Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Is it possible to upload the consciousness of your mind into a computer? – Amreen, age 15, New Delhi, India The concept, cool yet maybe a little creepy, is known as mind uploading. Think of …
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Kentucky-based astrophotographer David Joyce has shared a glorious deep space vista revealing the fossil light of a vast supernova remnant created in the death throes of an enormous star some 10,000 years ago. Joyce’s nebula scene captures the expanding shell of the supernova remnant CTB 1, also known as both the Garlic Nebula and the Medulla Nebula for its resemblance …
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One former ESPN star said she’s received “disturbing” messages after posting about the death of Charlie Kirk. Sam Ponder, who worked at the Worldwide Leader for over a decade, revealed last week that she received a flood of direct messages after mourning the 31-year-old conservative activist, who was assassinated at a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. “I …
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What if Jets running back Breece Hall had spent the last three season with Sean McVay instead of Robert Saleh? That’s a question that Hall was wondering himself on Wednesday after James Cook joined Rams running back Kyren Williams on the list of players from the 2022 class who got paid this offseason. Hall says that he’s as good as …
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(Reuters) -Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said on Wednesday the U.S. central bank is grappling with understanding whether tariffs will push up inflation just temporarily or more persistently, which would inform its decision on when to cut interest rates. “As we go into the fall, these are going to be some live meetings and we’re going to have to …
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After perhaps the most brutal and difficult Tour de France of his illustrious career, Tadej Pogačar signed off from cycling for a few days with a repost to his Instagram story that captured the moment best: “The Champion has left the building.” He plans to take a few days off, slow down and enjoy time at home in Montecarlo after …
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California Democrats led by Gov. Gavin Newsom may upend the state’s mandate for independently drawn political districts as part of a brewing, national political brawl over the balance of power in Congress and the fate of the aggressive, right-wing agenda of President Trump and the GOP. The effort being considered by state Democratic leaders is specifically intended to reduce the …
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Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider CORONADO, Calif. — As Ben Kennedy described the roughly three-mile course where NASCAR Cup Series cars will weave through Naval Base Coronado next year, he mentioned elements that don’t sound typical of a NASCAR course. There will be a turn by the aircraft carrier. Maybe some by helicopters and F-18s. Another turn onto the tarmac …
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