In the autumn of 2002, I had a not-so-typical observing experience. My wife and I lived in El Paso, Texas, and we had a small observatory just a stone’s throw from our house. About 2 a.m. one morning, I walked out to the building to observe some double stars. When […]
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A ‘double punch’ of solar storms could smash into Earth and spark widespread auroras this week
As the U.S. celebrated July 4, the sun hosted its own fireworks display in the form of a coronal mass ejection “double punch” that NASA predicts could strike Earth on Friday (July 7).
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Urban Drifter 2.0: A sparky custom Kymco KTR 150 from Taiwan
Using a commuter bike as a platform for customization is hardly a new idea. But we’re still impressed whenever a custom builder manages to turn a humble runabout into a bodacious custom moto. And that’s exactly what TwentyTwo Custom has done with this Kymco flat tracker. It’s not the first […]
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The Download: metaverse lawyers, and Meta’s twitter clone
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. Job title of the future: metaverse lawyer In a virtual office, lawyer Madaline Zannes conducts private consultations with clients, meets people wandering in with legal questions, hosts conferences, […]
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The UAE gives the first national license for self-driving vehicles to China’s WeRide, allowing the company to test Level 4 autonomous vehicles on public roads (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:The UAE gives the first national license for self-driving vehicles to China’s WeRide, allowing the company to test Level 4 autonomous vehicles on public roads — The United Arab Emirates has given Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide the first national license for self-driving vehicles.
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Acer Swift Go 14 review: less style, more substance
The Acer Swift Go 14 is a fine mid-range laptop. What it lacks in style, it more than makes up for in substance. Just don’t expect it to perform the more intensive tasks.
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Fox Speedframe RS Helmet Gets Exclusive Use of MIPS Integra Split
MIPS’ latest rotational impact protection technology, Integra Split, is soon(ish) to be available on an open-face helmet for the very first time. That helmet is… The post Fox Speedframe RS Helmet Gets Exclusive Use of MIPS Integra Split appeared first on Bikerumor.
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First Look: The Berria Bravo is a 28mm Travel Hardtail
Berria is unveiling the new Bravo, their XC-race hardtail, which now sports a unique soft-tail design.( Photos: 12, Comments: 70 )
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Mission Status Center: Launch delayed at least 24 hours by upper level winds
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of the final Ariane 5 rocket, which is being retired after 27 years of service. Liftoff from the Guiana Space Center, the European spaceport in South America, is now scheduled for no earlier than Wednesday, July 5.
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Binocular Universe: A star-spangled scene
In his 1888 book Astronomy With an Opera-Glass, Garrett Serviss wrote: “The Milky Way, streaming down out of the northeast, pours, in a luminous flood, through Sagittarius, inundating that whole region of the heavens with seeming deeps and shallows, and finally bursting the barriers of the horizon.” Hidden within the […]