Everything was a mess last year, and even the world of online shopping was sent into a spin. We had Prime Day in October, guys. Just before Black Friday. There was panic, confusion, and an overwhelming sense that things were plain wrong.
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On Monday, Kamath issued a public apology on Twitter, admitting that his Grandmaster-like moves were only possible because of external help.
An anti-Olympics protester raises a pole with a costume next to placards with photos of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach, right, and IOC Coordination Commission Chairman John…
The Texas senator's attempt to dunk on California is looking really awkward now.
The Blues key forward has agreed to terms, coming as administrator Geoff Walsh was cleared to complete his role in a major review.
Actress Lisa Banes, who appeared in the movie “Gone Girl,” died on Monday due to injuries sustained after getting struck by a hit-and-run scooter driver on the Upper West Side, a source said. She was 65.
Mr Larry Clifton PERKINS, Cowangie VIC 3506 For significant service to motorsport as a touring car driver and team owner. Supercars Australia (formerly Australian Touring Car Championship/V8 Supercars) ? Former Board Member, Supercars Australia....
Timely hitting: Brian Goodwin’s single drove in Tim Anderson, and he was credited with the only White Sox RBI. | Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports
Lynn’s quality start was not enough to beat MLB’s top team
Читать дальше...Project Veritas is a far-right group that says it aims to "expose corruption." It is best known for its attacks on Planned Parenthood.
Seth Shostak, The Guardian
I'm an astronomer at the Seti Institute, a non-profit research organization in California's Silicon Valley. My colleagues and I look for extraterrestrial life, including intelligent beings - or in the vernacular, aliens.
Michael Epperson, iai
In their seeking of simplicity, scientists fall into error. They mistake their abstract concepts describing reality - for reality itself. The map for the territory. This leads to dogmatic overstatements, paradoxes and mysteries such as quantum gravity. To avoid such errors, we should evoke the thinking of philosopher Alfred North Whitehead and conceive of the universe as a universe-in-process, where physical relations beget new physical relations, writes Michael Epperson.
Simon Spichak, Massive Science
Half the cells in our body aren't human. Don't worry, these non-human cells aren't harmful. In fact, they're crucial to your health and make you, you. Trillions of bacteria, viruses and fungi flourish within us. We co-evolved with the microbial community living in our guts. Microbial signaling plays a crucial role in
Charlie Wood, Quanta
Three years ago, physicists discovered that two stacked sheets of carbon with a tiny, 1.1-degree twist between them could exhibit a dazzling array of behaviors. Most famously, when cooled to low temperatures, the material conducts electricity with zero resistance.
Summer cycling loaded with rolling fun and trail upkeep Conway Daily Sun
A suspect and a deputy sheriff working off duty were wounded as they exchanged gunfire in a suburb of Atlanta, the authorities said.
The board of SBI Cards and Payment Services has approved the allotment of 5,000 fixed rate, unsecured, rated, taxable, redeemable, senior, nonconvertible debentures (NCDs) aggregating to Rs 500 crore on private placement basis.
The application window for the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods - ACs and LEDs - will be open for three months from Tuesday, the Commerce Ministry said on Monday
Riley Black, Smithsonian
The amber-encased fossil was touted as the smallest fossil dinosaur ever found. Known from little more than a peculiar skull, and described early in 2020, Oculudentavis khaungraae was presented as a hummingbird-sized toothed bird—an avian dinosaur that fluttered around prehistoric Myanmar about 100 million years ago.
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In April, one of us—Elizabeth Weiss—gave a talk, titled Has Creationism Crept Back into Archaeology?, at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA). The 87-year-old SAA identifies itself as "an international organization dedicated to research about the interpretation...
Ruth Schuster, Haaretz
One day a thousand years ago, a chicken in Yavneh laid an egg. That egg was never to hatch, sadly for that chicken's posterity. For some reason, it wound up in a cesspit in the ancient city's industrial zone - and there it sat.
Doug Johnson, Ars Tech
Every day, the Sun rises and sets on Boulder, Colorado. And, like clockwork, a layer of sodium and other elements trickle down through the sky and hit the ground, a team of researchers at the University of Colorado-Boulder found. These elements hail originally from space and, in various forms, hit the atmosphere before making their trek to the Earth's surface.
Niko Goodrum went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI as the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals, 10-3. Robbie Grossman also went deep for Detroit.
About 100 workers from BAE Systems gathered outside the Australian Marine Complex at 5am on Tuesday to protest the use of contractors at the company and pay, with enterprise negotiations ongoing since July 2020.
Indie game SkateBIRD has been confirmed to be getting a physical release for both the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in a new trailer.
Tom Metcalfe, Live Science
The Earth has finally attained popular recognition for its fifth ocean, with a decision by the National Geographic Society to add the Southern Ocean around Antarctica to the four it recognizes already: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans.
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