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"The California gold nugget sparked our technological revolution." Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 30 August  2026, 2224 UTC. Content and Source:  "Smithsonian Magazine-The Weekender." https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQhWBqJFXJvhsFHxXxvJFVDdfst URL--https://www.smithsonianmag.com. Please check email link or scroll down to read your selections.  You can find more reports in the "Archive" section of this blog. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencemonitor.blogspot.com). Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine View in browser   The Smithsonian holds a nugget, above, thought to have been discovered by James Marshall in 1848. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution When a Carpenter in California Found a Nugget of Gold, It Started a Rush Toward Nothing Less Than the Modern World A new book by historian Nathaniel Philbrick makes the case that James Marshall’...

"NASA space telescope launches after surviving Trump budget cuts." Views expressed in this science, space, and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents.   Accessed on 30 August 2026, 1320 UTC. Content and Source:  "Science | The Guardian" via email subscription from https://feedly.com. https://feedly.com/i/collection/content/user/f401222a-bca6-4c45-9cc1-183f239e8d86/category/5efc1471-2496-463c-b610-cb88d67badc9 Please click subscription link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencemonitor.blogspot.com). Science | The Guardian 26 Yesterday Researchers find Britain’s 11th-century ‘Conquest Man’ was Scandinavian – but did he land with the Norman army? Science | The Guardian / 5h It’s ‘plausible’, though more likely the Humberside resident was one of many immigrants to Viking-controlled Danelaw One of the most consequential showdowns in the history of the British Isles, the Battle o...