A Passion for Garbage Collection
[.article__paragraph–cap][.small-caps]Not long ago[.small-caps] I watched a television show about garbagemen in Quebec, Les Éboueurs. It’s typical reality TV:…
SpaceX’s $1.6 Trillion Opportunity Could Be More Valuable Than Its AI Business
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With World Cup fever sweeping the UK, back gardens have become makeshift football pitches. Mini football goals are…
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Perched on a narrow hospital cot across from her son, Bodunwa Orugbemi can hear the distant Atlantic Ocean…
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Three years before the skyscraper-size asteroid Apophis makes its very close (but safe) flyby of Earth, scientists have…
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July 4 Aurora Lit 30 States as G3 Solar Storm Beat NOAA Forecast by Two Levels
Millions of Americans watching Independence Day fireworks on the night of July 3–4 got an unexpected second show…
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Press enter or click to view image in full sizePhoto by Luis Graterol on UnsplashThe deadly problem staring…
James Webb telescope’s largest-ever map of the universe unmasks hidden corners
Astronomers have reconstructed the “skeleton” of the cosmos in unprecedented detail, thanks to the largest-ever survey conducted by…