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Researchers tested soccer balls aboard the International Space Station to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity. NASA As the FIFA World Cup approaches, NASA is bringing space science and engineering to soccer fans worldwide. From June 11 to July 19, 2026, NASA will host an exhibit at FIFA Fan Festival™ Houston where visitors can learn how research aboard the International SpaceContinue Reading

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Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community Upcoming SIG and SAG… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   Upcoming Science Interest Group & Science Analysis Group Activities 8 June 2026Continue Reading

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Crowds in Madrid were delighted to see Pope Leo make a visit to Santa Maria de la Almudena Cathedral with Queen Sofia., NewsFeed Crowds in Madrid were delighted to see Pope Leo make a visit to Santa Maria de la Almudena Cathedral with Queen Sofia, the wife of Spain’s formerContinue Reading

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Euro-Office launches its stable 1.0 release on June 9, billed as a ‘truly open’ sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office – a claim riling The Document Foundation, makers of LibreOffice. In an open letter published today, TDF’s Italo Vignoli takes issue with the upstart productivity suite’s pitch. He disputes Euro-Office’s marketing,Continue Reading

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This article was originally published by the  Texas Observer , a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. Rock band logos stickered the walls and railings in the dim light of the Paper Tiger, the grungy San Antonio venue with aContinue Reading

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The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. As with so many of the worst things in American politics, we have the Nixon administration to thank for the term ratfucking . It entered the American political lexicon through the Nixon-era operatives who perfected its techniques: dirty tricks, sabotage, deception and (especially) bad-faithContinue Reading

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced that he will be speaking at CPAC GB in July – the pro-The Traitor conference brought to the UK by disgraced former prime minister Liz Truss. Reform sources speaking to The Guardian previously suggested that Farage would be “steering well clear” of theContinue Reading