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A look at the decades-long evolution of the onetime gangsta rapper who now finds himself the family-friendly star of NBC's Olympics coverage.

Coral reef soundscapes could help researchers assess their overall health.

Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain battling it out

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PLYMOUTH, MI—Expressing frustration with what she sees as a widespread decline in the quality of consumer goods, area Temu shopper Chelsea Owens told reporters Wednesday she was disappointed with the merits of a blender she purchased for $1 on the discount e-commerce platform. “What the hell? The app gives it a 4.9…

2024 Olympic Games
Paris

All times GMT +2

Men's semifinals

06 Aug 2024 14:00 NED v ESP       4 - 0
06 Aug 2024 19:00 GER v IND        3 - 2

07 Aug 2024 is a rest day

Men's Finals

08 Aug 20240 14:00 IND v ESP (Bronze)
08 Aug 20240 19:00 GER v NED (Gold)

Pool Standings

Women

Quarterfinal Play Offs

06 Aug 2024 was a rest day

Women - Semi-finals

07 Aug 2024 14:00 NED v ARG     3 - 0
07 Aug 2024 19:00 BEL v CHN

Pool Standings

Lindsay Krause, with an English degree in hand, is plotting her final chapter at Nebraska. It includes maximum effort and perspective on a career that's seen success and setbacks.

After crashing millions of computers and disrupting businesses across the globe, cybersecurity company CrowdStrike must protect itself against a flurry of legal activity that is already beginning. The devil will be in the details.

What if we told you that there is a simple way for humanity to slash climate-warming emissions, help prevent the next pandemic, and simultaneously eradicate one of the most significant moral atrocities of our time — one that nearly all of us bear some responsibility for?  We’re talking, of course, about factory farming. In 2024, it’s […]

If you can stand to think about it long enough, the problem becomes paralyzing. Tens of billions of land animals slaughtered every year; hundreds of millions every day; thousands in the time it takes to read this sentence. The number grows by billions more every year, into multiples that feel as abysmal as they are […]

In a partisan 6-3 ruling issued this summer, the Supreme Court seized the opportunity to gut a cornerstone of federal regulation: Chevron deference, a legal doctrine that for the last 40 years has given government agencies the latitude to implement laws set by Congress. The ruling has given corporations a powerful tool with which to […]

The most ambitious goal of the animal movement has always been to eradicate factory farming and inspire people to eat more plants and fewer animals. This only makes sense, as the scale of the violence endemic to industrial farming radically dwarfs all other forms of animal suffering. Beyond the problem of the inevitable suffering involved […]

In late 2010, McDonald’s convened representatives from the world’s largest meat companies for the inaugural Global Conference on Sustainable Beef, a three-day affair held in Denver.  On the surface, the conference was meant to demonstrate that the beef industry was willing and able to reduce its environmental footprint. But in truth, it served as a […]

The grandbaby of a moonshine manGadsden, AlabamaGot folk down in Galveston, rooted in LouisianaUsed to say I spoke too countryAnd the rejection came, said I wasn’t country ’noughSaid I wouldn’t saddle up, butIf that ain’t country, tell me what is? —Beyoncé, “Ameriican Requiem” I was raised in Apopka, Florida, a small city outside Orlando that […]

This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. There’s a decent chance you’ve heard of hydrogen-powered vehicles but never seen one. Over 18,000 are in the US, almost exclusively in California. On the outside they look just like traditional vehicles,…

Steven Mnuchin Says It’s Time to Kill the New Treasury Bond He Created  Bloomberg

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A checking line center toiling in the minors leagues is trying to stay healthy and make an impact for the Penguins

A massive disturbance in the solar wind caused Earth’s magnetosphere to fly without its usual tail.

Look east before dawn on Wednesday, Aug. 14, to see the giant planet and the Red Planet just a third of a degree from one another in a rare planetary conjunction.

Mourinho spent a year and a half in charge of Tottenham Hotspur, following the sacking of long-term manager Mauricio Pochettino. The Portuguese manager appears to... The post Report: Jose Mourinho takes a jibe at Tottenham in latest press conference appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.

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Ford announced today that it would be working with bike company N plus to introduce two new e-bikes inspired by the automaker’s most iconic brands, the Bronco and Mustang.

Global sales fell by 9.1 percent in the first half of 2024, according to a new report by the Boats Group.