What is that tiny dot in the sky?

Plus, making phone notifications not annoying. The teeniest, tiniest phone you ever did see »]( [StackSkills]( [Advertise]( | [Talk To Us](mailto:letschat@getthefuturist.com) | [Shop]( | [Unsubscribe]( [The Futurist is your daily tech, cosmic, and science (both weird or otherwise) newsletter with articles and content curated just for you.]( [/cosmos] [Plane snaps rare footage of a spacecraft reentering Earth from space | Mashable]( [Plane snaps rare footage of a spacecraft reentering Earth from space]( “Nearly a quarter century ago, four identical spacecraft launched into space. Now, they're coming home. The European Space Agency sent a plane to capture footage of the first of four Cluster mission satellites reentering Earth's atmosphere on Sept. 8. ‘The first recorded observation of a satellite reentry from a high-speed orbit, taken from a plane in bright daylight!’ the agency wrote.” [// Mashable »]( [/explore] [StackSocial - Wanna go to space now? | [Partner]]( [Wanna go to space now?]( Articles like that might make you want to head into space, discover new galaxies, and soar among the stars. And while it’s pretty unlikely that could happen IRL (Well, who knows? Maybe NASA is hiring.), you could do it virtually with Curiosity Stream. Award-winning documentaries take you through space, science, tech, and other exciting adventures. Just pay once and keep access for life. Can your other streaming services say the same? We didn’t think so. [Ad] [// Stream smarter »]( [/science] [Does fidgeting really help you focus? | Popular Science]( [Does fidgeting really help you focus?]( “We’ve all been there: sitting in class, writing up a report, or logged on to the virtual meeting and struggling to stay engaged. Maybe you have a go-to method of dealing with it. Perhaps you’re a doodler, a pen clicker, a paperclip bender, or a hair twirler. You might’ve even invested in a fidget spinner in the hopes it would help keep you on task. So does all that fiddling really help with focus?” [// Popular Science »]( [/lifehack] [Dismissing all your notifications? 5 ways to make them effective | PCMag]( [Dismissing all your notifications? 5 ways to make them effective]( “Do your notifications and reminders work for you? Do they get the job done? If not, you should make them more effective. Don't worry; most of what you need to do only needs to be done once. You're not going to hear a bunch of ongoing tasks that you need to do. We are in set-it-and-forget-it territory! So get ready for your life to get better with these little tweaks.” [// PCMag »]( [/epic] [StackSocial - Podcasts and playlists could never top this travel hack app | [Partner]]( [Podcasts and playlists could never top this travel hack app]( Road trips, train rides, and layover flights can feel tiresome when you’re busy focusing on the destination over the journey. Newsflash! Travel is about the journey — and Autio can make that experience both fun and educational. The app has over 23,000 location-based audio stories narrated by the likes of Kevin Costner, John Lithgow, and other top celeb voices. As you move, new stories populate, sharing fascinating insights about an area’s history, culture, or geography. Join today and bring it on all your adventures across the U.S. and the world. [Ad] [// Travel smarter »]( [/wild] [Lake turns green as toxic scum-making algae bloom: 'stay out of the water' | Newsweek]( [Lake turns green as toxic scum-making algae bloom: 'stay out of the water']( “Lake Erie has been spotted from space turning a lurid green as algae bloom across its surface, sparking warnings to ‘stay out of the water.’ The explosion in the population of blue-green algae covered roughly 320 square miles of the lake when the below picture was taken on August 13 by the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9. By August 22, this had grown to over 660 square miles. The bloom began around June 24 this year, according to NOAA, marking the earliest algal bloom in Lake Erie for over 20 years.” [// Newsweek »]( [/bites] [// This will probably be the only app on your phone that actually keeps you productive. Start working on that laser-like focus you’ve been talking about with Ultiself »]( [// Time to hang up the DJ headphones and actually create music. Don’t worry; it’s an upgrade »]( [// Get 1TB of cloud space and a 1TB hard drive… because you can never be too sure »]( [/design] [@syntheticarchitecture on Instagram]( [@syntheticarchitecture]( Interested in having one of your social posts featured in The Futurist? [// Get in touch »](mailto:letschat@getthefuturist.com) Powered by StackCommerce 73 Market Street | Venice, CA 90291 Copyright © 2023 StackCommerce All rights reserved [Unsubscribe.]( [View this email in your browser.](