Space
NASA pulls photo after admitting the horizon “came out a bit curved because of the lens”
The agency says the correction is routine. It has not said what the horizon looks like uncorrected.
Flat Earth Around The Globe
All the news from the edge inward
After eleven weeks sailing in a straight line, Tobias Renn says he reached “a wall of ice with a handrail on it”. The agency responsible has not commented on the handrail.
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Aviation
Pilot admits he has never once turned the yoke downward
Thirty years, 11,000 hours, zero descents to follow the curve. “Nobody trained me for that,” he says.
Society
Man sues his sat-nav for “implying curvature”
He is asking the court to remove the word “orbital” from the menu and to stop the device saying “recalculating”.
Society
Spirit-level prices up 340% as hardware shops ration stock
Two chains now keep them behind the counter, next to the batteries.
Society
Record annulled: runner “was going downhill across the Disc”
The committee will not say in which direction the slope runs, or who measured it.
Peer reviewed
Research submitted to the Institute of Levelling and reviewed by at least two people who agreed with it.
Science
On the impossibility of water clinging to a ball
Four hundred litres poured over a beach ball. None of it stayed. The authors call the result “conclusive and, frankly, obvious”.
Science
Ice Wall perimeter: a re-measurement
The figure has been revised upward again. The team blames the tape measure and the wind, in that order.
Science
Bubble displacement across 412 consecutive flights
A spirit level was taped to a tray table from Bilbao to Bogotá. The bubble did not move. Neither did the argument.
Science
Why nobody has ever fallen off: a statistical review
Zero recorded cases in eight billion people. The authors describe the sample as “persuasive”.
Travel
Places you can visit, according to the people who say they have.
Travel
The Edge, south face
Three days out, one day looking, three days back. Guides ask that you do not lean.
Travel
Dome Rim Lookout
On a clear day you can see the seam. On any other day you can see Svalbard, which is also good.
Travel
The Antarctic Handrail
Freshly painted, according to the only twelve people allowed to check.
The horizon is always at eye level. That does not make it a ball.
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