A Giant Ancient Meteor Four Times the Size of Mount Everest May Have Sparked Life on Earth

The Breakdown | Sizing up four southern hemisphere giants before rugby's autumn series

The Springboks want a clean sweep but Australia, Argentina and New Zealand may have more modest November targets. Four southern hemisphere giants are preparing for combat over the horizon. With 90% ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Scientist Says NASA Lander May Have Accidentally Killed Life on Mars

World - Yahoo News - 5 days ago

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.

Hasselhoff says co-star 'saved my life four times'

Michael Newman, who has died aged 68, was a real lifeguard as well as acting in the 1990s TV series.

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.

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.

Giant spiders that can grow to size of human hand thriving in the UK

Collaboration between RSPB and Chester zoo leads to best mating season on record for the semi-aquatic fen raft spider. Thousands of giant spiders that can grow to the size of a human hand are ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

‘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

What life is like in one of the most remote places on Earth

World - Yahoo News - November 4

Digested week: Crap telly, power naps – oh and I think I may have saved a friend’s life | John Crace

Also this week, Sunak fails to go out with a bang, while his party can just about be bothered to pick his replacement. Life skills you never knew you had. A little while ago I met a friend for ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

C.E.O. of Real Estate Giant Douglas Elliman Retires Amid Mounting Criticism

Howard Lorber faced calls to reduce his compensation, amid allegations of sexual assault by agents and plummeting stock prices.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 22

Watch: Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spews giant column of ash

New volcanic eruptions have spread fresh panic among residents on the island of Flores.

Extreme drought areas treble in size since 80s - study

Forty-eight percent of the world went through at least one month of extreme drought in 2023.

How Four Posts on Instagram Destroyed Her Life

On Oct. 7, an Israeli college student opened her phone. What she did next landed her in prison.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 3

Maanum sparks Arsenal’s four-goal rout of Juventus in Women’s Champions League

. Arsenal cruised to a 4-0 Women’s Champions League win over Juventus in Italy to extend their unbeaten run to five matches. Frida Maanum opened the scoring for the visitors before a flurry of ...

World - The Guardian - November 12

Mount Fuji Snowless For Longest Time In 130 Years

World - Yahoo News - November 1

Four astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing's Starliner problems and Hurricane Milton

Tech - ABC News - October 25

Pint-sized crustacean named after New Zealand brewery to boost interest in marine life

Tiny isopod is dubbed Pentaceration forkandbrewer in push to engage community with climate-threatened life in local waters. New Zealand scientists have named a tiny snowflake-like crustacean after ...

World - The Guardian - November 14

Sources: Giants won't have quick Jones hook

Giants quarterback Daniel Jones took all the first-team reps at practice this week and is not expected to be on a short leash Monday night against the Steelers despite getting pulled in the fourth ...

Sports - ESPN - October 28

Giants QB’s $23M Injury Clause May Send Him to the Bench

The New York Giants face a choice familiar to other rudderless NFL teams in recent years, as they ponder the cost of maintaining the status quo at quarterback. Giants starter Daniel Jones has ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 13

How former players have returned to spark the Chiefs' perfect start

With an onslaught of injuries to starters, Andy Reid has been able to slide familiar faces into his lineup as if they never left.

Sports - ESPN - November 4

Mount Fuji snowless for longest time on record after sweltering Japan summer

As of 29 October, the iconic mountain was still without snow, marking the longest period since records began 130 years ago. Japan’s Mount Fuji remained snowless on Tuesday, marking the latest date ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

England's last executed 'witch' may have survived

A spelling error in a court document could mean the woman was not hanged, a Southampton historian says.

Four big things the winners of Congress will have to tackle in 2025

Control of the House and Senate are up for grabs in Tuesday's 2024 elections, with the next Congress facing key deadlines on taxes, health care, government funding and the debt ceiling.

Politics - NBC News - November 3

Four Verts: Don't laugh but Dolphins still have a shot at playoffs

The bones of a playoff roster are still very much there. Since Tua Tagovailoa’s return in Week 8, the Dolphins are back to being a functional team.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 13

The Daniel Jones era is done. It's time for the Giants to acknowledge it.

Another week, another game where New York's offense was trying to hide its quarterback, at least until falling behind by multiple scores. That says a lot.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 3

Giants have difficult decisions to make on arbitration-eligible players

The San Francisco Giants have difficult decisions to make on a few arbitration-eligible players this offseason.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 22

Daniel Jones Should Be Benched. But the Giants Have a Bigger Issue.

The case for retaining Coach Brian Daboll and General Manager Joe Schoen is getting harder to make, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - November 10

BP shares fall to lowest since 2022 after sharp drop in the oil major's third-quarter profit

British oil major BP on Tuesday reported its weakest quarterly earnings in nearly four years, weighed down by a slump in crude prices.

Business - CNBC - October 29

Daniel Jones benched: Giants' 2025 veteran QB options include four former Pro Bowlers

Where might New York look for a new signal-caller?

Sports - CBS Sports - 2 days ago

Scientists Have Just Declared the Mid-Life Crisis Dead

New research shows that mid-life doesn’t have a monopoly on crises. Maybe it’s time to rethink our expectations about aging.

Business - Inc. - November 12

2025 NFL mock draft: Giants trade up for QB to replace Daniel Jones; Ashton Jeanty lands with surprise team

Unlike a year ago, expect defensive players to go early and often this time around

Sports - CBS Sports - 2 days ago

Pete Alonso free agency: Four reasons why former Mets slugger may not get paid as much as you think

Alonso's age and positional restrictions are likely to hurt him on the market

Sports - CBS Sports - November 13

With This 1 Move, Google May Have Solved a Huge AI Content Problem

As AI tech gets smarter it’s getting harder to spot the difference between content made by a human and what’s been dreamed up by an algorithm. Google, pushing the AI envelope itself, is aware of ...

Business - Inc. - October 24

Strikes on Iran suggest Israel may have heeded US warnings

Scant information about the strikes indicate Israel could have reined in some of its more ambitious plans to cause Iran pain.

Justice Gorsuch's recusal may have doomed a man to death

Under the Supreme Court’s jumbled recusal practices, Gorsuch effectively voted to execute Glossip without reading the briefs or hearing the argument, disqualifying himself even from the petition to ...

Politics - The Hill - October 28

Why the bond market may have it entirely backwards on Trump and Harris

A reduction in labor supply would weigh on the U.S. economy, and impact the bond market.

Business - MarketWatch - October 31

McLaren Gambled. It May Have Ended Their Formula 1 Title Hopes.

Lando Norris’s charge to overtake Max Verstappen could have met its unofficial end, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - November 4

Treasury should have told us about overspend by law, says OBR

Richard Hughes, chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility, says officials have questions to answer as to why details of an overspend were not shared.

How a push for early voting may have helped Trump in Georgia

NBC News' Blayne Alexander reports on the possible impact of former President Trump encouraging early voting as the Georgia secretary of state says he believes Trump has an insurmountable lead in ...

A Giant Ancient Meteor Four Times the Size of Mount Everest May Have Sparked Life on Earth

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