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Astronomers may be starting to get the goods on lava planets. These fiery worlds share a similar density to Earth but orbit so close to their host stars that their scorching daytime temperatures melt the very rocks they’re made of, creating possible oceans of magma that cover their surface. While lava worlds represent an exciting new frontier in exoplanet science, …

Swiss Businesses Fear Being ‘Annihilated’ by One of the World’s Highest Tariffs  The New York Times Tenacious Swiss Leader Stood Up to Trump — It Backfired on Her  Bloomberg.com A tariff avalanche catches Switzerland unawares  The Economist Trump Tariffs: Did Swiss gold refiners fuel the crisis?  dw.com Switzerland will pursue further talks with US over crippling tariffs  Reuters Source link

Johnny Manziel is headed to the small screen. The former Browns quarterback, 32, is rounding out the star-studded cast of the upcoming fourth season of Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test,” in which athletes and reality stars will face harrowing challenges that will push them both physically and emotionally. Manziel, who famously flamed out of the NFL after two turbulent …

A common type of human papillomavirus (HPV) could be more dangerous than we thought. The virus, known as beta-HPV, was thought in rare cases to contribute to skin cancer by worsening UV damage, but a new study suggests it can actually hijack the body’s cells to directly drive cancer growth. These fresh conclusions came from a study of a 34-year-old …

Topline Ice Cube’s new movie “War of the Worlds” is the No. 1 film on Amazon Prime Video—but it is going viral for the wrong reasons and facing brutal mockery by social media users and critics, who have called it “tragic” and “cheap-looking,” slapping it with a rare 0% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Ice Cube stars in the …

The Top 10 Storylines of the 2025 PDGA Pro Worlds  Ultiworld Disc Golf No steak? No problem. Urbandale native Gannon Buhr wins Disc Golf World Championship  KCCI Get Ready for the 2025 PDGA Pro World Championships  Innova Disc Golf Post Event Pulse: 2025 PDGA Pro World Championships  Disc Golf Pro Tour 20-year-old from Urbandale crowned Professional Disc Golf World Champion  weareiowa.com Source link

Ice Cube‘s latest movie is off to a slow start on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. According to 15 critics (and counting), War of the Worlds so far has a zero percent rating on the Tomatometer scale, while thousands of moviegoers have given it at 14 percent rating on the Popcornmeter. One review in particular, from Variety‘s Peter Debruge knocked the …

The highly anticipated launch of the Dream Chaser spaceplane may be delayed yet again as Sierra Space continues to test its experimental vehicle. The inaugural Dream Chaser, named Tenacity, is slated for a launch date in 2025. However, recent comments by a NASA official revealed that there’s a lot more work to be done before the spaceplane is ready to …

Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all. Out there in the Universe, a great existential question remains unanswered: are we alone in the Universe? Despite all that we’ve learned — about matter, about the Universe, about all the other stars and planets out …

Elon Musk claims to have slashed billions of dollars worth of wasteful spending during his time as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—but his controversial role may have done more damage to his pocketbook than he anticipated. This year alone, Musk has lost some $80 billion in his net worth, bringing his current value to about $352 billion—a …