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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.

Podcast: Hacienda Nápoles

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit the site where Medellín cartel founder Pablo Escobar built himself a sort of Jurassic Park-meets-Disney World resort with drug money. He called it Hacienda Nápoles. Now it’s overrun by hippos. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along……

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7 Email Marketing Tips for Hotels to...

Communicating with past and potential customers via email has always been simpler, faster, and more cost-effective than most other means of online marketing for businesses across different industries. The beauty of utilizing email marketing is that it generates a significant ROI and builds a strong and consistent relationship between you and your guests. The expected The post 7 Email Marketing Tips for Hotels to Increase Rerturn on Investment (ROI) appeared first on Revfine.com….

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Study urges caution when comparing neural networks...

Neural networks, a type of computing system loosely modeled on the organization of the human brain, form the basis of many artificial intelligence systems for applications such speech recognition, computer vision, and medical image analysis. In the field of neuroscience, researchers often use neural networks to try to model the same kind of tasks that the brain performs, in hopes that the models could suggest new hypotheses regarding how the brain itself performs those tasks. However, a group of……

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Northwestern HS boys soccer team DQ’d from...

Northwestern High School’s boys soccer team from Prince George’s County, Maryland, has been disqualified from competing in this year’s state playoffs after county officials say the Wildcats used an “ineligible” player during the season. Prince George’s County Public Schools’ Office of Athletics received an anonymous email concerning a player on the Wildcats roster, spokesperson Meghan Gebreselassie told WTOP. An investigation followed, where school officials determined that Northwestern fielded an ineligible player during the season and in its regional semifinal…

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Why the 2022 elections might determine the...

Voters need to pay attention to races up and down the ballot — especially to more obscure county-level contests — to protect democracy, panelists said during an Oct. 12 discussion titled “Why the 2022 Elections May Determine the Future of Democracy in the U.S.” While national and congressional races get the most attention, voters may not realize that local and state election officials have the most control over democracy issues, the panelists said. The panel was sponsored by MITvote,……

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El cohete Falcon Heavy de SpaceX vuelve...

(CNN) — El Falcon Heavy de SpaceX, un imponente vehículo de tres puntas que es el cohete operativo más potente del mundo, volvió a surcar los cielos este martes por primera vez desde mediados de 2019. El cohete se lanzó a las 9:41 a.m. ET desde el Centro Espacial Kennedy de la NASA en Florida, transportando satélites al espacio para el ejército estadounidense en una misión secreta apodada USSF-44. El Falcon Heavy debutó en 2018 con mucha fanfarria, ya…

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Did Ancient Humans Use Echolocation?

A hedgehog and her hoglets scurry across the packed-dirt parking lot where University of Huddersfield sound archaeologist Rupert Till and his team have gathered around their van. They chat casually as they check their gear: headlamps operational, mobile phones charged, helmets properly buckled. It’s a crisp fall day in the Ariège Pyrenees of southwestern France, an area renowned for its high concentration of caves containing paintings and engravings from the Neolithic and earlier periods. But Till and his colleagues……

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Podcast: The Thompson Ice House

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we visit the Thompson Ice House in Bristol, Maine. It’s one of the only places in the United States where people gather every winter to take part in the age-old process of harvesting ice from a frozen pond. This Small Town, Big Story episode is produced in partnership with GoUSA TV. Our podcast is an audio guide to……

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When Your Neighbor Turns You In

There’s a knock at the door. Local authorities have received a tip that you’ve broken the moral code—a new set of laws banning your once-accepted lifestyle. You’re being called in for questioning, and it’s unclear when you’ll return home. In an authoritarian state, neighborhood trust is a thing of the past. Citizens are often encouraged to report any perceived wrongdoing in their communities to the government. There are countless examples of this in history—and around the world today. It…

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North Korea warns US of ‘powerful’ response...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Foreign Ministry criticized the United States for expanding joint military exercises with South Korea that it claims are practice for a potential invasion and it warned Tuesday of “more powerful follow-up measures” in response. The statement from the ministry came as the U.S. and South Korea conduct aerial drills involving more than 200 warplanes, including their advanced F35 fighter jets, as they step up their defense posture in the face of North…

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Liang Fu and Patrick Lee receive Larkin...

MIT condensed matter theory professors of physics Liang Fu and Patrick A. Lee received the inaugural Larkin Awards in Theoretical Physics, awarded by the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute at the University of Minnesota. Fu received the 2022 Anatoly Larkin Award for a junior researcher for his work on 3D topological insulators and odd-parity topological superconductors, crystalline topological insulators, and Majorana zero modes, “and for being an intellectual leader of his generation.” Fu is interested in novel topological phases of……

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The Strange Endurance of Consuming Human Blood...

In 1679, a Franciscan apothecary recorded the recipe for a supposedly medicinal jam made not of fruit, sugar, and spice, but solely of human blood. The brother’s notes don’t say how much blood each batch of this macabre jam requires, or how to collect it. However, they are eerily specific about whom one ought to drain: “Persons of warm, moist temperament, such as those of a blotchy, red complexion and rather plump of build.” Fresh blood should be left……

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New this week: Radcliffe gets weird, ‘Causeway’...

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week. MOVIES — Elvis, Elton John and Freddie Mercury have all gotten the biopic treatment. Now, it’s finally Weird Al’s turn. In “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” Daniel Radcliffe plays the parody pro through his life — or, at least, a version of his life. Yankovic, himself, co-wrote and co-produced “Weird,” directed by Eric Appel….

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Today's Creepy Clowns Have Roots in Bawdy...

This story was originally published on The Conversation and appears here under a Creative Commons license. The scary clown has become a horror staple. Featuring Art the Clown as the main villain, Damien Leone’s new film Terrifier 2 is so gruesome that there are reports of viewers vomiting and passing out in the theater. And every Halloween, you’ll see vicious clowns stalking haunted house attractions or trick-or-treaters dressed as Pennywise, the evil clown from Stephen King’s It. It can……

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Podcast: Scary Stories From Real Places

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, our contributors bring listeners stories from spooky locations they’ve visited and which continue to haunt them. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through……

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