Link25 (218) – The Crack On Earth’s Magnetic Shield Edition

A crack has been detected in the Earth’s magnetic shield, which allowed deadly cosmic ray particles to seep through into the atmosphere.

The GRAPES-3 muon telescope, the largest and most sensitive cosmic ray monitoring system on Earth located at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research’s (TIFR) Cosmic Ray Laboratory in Ooty, India, had recorded (click on the title to see the full article).

We’ve seen leaked images before, but now you can get your first proper look at Dan Stevens in action as Disney’s titular Beast in the live-action Beauty and the Beast remake. (Click on the title to see the full article).

An Alzheimer’s drug has been shown to successfully target the most visible sign of the disease in the brain, raising hopes that an effective treatment could be finally within reach.

A small trial of the drug was primarily aimed at assessing safety, but the findings suggest it (click on the title to read the full article)

A gargantuan huntsman spider has gone viral this week, looking like it crawled straight out of your nightmares.

The huntsman, named Charlotte, was rescued last year by an Australian animal shelter, and is now “living in peace” on their farm. She hasn’t been measured, but based on the photos (and the amount of people hyperventilating (click on the title to read the full article).

Gerald Shur was struggling to convince his witness to testify. The year was 1961, and Shur, an attorney focused on organized crime at the Department of Justice, was talking to the owner of a New York trucking company who claimed that Johnny “Sonny” Franzese demanded half the profits of his business. Franzese’s men had vandalized his trucks and (click on the title to read the full article).

Last year, photographer Michael Huniewicz traveled to North Korea from China to explore the secretive country, as well capture in raw form the state of its poverty-ridden society under the dictatorship of Kim Jong-un.

The stunning photos, which were shared with the Daily Mail, were “very stressful” to smuggle out, according to Huniewicz. Many times, his guides – which are mandatory for travel – warned him “You took too many photos. Too many.” They were hinting at
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Ophidiophobics beware! If you have an abnormal fear of snakes, you may not like this article. Snakes are slithery, slimy, sneaky, and some might even say they’re sinister—but at least they don’t have legs, right? Well, (click on the title to read the full article).

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