Hawaii Science Digest Latest science, technology, medicine, space, and environment news Smithsonian.com DAILY, 23-24 Jan 2019

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01.23.19

We Finally Know How Long a Day on Saturn Is

The Accidental Invention of Bubble Wrap

Why a Smiling Statue of Satan Is Stirring Up Controversy in Spain

New Study Showcases Three-Toed Sloth’s Unsung Adaptability

The Young Anti-War Activists Who Fought for Free Speech at School

The Complicated Calculus of Counting Emperor Penguins

Scientists Used an Ordinary Digital Camera to Peer Around a Corner

This New Art Museum Is Housed Inside of a Swiss Cave

A High Schooler Discovered Thousands of Golf Balls Polluting California’s Coastal Waters

3,000-Year-Old Quinoa Found in Ontario

On this day in 1957, the Wham-O toy company debuted the Frisbee, a plastic disc inspired by Connecticut college students who threw empty pie tins they got from an establishment called the Frisbie Pie Company.

Read about an eight-foot “Frisbee” and its mission to travel to our closest sun.