A recent centrifuge test propelled a 10-foot projectile to 25,000 feet. SpinLaunch is working toward a mammoth version of its kinetic launch system later this year to shoot a rocket into suborbital flight. The company has deals with the Department of Defense and NASA to develop launches for small satellites and scientific payloads. “5 … …
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Want to lose sleep tonight? Really? You sure? OK. Warned you. We’ll cut to it. Don’t ask questions, but we recently stumbled on a particularly horrifying video, one that is so particularly upsetting that we needed to share it with you all—even if just to prove that we didn’t imagine it. The video comes courtesy …
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is pretty well-known for sharing clips of his giant workouts on social media, filming himself getting his pump on in his well-equipped home gym (a.k.a. the “Iron Paradise”) and explaining his overall approach to training. In a new video from his Saturday chest and back routine on Instagram, Johnson offers a …
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It starts like the premise to a joke: Formula One GOAT Lewis Hamilton and football GOAT Tom Brady are playing golf when Brady turns to Hamilton and asks, “Have you ever been hit by a ball?” “Oh, God,” Hamilton says, “I got hit right in between the shoulder blades.” But this is not a joke; …
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“I’ve had a really weird year,” says Pete Davidson in a new standup comedy set for Netflix. He is referring, of course, to the drama that has seemingly followed him around since he started dating Kim Kardashian, most of which seems to stem from public comments made by Kardashian’s ex-husband, rapper Kanye West. Davidson gets …
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Urologist and sexual health educator Rena Malik, MD creates content aimed at helping people have a healthier and more fulfilling sex life. In a new video on her channel which addresses the topic of sex in later life, Malik cites research which suggests that those who continue to enjoy sex as they get older actually …
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Marc UrbanoCar and Driver In an effort to reduce noise pollution, California is set to implement camera-automated exhaust noise enforcement. The pilot program will span from January 2023 to December 2027 and will be tested in six different cities across the state. Camera-enforced fines will be issued only after subsequent violations of the 95-decibel ceiling …
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Spoilers for the final episode of Clark below. In the autumn of 1973, Sweden was left shocked when a bank robber, Jan-Erik Olsson, planned a heist of the Sveriges Kreditbanken, Stockholm, and took four hostages (three women and one man) and then asked for his prison mate, Clark Olofsson, to be delivered to the scene. …
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At least 228 probable cases of severe hepatitis in children have been reported across 20 countries worldwide, according to the World Health Organization on May 4. In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating 109 cases of pediatric hepatitis of unknown cause, the public health agency announced May 6. …
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now investigating 109 cases of unexplained pediatric hepatitis cases in 25 US states and territories, the public health agency said today. Nearly all the children (90%) required hospitalization and 14% needed a liver transplant. While the majority of affected children have recovered, officials said, there have been …
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