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  • How to Watch the Meteor Showers Over Australian Skies This Weekend

    How to Watch the Meteor Showers Over Australian Skies This Weekend

    Skywatchers are in for a treat this weekend with two more meteor showers set to be visible from Australia. Brought to our attention by The Guardian, the Piscis Austrinids, the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids will all be visible this week. While the Piscis Austrinids put on a show on Thursday night, the…


  • 21 Clever Things You Never Knew Table Salt Could Do

    21 Clever Things You Never Knew Table Salt Could Do

    Oh sodium chloride, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depths of my crock pot, breadth of my amateur dinner repertoire, and height of my Costco-sized Himalayan salt shaker. Without you, my hastily-put-together nightly family nourishment would be all but unpalatable. (My kids would argue it already…


  • How to See the Perseid Meteor Shower at Peak Brilliance This Week

    How to See the Perseid Meteor Shower at Peak Brilliance This Week

    Tonight, or in the small hours of tomorrow morning, you’ll be able to see the best of Perseid meteor shower. The summer’s best and longest celestial spectacle is peaking August 11-13, bringing screaming rocks through the ether at a faster clip than at any other point during the six-week shower.