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- 1Physicists hunt dark matter a mile underground in South Dakota●🌌 WATCH: About 85% of all matter across the # universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments. Operating
Roughly 85% of the matter in the universe has never been directly detected, as it does not interact with standard scientific instruments. UCLA astrophysicist Alvine Kamaha and the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration are working to change that, operating a detector nearly 1.6 kilometres underground in South Dakota to catch rare particle interactions from dark matter.
- 2South Dakota dark matter detector hunts universe's missing 85%●🌌 ICYMI: About 85% of all matter across the # universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments. Operating
About 85% of the matter in the universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments, and researchers are working to change that. UCLA astrophysicist Alvine Kamaha and the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration operate a detector nearly a mile (1.6 km) underground in South Dakota, where deep rock shielding allows them to track rare particle interactions that could reveal dark matter. The project is drawing attention as one of the most direct efforts to identify the universe's missing mass.
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A Quebec coroner has concluded that a trailer detached from a trucker's vehicle was practically invisible, in the death of Maxime Rouillard, who stopped to help in darkness near Saint-Majorique. Separately, French reports cover a man building a home on a rusty trailer for about 13,000 euros, and a haulage firm fined 26,000 euros on a Normandy motorway.
- 4Wild geese poem resonates with readers of New Writing Scotland●I want answers, but there are only the wild geese Calling, high in the almost-dark, bearing south, And me, stopped short
Lines from Susan Mansfield's poem "Bearing South," published in New Writing Scotland 33, are being shared widely online. The verse describes a speaker halted on a doorstep, holding groceries and watching wild geese fly south in near darkness, longing for answers that never come. Readers are quoting its closing image of migration, displacement and a "not-quite home," finding it an unexpectedly fitting expression of restlessness and belonging.
- 5Dark dunes imaged on floor of Mars' Schaeberle Crater●# PPOD : Dark dunes sweep across the floor of Schaeberle Crater in this HiRISE image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orb
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured a HiRISE image showing dark sand dunes sweeping across the floor of Schaeberle Crater. The Seti Institute highlighted the picture, noting the crater spans nearly 159 kilometers in Mars' southern hemisphere and that its floor preserves evidence of very different past environmental conditions on the red planet.
- 6Gardeners admire 'Wicked Witch' coleus plant photos●Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Wicked Witch’ # LeafScrolling # Nature # Photography
Photography and plant enthusiasts are sharing images of Plectranthus scutellarioides 'Wicked Witch', an ornamental coleus cultivar prized for its dark, dramatic foliage. The posts appear under the trending LeafScrolling tag, where users swap close-up nature shots. The cultivar's near-black leaves with contrasting edges are drawing attention from gardeners and houseplant collectors.
- 7A24 Developing TV Series Based on Kathryn Bigelow's 'Near Dark'▼‘Near Dark’ Lives Again: A24 Developing TV Series Based on Kathryn Bigelow’s Vampire Classic [Exclusive]
A24 is developing a television series based on 'Near Dark', Kathryn Bigelow's 1987 vampire western that became a cult classic. News of the project, reported exclusively by entertainment outlets, has prompted discussion among horror fans about how the stylish, gritty film will translate to the small screen and what the studio's involvement means for the property.
- 8The Owl and the Pussycat Given a Darkly Realistic Rewrite▼The owl & the pussycat went to sea, in a beautiful, pea-green boat. They took some money, & plenty of honey, but this wa
A wry rewrite of Edward Lear's classic nonsense poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat' is circulating, imagining the pair's pea-green boat voyage ending in tragedy because honey and money were not enough to survive a sea crossing, with the bodies washing up near the Mumbles in Wales. The darkly comic retelling is framed as a cautionary tale for children.
- 9Writer revisits dark comedy adapted from trading cards●🚨 BLOGGAGE HAS OCCURRED 🚨 When a film is thirty years old, and is adapted from bubble-gum trading cards of all things, i
A blogger has published a retrospective on a dark comedy film now thirty years old, originally adapted from bubble-gum trading cards. The piece argues that despite such unpromising origins, the film holds up remarkably well and satisfies nearly any viewer, prompting discussion about movies made from unlikely source material and how they age.
- 10Seven Tankers Go Dark in Strait of Hormuz●Strait of Hormuz – Maritime Traffic Tracking Data Sept 29 tracking data indicates 17 vessels transited the Strait of Hor
Maritime tracking data from September 29 shows 17 vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz over 24 hours, with 11 outbound and 6 inbound. Seven of them, all tankers, switched off their transponders and travelled "dark," and one was flagged as high risk. The pattern is drawing attention given the strait's central role in global oil shipments.
- 11Two squirrels knock out Colorado substation twice in two days▼A Colorado substation with nearly all its equipment covered against wildlife went dark twice in two days because two squirrels found the parts that were not, the first cutting 4,400 customers for more than two hours and the second 1,300 for 40 minutes
A Colorado electrical substation lost power twice in two days after two squirrels contacted unprotected equipment. Nearly all of the facility's components were fitted with wildlife guards, but the animals reached the parts that were not covered. The first outage cut electricity to 4,400 customers for more than two hours; the second affected 1,300 customers for about 40 minutes.
- 12New deep-sea robot can dive nearly 15,000 feet▼New deep-sea robot can dive nearly 15,000 feet for ocean exploration
A newly developed deep-sea robot is designed to dive nearly 15,000 feet, allowing researchers to explore and study ocean regions far beyond the reach of most equipment. The machine is intended for ocean exploration tasks at depths where pressure and darkness make human operations impossible.