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"The giant lacewing had seemingly disappeared from eastern North America over 50 years ago."

A bug expert went shopping at Walmart—and made a historic insect discovery The giant lacewing had disappeared from eastern North America, until an entomologist spotted one while buying groceries.

"Perspectives on this emerging discipline that can help you determine whether it’s right for you."

Should you pursue a career in design engineering? Perspectives on this emerging discipline that can help you determine whether it’s right for you

Happy Halloween from the V4 Crew!

"A sprawling exhibition chronicles the famed director's 50-year creative journey at London's Design Museum has led to record-breaking ticket sales ahead of Halloween."

Tim Burton, Known Purveyor of Gothic Horror, Thinks A.I. Is 'Scary' 'Good curatorial feng shui' and record-breaking advance ticket sales kick off 'The World of Tim Burton' at Design Museum ahead of Halloween.

"This follows the failure of another satellite from the same series that may have been due to a meteoroid impact."

Space Force Is Tracking New Debris Field After Communications Satellite Breaks Apart This follows the failure of another satellite from the same series that may have been due to a meteoroid impact.

"The makers plan to supply habitats to a Blue Origin’s NASA-backed space station project."

Watch a space station habitat prototype pop like a water balloon The makers plan to supply habitats to a Blue Origin’s NASA-backed space station project.

"On October 31, the auction house will sell A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turing (2024) by the humanoid robot artist Ai-Da. The portrait of mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing was created using Ai-Da Robot’s AI algorithms."

Sotheby’s Will Auction First Artwork Made by Humanoid Robot Ai-Da Using AI Algorithms The large portrait of Alan Turing was created by Ai-Da Robot, a project by UK gallerist and art dealer Aidan Meller.

"Chemists put a 90-year-old explanation of comet glow to the test—and confirmed it was mostly correct."

Scientists finally solve the mystery of why comets glow green Chemists have discovered why the green glow of a comet only exists around its body, without reaching its long tail.

"It all comes down to nanoscale-level variations."

After 2,600 years, we finally know how static electricity really works It all comes down to nanoscale-level variations.

"It's been a tough week for the digital library."

The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks The Internet Archive has been hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week that have taken the service offline.

"Now your website too can look like jeffkoons.com."

Behold, Jeff Koons's New Masterpiece: A Squarespace Website Template For the first time, Jeff Koons has made entire portfolio available online courtesy of a new website the artist designed with Squarespace.

"'Daaaaaalí' sees five actors play the celebrated Surrealist."

Is 'Daaaaaalí' a Biopic, Surrealist Dream—or Something Else Entirely? Written and directed by Quentin Dupieux, Daaaaaalí is an unabassed comic dive into the mind and art of Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí.

“The wormhole was formed by manipulating qubits in Google’s Sycamore quantum device, teleporting information through it.”

Physicists Use a Quantum Computer to Create a Holographic Wormhole Physicists have created the first wormhole using quantum computing, manipulating qubits in superconducting circuits

"It’s a beginner-friendly drone featuring a headless mode that makes taking off simple."

You Can Get This Ninja Phantom MAX 8 Drone on Sale for $80 Right Now It’s a beginner-friendly drone featuring a headless mode that makes taking off simple.

"The brain diagram, called a connectome, could revolutionize researchers’ understanding of the human brain, which has many parallels with a fruit fly’s."

Scientists Unveil the First-Ever Complete Map of an Adult Fruit Fly's Brain, Captured in Stunning Detail The brain diagram, called a connectome, could revolutionize researchers' understanding of the human brain, which has many parallels with a fruit fly's

"The glasses can run other faces it sees through its built-in camera through the controversial facial recognition service PimEyes."

Terrifying Smart Glasses Hack Can Pull Up Personal Info of Nearby Strangers in Seconds A pair of Harvard students successfully rigged Meta-formerly-Facebook and Ray Ban's smart glasses with facial recognition software.

"Kelly Robinson believes Ansel Adams took the photos as part of his commercial work for the Santa Fe Railway."

Missouri Woman Says She's Found a Trove of Lost Ansel Adams Photos A Missouri woman wanted to buy some historic photographs of Native Americans. Instead, she made an Ansel Adams discovery of lost prints.

"Oops, those were Alexandre Lavet's hand-painted beer cans."

Museum Technician Accidentally Throws Out Alexandre Lavet Artwork An elevator technician at the LAM museum in the Netherlands accidentally threw out an Alexandre Lavet artwork of two handpainted beer cans.

"The reliefs on the Temple of Edfu were once colorful."

Experts Restore the Lost Colors of an Ancient Egyptian Temple A joint team of researchers from Egypt and Germany have announced their first successes restoring color to the ancient Temple of Edfu.

"Grab these collectibles before they’re gone for good."

Amazon’s Hard to Find Lego Section Just Restocked With So Many Rare Sets Grab these collectibles, like this “Star Wars” display, before they’re gone for good.

“The disc is as tough as quartz and withstands cosmic radiation.”

In case of extinction, scientists store human genome on a 'memory crystal' that lasts billions of years The disc is as tough as quartz and withstands cosmic radiation.

"You’ll quickly become the scariest house on the block this Halloween."

Amazon Just Dropped the Price on This Bestselling Creepy Doll Before Halloween Get Haunted Holly for under $50 before she sells out!

"Jupiter's magnetic field is a whopping 20,000 times stronger than Earth's, making it a particularly challenging environment for technology."

NASA Preparing to Launch Mission to World That "May Be Habitable Today" NASA's Europa Clipper mission is set to explore one of the most promising spots to look for life in the solar system: Jupiter's moon Europa.

“It’s the only fundamental force whose carrier has never been directly observed. But that may soon change.”

Scientists Might Achieve the Impossible and Actually *See* Gravity It’s the only fundamental force whose carrier has never been directly observed. But that may soon change.