While watching the Euros quarterfinal between Sweden and England with an eye toward covering it, I kept changing my mind on what to write about. This is a side effect of my job and my brain, both of which combine to help me begin to see narratives as soccer matches burn through their allotted time. Some matches are straightforward in …
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This past May, employees at the Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria, England, stopped short when they noticed an animal perched precariously on the rocky mountain ledge above their heads. Worried for the animal’s safety, and concerned she might topple rocks onto the pedestrians below, the workers contacted the Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team for help. Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team Rescuers Andrew …
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Fans aren’t buying Khloé Kardashian’s claim that she no longer Photoshops her pictures. Kardashian claimed on Wednesday’s episode of “Khloé in Wonderland” that she doesn’t edit her Instagram photos anymore in response to a fan who wrote in, “You Photoshop every picture you post.” While Kardashian claimed she’s stopped the practice, she acknowledged that she used to do it. The …
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Wild tomatoes rooted on the raw lava of Fernandina and Isabela Islands have done something biologists once filed under “nearly impossible,” reviving a molecular defense that disappeared from their relatives millions of years ago during species evolution. The phenomenon has been traced to a tiny tweak in the plants’ chemistry, and it now stands as the clearest plant example of …
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ATLANTA — What if you went to an All-Star Game and a penalty-kick home-run shootout broke out? Welcome to the 2025 MLB All-Star Game — a game in which the world turned upside-down, the guy who threw the last pitch was a coach, the hitter who took the last swing wasn’t even wearing a cap and the MVP was a …
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(Schedule notes follow) Home Games by Day: Mon. – 3, Tue. – 10, Wed. – 1, Thur. – 8, Fri. – 1, Sat. – 11, Sun. – 7 Road Games by Day: Mon. – 6, Tue. – 5, Wed. – 4, Thur. – 8, Fri. – 6, Sat. – 9, Sun. – 3 Home Games by Month: Oct. – 6, …
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The first-ever baby pictures of a solar system that’s not our own are finally here—and they’re beautiful—and as adorable as space entities can get. In a paper published today in Nature, astronomers presented HOPS-315: a Sun-like protostar cooking up a brew of hot minerals and silicon monoxide gas, located about 1,300 light-years away from Earth. The special thing about HOPS-315 …
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The Grammy winner addressed ongoing speculation during a show in Cardiff, Wales Stevie Wonder had the perfect response to ongoing rumors that he is not actually blind. During a show for his Love, Light and Song U.K. tour in Cardiff, Wales, the singer poked fun at the wild speculation and addressed the crowd: “I must say to all of you, …
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