Greenland’s ice-covered landscape looks like an immovable block on satellite maps. Yet the story locked beneath its center suggests a very different past, one that places future coastal cities in a tight spot. During the Pleistocene – the geologic chapter that began about 2.7 million years ago and ran through innumerable swings between cold and mild – the island’s ice waxed and …
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Apple will launch iOS 26 in three phases: the developer beta, public beta, and finally, the official “general” release. Developer beta The first developer beta of iOS 26 was released on June 9 during WWDC 2025. Following this, subsequent developer betas, including beta 3, were released. Public beta The public beta is expected to start in mid-July. Apple typically opens …
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Maybe this was just the kind of ho-hum 5-2 loss that merges seamlessly into a 162-game season. After all, the Yankees offense wasn’t going to keep scoring five or more runs a game, as they had done the previous 10 before Saturday, the most within one season in the majors since the 2023 Braves and the longest by a Yankee …
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The warm nights surrounding July 12 present a golden opportunity to hunt for the three bright stars that form the famous “Summer Triangle” asterism in the northern hemisphere night sky. Each of the Summer Triangle’s three prominent stars — Vega, Deneb and Altair — belong to a different constellation in the night sky and will be among the first twinkling …
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First discovered in the Mazon Creek fossil beds of Illinois in 1955, the Tully monster (or Tullimonstrum gregarium) has long challenged biologists and paleontologists alike. It lived about 300 million years ago, predating the rise of the dinosaurs, and yet its classification within the tree of life remains hotly debated to this day. In a landmark 2016 study published in …
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Prime Day ends in just a few hours… seriously. If you’re a Prime member and have been waiting to hit checkout on tech, beauty or home essentials deals (or really any deals), it’s officially crunch time. Fresh discounts, including the retailer’s signature Lightning Deals, are set to expire by tonight, if not sooner. A word of wisdom from someone who’s …
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