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A budding startup called Interlune is trying to become the first private company to mine the moon’s natural resources and sell them back on Earth. Interlune will initially focus on helium-3 — a helium isotope created by the sun through the process of fusion — which is abundant on the moon. In an interview with Ars Technica, Rob Meyerson, one of Interlune’s founders and former Blue Origin president, said the company hopes to fly its harvester with one of the upcoming commercial moon missions backed by NASA. The plan is to…

Their new version of Gabriel's 1992 classic will appear on Crow's upcoming LP 'Evolution' Sheryl Crow‘s new LP Evolution arrives March 29, and she’s just shared a cover of Peter Gabriel‘s 1992 classic “Digging in the Dirt,” which will appear on the deluxe edition. She’s joined on the recording by Gabriel himself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtVtOsP2QUA “Peter’s song is the one that started me on this whole process of making my new album,” Crow says in a statement. “It was the first song…

The turn of the century was a hell of a time to be a part of. Those of you who remember being there to see the best 2000s movies hit theaters for the first time would know, and so does actor Ryan Reynolds. The star of the upcoming Marvel movie Deadpool & Wolverine came up in the industry around that time – so it’s not altogether surprising that wife Blake Lively would have fun referencing a callback to an Avril Lavigne song from that era. And that’s something that the Canadian pop singer took notice of when it…

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Gideon Lichfield: Lauren, have you ever met someone with an idea that seems completely out there, and then when you talk to them they convince you it's actually totally reasonable, and then a little while later you find yourself thinking it's still outlandish, but you actually can't explain why.Lauren Goode: Yes. I work in media.Lauren Goode: So we encounter people like this.Gideon Lichfield: Happens every day.Lauren Goode: All the time. Yeah. But are you telling me that's what happened to you and Jamie Beard?Gideon…

There are a lot of ways that scientists can figure out what's going on beneath Earth's surface – like measuring seismic waves as they travel underground – but perhaps nothing beats a really, really, really deep hole.As per China's state-run Xinhua news agency, work is now underway to dig a 11,100-meter (36,417-foot) borehole in the Taklamakan Desert in northwest China. That's the equivalent of more than 33 Eiffel Towers, stacked on top of each other.This isn't quite the deepest humans have ever been. The new dig won't…

China has seemingly set off on a journey into the center of the earth. This week the country has begun digging what will eventually become the deepest hole in China’s history to test drilling technology and further understand the Earth’s underground structure, Bloomberg reported. Chat GPT-4 Worth the Upgrade? | Future TechOnce completed, the hole is going to be 10,000 meters (32,808 feet). That’s a little more than 6 miles deep into the earth. The drilling is expected to occur for 457 days and is being led by the China…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the ‘Call Before u Dig' App saying that it will reduce instances of unnecessary digging and damage. "Exemplifying the Prime Minister's vision of integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects under PM Gati Shakti, the Call Before u Dig (CBuD) app is a tool envisaged for preventing damage to underlying assets like optical fiber cables, that occurs because of uncoordinated digging and excavation, leading to loss of about ₹3000…

BEIJING — China's consumption recovery from zero-Covid is getting off to a solid start – after a depressing fourth quarter.When Michelin-starred restaurant Rêver reopened Thursday from a Lunar New Year break, it was fully booked, said Edward Suen, chief operating officer of the Guangzhou venue. Reservations for the next three days were near capacity, he said.He's hopeful business improves this year – and allows Rêver to recoup the roughly 35% in revenue it lost last year. Guangzhou city was one of the hardest hit by…