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266 years ago today, French astronomer Charles Messier mistakenly identifies the Crab Nebula with his 100 mm refracting telescope from a room in the Cluny Hotel in Paris. Abbreviated as M1, it was the first discovery that led to the Messier star catalogue, consisting of 110 objects in space that are still today abbreviated with […]

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Every year, 300 million tennis balls are manufactured for the beloved sport, and almost all are throw out. A Belgian eco-designer has begun to repurpose some of these into bespoke furniture in a circular way that ensures the rubber and felt balls don’t end up in landfills. Mathilde Wittock and her team can hand carve […]

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“Tucked away” in a home attic in Maine alongside a “collection of heirlooms and antiques” art appraisers found a lost Rembrandt portrait. Depicting a teenage woman in 17th-century Dutch attire, it recently sold at auction for $1.4 million, delighting the handlers who know it will be preserved and shared with the art world in a […]

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A California tribe has become the first indigenous group in the Lower 48 to be named co-stewards over a National Marine Sanctuary. Extending out into the waters between the technology capital of the world and the Hollywood Hills, the Chumash Tribe have been campaigning for decades to achieve it. Since 1969, the Chumash have been […]

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