https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Thames-Frost-Fairs/
Between 1607 and 1814, there were a total of seven major frost fairs held on the frozen River Thames in the heart of London. These fairs hosted bull-baiting, pop-up pubs, and even saw a king or two taking part in the festivities!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/music-industrys-1990s-hard-drives-like-all-hdds-are-dying/
The music industry traded tape for hard drives and got a hard-earned lesson.
https://restofworld.org/2024/electric-vehicle-conversions-uruguay/
Organización Autolibre is teaching individuals and companies across 14 countries to retrofit vehicles. Critics worry about the process’s safety.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-biggest-controversy-in-cosmology-just-got-deeper/
A long-awaited study of the cosmic expansion rate suggests that when it comes to the Hubble tension, cosmologists are still missing something.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/americans-misunderstand-their-contribution-to-deteriorating-environment/
A global survey suggests 88 percent of people are worried about the state of nature.
https://futurism.com/man-arrested-fake-bands-streams-ai
An alleged scammer has been arrested under suspicion that he used AI to create a wild number of fake bands — and fake streams to with them.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/string-theorists-accidentally-find-a-new-formula-for-pi/
Two physicists have come across infinitely many novel equations for pi while trying to develop a unifying theory of the fundamental forces
https://gizmodo.com/closest-flyby-of-mercury-reveals-the-planets-mysterious-craters-in-unprecedented-detail-2000495161
BepiColombo is on a new trajectory to the innermost planet after suffering a thruster glitch.
https://www.space.com/nasa-solar-sail-deployment
Spacecraft data has confirmed successful deployment of the futuristic technology.
https://boingboing.net/2024/09/02/alzheimers-breakthrough-cancer-drug-wakes-up-sleepy-brain-cells-in-mice-and-human-brain-cells.html
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