James Cook let it be known this offseason that he was looking for a contract extension and massive payday. The running back and the Buffalo Bills were not able to find common ground on a new deal. Cook indicated that he was looking for $15 million per year on average. Buffalo clearly did not meet him at this figure as …
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In the spring of 2019, the six-wheeled Spirit rover was driving backwards to drag an inoperable front right wheel when it got stuck on the sandy Martian surface. Despite spending months trying to excavate its robot, NASA could not free Spirit. Now, engineers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison may have figured out a way to better prepare NASA’s robots for …
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China’s cyberspace regulator has summoned Nvidia to explain whether its H20 chips have any “back-door safety” risks, casting a shadow over the US chip giant’s local operations. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the agency responsible for cybersecurity, said in a statement on Thursday that it had summoned and interviewed Nvidia regarding the risks associated with the potential tracking and …
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Strange sighting in the skies over South Carolina early Saturday? This might explain them WLTX SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now What was in the sky this morning? WYFF SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida on Saturday doubleheader (video) Space SpaceX Starlink launch seen Saturday morning in North Carolina sky WRAL.com Source link
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[This story contains major spoilers from season three, episode nine of And Just Like That, “Present Tense.”] And Just Like That duo Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky were bracing themselves for the fan reaction when they spoke to The Hollywood Reporter ahead of this week’s episode. That’s because the writers, executive producers and longtime collaborators on the HBO Max revival series co-wrote …
Read More »Justice Kagan Urges Supreme Court to Explain Itself in Emergency Decisions The New York Times Supreme Court Justice Kagan says independence of judges is under threat The Washington Post Without naming Trump, Elena Kagan says court orders ‘need to be respected’ Politico Justice Elena Kagan criticizes pro-Trump rulings, court’s lack of explanation ABC News Justice Kagan stresses the need for government officials to obey …
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A remarkable image taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) offers a breathtaking view of three glaciers merging into one massive ice mass in the Karakoram mountain range. These glaciers, located in one of Earth’s most remote and contested regions, are gaining ice volume despite the warming temperatures that are threatening glaciers worldwide. A Rare Glacial Phenomenon …
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Neanderthals that interbred with our ancestors may have passed on DNA that causes some people to develop a potentially fatal condition where the brain bulges out of the skull, a new study finds. The disorder, known as Chiari malformation type I, affects the lower part of the cerebellum, the part of the brain that helps control motions. In people with …
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Human Body Phenomena That Science Cannot Explain 1. “We don’t know precisely how our bodies can distinguish gas from poop. We have some ideas; we know there are a ton of nerve endings in the area, but the precise mechanism of our bodies telling our brains ‘this is a fart, let loose’ isn’t really understood. What blows my mind is …
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Coming across a hole in the Antarctic that is larger than Maryland might well be cause for concern. In 2016 and 2017, scientists saw just that: gaping wide in the middle of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea were giant holes in the sea ice. These holes, called polynyas, hadn’t been seen on this scale since the 1970s, when New Zealand-sized holes were …
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