Russia can rebuild Wildberries warehouses more easily than it can replace warehouse workers
Another Wildberries warehouse burned overnight, this time in Penza, over 600 kilometers southeast of Moscow—the latest in Ukraine’s two-week drone campaign against Russia’s biggest online retailer. The buildings, it turns out, are the least of it. The strikes work not by destroying warehouses, which can be replaced, but by breakingContinue Reading
Russia builds sea drones to hunt Ukraine—Ukraine just torched the base where they sit in occupied Crimea
Ukraine’s drone forces struck a string of Russian targets across occupied Crimea, Russia’s Rostov Oblast, and the occupied south, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, said. The hits ran from a naval drone base and radar shelters on the peninsula to air-defense systems and a site Russia usesContinue 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 30 July 2026Continue Reading
Observatory Support Systems
Explore the Observatory Support Systems This the main body and structure that all other spacecraft pieces are attached to. It holds the electronics and equipment that support the telescope and instruments. Primary Structure Lower Instrument Sun Shade (LISS) Attitude Control System (ACS) Propulsion Power Command and Data Handling (C&DH) BackContinue Reading
New Minnesota law will ban AI-generated nude deepfakes. Elon Musk’s company wants to block it
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is suing the state of Minnesota over a law banning deepfake technology that can be used to generate artificial nude imagery. The law, which was passed earlier this year and is scheduled to take effect Saturday, allows people portrayed in AI-generated nude content toContinue Reading
The viral ‘$50k or coin-flip for $1M’ question is less about math and more economic hardship
Would you take $50,000 or flip a coin for a 50% shot at winning $1 million? Most Americans and Britons opted for the quick money, a behavior that an economist told Straight Arrow isn’t likely to fade away as the world ushers in an era of tough economic times. PollsterContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: Lordan Suan quote criticizing VP Sara’s hospital visit is fake
Claim: Cagayan de Oro 1st District Representative Lordan Suan criticized Vice President Sara Duterte for making a hospital visit, saying that doing so should be the job of the President. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim was posted by Facebook user Dan Cartagena on July 21. As ofContinue Reading
WATCH: Remembering artist and activist Betye Saar
Artist Betye Saar who was central to the black arts movement of the 1960s and 1970s has died. A leading practitioner of “Assemblage,” Saar transformed everyday objects into sculptures over the course of a six-decade career. Her most famous work, “The liberation of Aunt Jemima,” from the early 1970s transformedContinue Reading
Firefighters in France set controlled burns to keep wildfires at bay
Authorities gave the go-ahead for 84,000 evacuees forced out by a monster wildfire to go back to their homes in southwest France, the strongest sign yet that firefighters are turning a corner in their battle against the flames that have burned an area four times the size of Paris. #franceContinue Reading
Oregon is on track for its worst wildfire season yet
Wildfires in central and eastern Oregon are prompting evacuations and forcing ranchers to scramble to move cattle and find feed as public range land burns. More than a million acres have burned so far. Most fires have little or no containment. (Image credit: Noah Berger)Continue Reading
England appoint Root and Fleming as Test cricket captain and coach
England confirm Joe Root to return as Test captain, while Stephen Fleming replaces Brendon McCullum as coach., England confirm Joe Root to return as Test captain, while Stephen Fleming replaces Brendan McCullum as coach. England named Joe Root as Test captain and appointed former New Zealand batter Stephen Fleming asContinue Reading
How does a safe zone in Lebanon become a target three times?
Three times in three decades, Qana’s shelters were bombed. AJLabs tracks a village the Israeli military keeps hitting., Skip links Skip to Content Live Navigation menu News Africa Asia US & Canada Latin America Europe Asia Pacific Middle East Explained Sport Opinion Video Features Economy Human Rights Climate Crisis InvestigationsContinue Reading
Tracking State Rural Health Transformation Plans
KFF Health News is working to collect and post approved plans as more states respond to emails and public records requests for their documents…Read MoreContinue Reading