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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Sherpa guide Kami Rita climbs Mount Everest for his record 30th time, his second one this month

    Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, completing his second climb this month to the top of the world. Rita reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit at 7:49 a.m., according to Khim Lal Gautam, a government official at the base camp. “He is in good health and happy to have achieved this record,” said Mingma Sherpa of the expedition Seven Summits Treks, which organized the expedition.

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  • ScienceFuturism

    Scientists Attempt to Explain Why Hundreds of Stars Disappeared From Night Sky

    Stars shouldn't just disappear from the night sky without a trace. They should either fluctuate in brightness, or if massive enough, explode spectacularly. And yet, astronomers have documented at least a hundred cases of stars vanishing in an instant — and without warning — over the past 70 years. In some cases, stupefied sky watchers […]

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  • ScienceSpace

    AI finds hidden galactic evolution clues in over 100 galaxies. Here's how

    Scientists enlisted AI to help peruse a massive dataset in search of neutral carbon absorbers in galaxies, which can reveal lots about galaxy evolution.

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  • WorldReuters

    Norway to block entry for most Russian tourists, Moscow says it will respond

    OSLO (Reuters) -Norway will further curb access for Russian tourist travellers due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, blocking almost all entry from May 29, the Nordic country's justice ministry said on Thursday. Russia called the decision "purely discriminatory" and said it would respond. Norway, a NATO member that shares a border with Russia in the Arctic measuring almost 200 km (124 miles), first imposed restrictions on Russian tourist visas in 2022, shortly after Russia began a full-scale inva

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  • ScienceSpace

    Euclid 'dark universe' telescope team will unveil new full-color images today (May 23): How to watch live

    With the Euclid space telescope set to deliver a new batch of images on Thursday (May 23), we're looking back at the dark universe detective's achievements thus far.

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  • BusinessMarketWatch

    ‘Is he trying to bamboozle me?’ My husband wants a divorce after 20 years. He offered his $275,000 401(k) in exchange for our $250,000 house.

    “I used my 401(k) for life expenses because doctors found a parasite behind my husband’s eye.”

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  • WorldReuters

    Iran's Armed Forces downplay role of Turkish drone in finding President's crash site

    The General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces on Wednesday downplayed the role played by a Turkish drone in finding the crash site of President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter, highlighting instead the performance of its own drones. Early on Monday, Turkey's Anadolu Agency reported that a Turkish Akinci drone had identified "a source of heat suspected to be wreckage of the helicopter carrying President Raisi" and shared its coordinates with Iranian authorities. "Despite Turkey sending a drone equipped w

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