Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun(iflscience.com)
443 points by doener | 86 comments
IFLScience article about an astrophotographer's image capturing a skydiver silhouetted against the sun, titled 'The Fall of Icarus'.
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Pythagorean Theorem found on clay tablet 1k years older than Pythagoras (2009)(link.springer.com)
727 points by samaysharma | 199 comments
Article reporting that a Babylonian clay tablet shows knowledge of the Pythagorean theorem roughly 1,000 years before Pythagoras.
