Retinitis pigmentosa is a genetic disease that slowly damages the retina and affects roughly 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 4,000 people in the United States and Europe. It often starts with night blindness and then narrows side vision over years. A new mouse study reports that the retina does not passively fade during early stages of this condition. Instead, …
Read More »How to see two bright, once-in-a-lifetime comets with your naked eye The Washington Post Two greenish comets are streaking across the night sky this month NBC News How to find Comet Lemmon in the night sky as it brightens this October Space October skies will light up with two comets. Here’s how to see them. USA Today Two bright comets will swing by Earth …
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Comet Lemmon captured by astrophotographer Dan Bartlett on Sept. 26. (Image credit: Dan Bartlett) Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) is quickly brightening as it draws closer to both the sun and Earth, evolving into a striking object already visible through small telescopes and binoculars and soon, quite possibly, to the naked eye. The icy visitor, discovered on Jan. 3 by the …
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The sudden push to a fresh all-time high in Bitcoin over the weekend has options traders adding to bets that the largest cryptocurrency will rally to $140,000. Short-term Bitcoin options contracts that settle toward the end of the year have seen open interest clustered around that strike price for calls, according to data from crypto derivatives exchange Deribit by Coinbase. …
Read More »Gold hits record high as investors eye supportive backdrop into 2026 By Investing.com Investing.com Gold Is Forecast to Rise 6% by the Middle of 2026 Goldman Sachs Get the Facts: Gold prices hit record highs — Here’s what’s driving the rush KCRA Gold Isn’t the Only Metal That’s Shining—Silver and Platinum Prices Are Surging Too Investopedia Everything’s supposedly rosy on Wall Street—but gold is …
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My first two days wearing Meta’s bleeding-edge Ray-Ban Display glasses, which just went on sale for $799, feel about as alien and fascinating as any tech experience I’ve had. At times I’ve experienced magic, at other times frustration. And it’s filling me with questions. After an eye-opening demo a few weeks ago at Meta Connect, I unboxed my own pair …
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It all goes down tomorrow night (Sat., Oct. 4, 2025) at UFC 320 LIVE on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, as UFC Light Heavyweight king Magomed Ankalaev puts his 205-pound crown on the line against fearsome knockout artist Alex Pereira. On Friday evening, the two rivals came face-to-face for one final staredown at the …
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said Democrats have given him an “unprecedented opportunity” to slash federal agencies, signaling plans to harm his political opponents during the two-day-old government shutdown while blaming them for causing it. Trump’s warning came a day after his administration froze about $18 billion for two major infrastructure projects in New York City and canceled roughly $8 …
Read More »U.S. stock futures little changed as investors eye possible government shutdown MarketWatch Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures edge up with government shutdown in focus Yahoo Finance Stock Futures Mostly Unchanged Ahead of Trump’s Shutdown Talks Barron’s BLS Would Delay Next US Jobs Report Based on Prior Shutdown Plan Bloomberg.com The last thing the stock market wants right now is a government …
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