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- Flickr founders name project "Tiny Speck"; starts hiring http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/10/flickr-follow-up-project-has-a-name-tiny-speck-and-theyre-hiring/ 3 comments
- Master plan of the universe revealed in new galaxy maps. In the renderings, our Milky Way galaxy is a tiny speck in the midst of other galaxies and colossal voids. https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/master-plan-universe-revealed-new-galaxy-maps-ncna1040936?cid=public-rss_20190811 4 comments science
- Tiny LED could light up a computer that fits on a speck of dust. Ultra-efficient light sources provide optical communication signals even at very low power levels. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01896-y 3 comments science
- Japan is up in arms over a tiny speck on the Korean unified flag https://qz.com/1198150/winter-olympics-japan-protests-unified-korean-flags-inclusion-of-disputed-islets-dokdo-takeshima/ 80 comments worldnews
- Air pollution is sending tiny magnetic particles into your brain. Traffic fumes go to your head. Tiny specks of metal in exhaust gases seem to fly up our noses and travel into our brains, where they may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2104654-air-pollution-is-sending-tiny-magnetic-particles-into-your-brain/? 173 comments science
- Galaxy mapper's first discovery: surprise space debris - "Scientists working with the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite have found that the spacecraft is being peppered by far more micrometeoroids – tiny specks of space dust – than had been anticipated." http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25925-galaxy-mappers-first-discovery-surprise-space-debris.html 3 comments space
- Tiny Speck released 10,000+ game assets to the public domain (crosspost /r/gamedev) http://www.glitchthegame.com/public-domain-game-art/ 2 comments freeculture
- Atlantis and ISS undocking directly in front of the sun (look for the tiny specks on the right) http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/iss_shuttle.jpg 12 comments reddit.com
- The new Government scanner that's "capable of detecting every tiny trace of any substance on your body, from specks of gunpowder to your adrenaline levels to a sugar-sized grain of cannabis to what you had for breakfast." http://gizmodo.com/5923980/the-secret-government-laser-that-instantly-knows-everything-about-you 23 comments politics