Mon. 10/18 - Thank Exoplanets For Your iPhone's Display

<p><strong><em>How the push to search for signs of life on exoplanets fueled the development of the technology we use in our latest generation of smartphones. Plus, what your punctuation habits can say about you as a writer––and a new website based on a 2016 art project that allows you to visually analyze those findings. And walruses from space! </em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at <a href="http://shopify.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shopify.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life-helped-make-your-smartphones-screen-possible-11634356804" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How the Search for Extraterrestrial Life Helped Make Your Smartphone’s Screen Possible</a> (Wall Street Journal)</li><li><a href="https://spinoff.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NASA Spinoff</a> (NASA)</li><li><a href="http://homeandcity.nasa.gov" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NASA Home &amp; City</a>&nbsp; (NASA)</li><li><a href="https://medium.com/creators-hub/what-i-learned-about-my-writing-by-seeing-only-the-punctuation-efd5334060b1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What I Learned About My Writing By Seeing Only The Punctuation</a> (Creators Hub)</li><li><a href="https://medium.com/@neuroecology/punctuation-in-novels-8f316d542ec4#.cx4yrsrnv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Punctuation in novels. </a>(Adam J. Calhoun)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://just-the-punctuation.glitch.me/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">just the punctuation</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/10/14/1046069734/walrus-detectives-space-satellite-arctic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">WWF'S Walrus From Space Project Seeks Volunteer 'Walrus Detectives'</a> (NPR)</li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/14/walrus-count-space-climate-change" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Where’s walrus? Scientists