Looking to expand your PC storage capacity?Samsung is one of the most reliable brands for flash memory, with DRAM and NAND produced in-house, allowing for end-to-end integration. That gets you the high performance and quality customers have come to expect from the company. Right now, the 870 EVO SSD is part of a limited time deal at Amazon. The discounts break down as follows.See at AmazonThe limited time deal covers multiple storage capacity options of the Samsung 870 EVO SSD. The 500 GB model is down 35%, bringing the price from $85 to $55. The 1 TB model is down 41%, bringing the price from $145 to just $85. If youre looking at 2 TB, the discount is 33% which knocks the price down from $255 to just $170. And lastly the giant 4 TB drive which normally goes for $490 has been cut down 39%, resulting in the new price of just $300.Excellence in PerformanceSamsung has made an external solid state drive designed for IT pros, creators., and everyday users alike. Whether you are a photographer filing all your photos, a video editor in need of a place to save your raw footage, or a writer looking to back up all your blogs, the 870 Evo can handle it. The drive brings you fast read speeds of up to 560 MB/s and write speeds of up to 530 MB/s. Its capable of accelerating write speeds to maintain long term high performance with a larger variable buffer.The Samsung 870 EVO is designed with compatibility front of mind. It has been tested across major host systems and applications including chipsets, motherboards, NAS, and video recording devices so you can have ease of mind that the drive will work for your as intended. It can meet the demands of all your tasks from everyday computing to 8K video processing.Upgrading is easy. Just back-up your data to the 870 EVO SSD using the Samsung migration software. Then plug in the SSD to the standard 2.5 inch SATA form factor on your desktop PC or laptop. The migration software will take over from there. Reboot your PC, then youre good to go!The Samsung Magician 6 software can be installed to your computer to help you manage your drive. Youll be able to keep up to dates with the latest firmware enhancements as well as monitor your drives health.Go ahead and save quite a chunk of cash when you upgrade your computers storage with the help of Samsung. The 870 EVO SSD is going for as low as just $55 for the time being at Amazon.See at Amazon

Clay House / Studio 163 ArchitectsSave this picture! Peter MolloyArchitects: Studio 163 ArchitectsAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:60 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Peter MolloyManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: Clayworks, Forcrete, Maxlight Lead Architects: Lea Grange More SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. When Studio 163 were approached to transform this ground-floor one-bedroom flat in Kentish Town into a bright and modern two-bedroom flat, it was a very dark and damp space which lacked flow and visual connection. The bedroom and bathroom were both at the rear of the property with the kitchen and living room space at the front. This created the awkward result of having to walk through the bedroom to reach the garden. It was very important to the architects that the new space reflects the character of the client and her way of living - to create a space for entertaining and socializing as well as a peaceful garden for this aspiring landscape designer. She was also very mindful of repurposing what she had and making sustainable choices.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The property had a lot of constraints - namely boundary issues with neighbours and the flat above, overlooking and overshadowing concerns and being in a Conservation Area. The priority was for maximising space and natural light while using the garden as an extension of the flat by bridging the connection between the inside and out. It became apparent that with a simple side extension, we could open up the plan, and retain the existing rear extension but improve it thermally and visually. Studio 163 brought the living space to the rear and bedrooms towards the front of the flat, essentially flipping the original layout of the flat and adding a bedroom. This created a strong connection with the garden, increased by the use of a large pivot door. The microcement wetroom and WC have been positioned as two "pods" at the centre on either side of the main circulation, but the use of the courtyard enables natural light to reach further into the plan and ensure a look out onto the outdoors from all the rooms.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!A lot of work has been done to increase the breathability of the skin of the building. This was mainly done by using a sustainable and naturally porous material which helps regulate humidity. The use of clay plaster externally adds warmth to the home while complementing the existing brickwork, using a natural palette which picks up the tones of London stock bricks of the surrounding terrace, blending seamlessly the existing and the new together. We deliberately chose different colours for the three piers and the band above the opus, marking the boundary between the ground floor and the existing flat above.Save this picture!Save this picture!As in most London flats, the lack of storage space has meant that the new bespoke joinery had to work very hard to provide shelf spaces as well as hide items such as a boiler and utility space. The oak, which is the prevalent material in the spaces, adds warmth to the home while helping to further the connection with the garden. The landscape scheme which was also designed by us was about offering different areas and layers to the space with planting framing the view. A sense of calm is achieved by this as well as the use of gravel like in zen gardens and clay plaster which is again present here on the planters. The extension is materially and formally grounded and understands its context.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officeStudio 163 ArchitectsOfficePublished on January 27, 2025Cite: "Clay House / Studio 163 Architects" 27 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026129/clay-house-studio-163-architects&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Faraway from Earth in the Sunrise Arc galaxy lies a star so distant that it took 12.9 billion years for its light to reach our planet. Named Earendel, after a character from J.R.R Tolkiens Silmarillion, this star is the most distant ever observed by scientists and is now a mind-boggling 28 billion light years from Earth.An Astonishing Star DiscoveryEarendel dates back to the first billion years after the big bang, offering researchers a glimpse of stars from this time in the Universes history. There was a whole lot of serendipity involved in this particular discovery, says Brian Welch, an astronomer at the University of Maryland/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, who was part of the team that spotted the distant star in 2022 using the Hubble telescope. Typically, galaxies that we see at this distance look like faint little dots, he says. But a massive galaxy cluster named WHL0135-08 in the path of Earendel bends and warps its light, creating a magnifying effect that enables scientists to not only glimpse the star but tease out details about it. Thats a technique called gravitational lensing and researchers have used it for decades to make astonishing discoveries. The extra boost from the gravitational lensing has been really exciting to be able to sort of peer inside one of these galaxies and see down to the level of these individual stars, Welch says. The Details of EarendelFollowing Earendels discovery, researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to continue parsing out details. The star is a massive B-type star, around 50 times the size of our own sun and likely about twice as hot.Researchers believe that this star may also have a smaller, redder companion star nearby, something that Welch says the team had hypothesized at the outset when the first found it. Typically, when we see stars that massive in the nearby universe, they have companions, he explains. When we got the [JWST] data, it turned out that was exactly what we saw. [There are] really clear signatures of two components. We're trying to really pin down what type of star we're looking at, Welch adds. What kind of extra features it has, how many metals, how strong the winds are, the mass and the origin of the star as much as we can.Furthest ExoplanetsWhen it comes to planets, Neptune is of course the furthest planet from Earth in our own solar system. This gas giant is nearly three billion miles away. But scientists have found planets way beyond our own solar system. Known as exoplanets, these make Neptune seem close indeed. The closest exoplanet called Proxima Centauri b is four light years away, or 24 trillion miles. NASA helpfully explains that if we were to hop on a flight there, it would take 5 million years to arrive.Researchers have thus far discovered around 5,000 weird and wonderful exoplanets. Kepler-7b for example, is a large, hot version of our own solar systems Jupiter. The first exoplanet to have its cloud system mapped, researchers made the startling discovery that it has the same density as Styrofoam. Other exoplanets are just as strange, such as Kepler-16b with its two suns, and KELT-9b, a planet so hot that surface temperatures reach as high as 4,327 degrees Celsius (or 7,820 degrees Fahrenheit); thats hotter than some stars.The Most Distant ExoplanetBut taking the title as the most distant exoplanet discovered thus far is OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb at a stunning 21,526 light years from Earth. Mercifully, this exoplanet is also known as Hoth, a nod to the ice planet from the Star Wars franchise. Due to the dimness and distance to its nearby red dwarf star around three times the distance between Earth and the Sun its believed the surface temperature of the exoplanet may be as low as minus 220 degrees Celius (or 364 degrees Fahrenheit), making it the coolest exoplanet discovered and not just because of its nickname.Scientists used gravitational lensing to discover Hoth near the centre of the Milky Way back in 2005. With a mass around five times that of Earth, it takes around 9 years to complete one orbit of its star. Scientists believe that it may have a thin layer of atmosphere, similar to Earth. But its frigid conditions means that if it does have a rocky surface, its probably buried underneath thick frozen layers.In the vastness of the universe many more exciting discoveries remain to be found from scientists that work with the Hubble and James Webb telescopes, says Welch, as the Roman Space Telescope and Euclid mission peer deeper into space. As those observatories start cranking out loads and loads of data, we'll be able to get really high-resolution images over a much broader area of the sky and be able to cover a lot more galaxy clusters in a lot less time, he says. Article SourcesOur writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:NASA. EarendelNASA. The King of Gas GiantsSean Mowbray is a freelance writer based in Scotland. He covers the environment, archaeology, and general science topics. His work has also appeared in outlets such as Mongabay, New Scientist, Hakai Magazine, Ancient History Magazine, and others.

There was a time when Blu-ray discs reigned supreme, but the era of physical media now firmly exists in the shadow of digital streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime. But over 18 years after its worldwide debut, one of the biggest companies that oversaw Blu-rays development announced a milestone phaseout: As of February 2025, Sony will no longer manufacture blank, recordable Blu-ray discs in Japan.Sonys three-sentence press release confirmed similar death dates for its blank MiniDisc, MD data, and MiniDV cassettes. The company also made it clear that you shouldnt expect any successor models to these formats from them.We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our many customers for their patronage to date, Sony wrote last week.[ Related: Why you shouldnt throw out those DVDs and Blu-rays ]Blu-ray discs are read using a 405 nanometer laser diode that, while often referred to as blue, technically falls in a shorter, violet wavelength. This laser is focused enough to read bits of information that are less-than-half the size of those in a DVD. A traditional Blu-ray disc holds about five times as much data as a standard DVD, allowing for much higher-definition video files. Blu-ray industry specifications also require mechanical abrasion tests to ensure they are more scratch-resistent, unlike DVDs. Get the Popular Science newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.The Sony-led, multicompany collaborative effort to develop DVDs successor dates back to 1998, although it would be years before its creators released the Blu-ray white paper in 2004. The first seven movies to arrive on Blu-ray Disc were released on June 20, 2006, and included titles like 50 First Dates, The Fifth Element, Underworld: Evolution, and The Terminator. By June 2008, however, around 3,500 films and shows were available on Blu-ray in the US and Canada. Despite brief competition from the HD DVD format, Blu-ray became the de facto physical media choice by 2008, thanks in large part due to video game consoles like the PlayStation 3s reliance on Blu-ray technology for its larger-file releases.But as Gizmodomany reasons to keep buying Blu-ray shows and movies. While streaming services remain the more preferred option, their increasing subscription costs, rotating collections, and often reduced quality has many people still regularly opting to watch on Blu-ray.Streaming subscriptions offer convenience, but at both literal and figurative costs. With regularly rising monthly rates, shelling out for multiple services can quickly become more expensive than purchasing physical versions of your favorite titles. And because you dont own any of a streaming sites content, keeping a Blu-ray library ensures youll always have access to the movies you want, regardless of what is or isnt on any given platform. Its ultimately a matter of personal choice, but given that Blu-ray players cost considerably less than Sonys very first, $3,800 model, its a decent investment to consider.

NewsAnimalsCricket frogs belly flop their way across waterTheir movement is a form of "porpoising," leaping in and out of the water to travel Cricket frogs (shown) leap in and out of the water to travel across it rather than hopping on its surface, according to a new study.Jake SochaBy McKenzie Prillaman6 seconds agoCricket frogs cant walk (or hop) on water like once thought.Their bodies sink below the surface between successive jumps, researchers report in the November Journal of Experimental Biology. This mode of locomotion is a form of porpoising, when an animal leaps in and out of the water as it travels.Eleven species of frogs have been noted to hop atop the waters surface. But the movement hadnt been studied in detail.So biomechanist Talia Weiss and colleagues collected cricket frogs (Acris crepitans) from a swamp in North Carolina. Native to the eastern half of the United States and northeastern Mexico, these critters are so tiny that one can fit on a penny, says Weiss, formerly of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.

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Fathers exposed to high stress in childhood had different epigenetic markers that may affect their offspring, though more research is needed.