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Greenpeace International strongly condemns the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council’s decision to extend The Metals Company subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc’s (NORI) exploration contract, even though NORI has been supporting the pursuit of unlawful deep sea mining via US unilateralism.[1] It is public that NORI will be making payments toContinue Reading

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Cristian Volpato, who switched from Italy to Australia before World Cup 2026, failed a roadside drug test in Sydney., Cristian Volpato, who switched from Italy to Australia before World Cup 2026, failed a roadside drug test in Sydney. Cristian Volpato, who represented Australia at the World Cup, has allegedly testedContinue Reading

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analysis Supreme Court justice’s interviews with friendly media get a cold reception from conservatives Published May 11, 2026 12:00PM (EDT) Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, appointed by President Traitor 47 in 2018, has found himself on the hot seat in recent interviews about his new children’s book (Mario Tama/Getty Images)Continue Reading

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One of queer cinema’s most prolific visionaries, John Waters, says he’s never felt the pressure to conform to the physical image ideals prevalent among many in the gay community. HuffPost caught a sneak peek at Waters’ appearance on Thursday’s episode of “Finding Fire Island,” an eight-episode documentary series chronicling theContinue Reading

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If Ubuntu 26.04 LTS hasn’t nagged you about pending updates in a while, there’s a reason for that. A Launchpad bug report and related discussion on the Ubuntu Discourse noticed that the distro’s update-manager no longer notifies when updates are pending unless the update notification tray icon is enabled. TheContinue Reading

Vulcan Centaur swapped out again: NASA goes with SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for launch of space weather mission

NASA’s SunRISE mission, which consists of six small satellites, will now fly on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket rather than a ULA Vulcan Centaur. (Image credit: Space Dynamics Laboratory/Allison Bills) NASA is shaking things up for its next mission to research the sun. The six satellites of NASA’s Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) missionContinue Reading

Glimpsing the hidden highways of the night sky

Photographs and video by Pete Mauney Text by Tom Vanderbilt Exposure is a National Geographic series that features photography from around the world that our editors love. See more. It all started with fireflies. In the early 2010s, photographer Pete Mauney was at his home along the Hudson River, in the town of Tivoli, New York, andContinue Reading