We caught up with the young rider to see how she got into riding, what her process is for hitting massive features, and what she hopes her future in the sport will look like.( Photos: 9, Comments: 19 )
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The aftermath of a solar flare
Mark Johnston from Scottsdale, Arizona On Aug. 21, 2026, an unusually long-lasting M-class flare erupted from a sunspot group near the Sun’s west limb. As the flare’s stretched magnetic field lines reconnected and relaxed, they filled with hot plasma that cooled and drained along the loops, producing the glowing arcade […]
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Lunar Occultation of Venus
On Wednesday, June 17, skywatchers across the United States—and parts of Canada—enjoyed a rare event: a daytime lunar occultation of Venus. A lunar occultation occurs when the Moon moves directly in front of another celestial object from our viewpoint on Earth, briefly hiding it from sight. This time, the Moon […]
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Stars forge and deliver the elements that make up your body — and scientists may finally know how
Scientists are close to understanding how stars forge the elements that comprise our planet, bodies and pretty much everything else around us, and how they explode to distribute these elements.
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Throwback Thursday—Grab-and-Go: A Custom Kit for the Honda CB350 from Taiwan
The modern-day Honda CB350 is one of those motorcycles we wished was available i…
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Confused about which VPN is right, US senator asks the NSA for guidance
Open source, commercial, single-hop, multi-hop, mixnet? The array of options is dizzying.
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The Download: rethinking child safety and fossil-fueled farming
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. Child-monitoring apps might need a reboot Digital harms have become the defining fear of American parents. In response, they’re increasingly turning to content-monitoring apps that scan […]
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Vals analysis: open-weight models performing multi-stage tasks, like building a web app, can have an environmental impact 10K times greater than simple queries (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: Vals analysis: open-weight models performing multi-stage tasks, like building a web app, can have an environmental impact 10K times greater than simple queries — Benchmarker Vals AI finds that multi-stage tasks can require models to use exponentially more energy or water than simple queries do.
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I loved the minuscule weight of this Logitech gaming mouse — but I was even more surprised by its price
Logitech’s budget-friendly gaming mouse cuts the weight without losing the features.