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Here’s How Disney+’s Cheaper Ad-Supported Tier Will Work

Ivan Marc/Shutterstock.com Disney revealed a few months ago that it was working on a cheaper Disney+ plan that would be supported with advertisements, expanding options for one of the best streaming services. Now we have more details about how it...

How to Fix “Wi-Fi Doesn’t Have a Valid IP Configuration” on Windows

Wi-Fi is a wonderful thing when it works correctly. You can probably carry a device around and still get high-speed access to the internet. But when it misbehaves, fixing Wi-Fi configuration errors on Windows can be a pain. Here...

Supreme Court sides with Ted Cruz, strikes campaign finance rule

Washington The Supreme Court’s conservative majority sided Monday with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and struck down a provision of federal campaign finance law, a ruling that a dissenting justice said runs the risk of causing “further disrepute” to...

The ‘twin paradox’ shows us what it really means for time to be relative

Home News Science & Astronomy How do we make sense of a world in which time is relative? (Image credit: Billy Currie Photography via Getty Images) Einstein's theory of special relativity teaches us that time is relative. But what does it mean for time...

Solar flares: What are they and how do they affect Earth?

Home References Science & Astronomy Solar flares release huge amounts of energy. (Image credit: cokada via Getty Images) Solar flares are large explosions from the surface of the sun that emit intense bursts of electromagnetic radiation. The intensity of the explosion determines what classification...

On This Day In Space: May 17, 1974: NASA launches 1st Synchronous Meteorological satellite

Home News Spaceflight On May 17, 1974, NASA launched the first Synchronous Meteorological Satellite, SMS-1. This was the first satellite designed to monitor meteorological conditions from a geostationary orbit. This kind of orbit allowed it to stay above a fixed location as...

Watch the Humans to Mars Summit 2022: Red Planet travel and international relations take center stage

Home News Spaceflight A big Mars discussion is coming to Washington, D.C. starting Tuesday (May 17). The three-day event, hosted by Explore Mars, features panel discussions and speakers from across the space industry, as well as NASA and international entities. The conference has listed...

Meet the crew of Blue Origin’s NS-21 space tourism launch

Home News Spaceflight The NS-21 group of space tourists flying aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft include six individuals. Top row, left to right: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta and Hamish Harding. Bottom row, left to right: Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson and...

You Should Know How to Scan a QR Code From a Screenshot

Photo: travelwild (Shutterstock) QR codes are used for everything from opening a restaurant menu to making payments: just point your camera at the QR code, and your phone will automatically open the relevant page. But what happens when you get...

New theory promises to reshape how we think about polymer superstructures

Polymer scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced in the journal Nature Communications that they have solved a longstanding mystery surrounding a nanoscale structure, formed by collections of molecules, called a double-gyroid. This shape is one of...

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How Beijing’s Silent War Against America Includes Seizing Control of Africa

Africa's 1.5 billion people are now subject to China's far-reaching influence, which encompasses agriculture, natural resource extraction, and even...
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