Nathan Hughes celebrates capturing 100 World Cups with a selection of his most memorable images.( Photos: 105, Comments: 9 )
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Are any Wolf-Rayet stars observable with a small telescope?
I’m fascinated by Wolf-Rayet stars and want to know more about them. Are some of them observable with a small (4-inch) telescope? Pete SingleyReedsport, Oregon Wolf-Rayets (WR) are hot, young, massive, luminous stars with vigorous stellar winds. They are also rare. Astronomers have identified only a few hundred in our […]
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Private Chinese rocket fails during launch, 3 satellites lost
Galactic Energy’s Ceres-1 rocket suffered a failure of its upper stage during a launch on Sunday (Nov. 9), leading to the loss of all three payloads on board.
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Showstoppers: The 5 Most Viewed Custom Motorcycles of October
While September had you pining for café racers, a lot can change in 30 days. We threw a healthy variety at you in October, and so it comes as no surprise that our top performers all come from different corners of the two-wheeled world; from trackers and choppers to retrocrossers […]
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The State of AI: Energy is king, and the US is falling behind
Welcome to The State of AI, a new collaboration between the Financial Times and MIT Technology Review. Every Monday for the next six weeks, writers from both publications will debate one aspect of the generative AI revolution reshaping global power. This week, Casey Crownhart, senior reporter for energy at MIT Technology […]
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Selloff in bitcoin and ether is tanking shares of crypto‑treasury companies like Strategy and BitMine; Strategy’s valuation is down from ~$128B in July to ~$70B (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Selloff in bitcoin and ether is tanking shares of crypto‑treasury companies like Strategy and BitMine; Strategy’s valuation is down from ~$128B in July to ~$70B — Selloff in bitcoin and other digital tokens hits crypto-treasury companies — The hottest crypto trade has turned cold.
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Gigabyte Gaming A16 Pro review: this restricted RTX 5080 machine holds its own thanks to 5070 Ti pricing
Combining a restricted RTX 5080 with 5070 Ti pricing, the Gigabyte Gaming A16 Pro isn’t perfect but its unique build helps it hold its own against rivals.
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MTB Hall of Fame Announces Jill Kintner, Cam Zink, Joey Klein, Paul Turner & Steve Simons as 2025 Inductees
This year’s five inductees have shaped today’s racing, competition, trail construction and mountain biking suspension.( Photos: 1 )
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Live coverage: Blue Origin to launch NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission
This will be the second launch of a New Glenn rocket and NASA’s first mission to Mars since 2020. Liftoff from pad 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for no earlier than Nov. 9 at 2:45 p.m. EST (1945 UTC).
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Nov. 9, 1939: The birth of Carl Sagan
Nobody did more to popularize astronomy than American astronomer Carl Sagan, who was born Nov. 9, 1939, in New York. The landmark 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which he cowrote and narrated, has been viewed by more than half a billion people. He also wrote popular science books, including The Dragons […]