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A second stage engine destined for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Epsilon S rocket exploded during a test on Friday, spewing fire and smoke, and severely damaging the test facility, located in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. It’s yet another setback for Japan’s suddenly-floundering spaceflight industry. Finding Uhura’s Confidence in Strange New Worlds | io9 InterviewThe explosion occurred at JAXA’s testing site, Reuters reported based on a statement by an official at Japan’s Education, Science and…

Amazon Prime Day 2023 broke records to become the retailer’s most successful to date. The two-day event, which took place on July 11 and 12, saw year-on-year spending shoot up by 6.1% to $12.7 billion in the U.S., according to Adobe Analytics data. Prime members splashed out on more than 375 million products worldwide and saved over $2.5 billion on Amazon’s discounted deals. Why we care. Amazon Prime Day is soaring in popularity and with such a high footfall of traffic, it’s an excellent time for marketers to…

It’s hard to believe, but the James Webb Space Telescope started sending out one full year ago. To commemorate the milestone, NASA's letting the telescope do what it does best, showing us obscenely cool space shots. The latest and greatest image depicts a (relatively) nearby region of space with 50 young stars that could one day form systems that resemble our own. The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is approximately 390 light years from Earth, which is peanuts when compared to the vastness of space, though it would still…

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Jamie Foxx fans can heave a sigh of relief as the Hollywood star is confirmed to be on the path to recovery since his hospitalisation in April for undisclosed health issues. On Sunday, the "Django Unchained" star was seen showing the peace sign to the camera while cruising down the Chicago river in a video obtained by TMZ. It marked Foxx's first public appearance since negative reports about his health have been published every now and then for the past almost three months. Jamie Foxx(REUTERS) Notably, the…

Credit: The Conversation Hundreds of scientists protested government efforts to restrict educational access to Western science theories, including Darwin's theory of evolution, in June 2023 in India. Similarly, scientists in Mexico participated in a research strike in May 2023 to protest a national law they claimed would threaten the conditions for basic research. And during the same month in Norway, three scientists were…

Hollywood actress Amber Heard has made her first public appearance since losing her defamation trial against ex-husband Johnny Depp. A day before the premiere of her new film “In the Fire”, Heard was seen at the Taormina Film Festival in Italy on Friday. Amber Heard(Twitter) Heard was spotted wearing a white T-shirt and matching wrap-around skirt for the event. As per reports, "In the Fire" is a supernatural thriller in which Heard's character is a psychiatrist who is “called to solve the case of a disturbed…

Steam Next Fest is underway, with hundreds of indie developers offering free demos of their upcoming titles. Sabotage Studio--and its highly anticipated RPG Sea Of Stars--is one of them, but the developer suddenly faces a new obstacle: Twitter has marked links to the game's Steam page as unsafe, and the studio has no idea why.The official Sea Of Stars Twitter account publicly reached out to Twitter's support team, with the tweet asking, "is there anything you can do about our Steam link being flagged as…

Image via Marvel Comics Though it may be unintentional, the release of Kraven The Hunter could potentially serve as the catalyst for Sony Pictures’ next big supervillain lineup. Once this Marvel “anti-hero” film arrives on the big screen, does this mean that a Sinister Six project could come to fruition and give our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man a bigger threat than just the usual “villain of the week?” For those unfamiliar with this Marvel team, they consist of six supervillains from the Spider-Man universe,…

Emma Brown, a 23-year-old rancher, tromped through mud at Windy Creek Ranch in Longmont to oversee her five new Corriente cattle, with her mutt Ellie at her heels. Bustling between chores around the property, Brown made a stop in the horse stalls to calm a thoroughbred before slathering ointment on its nose. Then, she’s off again, accompanying a ranch hand to turn their other horses out to pasture. Brown knows horses well – she started learning how to ride at 4 years old, eventually advancing to show jumping and other…