Dogs
October 24, 2024

Heartwarming Winners of the 2024 Dog Photography Awards

Man's best friend is being celebrated at the 2024 Dog Photography Awards. Pet photographers from more than 60 different countries entered 1,700 photos across five diverse categories. From animals in action to heartwarming portraits, the winners highlight the diversity and charm of dogs. Regine Jensen‘s beautiful image Moving in time places a white whippet named Rebelle in a billowing red cape.

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Photography Gear
October 24, 2024

This Ergonomic Grip Turns Your Mobile Phone Into a Professional Camera

If you want to take your mobile phone photography to the next level, SNAPPY will do the trick. Now available on Kickstarter, this cool piece of camera gear is marketed as a “super stable ergonomic battery grip for mobile phones,” but it's much more than that. The mobile gimbal not only helps control the angle, lighting, and motion of your photos and videos, it also acts as a Bluetooth remote and a power bank.

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Science
October 23, 2024

14-Year-Old Creates AI-Based Handheld Pesticide Detector and Wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Nowadays, pesticides are widely used in agriculture to protect crops from other creatures devouring them, ensuring there's a bigger bounty that can reach more people's tables. However, they can also have very bad effects on your health. While this seems to be mostly solved by washing your produce, 14-year-old Sirish Subash couldn't help but wonder if there was a way to make sure there were no harmful residues on food after rinsing.

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Astronomy
October 22, 2024

JWST Discovers Icy Exoplanet That Looks Like an Eyeball May Have Liquid Ocean

Since its discovery in 2017, scientists believed that exoplanet LHS 1140 b was a gaseous planet similar to Neptune. However, thanks to data gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope in December 2023, astronomers believe this super-Earth may be quite different. The temperate exoplanet could actually be habitable and either covered in ice or have an atmosphere and liquid ocean.

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