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DIY Don't leave your tunes behind. How to get music playing in multiple rooms in your home with Sonos, Apple HomePod, Amazon Echo, or Google Home speakers. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2TjbU8x"

Technology The other person could hear you, even if you reject the call. This is bad. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2CQvsu3"

Ultima Thule from New Horizons How do distant asteroids differ from those near the Sun? To help find out, NASA sent the robotic New Horizons spacecraft past the classical Kuiper belt object 2014 MU69 , nicknamed Ultima Thule, the farthest asteroid yet visited by a human spacecraft. Zooming past the 30-km long space rock on January 1, the featured image is the highest resolution picture of Ultima Thule's surface beamed back so far. Utima Thuli does look different than imaged asteroids of the inner Solar System, as it shows unusual surface texture, relatively few obvious craters, and nearly spherical lobes. Its shape is hypothesized to have formed from the coalescence of early Solar System rubble in into two objects -- Ultima and Thule -- which then spiraled together and stuck. Research will continue into understanding the origin of different surface regions on Ultima Thul...

Technology Catch up on all the tech news you missed while trying to stay warm. Do you want a folding phone? Maybe. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2RnwFOG"

Animals The mechanics of surfing the wind—or waves. A new study attempts to understand the mechanics of how a flock of individual birds, or a school of individual fish, can move in nearly-identical shapes. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2Sgfrao"

Muscle Month There's very little information out there. Even in 2019, many of us still act like pregnancy is practically a disability. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2FTYDR1"

Muscle Month The science of stink. Sometimes, especially with clothes made from synthetic fibers, unpleasant odors linger even after multiple washes. Why do gym clothes stink so badly? via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2RknRsU"

Technology What to know about Boeing's latest test flight, and the 'third era of aviation.' What you need to know about the cool new flying machines called VTOLs, or vertical take-off and landing craft. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2UpM0Aq"

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Nexus Media News Researchers say artificial photosynthesis can clean up atmospheric carbon pollution. New research indicates that artificial photosynthesis could stave off carbon pollution in the future. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2RVrWJi"

Gadgets And keep in mind: in most accidents, a snow slide is triggered by the group hit by it. And keep in mind: in most accidents, a snow slide is triggered by the group hit by it. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2RSFYet"

Environment But petroleum shipping remains an inherently risky business. One company wants to solidify oil into hockey pucks for safer transportation, but environmental activists aren't so sure. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2G6O9gu"

The Long Gas Tail of Spiral Galaxy D100 Why is there long red streak attached to this galaxy? The streak is made mostly of glowing hydrogen that has been systematically stripped away as the galaxy moved through the ambient hot gas in a cluster of galaxies. Specifically, the galaxy is spiral galaxy D100, and cluster is the Coma Cluster of galaxies . The red path connects to the center of D100 because the outer gas, gravitationally held less strongly, has already been stripped away by ram pressure . The extended gas tail is about 200,000 light-years long, contains about 400,000 times the mass of our Sun , and stars are forming within it. Galaxy D 99, visible to D100's lower left, appears red because it glows primarily from the light of old red stars -- young blue stars can no longer form because D99 has been stripped of its star-forming gas. The featured false-color picture is a...

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Science The holidays are over and the weather outside is still frightful. May as well make use of it. If you do your spring cleaning now, you’ll be able to enjoy the first warm days of spring outside smelling flowers instead of inside scrubbing floors. via Popular Science "http://bit.ly/2Wk9598"