SpaceX will hit a big round-number milestone today (Oct. 18), and you can watch it happen live.
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites is scheduled to launch from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base today,…
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Gear News of the Week: Honor Teases a Bizarre Robot Phone, and Kohler Debuts a Toilet Sensor
Prices start at $325 for the carry-on version, $375 for the checked size, $395 for a larger checked version, or $995 for the entire family set. I am planning on using the carry-on version this weekend, and it easily paired with my iPhone. In…
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Bristol’s backyard vineyards: foot-stomping grapes in the garden | Gardens
Every 20 minutes or so an ageing diesel train pulls into a graffiti-covered station. Nearby, a police siren pierces the near-constant traffic drone. Commuters hurry past collapsing, ivy-draped fencing panels as rain clouds gather.
This is perhaps…
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The prisoner Israel won’t free
In August, a 13-second clip video made the rounds on Israel’s right-wing Telegram channels — and electrified Palestinians.
In the video, Israel’s far-right minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir lectures a gaunt, elderly man. “You…
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The Easiest Ways to Make Your Slow Android Phone Feel New Again
If your Android is starting to lag so badly you’re tempted to throw it against a wall, hold off on spending hundreds of dollars on a new one. Let’s be brutally honest: your phone isn’t dying, it’s just suffocating under all the digital junk…
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The World’s Largest Rocket Is About to Get Even Bigger
This past Monday, October 13, Starship Version 2 launched for the last time, ending its nearly two-year run on a high note. The megarocket’s 11th suborbital test flight marked the final launch of this iteration of Starship, making way…
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‘Dad taught me not just to look at the world but to really see it’: Ariel Meyerowitz’s best phone picture | Photography
As a child, Ariel Meyerowitz would follow her famous father around with a little Olympus XA camera and mimic his work as a photographer. Once home, he’d edit the images on a slide projector, inviting his daughter to sit alongside him. “He…
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Earth’s Evolutionary Destiny Lies Offworld, Says NASA Astrobiologist
Two astronauts in full spacesuits with backpacks on a space walk with tethers, facing each other with hands out. The astronauts are in front of planet earth and some distant stars are also visible. Earth image from NASA:…
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New Zealand elects to field against Pakistan at Women’s Cricket World Cup
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — New Zealand won the toss and elected to field against Pakistan at the Women’s Cricket World Cup on Saturday.
Pakistan is still searching for its first win after losing to Bangladesh, India and Australia. It came close…
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Zak Brown defends decision to keep details of Lando Norris’ ‘repercussions’ private
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has defended the decision not to make details of Lando Norris’ ‘consequence’ public, after his collision with team mate Oscar Piastri at the Singapore Grand Prix.
In the opening corners of the Marina Bay race, Norris…
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