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Technology 10 days ago

SpaceX Fallen Rocket Retrieval

SpaceX's Starship 40 rocket has completed its journey from the Indian Ocean, where it splashed down on July 24, to Christmas Island off the coast of Western Australia, and is now being towed back to the US. The heavy-duty transport vessel…

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Technology 10 days ago

Non Electric Food Cooler

MIT researchers in 2022 built a small, 4-inch cooler that could keep food fresh without using electricity. The device, tested on a hot roof in Cambridge, Massachusetts, combined three passive cooling methods: evaporation, heat loss by…

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Politics 10 days ago

U S Border Security Efforts

The US military used a laser system to shoot down three drones operated by drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser system was employed by the Joint Task…

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Politics 10 days ago

GOP Targets Citizenship Loophole

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., is investigating a birth tourism scheme based in Florida that allows foreigners to exploit US citizenship laws. The committee, led by Comer, has subpoenaed Dr. Wladimir Lorentz, the…

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Leans right
Science 10 days ago

Full Moon Photography

The August Sturgeon Moon, also known as the Sturgeon Full Moon, was visible in the UK on Thursday night, and some areas experienced a partial lunar eclipse. The Earth passed between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Moon to temporarily…

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Entertainment 10 days ago

Anti-Capitalist Movies

The Acme Corporation, a fictional company from Looney Tunes, has been featured in an upcoming movie called Coyote vs. Acme, which hits theaters on Friday after being shelved by Warner Bros. Discovery and later revived by independent…

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Leans strongly left
Politics 10 days ago

Russia Ukraine Conflict

William Burns, the director of the CIA, recently visited Moscow, Russia, for a meeting with the Kremlin. This is only the second time since November 2021 that the CIA director has personally met with the Kremlin to discuss sensitive…

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Education 10 days ago

Intellectual Freedom Debate

Nathan Cofnas, a researcher at Ghent University in Belgium, has been embroiled in controversy over his views on genetics and racial differences in intelligence. He was previously pushed out of a research job at the University of Cambridge…

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Leans strongly right
Economy/Business 10 days ago

FAFO Economics Explained

A recent poll by CBS News and YouGov found that nearly two-thirds of Americans, including 54% of Republicans, want the government to set price controls in the private market. This means that over half of both parties support laws that…

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Leans strongly right
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