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Europa Clipper Observed 3I/ATLAS Near Perihelion | by Avi Loeb | Dec, 2025 | Medium Added: Dec 18, 2025
Europa Clipper Observed 3I/ATLAS Near Perihelion
Site: Medium
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS on November 6, 2025, from a distance of 164 million kilometers…
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Discrimination Against White Men EXPOSED, DEI Narrative COLLAPSES ft. Amber Duke - YouTube Added: Dec 18, 2025
Discrimination Against White Men EXPOSED, DEI Narrative COLLAPSES ft. Amber Duke
Site: YouTube
BUY CAST BREW COFFEE TO SUPPORT THE SHOW - https://castbrew.com/Become A Member And Protect Our Work at http://www.timcast.comHost:Tate Brown @realTateBrown ...
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The Year in Mathematics | Quanta Magazine
Added: Dec 18, 2025The Year in Mathematics | Quanta Magazine
Site: Quanta Magazine
Explore a shape that can’t pass through itself, a teenage prodigy, and two new kinds of infinity.
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Republicans vow bitter recriminations after Johnson outflanked on ACA Added: Dec 18, 2025
Republicans vow bitter recriminations after Johnson outflanked on ACA
Site: Axios
"Those members need not ask me for any help in their campaigns whatsoever."
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Pumas in Patagonia started feasting on penguins — but now they're behaving strangely, a new study finds | Live Science Added: Dec 18, 2025
Pumas in Patagonia started feasting on penguins — but now they're behaving strangely, a new study finds
Site: Live Science
Pumas in Patagonia, Argentina are eating penguins in a national park — and it's changing how the big cats are interacting with each other.
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NASA will soon find out if the Perseverance rover can really persevere on Mars - Ars Technica
Added: Dec 18, 2025NASA will soon find out if the Perseverance rover can really persevere on Mars
Site: Ars Technica
Engineers at JPL are certifying the Perseverance rover to drive up to 100 kilometers.
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The DOJ is Committed to Protecting ALL Human Rights
Site: YouTube
Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of Pod Force One: https://www.youtube.com/@PodForce1Watch full clips of Pod Force One with Miranda D...
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It’s Okay to Criticize Trump | National Review Added: Dec 18, 2025
It’s Okay to Criticize Trump | National Review
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Wooden structure was built 300,000 years before Homo sapiens - Earth.com Added: Dec 18, 2025
Wooden structure discovered that predates Homo sapiens by 300,000 years
Site: Earth.com
A 476,000-year-old wooden structure uncovered in Zambia predates Homo sapiens by centuries, showcasing ancient construction skills.
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Bodyboarders capture incredible footage of rare ocean phenomenon
Added: Dec 18, 2025Caught on video: 'The wave that shouldn't exist'
Site: New Atlas
A team of Australian bodyboarding ratbags has managed to capture staggering footage of an extraordinary oceanic phenomenon: a place where four 12-ft (3.7-m) waves regularly converge into an oval dip, with explosive results.
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Mosquitoes track human scent like GPS, which is how they choose bite victims
Site: Earth.com
Malaria mosquitoes track humans by scent, not random flight, revealing why some people are bitten more at night.
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The Kennedy Center will become the Trump-Kennedy Center: Leavitt
Site: Axios
Leavitt said the the board unanimously voted to rename the performing arts venue.
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Brighter from Afar: 3I/ATLAS vs 24P/Schaumasse
Site: Medium
Two-comet comparison — December 18, 2025
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Pigeons sense Earth’s magnetic field in an unexpected way
Site: Earth.com
Pigeons may sense Earth’s magnetic field using their inner ear, sending signals to brain areas that help with navigation and memory.
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Scoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after yearslong saga
Site: Axios
The deal would end a yearslong saga to force TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the company's U.S. operation.
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‘Execution was abysmal’: Trump economy speech doesn’t meet GOP hopes - POLITICO Added: Dec 18, 2025
‘Execution was abysmal’: Trump economy speech doesn’t meet GOP hopes
Site: POLITICO
In private, some Republicans worry after Trump’s primetime economy speech that changing voter perceptions may be a slog.
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Amid strident disagreement, Los Gatos votes to move forward with Pride Flag plan | Los Gatan | Los Gatos, California
Added: Dec 18, 2025Amid strident disagreement, Los Gatos votes to move forward with Pride Flag plan | Los Gatan | Los Gatos, California
Site: Los Gatan | Los Gatos, California
The Town of Los Gatos takes its first step towards possibly flying a rainbow flag above municipal buildings.
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Activists Want To Control Your Kitchen: Banning Gas Stoves!
Site: YouTube
Except from a question and answer session between Michelle Stirling & Donna Laframboise, journalist and former Vice President of the Canadian Civil Liberties...
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Marijuana LEGALIZATION IS COMING, Trump Orders Weed To Schedule 3 In HUGE Move | Timcast IRL
Site: YouTube
MyPillow.com/Tim OR mypillow.com Promocode Tim for up to 80% OFF And FREE SHIPPINGYou’re 30 seconds away from being debt free with PDS Debt. Get your free as...
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Iran’s Hormuz coast turns blood-red overnight. Here’s the science behind it - India Today Added: Dec 18, 2025
Iran’s Hormuz coast turns blood-red overnight. Here’s the science behind it
Site: India Today
Located in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, this small island is already famous for its dramatic landscape and kaleidoscopic geology.
The shores of Iran’s Hormuz Island have once again stunned the world with an otherworldly transformation.Following recent heavy rainfall, the island’s beaches and coastal waters have taken on a striking blood-red hue, a natural yet eerie spectacle that appears almost extraterrestrial.Located in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, this small island is already famous for its dramatic landscape and kaleidoscopic geology. But when rainwater flows through Hormuz’s iron-rich hills and soil, the results are nothing short of mesmerising.Scientists say the phenomenon is caused by the high concentration of iron oxide, particularly hematite, embedded in the island’s rocks. As rain dissolves and mobilises these minerals, the runoff stains the sand and shallow seawater shades of crimson and rust.Hematite, a naturally occurring mineral form of iron oxide (FeO), is also responsible for the reddish colours seen on Mars, which explains why Hormuz is sometimes dubbed “the rainbow island of the Persian Gulf.” When exposed to moisture, hematite-rich soils oxidise more rapidly, intensifying their colour.During and after rainfall, these fine mineral particles are carried down to the coast through erosion channels and surface runoff, transforming the beaches into a vast red palette.Local residents and tourists frequently document this natural event, which has become both a scientific curiosity and a draw for photographers and geologists. Environmental experts, however, note that while harmless to humans, sustained erosion of surface sediments could gradually alter the island’s topography. The red colouration is entirely natural and temporary.Hormuz Island sits atop layers of ancient salt domes and volcanic deposits, a geological mosaic rich in minerals such as ochre, gypsum, and iron ore. Its iron oxide deposits have long been mined by locals for use in traditional pigments, giving the island both economic and cultural importance.Though fleeting, the blood-red glow of Hormuz shows how geology, climate, and chemistry can converge to paint nature in extraordinary hues, turning a post-storm landscape into a living canvas of planetary science.- EndsPublished By: Sibu Kumar TripathiPublished On: Dec 17, 2025
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Trump says car prices, inflation falling fast in prime-time speech | Fox News Added: Dec 18, 2025
Trump says car prices, inflation falling fast in prime-time speech | Fox News
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This free mind-mapping tool is so good I stopped sketching on paper
Added: Dec 18, 2025This free mind-mapping tool is so good I stopped sketching on paper
Site: MUO
I finally found the mind-mapping tool that beats my old paper sketches.
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President Trump's Address Was Curiously Pointless | National Review
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Music Improvisation Rewires the Brain in Real Time - Neuroscience News
Added: Dec 18, 2025Music Improvisation Rewires the Brain in Real Time - Neuroscience News
Site: Neuroscience News
Creativity is notoriously difficult to study as it unfolds, but musical improvisation offers a rare chance to watch spontaneous idea-generation in action.
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The true scientific reason why your favourite song gives you chills
Site: Far Out Magazine
We all have that one song that sends a shiver down our spine, and here we look to science to tell us why that's the case.
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Truth Social Stock Explodes as It Merges With Nuclear Fusion Company
Added: Dec 18, 2025Truth Social Stock Explodes as It Merges With Nuclear Fusion Company
Site: Futurism
Trump's Truth Social company announced this week that it's merging with the fusion power company TAE, formerly called Tri Alpha Energy.
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When You Hear What Happens When They Put Lab Mice in Nature, You Might Rethink Your Entire Life
Added: Dec 18, 2025
When You Hear What Happens When They Put Lab Mice in Nature, You Might Rethink Your Entire Life
Site: Futurism
Researchers found that lab mice that were released into a large, enclosed field were almost immediately less anxious.
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Language Is Always Changing: Embrace the Latest Lingo of the Young | National Review
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3I/ATLAS Showing Strange Protrusion as It Approaches Earth
Added: Dec 18, 2025
3I/ATLAS Still Showing Strange Protrusion as It Approaches Earth
Site: Futurism
Over a month after its perihelion, or closest pass of the Sun, observations still clearly show 3I/ATLAS' "anti-tail."
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Building Mars Cities with Ice? Here’s How Scientists Plan to Do It!
Added: Dec 18, 2025Building Mars Cities with Ice? Here’s How Scientists Plan to Do It!
Site: The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel
The idea of cities on Mars sounds like science fiction, but could ice be the secret ingredient to making it a reality?
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(1) Elon Musk on X: "The takers like Bernie will eventually follow the makers, but they’re cowards too and lack any sense of adventure, so they will wait until it is safe" / X Added: Dec 18, 2025
Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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ENSURING AMERICAN SPACE SUPERIORITY – The White House
Added: Dec 18, 2025ENSURING AMERICAN SPACE SUPERIORITY
Site: The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
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I've used Linux for decades, but I'd switch to FreeBSD for this one feature | ZDNET
Added: Dec 18, 2025I've used Linux for decades, but I'd switch to FreeBSD for this one feature
Site: ZDNET
FreeBSD isn't Linux, but if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was.
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Victor Davis Hanson: 'The West is Slouching Toward Open Season on Jews. It's Just Sick'
Site: YouTube
In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Sami Winc dissect Australia's reaction to the Hanukkah massacre and how t...
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Victor Davis Hanson: 'You Don't Criticize People in Oedipean Fashion That Are Killed by Their Sons'
Site: YouTube
Every time a tragic shooting happens, the Left “always says we need new gun control.” That kind of reaction, however, is a “moral out” to avoid addressing th...
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Conductor: Introducing context-driven development for Gemini CLI - Google Developers Blog Added: Dec 18, 2025
Conductor: Introducing context-driven development for Gemini CLI
Conductor for Gemini CLI enables context-driven development. Formalize specs and plans in Markdown to control AI agents & keep code consistent.
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**Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president **
Site: POLITICO
Vance was an ally of Turning Point USA before the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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4 ways to track 3I/ATLAS without a telescope as it makes its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19 | Space Added: Dec 18, 2025
4 ways to track 3I/ATLAS without a telescope as it makes its closest approach to Earth tonight
Site: Space
Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is travelling away from the sun on its way back to interstellar space.
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milford sound - Google Search Added: Dec 18, 2025
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New to YouTube Music? Make these changes for a better listening experience
Added: Dec 18, 2025
Every YouTube Music subscriber should change these settings now
Site: How-To Geek
Improve your music experience with these quick changes.
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"It's a disgrace": Enraged Democrats vow to fight "Trump-Kennedy Center" renaming
Site: Axios
"If he defaces the place with his name, we will spackle it over," said one Democratic board member.
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Android 16 QPR3 introduces over 160 new emoji Added: Dec 18, 2025
Android 16 QPR3 introduces over 160 new emoji: Here’s every single one of them
Site: Android Authority
Google is introducing over 160 new emoji in the Android 16 QPR3 update next March. Here's all the new emoji coming to your Pixel phone!
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Mamdani’s new appointments chief resigns over anti-Jewish posts
Site: POLITICO
The mayor-elect's director of appointments is out after just a day on the job.
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The Internet Wants You to Be Cruel to Erika Kirk - WSJ Added: Dec 18, 2025
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The inside story of SpaceX’s historic rocket landing that changed launch forever - Ars Technica
Added: Dec 18, 2025
The inside story of SpaceX’s historic rocket landing that changed launch forever
Site: Ars Technica
It's hard to describe how epic this comeback was after our first Falcon 9 launch failure."
