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The  Moon  is Earth's only natural satellite. At about one-quarter the diameter of Earth (comparable to the width of Australia), it is the largest natural satellite in the Solar System relative to the size of its planet, the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System overall, and is larger than any dwarf planet Why does the Moon change shape? Phases of the Moon © NASA/Bill Dunford The Moon goes through a series of phases each month, from the new Moon to the full Moon and back again. So why is it sometimes a full circle and sometimes only a crescent – or even not visible at all? The Sun’s light will only hit one half of the Moon at a time, giving it a day side and a night side – just like on Earth. The shape that the Moon appears to us on Earth depends on where it is compared to the Sun. If it’s directly between the Earth and the Sun, then the Sun’s light only falls on the side we can’t see, and so we get a new Moon: it appears completely dark in the sky. However, when the Moo...

Send a Follow request First of all, let’s go with the oldest trick in the book: to follow the person. When you send a Follow request to a private account, you have to wait for the owner to accept the request before you can view their profile. If you’re in luck, and the person happens to be online around the time you send the request, then they may accept, and you will be able to view their profile right away. If not, you may have to wait until they come online. Personally, I don’t like this trick but let’s pretend to be good boys for a sec and play by Instagram’s rules. At least, this is how they would want us to view the profile of a private account. Call on Google for help Perhaps you’ve waited a few seconds, and the other person has yet to accept your request. No problem. Head to your Chrome or Safari and enter the person’s username into the search bar. Usually, when an account owner makes their profile private, Google has a library of their old posts. That is, posts they made when ...

The problem with analog calendars, if you're old enough to even remember those, is that they required you to look at them to work. Digital calendars may be better at reminding you to do things, but they still can't read your mind. Google Calendar, for instance, can only do what you tell it to do. The Google system may be good at integrating dates and activities from your other Google applications, but the calendar becomes much more intuitive after you give it some careful directions. While you may think you have the Google Calendar basics down, there are a number of features that can help you schedule events and keep your calendars up-to-date in a more efficient manner. If you mostly access your Google Calendar via your phone, there's also a good chance you're missing out on a lot of Google Calendar features that can be accessed or activated in the desktop settings. Here's a list of six useful Google Calendar tips and tricks you need in your life: 1. "Negoti...

  A beluga sturgeon swimming in a river.  It took three biologists to haul a 240-pound (109 kilograms) fish out of the Detroit River in Michigan last month. The nearly 7-foot-long (2.1 meters) "monster' sturgeon," caught and released by the Alpena Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, could be more than 100 years old. It's a mightily impressive catch for sure, but is it the biggest freshwater fish in the world?  The Detroit River fish is a lake sturgeon ( Acipenser fulvescens ), and while it is believed to be one of the largest ever caught in the U.S., there are much bigger fish swimming in rivers around the world. According to the  U.S. Geological Survey , the planet's largest freshwater fish is the beluga sturgeon ( Huso huso ), living between Europe and Asia in the Black, Azov and Caspian seas, and the rivers feeding them. Beluga sturgeon can reach a maximum length of more than 26 feet (8 m), or about four times as long as a king-size mattress, and weigh u...

  You can remove your most recent searches from your Google history at the touch of a button. Here's how. There's a quick way for you to clear your recent search history on Google. The search giant has made it easier for you to rid your account of your recent search data through a privacy feature called Quick Delete. You shouldn’t have to go through a maze of settings for a quick clean up. But you can quickly delete your search history from the last 15 minutes with just a single tap of the Account menu, all in a matter of seconds. What Is Google’s Quick Delete Feature? The Quick Delete feature was one of a few privacy controls unveiled by the Alphabet-owned company at its 2021 Google I/O developers conference. These also included the ability to quickly turn off location history in Maps, as well as adding locked folders in Photos. The Google Chrome browser allows you to delete your browsing history from as recently as the last hour. But that's only your browser history,...

  Shutterstock Diabetes is a major public health concern in the United States. According to the  American Diabetes Association , 34.2 million Americans (more than 10% of the population) have diabetes. Of these, 1.6 million have type 1 diabetes, while the majority have type 2 diabetes. Poorly managed diabetes can lead to a number of serious complications, and the condition is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. But what exactly  is  diabetes? As the  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  explained, "If you have diabetes, your body either doesn't make enough insulin or can't use the insulin it makes as well as it should." Most of the food we eat is eventually broken down into the simple sugar, glucose. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that allows glucose to enter cells, where it can be used as fuel. If the pancreas doesn't produce insulin (type 1 diabetes) or cells become resistant to the effects of insulin (type 2...