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The US cleared a giant space mirror to shine sunlight after dark and turn night into day

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Tibi Puiu The night sky may soon acquire a switch. A California startup plans to send an enormous, steerable mirror into orbit and use it to bounce sunlight onto selected patches of Earth after sunset. On July 9, the Federal Communications Commission authorized Reflect Orbital to deploy and operate Eärendil-1, a prototype satellite carrying a reflective film roughly 59 feet, or 18 meters, across. In effect, the satellite would be able to make day out of night on a selected surface of the planet.
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Medieval Courts Put Murderous Pigs on Trial and the Records Are Stranger Than Fiction

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By Tibi Puiu Verified
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Engraving of a medieval pig on trial. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. In medieval France, a pig that killed a person could face arrest, imprisonment and a public execution. That is what happened in Savigny-sur-Étang in 1457, after a sow and her six piglets were found beside the mutilated body of five-year-old Jehan Martin. Witnesses testified, a prosecutor brought the case and a judge consulted the legal customs of Burgundy.
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The U.S. Cleared a Giant Space Mirror to Shine Sunlight After Dark and Turn Night into Day

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By Tibi Puiu Verified
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Credit: FCC/Reflect Orbital The night sky may soon acquire a switch. A California startup plans to send an enormous, steerable mirror into orbit and use it to bounce sunlight onto selected patches of Earth after sunset. On July 9, the Federal Communications Commission authorized Reflect Orbital to deploy and operate Eärendil-1, a prototype satellite carrying a reflective film roughly 59 feet, or 18 meters, across.
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