Since its discovery in 1999, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu has captivated scientists as a time capsule from the early solar system — and also as a key to possibly understanding the origins of life. To study the asteroid in depth, NASA launched the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to Bennu. The probe collected samples in 2020 and returned them to Earth in 2023. …
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Whatever embers may still be left burning from the original spirit of Burning Man are holding on for dear life as Silicon Valley tries to put them out for good. The latest dagger delivered to the Bohemia turned billionaire LARPing event comes from above, as Elon Musk’s Starlink is now providing internet connection to those in attendance, according to the …
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PHILADELPHIA — Months ago, the popular sitcom “Abbott Elementary” pitched an episode that would be staged inside Citizens Bank Park. They wanted a Philadelphia Phillies player to guest star, and Kyle Schwarber agreed to do it because whenever anyone here needs something, they go to Schwarber. He is dependable. He is steady. And, at 32, he is having a career …
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The outgoing Dalton Risner had never met anyone on the Bengals offensive line. But that changed quickly Thursday when he bumped into another outgoing big man as center Ted Karras met Risner walking into the locker room for the first time after signing the club’s most ballyhooed free-agent deal of the year. “I’m Ted,” said Karras, grabbing a hand and …
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I personally think John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor and now a caustic critic of his foreign policy, is an irascible and sanctimonious foreign policy hawk and warmonger. But whatever you think of Bolton, the retaliation Trump is dishing out to him should send chills down everyone’s spine. Shortly after taking office in January, Trump revoked Bolton’s …
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Considering it was revealed to the world with a trailer that featured four zombie-blasting soldiers singing along to Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name”, I expected John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando to be much funnier than it is. Inspired in equal measure by the supernatural horror and buddy action movies of the 1980s, it is big and dumb and …
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College football is officially back. The 2025 season started Saturday with Week 0, which included five games involving FBS teams as well as four more games between FCS teams. In the highest-profile game of the day, No. 22 Iowa State earned a 24-21 win over No. 17 Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland, giving the Cyclones a huge victory to start …
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Credit: Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The final preseason game is often little more than a showing of practice squad players looking to make their final impact prior to roster cut down day. J.J. McCarthy was never going to play for the Minnesota Vikings tonight, and Kevin O’Connell was coaching a cast of …
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Hackers have breached a major Google database, putting the accounts of 2.5 billion Gmail users at risk of being hijacked by scammers. The hacking group known as ShinyHunters broke into a Google database managed through Salesforce’s cloud platform by tricking a Google employee into sharing login credentials in June. They stole troves of business files, containing company names and customer …
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