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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

Marshalsea Prison Wall in London, England

Despite London’s polished modern façade, the city retains innumerable streets and places with a distinctly Dickensian character. Few locations capture the Dickensian spirit more than the remnants of Marshalsea—the debtor’s prison where Charles Dickens’ own father was incarcerated, an experience that profoundly shaped the life of the young author-to-be. In the tranquility of St George’s Churchyard, few would imagine that the brick wall that bordering the south gardens was once part of one of the worst prisons in the……

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Billiken-san in Osaka, Japan

No visitor to Osaka is safe from the image of Billiken-san, the “god of things as they ought to be,” which has long been a beloved mascot of the city. Though seemingly part of the pantheon of Japanese good-luck deities, Billiken-san originates in Kansas City, Missouri, created by illustrator Florence Pretz. More or less a product of capitalism, the original Billiken was a charm doll believed to bring luck to the purchaser, a huge success if not a long-lasting……

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How Many Other Oceans Exist in Our...

Think of the last time you had your feet in the ocean. While you were there, did you ever imagine what an ocean on another world might be like? Would it be a different color, a different temperature? Would the waves be taller or the water populated with strange alien creatures? What sort of sky might that sit under? Whatever you were picturing, I’m willing to bet it was on a planet orbiting around a far-flung star. But it……

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Stock market today: Back down goes Wall...

NEW YORK (AP) — Back down goes Wall Street, and its former superstars are once again leading the way on Tuesday. The S&P 500 is down 1.3% in midday trading. It’s the latest swerve in a scary ride where it tumbled by 10% from its record and then rallied for two straight days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 325 points, or 0.8%., as of 11 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 2.1% lower. Tesla was…

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Dear Atlas: What Parts of Route 66...

Dear Atlas is Atlas Obscura’s travel advice column, answering the questions you won’t find in traditional guidebooks. Have a question for our experts? Submit it here. * * * Dear Atlas, Route 66! The completist in me wants to do every inch of it, but the realist in me knows that I can’t afford a vacation of that length. If I want to get the Route 66 feel without doing the whole thing, what parts are not to be……

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Hotels Are Losing Millions in Group Sales....

There’s a curious paradox in the hotel industry. Hotels have mastered the art of making it effortless for a guest to book a single room for one night. Yet the moment a group enters the equation, be it a corporate team booking, a sports club, or an event needing rooms and meeting space, the entire The post Hotels Are Losing Millions in Group Sales. Here’s Why (And How to Fix It) appeared first on Revfine.com….

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The Latest: Trump’s deportation orders under scrutiny...

Over the weekend, the Trump administration transferred more than 200 immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order to bar the deportations temporarily. On Saturday night, District Judge James E. Boasberg ordered the administration not to deport anyone in its custody over the newly invoked Alien Enemies Act, an 18th-century declaration that has only been used three times in U.S. history, all during periods of war. Trump issued a proclamation that the 1798 law was…

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Women’s indoor track and field wins first...

The MIT women’s track and field team won its first NCAA Division III National Championship in program history on Saturday, March 15, at the 2025 NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships, hosted by Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. The Engineers, who entered the meet as the top-ranked team in the nation, scored the most points ever scored by an MIT women’s team at a national indoor meet. They finished with 49 points, which earned them a first……

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Make Nowruz Magic With Samanu

This article is adapted from the March 15, 2025 edition of Gastro Obscura’s Favorite Things newsletter. You can sign up here. My boyfriend, Peyam, grew up celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year. We’re currently planning the menu for our second annual Nowruz party, and, as with many holidays, certain things just have to be on the table. Peyam insists that it’s not Nowruz without kuku sabzi, a frittata-like baked dish of herbs and eggs, and sabzi polo mahi, herbed……

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Three economists with MIT ties win BBVA...

Olivier Blanchard PhD ’77, the Robert M. Solow Professor of Economics Emeritus, has been named a winner of the 2025 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Economics, Finance and Management for “profoundly influencing modern macroeconomic analysis by establishing rigorous foundations for the study of business cycle fluctuations,” as described in the BBVA Foundation’s award citation. Blanchard, who is also senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, shares the award with MIT alumni Jordi Galí PhD ’89……

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16 Examples of Robots Being Used in...

Robots within the hospitality industry are becoming more commonplace, with uses ranging from artificially intelligent chatbots designed to assist with the customer service process to robot assistants deployed to improve guests’ experience in a hotel. In this article, you will find more information about the uses of robots within hospitality, complete with eight specific examples The post 16 Examples of Robots Being Used in the Hospitality Industry appeared first on Revfine.com….

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The Color of St. Patrick's Day Wasn't...

This story was originally published on The Conversation. It appears here under a Creative Commons license. St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color green: green clothes, green shamrocks, green beer, and green rivers. So my students are often surprised when I tell them that St. Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day when you’d be far more likely to see the color blue. In fact, there’s even a……

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Löwen scores on 25-yard free kick, St....

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eduard Löwen opened the scoring with a goal in the 15th minute on Saturday night and St. Louis City beat the Seattle Sounders 1-0. Löwen scored on a set piece, blasting a free kick from 25 yards that slipped inside the post to give St. Louis (2-0-2) a 1-0 lead. Ben Lundt made his first start of the season for St. Louis, finished with a save and recorded his first career shutout in MLS. The…

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Sports on TV for Sunday, March 16

(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, March 16 3X3 BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 7:30 p.m. TNT — Unrivaled Basketball League: Laces vs. Rose, Semifinal, Medley, Fla. TRUTV — Unrivaled Basketball League: Laces vs. Rose, Semifinal, Medley, Fla. (DataCast) 8:45 p.m. TNT — Unrivaled Basketball League: Vinyl vs. Lunar Owls, Semifinal, Medley, Fla. TRUTV — Unrivaled Basketball League: Vinyl vs. Lunar Owls, Semifinal, Medley, Fla. (DataCast) AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE 4 p.m. NHLN — Hershey at Chicago AUTO RACING…

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Make room Starbucks and McDonald’s. China’s Mixue...

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese food and beverage brands are gaining ground across Southeast Asia, offering alternatives to big name American chains and expanding Beijing’s commercial and cultural influence in neighboring economies. The Chinese beverage giant Mixue Group has become the world’s largest F&B chain by number of outlets, overtaking Starbucks and McDonald’s. The company, whose brand name Mixue Bingcheng means “Honey Snow Ice City,” in Chinese, is capitalizing on the region-wide sweet tooth with affordable offerings of ice…

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