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Satellite Photos Reveal Extent of Power Outages Across Hurricane-Stricken New Orleans
Satellite images taken before and after Hurricane Ida swept through Louisiana this week are showcasing the upsetting extent to which people have suffered without power in New Orleans.
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Could We Live Under the Sea?
You could argue that every second spent discussing humans colonising the solar system is a second not spent salvaging what we have here on Earth and is thereby a concession to nihilism, laziness, and the worst, most craven elements of our public life. But what about living the sea? Same deal, I suppose, but still, it’s fun…
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Goodbye, Asteroid Bennu, It’s Been Real
Yesterday, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft passed by the asteroid Bennu for the last time, ending its two-and-a-half-year relationship with the space rock. But OSIRIS-REx is still lingering in the asteroid’s vicinity, as if hesitant to embark on its roughly 320-million-kilometre return to Earth. That trip will begin in early May.
