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$20 million NASA mission to visit ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision

 million NASA mission to visit ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision

NASA‘s plans to fly a spaceship alongside a potentially hazardous asteroid in 2029 will continue — for the next year, at least. After threats of mission cancellation, the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft received a last-minute $20 million allocation in the House budget bill to continue basic operations for the next fiscal year. The fates of 18 other NASA missions slated to stop …

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Mark Ruffalo saved ‘Now You See Me’ costar Woody Harrelson from a bar fight

Mark Ruffalo saved ‘Now You See Me’ costar Woody Harrelson from a bar fight

Filming Now You See Me wasn’t just about magic tricks and plot twists for Mark Ruffalo — it was also about the art of escape. The actor explained as much while reuniting with fellow Horsemen Woody Harrelson for an episode of his Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast. While strolling down memory lane, Ruffalo took a moment to remind Harrelson …

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Mark Ruffalo saved “Now You See Me” costar Woody Harrelson from a bar fight: 'Totally wild' – AOL.com

Mark Ruffalo saved “Now You See Me” costar Woody Harrelson from a bar fight: ‘Totally wild’  AOL.com Mark Ruffalo Recalls Saving Woody Harrelson From Bar Fight: ‘A Whole Melee Broke Out’ | Video  TheWrap Mark Ruffalo Recalls Saving Woody Harrelson From a Bar Fight While Filming ‘Now You See Me’  Us Weekly How Mark Ruffalo Saved Woody Harrelson From a Bar “Melee”  E! Online …

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‘Titanic’ nearly flopped until a surprising gamble saved the movie from sinking

‘Titanic’ nearly flopped until a surprising gamble saved the movie from sinking

Believe it or not, Titanic‘s success was an uphill battle. Before James Cameron‘s Oscar-winning disaster film shattered box office records, became a worldwide phenomenon, and turned Leonardo DiCaprio into a household name, Titanic was the talk of Hollywood for all the wrong reasons. Plagued by delays and rumors of a troubled set, the film was expected to flop. In his …

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One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo

One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo

Another mission the White House wanted to cancel was THEMIS, a pair of spacecraft orbiting the Moon to map the lunar magnetic field. The lead scientist for that mission, Vassilis Angelopoulos from the University of California, Los Angeles, said his team will get “partial funding” for fiscal year 2026. “This is good, but in the meantime, it means that science …

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Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved 1.4 million lives in 2024

Vaccines delivered by Gavi saved 1.4 million lives in 2024

There’s a “paradox” at work in global health, as the philanthropist Bill Gates wrote last week. Even as funding for global health is declining, the science that supports those efforts is accelerating. And nowhere is that divergence more apparent than in the most important tool in public health: vaccines. Earlier this week Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance — a public-private partnership …

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How the Dodgers saved Shohei Ohtani, not the other way around

How the Dodgers saved Shohei Ohtani, not the other way around

PHILADELPHIA — On the mound, he self-destructed in a second inning that nearly placed the game out of his team’s reach. In the batter’s box, he struck out four times for only the seventh time in his career. A two-way player for the first time in a postseason game, Shohei Ohtani didn’t save the Dodgers on Saturday night. Instead, Ohtani was the …

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