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Scientists have found new evidence that a massive comet trail may have caused climate upheaval on Earth more than 12,000 years ago. Tiny particles detected in ocean sediment cores suggest that dust from a large, disintegrating comet entered Earth’s atmosphere around the beginning of the Younger Dryas event, a period of abrupt cooling that caused temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere …

During a recent Galaxy Watch 8 media briefing in Seoul, Samsung discussed its smartwatch strategy and how its Galaxy Watches are different from wearables made by Chinese competitors. The company also confirmed that it is already thinking about the future Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch 10 models through the lens of its long-term strategy. Regarding competitors from China, Samsung’s Jong …

Think you can do your boss’s job? If you’re a junior accountant, you might soon find out. New hires at PwC will be doing the roles that managers are doing within three years, because they will be overseeing AI performing routine, repetitive audit tasks, Jenn Kosar, AI assurance leader at PwC, told Business Insider in an interview. “People are going …

Welcome to Sports Illustrated’s College Football Quarter-Century Week. We will look back at the past 25 seasons in college football, ranking the top 25 teams, quarterbacks, non-QB players, coaches, scandals and games. Up next: The best games from 2000 to present. 1. Texas 41, USC 39 (2006 Rose Bowl, BCS national championship game) The game had everything—two undefeated blueblood programs, …

How Do ‘Super-Agers’ Stay Young? What 25 Years of Research Has Revealed.  The New York Times 80-year-old ‘SuperAger’ brain operates like that of a 50-year-old. Here’s why  CNN ‘SuperAgers’ over 80 share strong memory and social lifestyles, Northwestern study finds  NBC News Why do some people’s memories stay sharp as they age? : Short Wave  NPR Superagers’ brains offer clues to cognitive resilience, and …

Whataburger celebrates 75 years with digital-only offer of 75-cent burgers  ValleyCentral.com Whataburger celebrates 75th anniversary with 75-cent burgers: How to get one  USA Today Whataburger is offering 75-cent burgers Friday. Here’s how to get one.  Houston Chronicle Whataburger Is Selling Burgers for 75 Cents: How to Get the Deal  TODAY.com Classic Whataburgers are 75 cents for limited time. Here’s when and what to know  Fort …

The Tomato Twist That Created the Potato 9 Million Years Ago  SciTechDaily Evolutionary origins of the potato revealed – and a tomato was involved  Reuters Scientists finally know where potatoes come from—and the answer is very weird  National Geographic Tomatoes randomly mated with another plant 9 million years ago. The result? Potatoes.  Live Science What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato.  The New York Times Source …

Nasa/Getty Images Happy 13th birthday to the Curiosity rover, which landed on Mars on August 6, 2012. Ah, I remember when I turned 13: just starting to shave, voice cracking like ice in spring, and learning how to multitask so that my tiny nuclear reactor would last longer. Sadly, Curiosity will never …

Microscopic grains of alien dust buried in the sediment at the bottom of the ocean could be evidence of a comet that exploded in Earth’s atmosphere 12,800 years ago. This hypothetical event, known as the Younger Dryas impact, was invoked to explain a sudden, 1,200-year period of rapid cooling to near-glacial conditions during a time when Earth’s climate was on …

Kenley Jansen will turn 38 in September, but the Angels righty isn’t planning on calling it a career anytime soon. The big righty tells Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register that his hope is to pitch for “at least” four additional seasons beyond the current campaign. That’d take Jansen into his early 40s and would also give him a …