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This DIY Electric Trike Looks Like a Garage-Built Death-Trap, So I Want One

I love a good death machine. Something that has no business being made, let alone being allowed on public roads. Something that, at its core, is designed to kill me. Why, because I'm a broken man. Isn't that clear? I mean, I feel like I've made that pretty clear. Yet, even…

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Wrestlers’ welfare has improved since the 1990s – but they still have a fight on their hands

In the recent Netflix docuseries Mr. McMahon (2024), former wrestler and bodybuilder Tony Atlas claimed: “We would have been looked upon, in today’s society, as some of the worst human beings walking the face of the Earth.”

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Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field 'breathing' for 1st time

Firefly Aerospace's soon-to-launch Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA better understand our home planet, and how it responds to space weather.

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Earth's moon could've had Saturn-like rings, new study hints

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

LiveScience

4 reasons why the US might want to buy Greenland – if it were for sale, which it isn’t

President-elect Donald Trump has sparked diplomatic controversy by suggesting the U.S. needs to acquire Greenland for reasons of “national security” and refusing to definitively rule out using military force to do so. Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, “is not for sale,” said Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen.

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Do aliens exist? We studied what scientists really think

News stories about the likely existence of extraterrestrial life, and our chances of detecting it, tend to be positive. We are often told that we might discover it any time now. Finding life beyond Earth is “only a matter of time”, we were told in September 2023. “We are close”…

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Researchers build a 3D printer optimized for space applications — Designed to work in a vacuum, the printer could be used to rapidly prototype components while in space

Researchers from the University of Glasgow built a 3D printer that can work in zero gravity and the vacuum of space.

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Los Angeles fires leave NASA's Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years

Despite the evacuation of its Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, no space mission data has been lost, NASA says.

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3 Stocks to Benefit From China’s Rare Earth Export Ban on U.S.

China flexed its dominance by banning certain rare earth elements for export to the United States, but some companies may actually benefit from the decision.

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Scientists discover 'sunken worlds' hidden deep within Earth's mantle that shouldn't be there

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's mantle. These anomalies are surprisingly similar to sunken chunks of Earth's crust but appear in seemingly impossible places.

LiveScience

Earth from space: Svalbard's radioactive 'Bear Island' surrounded by rare cloud swirls and a giant algal bloom

A 2023 satellite image captured a pair of peculiar phenomena painting parallel swirls in the sea and sky around Norway's Bear Island, which is surrounded by extremely radioactive waters left behind by a doomed Soviet submarine.

LiveScience

Naked, ash-smeared Hindu ascetics take holy dips at the Maha Kumbh festival

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth

The Independent UK

Total lunar eclipse March 2025 — When and where to see the next 'Blood Moon' lunar eclipse

A total lunar eclipse will be seen across North America on the night of March 13-14, 2025, while parts of Europe will get a brief view.

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Giant freshwater aquifer in southern Africa is under threat from mining

A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² across Namibia, South Africa and Botswana. It supplies 50,000 people in several towns with water pure enough to drink, and is their only source of water. But the Namibian government has awarded uranium…

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Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth?

The International Space Station is always falling, yet it never crashes to Earth or burns up in our atmosphere. How is this possible?

The Conversation

Why does a rocket have to go 25,000 mph to escape Earth?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

LiveScience

Giant 'kidney beans' spotted in Mars satellite images could point to signs of water and life

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them can help us determine if there was ever enough water on Mars to sustain life.

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The Alps are getting snow – so why are skiers heading north to Norway and Finland?

New figures show unprecedented demand at Norwegian and Finnish resorts compared to the Alps

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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands booster for 15th time (video)

SpaceX launched 21 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this morning (Jan. 13).

The Independent UK

Watch: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket launch to rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX cancelled

Watch as Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin attempted to launch its New Glenn rocket for the first time from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday, 13 January.

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Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Strikes Southwest Mexico, No Serious Damage

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake in southwestern Mexico prompts emergency response, with no serious damage reported. Mexico, prone to earthquakes, has a history ...

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