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ift.tt/2MzFPWN Update, Aug. 10, 2018: This story was updated to reflect that an arrest was made in the non-fatal shooting of a 23-year-old transgender woman. Aea Celestice, a black transgender woman living in Jacksonville, Florida, has the most basic of…

ift.tt/2vQqxWo Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 August 7 Eclipsed Moon and Mars over…

ift.tt/2Mho6q8 ISS Transit of the Sun Photographer halfastro Email rsparkles@aol.com Location of photo Tucson, Arizona Date/Time of photo August 7, 2018, 1:19:59pm…

ift.tt/2M6pltc In April, Michigan officials who oversee elections kicked Democrat Matt Morgan off the congressional ballot, leaving the Republican incumbent, Rep. Jack Bergman, to run unopposed in the general election. That was the plan, at least, until primary day on…

ift.tt/2OOz1WG Here’s what our planet looked like over 370 million years ago, according to the website Ancient Earth Globe. Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton/CNET Ever wonder what the Earth looked like before humans came along and added pollution and man-made…

ift.tt/2njdetY Before Camping Got Wimpy: Roughing It With the Victorians via ift.tt/2vLsrHI ift.tt/2zWzpuR

ift.tt/2AMX2uf This summer people have been suffering and dying because of heat waves and wildfires in many parts of the world. The past three years were the warmest ever recorded, and 2018 is likely to follow suit. What we do…

ift.tt/2Ks1MFu Venezuelan officials say explosive drones went off as President Nicolás Maduro was giving a live televised speech in Caracas, but he is unharmed. Footage of the event shows Mr Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores looking up, startled, and…

ift.tt/2vB3ajx The skyline of Manhattan at sunset in New York, May 23, 2018. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images This Sunday, the entire New York Times Magazine will be composed of just one article on a single subject: the failure to confront…

ift.tt/2MjQOUj For a finish, you are probably going to want to use a food-safe finish and most finishes are food safe once they have cured. However, some people tend to be a bit picky about what they want touching their…

ift.tt/2O337Vm In 2016, US Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), a part of the military tasked with conducting offensive cyber operations, hacked internet infrastructure used by the so-called Islamic State. Now, redacted versions of formerly Top Secret and other classified documents obtained by…

ift.tt/2Azo2NU Everyone recognizes “One small step for man,” Neil Armstrong’s quote from July 21, 1969, as he stepped off of the steps of the lunar lander for the first time and onto the dusty regolith of the Moon’s surface. What’s…

ift.tt/2MdKCwO To say that the cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin eats a lot of energy is an understatement. If Bitcoin were a country (praise be to the libertarian god that it’s not), it would be the 39th most energy-intensive place in…

At SDCC, Random House has made a poster available featuring the Targaryen family tree that will appear in Fire and Blood, and provided a signup link for their mailing list that leads to a PDF of the same. We don’t…

ift.tt/2M8duXl Anyone who’s ever attended Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE), a semiannual conference in New York City, could probably tell you that expressing support for Donald Trump there is probably not the best way to make friends. The conference is…

ift.tt/2M6Prbm Hacker lore is littered with tales of mysterious attackers breaking into hotels—perhaps at a conference—to get their hands on someone’s laptop with the goal of installing malware on it by physically connecting to the machine. That’s why the more…

ift.tt/2M5qhcV We are in the midst of a belated moral and legal panic about homemade, 3D-printed guns that will likely do nothing besides make them more popular. Nine state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump administration and…

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ift.tt/2mYruYN Are electric cars really cleaner than their gasoline-powered cousins?There are no tailpipe emissions from vehicles that run entirely on batteries, but skeptics question whether generating … via ift.tt/2KgJYwL ift.tt/YM99uR