Stuff of Life (but Not Life Itself) Is Detected on a Distant Planet Methane, an ingredient of the building blocks of life, has been found in the atmosphere of a planet called HD 189733b, which is 63 lights years distant from Earth. Astronomers reported Wednesday that they had made the first detection of an organic molecule, methane, in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system and ... Read full entry
Stuff of Life (but Not Life) Detected on a Distant Planet
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Lego Celebrates 50 Years of Building
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Lego Celebrates 50 Years of Building Hot on the heels of the Helvetica font's half century, another classic cultural icon celebrates its 50th birthday this year, none other than Lego building bricks. It was at 1:58 p.m. on January 28, 1958, that then-Lego head Godtfred Kirk Christiansen filed a patent for the iconic plastic brick with its stud-and-hole design. Since then, the company has made a staggering 400 billion ... Read full entry
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