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ElsaGate - A Horrific Phenomenon

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Hey there! So, today, I would like to talk about a heinous and a potentially dangerous phenomenon on YouTube known as 'ElsaGate'. 'ElsaGate' is a phenomenon on YouTube of reoccurring animated videos in context of inappropriate topics on several 'family-friendly' channels targeted at kids. These videos often feature Spiderman, Frozen Elsa, Joker, Mickey Mouse and other Characters popular with kids. These videos started to surface on YouTube almost a year ago when a few channels like 'SimpleFuns', 'Kids Daisy Best' and 'littledramakids' started to upload some inappropriate videos involving Spiderman and Elsa from Frozen.Soon, the number of these creepy and rather disturbing videos started to increase significantly. More and more YouTube channels started to upload inappropriate videos involving superheroes and characters from Disney cartoons. An illustration for one of the first ElsaGate videos by The Verge The videos, which ...

An Insight into InSight

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NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport ( InSight ) landed on Mars on 26th November, 2018. The InSight Mission placed a single stationary rover on the surface of Mars to explore the deep interior of our neighbouring planet. As I write this post, the rover is flexing (quite literally). The rover has an arm to secure the heat probe, the seismometer and other devices on the surface of Mars. The lander will take pictures of the instrument deployment area, and start monitoring the weather and surface temperature at its new home. But since the heat probe and seismometer need to be on the surface of Mars to collect data, they have to wait a few more weeks before they can be fully deployed. Here's a quick simulation of how the rover's supposed to work. Another "unplanned treat" is the recording of the "Martian Winds". The silver dome in the picture above has pressure sensors that record even the mo...