On Saturday, Lauren Pope—a biology Ph.D. student at Stanford University—received an email detailing a “graduate student compact” she’ll be required to sign before she can register for the fall semester. The document lays out expectations for how students will behave on campus given fears of COVID-19 transmission, as well as […]
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Australia’s biggest bats fly thousands of kilometers a year—farther than wildebeest and caribou
Australia’s biggest bats—known as flying foxes—are among the world’s most restless nomads, according to a new study. Just how restless? The most peripatetic can journey up to 6000 kilometers per year, much farther than any land mammal and close to the distances covered by some whales and migrating birds.
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It’s ‘Metal to the Pedal’ with pedal-car exhibit at Wichita museum
“Metal to the Pedal” may sound like someone got it backward, but that’s the title of a newly opened exhibit showcasing 50 years of American pedal cars at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum in Kansas.
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2022 Chevrolet Silverado Spy Shots Show Design Changes Are A Comin’
It seems like just yesterday we were checking out the all-new Chevrolet Silverado 1500 pickup truck and its controversial styling. It wasn’t yesterday, but with models going on sale in 2018 for the 2019 model year, it wasn’t that long ago either. A mild refresh with a significant interior update […]
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Watch Tiff Needell Drag Race The Ferrari F40 Against A 488 Pista
We’ve probably written about the Ferrari F40 too many times, but that’s fine as the Italian supercar is a true legend. Apart from being included in Hussein’s infamous exotic car collection, the F40 is a supercar that left its mark among car nuts – much credit should be given to […]
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NASA’s New Video Shows You What it’s Like Traveling Close to the Speed of Light
If you’re a fan of science fiction, chances are you encountered a few franchises where humanity has spread throughout the known Universe. The ships that allow them to do this, maybe they use a warp drive, maybe they “fold space,” maybe have a faster-than-light (FTL) or “jump” drive. It’s a […]
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Upcoming space mission to test drag sail pulling rocket back to Earth
A rocket is going up into space with a drag sail. The goal? For the drag sail to bring the rocket back to Earth, preventing it from becoming like the thousands of pieces of space junk in Earth’s lower orbit.
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