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Walls And Ceiling Of Florida Condo Are Covered With Beer Cans

6:22am September 16, 2020

From the outside it looks like any condo. But scroll through the real estate listing, and you'll see the inside is wallpapered with beer cans. And not just any beer — the king of beers: Budweiser.

Images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory highlight the appearance of the Sun at solar minimum (left, Dec. 2019) versus solar maximum (right, April 2014).

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A New Sun Cycle Promises Relatively Calm Space Weather For The Next Decade

5:13pm September 15, 2020

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The sun can affect people's electronics, the power grid and communications and navigation systems. But scientists predict that for the next decade or so, the Sun's activity will not be too disruptive.

The images used to create this view of Venus were acquired by the Mariner 10 craft on Feb. 7 and 8, 1974. Decades after the Mariner 2 flew by the planet in 1962, much about the planet remains unknown.

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A Possible Sign Of Life Right Next Door To Earth, On Venus

3:50pm September 14, 2020

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Scientists have found a gas associated with living organisms in a region of Venus' atmosphere. They can't figure out how it got there if it didn't come from life.

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Postcard Finally Arrives In Mail 100 Years Later

6:42am September 11, 2020

Brittany Keech found a postcard in her mailbox recently. The card was addressed to her cousins, and originally mailed out in 1920.

China may have landed a new space plane on Sept. 6 at this secretive air base, located in China in the desert near an old nuclear testing ground.

New Chinese Space Plane Landed At Mysterious Air Base, Evidence Suggests

6:39pm September 09, 2020

by Geoff Brumfiel

The mission took place this past weekend, shrouded in secrecy, but some clues are emerging about what China sent into space, and why.

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It's A Bird, It's A Plane. No, It's A Guy In A Jetpack

6:15am September 02, 2020

A Fox TV affiliate in Los Angeles obtained audio of the moment a flight crew reported seeing a man flying alongside them in a jetpack. The FBI is investigating.

A Californian resident hoses down a burning bicycle and tree as flames from the Hennessey Fire approach a property in the Spanish Flat area of Napa, Calif., on Aug. 18.

DIY Firefighting In California

11:12am September 01, 2020

by Greg Rosalsky

Why people are buying their own firetrucks.

New York Farmer Uses A Mystery To Distract People From COVID-19

6:32am August 24, 2020

Kirk Mathes found a gigantic safe in one of his fields, according to WHAM-TV. He has decided he won't open the safe. Mathes says, we could all use something fun to talk about.

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A woman enters a public restroom with transparent walls in Tokyo's Shibuya ward. Architect Shigeru Ban designed the bathroom in a way to reassure anyone entering the toilet.

Transparent Public Toilets Unveiled In Tokyo Parks — But They Also Offer Privacy

1:46pm August 19, 2020

by Bill Chappell

"There are two things we worry about when entering a public restroom," an architect's firm says of the jewel-like toilets. "The first is cleanliness, and the second is whether anyone is inside."

Secret Gyms And The Economics Of Prohibition

6:30am August 11, 2020

by Greg Rosalsky

COVID-19 safeguards have created a black market for gyms.