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'Orbital,' which looks down on Earth in awe, wins the 2024 Booker Prize
"Orbital," by Samantha Harvey, won the 2024 Booker Prize on Tuesday. The book follows a day in the life of six astronauts.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - Yesterday -
How Two of the Rarest Horses on Earth Got Lost
The entire world’s population of Przewalski’s horses once dwindled to a mere dozen. So how did a pair named Fiona and Shrek end up in livestock auctions in the West?Top stories - The New York Times - October 23 -
NASA Astronaut Released From Hospital After ‘Medical Issue’
Three NASA astronauts and a fourth from the Russian space agency returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Friday morning in a SpaceX capsule.Science - The New York Times - October 26 -
Watch Chinese space crew return to Earth
Three astronauts from the Shenzhou-18 mission landed in north China after six months aboard the Tiangong space station.Top stories - BBC News - November 4 -
For 3rd straight year, no improvement in Earth's projected warming
For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to getHealth - ABC News - 23 hours ago -
Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing
For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb ...Tech - ABC News - 15 hours ago -
The New England Patriots Aren’t Just Bad. They’re Historically Awful.
It’s scary when a coach calls his team soft. What’s even scarier is when the players sign off on it, a columnist for The Athletic writes.Sports - The New York Times - October 21 -
Another lost Deshaun Watson season: What will the Browns do at quarterback?
Despite unwavering support from the Browns, Watson's seven-game season had more downs than ups.Sports - ESPN - October 25 -
Bruins takeaways: Awful third period costs B's in loss to Ullmark, Senators
Third period struggles are costing the Bruins valuable points, and that was again the case Saturday night against the Senators.Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago -
Review: Sean Baker's freewheeling 'Anora' is a stripper's fairy tale crashing to Earth
Starring an inspired Mikey Madison, who dominates in the role of a stripper who falls for the wrong guy, Sean Baker's high-energy comedy comes with a side of sadness.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 16 -
Humanity is on the verge of ‘shattering Earth’s natural limits’, say experts in biodiversity warning
As the Cop16 conference begins, scientists and academics say human activity has pushed the world into a danger zone. Humanity is “on the precipice” of shattering Earth’s limits, and will suffer ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
Mega meteorite tore up seabed and boiled Earth's oceans
It was 200 times bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs nearly three billion years later.Top stories - BBC News - October 21 -
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Four space station crew members head for Friday return to Earth
Spending a month longer than planned aboard the ISS, three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut are finally headed home.Top stories - CBS News - October 23 -
4 large asteroids, including 1 the size of a skyscraper, speed past Earth
Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the planet ever recorded.Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
‘Pole of Cold’: life in the coldest inhabited village on Earth – photo essay
The Siberian republic of Sakha in the Russian far east is one the coldest inhabited regions in the world. The photojournalist Natalya Saprunova spent almost two months documenting the daily lives ...World - The Guardian - October 25 -
4 astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's capsule trouble
Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight monthsTech - ABC News - October 25 -
Space station crew gets medical evaluation after record 235-day mission
The Crew Dragon splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico a month later than planned, setting a SpaceX endurance record in the process.Top stories - CBS News - October 25 -
WATCH: Astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's capsule trouble
Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing's capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton.Top stories - ABC News - October 25 -
Crew of SpaceX Dragon capsule taken to medical facility after return to Earth
NASA says three NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut were taken to a medical facility for additional evaluation after splashing down to Earth Friday morning in the SpaceX Dragon Capsule. ...Top stories - CBS News - October 25 -
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Some Geologists Argue Earth Has Fewer Than Seven Continents
Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school.World - The New York Times - October 30 -
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China space station crew returns to Earth after 6 months in space
Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a six-month stay on China’s Tiangong space stationTech - ABC News - November 4 -
Lions-Texans: Detroit overcomes Jared Goff's 5 INTs, rally to stun Houston 26-23
The Lions keep showing they can win games in different ways. Against the Texans, they showed that even a five-interception game by their quarterback won’t slow them down.Sports - Yahoo Sports - 4 days ago -
Why on earth do the rich keep bankrolling Prince Andrew? | Gaby Hinsliff
Despite his fall from grace, the royal always seems to find a pal to pay his way. In a world awash with murky interests, it is rather important that we find out why. It is a truth universally ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
To my distant cousin Justin Welby: our family’s slavery history is truly awful. Let’s be open about it | Alex Renton
The archbishop has admitted his connections, but must go further. Backing the campaign for reparations would be a start. Alex Renton is author of Blood Legacy: Reckoning with a Family’s Story of ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
Microsoft just made it way easier for developers to build AI apps — and it could be bad news for AWS
Microsoft expands its AI developer tools with GitHub Copilot for Azure, simplifying cloud integration and transforming how developers build and deploy AI applications in an increasingly competitive ...Tech - VentureBeat - October 29 -
AWS launches in-line Q Developer AI coding assistant to take on Microsoft’s Github Copilot
Amazon Q Developer’s inline chat feature demonstrates its potential through practical applications like code refactoring and documentation.Tech - VentureBeat - October 29 -
Yes, Trump is awful. But if there’s a silver lining, it’s a chance for progressives to reflect on what they got wrong | Simon Jenkins
The president-elect benefited from working-class hostility to a remote elite. Liberals need to reargue their case. Yes, we all know it looks terrible. We have heard what Donald Trump has promised ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Wembanyama shrugs off 50-point performance that leaves teammates in awe as Spurs top Wizards 139-130
Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 50 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday nightSports - ABC News - 20 hours ago -
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama shrugs off 50-point eruption that leaves teammates in awe
San Antonio star pours in career-high 50 points in win Wembanyama, 20, is fourth-youngest with 50 in a game Victor Wembanyama scored a career-high 50 points in a performance that left his San ...World - The Guardian - 17 hours ago
