Daily Archives: 19.05.2015

Meanwhile in the Future: A Second Moon for Earth

By Rose Eveleth

This week on Meanwhile in the Future, we ask what would happen if Earth had a second moon. How exactly that happens I won’t reveal — you’ll have to listen! But once it does, there are some really interesting things that we might notice on Earth, from tides and the night sky, to the potential destruction of Earth.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/K_L6XBZRJS0/meanwhile-in-the-future-a-second-moon-for-earth-1705467967

      

Scratch Wireless targets bargain hunters with $99 smartphone, free Wi-Fi calls

By Marguerite Reardon Scratch Wireless, the company that offers free mobile phone service via Wi-Fi networks, is making it really hard not to try its wireless service with the introduction of a new $99 handset.

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Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/46736361/sc/28/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Cscratch0Ewireless0Etargets0Ebargain0Ehunters0Ewith0E990Esmartphone0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm

      

These Satellite Timelapses Show Just How Much Our Planet Has Changed

By Vincze Miklós on io9, shared by Alissa Walker to Gizmodo

Cities grow. Human settlements expand across lands — and even into the water. Some forests burn down and regrow while others are gradually depleted by logging. And, over the last few decades, satellites have captured it all, showing how Earth has changed in just a matter of years.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/eR2ByNp-gLA/these-satellite-timelapses-show-just-how-much-our-plane-1705198895