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Massive 1,400-pound great white shark pings off Florida beach 4 times in 1 day

< 1 mn readShark trackers recently reported that a 1,400-pound, 13-foot great white shark pinged off a Florida beach four times in one day. The enormous adult shark, nicknamed “Breton,” surfaced off Daytona Beach four times on Thursday, according to data from OSEARCH, a global nonprofit that collects data for research purposes. After first “pinging” at 10:51 a.m. […]

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New images of Mercury captured by UK spacecraft

< 1 mn readA spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead of entering the planet’s orbit in 2026. BepiColombo was built by the Stevenage-based company Astrium, now Airbus, and launched in 2018. The spacecraft comprises two satellites that will gather data for at least a […]

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Huge problems with axing fact-checkers, Meta oversight board says

3 mn readThe co-chair of the independent body that reviews Facebook and Instagram content has said she is “very concerned” about how parent company Meta’s decision to ditch fact-checkers will affect minority groups. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, from Meta’s oversight board, told the BBC she welcomed aspects of the shake-up, which will see users decide about the accuracy of […]

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Shrinking Colorado River will take a toll on the nation’s food supply

2 mn readThe shelves and prices at your local grocery store could look a little different soon. The Colorado River, which provides water for about 15% of our country’s agriculture, is shrinking, and the current agreement that divvies up the water usage ends in 2026. The Imperial Valley in Southern California relies 100% on the Colorado River for […]

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LeBron James says Christmas Day belongs to NBA, not NFL. Here’s what TV ratings show

2 mn readChristmas Day offered up a variety of gifts for sports fans to unwrap. The NBA has long dominated Christmas, just as Thanksgiving has become synonymous with football, but viewers got the best of both worlds on Wednesday with a NFL doubleheader and five NBA games. With so many viewing options to choose from — the more […]

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Japanese space startup aborts 2nd satellite launch attempt minutes after liftoff

2 mn readA Japanese space startup said its second attempt to launch a rocket carrying satellites into orbit had been aborted minutes after liftoff Wednesday and destroyed itself again, nine months after the company’s first launch attempt ended in an explosion. Space One’s Kairos No. 2 rocket lifted off from a coastal site in the mountainous prefecture […]

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