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Was our most intelligent scientist Christiaan Huygens short-sighted and did he need glasses? | internal

Although Holland’s most eminent scientist Christiaan Huygens pulled out high-quality lenses, his telescopes lacked sharpness. The reason may lie in the fact that Huygens actually needed glasses, says Leiden astronomer Alex Pietrow. Huygens (1629-1695) was one of the leading scientists and inventors of the 17th century and is often mentioned in the same context as […]

Android app store update F-Droid makes repository update much faster – Tablets & Phones – News

F-Droid, the alternative Android app store that only offers free and open source apps, has been changed to Warehouse format Which makes retrieving the list of available apps and their details much faster. F-Droid 1.16.1.0 Update Torsten Grote, Sun contributors from F-Droid, reports The warehouse size became an issue. “Currently, the compressed index is 8MB, […]

After the aurora borealis, now two bright stars: Venus and Jupiter are creeping towards each other and this is what it looks like

Two bright spots crept remarkably close to each other among the stars on Wednesday night. With the rare ‘collaboration’ between Jupiter and Venus, celestial enthusiasts were ready for another treat, after the Northern Lights and a rare green comet. Anyone who went out last night to see if the aurora lights would show themselves a […]

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