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Incredible, incredible stuff.
- Futurism
The Voyager Probes Are Dying
NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have long left the farthest reaches of the solar system, entering interstellar space in 2012 and 2018 respectively. The pair were originally intended to study the solar system's outer planets when they launched in the 1977, but have since far outgrown their original missions, flying through the darkness […]
- Popular Mechanics
For 60 Years, an Eerie Quack Sounded Across the Seas. Scientists Just Found Its Source.
What's been haunting the Southern Ocean this whole time?
- Popular Mechanics
A Genetic Time Machine Is Responsible for Chimps Evolving Like Humans
Scientists piece together genetic links between chimpanzee groups over thousands of years and discovered a surprisingly complex connection.
- The Conversation
Trump may cancel Nasa’s powerful SLS Moon rocket – here’s what that would mean for Elon Musk and the future of space travel
The Space Launch System is a crucial part of America’s plans to return to the Moon.
- Futurism
Scientists Intrigued by Large Dark Shapes Appearing on Surface of Jupiter
Magnetic Tornadoes Researchers have observed mysterious, "dark ovals," each roughly the size of the Earth, dotting the polar regions of Jupiter. The gas giant, whose Great Red Spot has already puzzled astronomers for centuries, has an extremely powerful magnetic field, which scientists say, could be behind the odd phenomenon. As detailed in a new paper […]
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Falling asteroid lights up sky in Russia’s Siberian republic of Yakutia
A small asteroid lit up the sky over Russia’s Siberian republic of Yakutia as it entered Earth's atmosphere.
- The Conversation
Five speculative novels that can help to understand our relationship with soil
By looking at how it is represented in works of fiction, we can try to understand how we relate to soil. And through soil, how we relate to the environment more broadly.
- CBC
Could microalgae help treat cancer? These Sudbury, Ont., researchers want to find out
Ashley Scott is the director of the Ongen research group at Laurentian University. He and his team are studying the various health benefits of microalgae, to see if it can be used in cancer treatments.
- Fox Weather
World’s rarest whale to undergo study for first time in New Zealand
A whale species scientists know next to nothing about will undergo the first full dissection in New Zealand after washing ashore this summer.
- CBC
Alberta RCMP officer charged with sexually assaulting 2 males in hotel room
An Alberta RCMP officer has been charged with sexually assaulting two males in an Airdrie hotel room in 2022. Leduc Const. Bridget Morla faces two counts of sexual assault. Morla was off-duty at the time of the alleged assaults, according to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT).ASIRT announced the charges Monday following a two-year investigation. Morla, 39, has been a police officer for 13 years. She has been suspended with pay since the investigation commenced in late 2022, accor
- HuffPost
Donald Trump Reportedly Takes Menacing Jab At Justin Trudeau In Mar-a-Lago Meeting
The president-elect dismissed the Canadian prime minister’s tariff concerns with a confrontational joke.
- The Hill
McConnell cries foul after 2 Democratic judges cancel retirement after Trump victory
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vented his displeasure Monday after two Democratic-appointed federal judges reversed their decisions to retire in what appear to be efforts to stop President-elect Trump from nominating their successors. McConnell called the unusual decisions to forgo retirement following Trump’s sweeping victory last month a “partisan” gambit that would undermine the…
- The Daily Beast
‘They’re Eating the Cats’: American Woman Jailed in Ohio
An Ohio woman has been jailed for a year for killing and eating a cat. Allexis T. Ferrell’s arrest received worldwide attention after it was falsely used as proof of claims by Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating their pets. Ferrell, 27, from Canton, Ohio, pleaded guilty on Monday to cruelty to animals and was given the maximum prison sentence by Stark County Common Pleas Ferrell’s Frank G. Forchione, according to the Canton Repository.
- HuffPost
Jimmy Kimmel Spots Not-So-Subtle Shade In A World Leader's Message To Trump
The late night host said a single word stands out.
- Cosmo
Rita Ora frees the nip at Fashion Awards afterparty in mesh cut-out dress
After wearing a custom Primark suit to The 2024 Fashion Awards, Rita Ora donned a comic strip dress with sheer mesh cut-outs to free the nip for the afterparty.
- BuzzFeed
My Daughter Is Asexual And It Breaks My Heart
"That was the moment I realized that I would never be a grandparent or watch my daughter fall in love, get married, or do anything 'normal' in society’s eyes. My daughter was asexual."
- The Daily Beast
The Massive Clue That Donald Trump’s Threats Are All BS
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to deport millions in an unprecedented crackdown on undocumented migrants. His MAGA billionaire lieutenant Elon Musk has said he will find unprecedented trillions to cut from federal spending. Wall Street thinks they’re delusional, projecting that the two will accomplish a fraction of what they’re threatening at best.
- People
See Janelle Monáe Ring in Her 39th Birthday in a Sexy, Signature Black-and-White Bikini
Monáe also rocked two black-and-white party fits. See every look here
- People
Lady Gabriella Breaks Silence on Husband's 'Impulsive' Death at 45, Blames 'Adverse Reaction' to Medication
"If this could happen to Tom, this could happen to anyone," Lady Gabriella said in a heartbreaking witness statement