The track was built in memory of Stevie Smith, and is suitably named ‘1199’.( Photos: 1, Comments: 1 )
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Asymmetric magnetic fields may explain two-faced white dwarf
Astronomers have found what amounts to a two-faced white dwarf with one side dominated by hydrogen and the other by helium in what could be a transition from one phase to another.
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Falcon 9 punches through fog on first West Coast launch of Starlink second-generation satellites
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is lifted off Wednesday night/Thursday morning carrying the first batch of second-generation Starlink satellites to be lofted from the West Coast. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base occurred at 9:09 p.m. PDT (1209 a.m. EDT / 0409 UTC July […]
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One small step: A 3D look at how Apollo 11 made history
Released after three weeks in quarantine, the Apollo 11 astronauts enjoyed ticker tape parades in New York (pictured), Chicago, and Los Angeles. NASA The flight of Apollo 11, the mission chosen to attempt the first lunar landing, was scheduled to launch July 16, 1969. After the success of Apollo 10, […]
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San Diego Comic-Con 2023: The space fan’s ultimate guide
The grandfather of pop culture conventions is a somewhat scaled-down affair this year, for a variety of reasons.
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Cobalto: A custom Honda CB750 from sunny Portugal
There was a time when we couldn’t open our inbox without seeing another custom Honda CB750. Honda’s revered four-cylinder UJM was one of the original darlings of the new-wave custom scene—and even though its popularity has waned somewhat, it’s still adored by customizers the world over. This custom Honda CB750 […]
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2024 Triumph Speed 400 Exclusive First Test
Triumph’s entry-level Speed 400 won’t be available for quite some time. We got a ride well ahead of the US release for some initial thoughts.
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Study claims ChatGPT is losing capability, but some experts aren’t convinced
Either way, experts think OpenAI should be less opaque about its AI model architecture.
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The Download: Meta’s new AI system, and covert Chinese social media activity
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meta’s latest AI model is free for all The news: Meta is going all in on open-source AI. The company has unveiled LLaMA 2, its first large language […]
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Tencent CEO Pony Ma pens an op-ed backing Chinese pledges to revive the private sector; Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun also endorsed the policies in a separate editorial (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg:Tencent CEO Pony Ma pens an op-ed backing Chinese pledges to revive the private sector; Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun also endorsed the policies in a separate editorial — – Pony Ma becomes most prominent backer of Xi’s policies — China’s third-richest person rarely voices his views