as they were during the Cold War , a determination that underscores just how promptly Earth ’s Third Pole is changing ....

April 23, 2025 · 4 min · 750 words · Susan Brown DDS

Eli Roth teaches us how to direct a bloody massacre forHemlock Grove

delay out a bad - keister behind - the - scene clip of Eli Roth explaining the “ Anatomy of a Kill Scene ” on his new wolfman series Hemlock Grove . Roth ’s behind - the - scenes videos are sometimes the good part of his moving picture . The theater director is completely honest , and has no trouble share what he ’s take with his interview ( seriously , correspond out the DVD extras on Hostel ) ....

April 23, 2025 · 1 min · 151 words · Nancy Brown

Everything Everywhere’sAwards Run Continues with DGA Win for Best Director

Everything Everywhere All at Once’srecognition during awards time of year has been nothing unforesightful of big . Between itsGLAAD nominating speech , and couplet of Twin Falls during theGolden Globes , the film seems poised to have some kind of triumph when the Oscars stray around , particularly since it11 nominating speech , Last nighttime , the Directors Guild of America hold its own awards ceremony , and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert ( aka the Daniels ) gain the award for Best Director ....

April 23, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · James Campbell

Facebook Launches App That Pays Users for Data—Reminding Us What We Give Away for Free

You know what Facebook need ? More of your data . Despite already generating a dumb amount of revenue per individual user thanks to the data they freely share of Facebook ’s suite of apps , the data glutton seem eager to give for some of the valuable entropy about them that it does n’t already have . Facebook unveil the scheme in a Tuesdayannouncementfor its market research product Study , an app that will suck up information about your apps ....

April 23, 2025 · 4 min · 831 words · Deborah Chapman

Here’s the Chemistry of Why Kryptonite Can’t Ever Exist

“ Kryptonite ” is a fabricated material that bring down Superman , but the element krypton actually survive , and molecules that end in “ ite ” in reality exist . Why ca n’t we make kryptonite ? interpersonal chemistry is one of those sciences that gives us tons of information up front , if only we ’re educated enough to use it . ( Remember high school tests , during which the chemistry instructor loudly announced that all the information you could ever want was on the occasional table at the front of the class ?...

April 23, 2025 · 3 min · 463 words · Joseph Collins MD

How IBM Technology Jump Started the Holocaust

The Nazis ’ persecution of Jews was cruel , methodical , and horrifyingly efficient . However , their perverse efforts were only realized with the aid of a Hollerith Machine – IBM ’s custom - work up tabular matter organization . IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black explain . When Hitler turn out to power , German intellect descended into folly . The Nazi movement was not only a multitude of hooligans pelting window and screaming slogan ....

April 23, 2025 · 10 min · 2128 words · Laura Rodriguez

How the Jacket Zipper Was Perfected After 100 Years

You might ’ve get wind about Under Armour’scrazy new zipperthat only requires one handwriting to vigor . Though the futurist magnetic grasp jigsaws nicely with the company ’s high - performance standard , the zipper originally came from more base origins : helping a sick man chair an easier life . I Have Seen the Future and It ’s a One - Handed Magnetic Zipper The Quickzip story starts in upstate New York , century of mile from Under Armour ’s massive research and evolution center in Baltimore , Maryland ....

April 23, 2025 · 7 min · 1321 words · Raymond Smith

Why do we sing the National Anthem at sporting events?

On the night of September 13 , 1814 , Francis Scott Key , an American lawyer and unskilled poet , accompanied American Prisoner Exchange Agent Colonel John Stuart Skinner to negotiate a prisoner release with several officers of the British Navy . During the negotiation , Key and Skinner learned of the British purpose to assail the city of Baltimore , as well as forcefulness and positions of British force ....

April 23, 2025 · 4 min · 702 words · Laura Adams

9 Rockin’ Facts About Elvis Presley’s Graceland

Ever sinceGraceland openedits distinctive , music - inspired William Henry Gates to the world in June 1982 , the Memphis mansion has serve well as a pilgrimage terminus forElvis Presleyfans and just about everyone else . And though it ’s been more than 40 years since Elvis ornament its mansion , faculty member keep the spot look almost on the dot like it did when he live there — down to the ( now empty ) spice container in the kitchen cabinet ....

April 22, 2025 · 6 min · 1239 words · Christian Hatfield

Amanda Seyfried’sThings Heard and SeenTrailer Is Audible, Visible, and Includes Things

Homeownershiphas its challenge in the best of time , but it ’s even tougher when … uh … whatever the hell is happening inNetflix’sThings Heard and Seen is come about . So clearlyAmanda Seyfried(Jennifer ’s consistency ) and James Norton ( The Nevers ) move into this rustic farmhouse in Chosen , New York , which has a dark arcanum ( as these things are wo nt to have ) ....

April 22, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Ann Franco

Blue Planet II To Highlight How We Are Choking The Oceans With Plastic

From the huge expanses of the seemingly endless clear oceans to the microcosm of living found within a single rock pond , the late offer from the BBC Natural History Unit has not let down . But asBlue Planet IIdraws to an end , it has a sombre word of advice for human race : we are smothering the oceans with plastic . The final instalment of the series will addressthe state of the ocean , and what humans have done to cause it ....

April 22, 2025 · 3 min · 520 words · Roger Robinson

Can you recognize these upcoming movies from just a simple icon drawing?

This movie card by Silenzio really shows 35 different flick come out in 2015 , all represented with just one image . Can you tell apart which movie is which ? Some are easy because the sequel numbers pool are list while others are just a little minute tougher . How many can you recognize ? I can easy pick out Star Wars , Avengers , Jurassic Park , James Bond , Fast and Furious and more ....

April 22, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Mark Evans