Tuesday January 20, 2026


January 20, 1942


Linda Moulton Howe Investigative journalist, documentaries - Videos


I don't know what to make of this, but it intrigues me.


More Birthdays and News




January 20, 2026



Sun in Aquarius


Happy Birthday to my fellow Aquarians as we navigate the sea of life in search of answers.


Expect the Unexpected




A Handful of Snowdrops


With anticipation and joy I offer you a handful of snowdrops
a winter flower that symbolizes triumph over challenges.




Auroras in the News


Auroras


Aurora Watch in Effect as Severe Solar Storm Slams Into Earth


View from Greenland


Greenland in the News




When the Dam Bursts


Day after day, Trump unleashes tidal waves of chaos across the world - weaponizing disinformation, bullying opponents, and coercing institutions to serve his insane pursuit of global dominance. The aim is not governance but control - societies reshaped to reflect a narrow authoritarian image of power.


History offers a warning. The rounding up of citizens in places like Minneapolis recalls the tactics of regimes that ruled through fear, most notoriously Nazi Germany. Leaders who believe themselves untouchable often forget how quickly the tide can turn.


We know how those stories end. When pressure mounts and truth can no longer be suppressed - the dam eventually breaks - and those who rule by intimidation are swept away in its floodwaters.


Paralleling this, climate change appears to place us in a timeline reminiscent of biblical flood narratives, moments where one storyline in the simulation ends, everything is erased (deleted), and the underlying algorithm is recycled into something new.




Astronomy in the News


Astronomy Index


Ancient Galaxy With a Stellar Bar Challenges Timelines of Cosmic Evolution


Hubble observes ghostly cloud alive with star formation


Polar Storms on Jupiter And Saturn Reveal Deep Atmospheric Differences


Mystery Solved? Fast Radio Bursts Linked to Orbiting Stellar Companions


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Meet Deepsky: A Once-In-A-Generation Ai-Powered Satellite Network Poised to Transform Weather Observation at a Global Scale


NASA's Artemis II Is on the Launch Pad and the Moon Is Next


The first commercial space station, Haven-1, is now undergoing assembly for launch





Physics in the News


Physics


Scientists Found a Hidden Switch Inside Quantum Matter


This Quantum Material Breaks the Rules and Reveals New Physics


Superconductivity Breakthrough: Hidden Order Found Inside Quantum Chaos


Physicists bridge worlds of quantum matter





Chemistry in the News


Chemistry


New Brain Drugs Mimic Psychedelics Without the Hallucinations


Scientists Find a Way To Make CO2 a Valuable Fuel Source





Technology in the News


Artificial Intelligence


Scientists Say a Major Quantum Computing Breakthrough Was Not What It Seemed


Artificially alive: How AI is bringing the dead back and what that means for the living


An electrically powered source of entangled light on a chip


AI Brings Tomorrow's X-Rays to Life, Helping Doctors Fight Arthritis Sooner





Brain in the News


Brain Index


Your brain does something surprising when you don't sleep





Health in the News


Health Files ~ Alternative Healing


A long-missing immune cell can now be grown from stem cells, bringing scalable cancer cell therapies a major step closer


AI Brings Tomorrow's X-Rays to Life, Helping Doctors Fight Arthritis Sooner


A Single Molecule May Explain How Blood Flow in The Brain Triggers Dementia


New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada


Where the Common Cold Is Stopped Before It Starts. The body's reaction to rhinovirus, rather than the virus alone, is often what determines the outcome





Planet Earth In the News


Planet Earth Index


More floods are coming. Here's what actually works to help people prepare


World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions


How a Global Freeze 445 Million Years Ago Changed Life Forever


Surprisingly in sync: Sunlight and sediments reveal climate history of Antarctica


How shifting tectonic plates drove Earth's climate swings


What deep sea mud is revealing about giant earthquakes along the Pacific Coast


Spectacular ice blocks clog up Germany's Elbe river


Chile wildfires rage for third day, entire towns wiped out




Archaeology in the News


Archaeology


Ancient Mesopotamian medical texts reveal the role of divine sanctuaries in treating ear and spleen ailments


World's Oldest Arrow Poison Discovered on 60,000-Year-Old Stone Age Weapons





Paleontology in the News


Paleontology Index


A 250-million-year-old fossil reveals the origins of mammal hearing