Thursday, July 30, 2026

Sci/Tech - LEVEL2

Student’s 1987 Code Fix Led to Photoshop Creation

Thomas Knoll did not plan to create a major image editor. In 1987, while studying for his PhD at the University of Michigan, he...

Devastating Impact on Our Night Sky highlighted

A recent image shows Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) surrounded by light from around 10,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. This picture highlights a growing...

Microsoft clarifies uneven scrolling in Windows 11 File Explorer

Microsoft has explained why the File Explorer does not have smooth scrolling in all views. The home and gallery views are smooth because they...

Artemis III Rocket Preparation Underway as SpaceX Embraces AI

SpaceX expects to make $26.5 trillion from the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. The company believes that $22.7 trillion of this will come from AI...

Nintendo Switch Users Gain Access to Free Wii and GameCube Games

The Nintendo Wii and Nintendo GameCube games are now playable on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026. This is important because...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory Identifies 11,000 New Asteroids

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located in Chile, aims to explore our Solar System. It will collect about 30 petabytes of data over ten...

Students Discover Unusual Metal-Free Star in Milky Way

A group of students from the University of Chicago has found an ancient star named SDSS J0715-7334. This star should not be in the...

Asteroid ‘God of Chaos’ to Pass Near Earth in Three Years

An asteroid called Apophis will pass near Earth in three years. This event is important because it gives scientists a chance to study this...