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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 …

Bruce Springsteen, shown here in 1975, was on the verge of being dropped by his record label before the release of Born to Run. Monty Fresco/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption toggle caption Monty Fresco/Getty Images/Hulton Archive Bruce Springsteen‘s groundbreaking album, Born to Run, came out 50 years ago this month, marking a turning point for rock and roll — and …

Xbox Drops Work on ‘Contraband’ Video Game After Four Years  Bloomberg.com Breaking: Microsoft stops development on Contraband  Game File | Stephen Totilo Xbox Stops Development on Contraband, Four Years After Initial E3 Announcement  IGN Xbox and Avalanche’s Contraband Is Canceled — Another Game Gone in the Wake of Recent Cuts  Windows Central Microsoft bloodbath continues 9,000 layoffs later with the death of Contraband, the …

A Neolithic family was massacred, skinned, defleshed, cooked and eaten in a cave on the Iberian peninsula 5,600 years ago, a new study suggests. Researchers found evidence that at least 11 people, including adults, adolescents and children, may have been victims of warfare cannibalism during a bloody event at the El Mirador cave in northern Spain. Bones found at the …

Sony’s latest financial results are in, and the PS5 is doing better than anyone expected. Despite a woeful lack of new games exclusive to the PlayStation console, people won’t stop buying the device, with another 2.5 million units bought between April and June 2025. That’s slightly better than it sold during the same period last year, and brings the lifetime …

A groundbreaking geological study has revealed a previously underestimated natural threat lurking beneath Canada’s remote northern frontier. The Tintina fault, stretching over 1,000 kilometers across the Yukon and northwest Canada, long thought to be dormant, is now confirmed as an active seismic hazard. Scientists from the University of Victoria, the Geological Survey of Canada, and the University of Alberta have …

Kitfox Games and Freehold Games have announced that Caves of Qud is finally on its way to Switch via a Q4 2025 release. That’s not even very far away! For those who haven’t heard of the game before, Caves of Qud is a game that spent a whopping 15 years in development and early access on PC, before releasing on …

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, games and scandals. Up next: The top scandals and controversies from 2000 to present. In many ways, this redefined what truly constitutes a scandal in college athletics given how wide-ranging and …

Warren Buffett, Bill and Melinda Gates, in an interview on May 5, 2015 CNBC A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. In June 2010, Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett started what could …