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Incredible, incredible stuff.
- Popular Mechanics
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Temple Hidden in the Heart of a Cliff
Who knows what secrets it holds?
- 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.
- Reuters
Trump picks Musk ally Jared Isaacman to head NASA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, selecting a billionaire private astronaut and business associate of Elon Musk to oversee an agency closely linked to the SpaceX founder's business. Isaacman, CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payments, has flown to space twice on SpaceX capsules in fully private missions arranged by his Polaris program, working with Musk and spending hundreds of millions of dollars as a key customer of SpaceX's nascent private astronaut business.
- People
Asteroid Heading Toward Earth Blazes Across Sky in Fireball Over Siberia
The European Space Agency said that the asteroid, which was about 27.5 inches wide, was seen burning up across the sky on Dec. 3
- Reuters
Mammoths topped the menu for North American Ice Age people
The first humans who spread across North America during the last Ice Age put mammoths at the top of their menu, according to scientists who secured the first direct evidence of the diet of these ancient people. They discovered that her diet was mostly meat from megafauna - the largest animals in an ecosystem - with an emphasis on mammoths. Megafauna made up about 96% of her diet, with mammoths comprising about 40%, followed by elk, bison, camels and horses, and a negligible contribution from small mammals and plants.
- USA TODAY
Rocket launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 lights up Florida sky Wednesday
SpaceX continues to push the reusability of its boosters, as Wednesday saw one complete its 24th flight.
- Bloomberg
Scientists Behind ‘Net Zero’ Concept Say Nations Are Getting It Wrong
(Bloomberg) -- Diplomats from 197 countries agreed earlier this month to new rules governing how they can buy and sell credits to neutralize carbon emissions. But while they were deliberating, some of the biggest names in climate science, who defined “net zero” in 2009, found something wrong with the math underlying those debates.Most Read from BloombergAs Wars Rage, Cities Face a Dark New Era of Urban DestructionRiyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic Jams“Achieving ‘net zero
- GuruFocus.com
Elon Musk's SpaceX Eyes $350 Billion Valuation in Groundbreaking Insider Share Deal
World's most valuable startup set to outpace rivals with a jaw-dropping valuation leap.
- Bloomberg
SpaceX Weighs Tender Offer Raising Valuation to $350 Billion
(Bloomberg) -- SpaceX is in talks to sell insider shares in a transaction valuing the rocket and satellite maker at about $350 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, a massive jump highlighting the post-election gains across Elon Musk’s business empire.Most Read from BloombergAs Wars Rage, Cities Face a Dark New Era of Urban DestructionRiyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic JamsThat would be a significant premium to a previously mulled valuation of $255 billio
- Bloomberg
Trump Taps Billionaire SpaceX Astronaut to Run NASA
(Bloomberg) -- President-elect Donald Trump will nominate financial technology billionaire Jared Isaacman, a longtime SpaceX astronaut, to serve as the next NASA administrator.Most Read from BloombergAs Wars Rage, Cities Face a Dark New Era of Urban DestructionRiyadh Metro Partially Opens in Bid to Ease City’s Traffic JamsIf confirmed, Isaacman would oversee a US agency with a roughly $24.8 billion budget and a suite of human and robotic space exploration programs, including the flagship Artemis
- USA TODAY
Climate change has many 'recognizable negative effects' on crops | Fact check
Increases in global grain production are mostly due to changes in agricultural technologies and an increase in cultivated land area, experts said.
- 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.
- People
Valerie Bertinelli Shares Bikini Mirror Selfie and Hints at ‘Madness My Body Has Been Through This Year’
The post comes a few days after the Food Network star revealed she sustained a wound on her knee after a fall
- HuffPost
James Carville Claims 1 Person Is Secretly 'Driving' Trump's Sketchy Nominations
The Democratic strategist was friends with the conservative figure who he says is wielding the most influence on the president-elect.
- CBC
Federal minister Harjit Sajjan defends accepting taxpayer-funded Taylor Swift tickets
Federal cabinet minister Harjit Sajjan is defending his decision to accept taxpayer-funded Taylor Swift tickets for himself and his daughter.Sajjan, the minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, was invited by PavCo, a B.C. Crown corporation that owns and operates B.C. Place Stadium, where the concerts will take place.PavCo has been donating Swift tickets to food banks and other charity organizations so that they could raffle them off and raise money. PavCo has
- Hello!
Prince William and Prince Harry to unite ahead of Christmas
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex are set to unite ahead of Christmas. Find out more here…
- BuzzFeed
I’m Speechless At These 12 People Who Had Literally No Idea What Their Trump Vote Meant
"'I didn't think he'd do that,' is what she says. She says she regrets it, 'But what can I do now?'"