On Prince Edward Island, Canada Laura Kelly’s doorbell cam caught the exact moment a meteorite fell. In a big first, the cam also caught the sound it made on impact. It happened last July, but scientists just dropped their findings. Huh, sounds different than I expected.
Well isn’t that smart
- Sweet pants hangers ($17) that don’t take up nearly as much space.
- The best hand cream! O’Keefe’s is cheap, unscented and doesn’t leave your hands greasy. They make a lip repair balm, too!
- Don’t let a lunch mishap ruin your favorite shirt. Grab a Tide pen stain remover ($7.88). I used one to get mascara off a white T-shirt the other day!
- Not much space? These shelves (two for $20) that go over your power socket are genius.
- No more jumbled mess of cords for me. I stuck my blow dryer and curling iron in basket that hangs from the cabinet (19% off).
⭐ Your new BFF in the kitchen: A metal scraper you can use to move veggies from the cutting board to the pan, scrape gunk off the counter, cut dough, whatever.
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Lost in Space Slack? Use the arrows at the top to move to the channel you were just in. Or use your keyboard: Cmd + [ on Mac, Alt + back arrow on Windows. Hit the clock icon to see your history.
🦉 Gone but not forgotten: RIP to Duolingo’s green owl mascot. In a very strange marketing stunt, the language-learning app put up a video that shows the little guy getting run over by a Cybertruck, shooting through the sky, past space and straight into hell. Now there’s a reward for anyone who IDs the driver. Hey, it worked, because #RIPduo is trending.
38,000 mph
Speed of an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. There’s a 2.3% chance it’ll impact in 2032. That’s the highest chance of any space rock we’ve spotted. At 460 feet wide, 2024 YR4 is 500 times more powerful than an atomic bomb. We’ll get a better look at where it’s heading in 2028. I’ll set a calendar reminder to update you!
Space junk falls on a Kenyan village
A metallic ring 8 feet in diameter and 1,100 pounds fell from space into a village in Kenya. No one got hurt, phew. It seems to be a piece of a rocket launch vehicle.
Practical magic
Helpful little tools you won’t believe you lived this long without.
- Make your tile floors look new again with a grout paint pen, available for thick ($12) or skinny lines ($9).
- Quick knocking over the broom! Mount this rack (35% off, $9) to keep your cleaning tools neat and tidy.
- Here’s a genius idea for when counter space is hard to come by: Put the coffeemaker (or anything else) on a slider (40% off).
- Outlet concealers ($23) are so smart behind couches or other places where there’s not much space but you still need to plug in.
- Tension shelves (10% off) give you more closet space without having to drill into the walls.
🥸 Because I care about you: If you’re a guy over 40, you need a nose and ear hair trimmer. Just trust me on this.
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12 times
As massive as Jupiter. That’s the size of an exoplanet spotted by the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft. Some context: Jupiter is equal to about 318 Earths, so this thing is huge. The exoplanet, Gaia 4b, is 244 light-years away and 64% as big as the sun. A year there? About 570 Earth days.
Get some space: I’m always surprised when I see someone’s iPhone home screen covered in icons. It’s easy to sort them into folders. Press on an app icon until it starts to jiggle. Now, move it on top of another one that you’d like to pair it with. Bam, folder. Name it whatever you want.
Corporate playground: I want to see this thing IRL. There’s a $2.5 billion office called The Round being built in London to lure the youngest of Gen Z workers. It’ll have nap pods, space for breathwork classes, a gym and all sorts of other luxuries (paywall link). It probably comes with participation trophies, too.
🥵 It’s all over social media: Heating pads, space heaters and electric fireplaces are leaving people with toasted skin syndrome caused by too much heat exposure. It looks like a lacey spotted rash and could take months or years to go away, if ever. Have it? See your doctor ASAP.
Space heaters recalled: Nearly 8,000 Vornado VH2 Whole Room Heaters sold on Amazon are being recalled. The power cord could detach, leading to electric shocks and fires. Check your heater for the date codes “JUL24” or “AUG24,” along with “TYPE VH2” on the silver label. Hit this link for help.
Stuff for life’s little annoyances
These finds will make your day-to-day issues a little easier.
- Stop wasting your time pulling the ladder out of storage to change one bulb. Use a light bulb changer.
- Trying to hold onto your bag in a bathroom stall without a hook is one of life’s greatest struggles. This portable hanger ($20) is genius, and every woman I know would want it.
- Let them eat bagels! This bagel guillotine is too fun and works surprisingly well.
- QR code labels ($10) stick onto boxes so you can scan to know exactly what’s inside. Ah, storage nirvana.
- Use a cup holder expander ($10) so you don’t have to let your big water bottle roll around the car.
🥶 Rough winter? This space heater is 43% off right now. Go, go, go, before the frostbite hits!
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🚀 I’m fired up to see this: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Orbit is launching its first New Glenn rocket tomorrow from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The last launch was delayed because of rough seas. Onboard is a prototype of Blue Ring, a spacecraft designed to repair satellites and do secret spy stuff funded by the U.S. Defense Department. The launch window opens at 1 a.m. EST. Hit this link to watch the action live.
If you always have to help your robo-vac find its home: Your base station is probably in the wrong spot. For the best results, put it against a wall on flat ground with two to three feet of clearance to either side and about five feet of clearance in front. Those little vacs need space!
iPhone storage hog: Apple Intelligence is eating up nearly double the storage space it did at launch. In September 2024, it needed 4GB. Four months later, it’s at 7GB. Why the bloat? Updates and code-heavy features like Image Playground, which creates pictures from prompts. Siri’s major AI overhaul will make it worse.
8 feet in diameter
And 1,100 pounds — that’s the size of a metallic ring that fell from space into a village in Kenya. No one got hurt. Phew. It seems to be a piece of a rocket launch vehicle. Here’s what it looks like. Yikes!
No fires, please: Power strips rock, but they’re not for everything. Stay safe and never, ever use one for a fridge, freezer, microwave or other small appliance, space heater, heating pad, hair dryer, or gaming console. They all draw too much power, and power strips aren’t built for that.
🛜 Thanks for your service: Looks like Google secretly used phones for an interesting project. Researchers turned millions of Androids into tiny stations to map the ionosphere — 37 to 190 miles up, where space particles mess with GPS systems, leaving gaps in places like South America and Africa. It’s good the service is getting better for folks who live there, but isn’t it creepy Google can just flip a switch like that?