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NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters
  • Considering that the particular asteroid being sampled here has a chance of cracking Earth's noggin in the next century or so it might just be worthwhile to know a bit more about it.

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    We won’t fix inflation while economists stay in denial about its causes
  • Physics will approximate a cow as a sphere, which you can observe it is not.

    In science theory you have to make assumptions and approximations to simplify and get at the underlying mehanics. THEN you can complicate everything with the reality of it all.

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    I'm looking for a FOSS Weather app for android
  • wX can show radar as well as daily/hourly for the next week or so. Not super pretty to look at but extremely functional

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    Texas city strictly limits water consumption as thousands across state face water shortages
  • As an outsider I assume it's because their 'independant' (read: under-regulated) power grid collapses every time all that stuff turns on.

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    Johnson and Johnson attempts to sacrifice millions of lives by restricting life saving tuberculosis drug
  • No, but there's a whole lotta stuff branded J&J that you CAN buy elsewhere

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    What movie scared you shitless when you were a child?
  • Gremlins. My family will likely never stop making fun of me for it: "Hurr durr but it's a DISNEY movie!!1!"

    Fuck you, I was traumatized.

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    YSK: Subscriber count on communities only show the numbers of users subscribed from your specific instance. The real number might be much larger than you think.
  • I imagine the simplest solution would be to add up the subscriber count of each instance you're federated with and show a 'federated subscribers' count per community.

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