The battle of billionaires in space between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk is ready to enter a new arena: satellite internet. Amazon, the company that Mr. Bezos started as an online bookseller three decades ago, is now a merchandising behemoth, the owner of the James Bond franchise, a seller of electronic gadgets like Echo smart…
Canada’s Liberal Party won Monday’s national elections with voters giving a full term as prime minister to Mark Carney, according to the national broadcaster CBC/Radio Canada, choosing a seasoned economist and policymaker to guide their country through turbulent times. The full results should be available later Monday or early Tuesday. But the voters’ decision sealed…
Humanity’s aspirations have long pushed the boundaries of our delicate balance with nature, from our expanding industrial might to our prowling of the seas. For the past several years, our ambitions have spread in earnest to the heavens, threatening to pollute space itself in a manner never seen before. Now a fresh batch of hardware…
The first time I saw two-time Carlton premiership player Peter Bosustow was on a grainy VHS tape of the 1978 WAFL grand final where he kicked one of the greatest goals ever seen. He intercepted a kick in and then danced around his opponents with all the grace and grit of Rudolf Nureyev, before booting…
Academy Award-nominated actor Terrence Howard revealed he turned down a Lee Daniels-helmed biopic about legendary Motown musician Marvin Gaye because it would require him to explore the Prince of Soul’s rumored homosexuality. Speaking with Bill Maher on his Club Random podcast, the Empire star recalled “the biggest mistake I made in my career,” which was…
The House on Monday overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to criminalize the nonconsensual sharing of sexually explicit photos and videos of others — including A.I.-generated images known as “deepfakes” — and to mandate that platforms quickly remove them. The vote of 409 to 2 cleared the measure for President Trump, who was expected to quickly sign…
On any ordinary day, the South Vancouver neighborhood bustles with the sounds of life, but Saturday was no ordinary day. It was a celebration of Filipino culture, and music from a live concert echoed through the streets as families lined up at food trucks and children played. On Sunday it was strangely silent. “It gives…
A periodic table of highly charged ions Chunhai Lyu et al. (2025) A new version of the periodic table of elements has predicted hundreds of highly charged ions that could be used to create the next generation of optical atomic clocks. The periodic table, first invented by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869, groups the 118 known…
The Vatican’s official conclave begins May 7, but TikTokers are already betting on who will wear the robes next. After Pope Francis’s funeral was held over the weekend, attention has now turned to the papal conclave to choose the next pope. If you’re Catholic—or if you recently watched Conclave—you might be hedging your bets on…
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