Briefly: Saturn Close Up, Cheap Wine, DNA HDDs

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including: The most spectacular photo of Saturn ever taken, get up to 60% off wines from Vinomofo, how DNA could replace hard dives.

  • On September 22 the Muppets will return to TV screens with a distinctly “adult” vibe. This has caused dismay in some circles, but hang on — wasn’t the Muppets always a bit adult? Kotaku investigates.
  • NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured an awe-inspiring view of Saturn as it approached the planet in early 2011, along with amazingly close shots of the moon Titan. You can now enjoy them in GIF form.
  • Here are the latest “mystery” wine deals from Vinomofo: 60% off a Shiraz Grenache from a 5 red star producer, 50% off a 5 red star 2013 Chardonnay and 57% off a 2013 Lagrein.
  • The capacity of our digital storage devices has skyrocketed in recent years. But there’s one storage medium that still kicks the crap out of our state-of-the-art solid state, and humans didn’t invent it. It’s called DNA. Gizmodo has the science.

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