Article Published by: nasa.gov NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) successfully launched from California at 9:02 a.m. EDT Saturday, embarking on its mission to measure the ice of Earth’s frozen reaches with unprecedented accuracy. ICESat-2 lifted off from Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force...
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Article Published by: fieldandstream.com Eight ways to pull waterfowl closer to the gun There is no surer way to bag more ducks and geese than to get them closer to your gun. Sure, you might reach out and drop the occasional bird at 55 yards, but 25...
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Article Published by: economist.com Tech platforms are not neutral. Turning them into censors does not solve that problem. Google marked its 20th birthday this week. It celebrated in fitting style—being lambasted by politicians in Washington. Its failure to send a senior executive to a congressional hearing, over...
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Article Published by: thestreet.com A Roth IRA can add to your retirement income in a tax-advantaged way. A Roth IRA is a unique retirement savings vehicle that has the stamp of approval from Uncle Sam, offering retirement withdrawals tax-free -- after paying taxable contributions into your Roth...
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Article Published by: nasa A team of scientists, led by Shuai Li of the University of Hawaii and Brown University and including Richard Elphic from NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, used data from NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument to identify three specific...
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Article Published by: espn.com Former Philadelphia Phillies star Ryan Howard announced his retirement from baseball in a letter posted Tuesday on The Players' Tribune website. Howard, 38, has not played in the majors since 2016 and has been a free agent since November. The former National League...
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Article Published by: forbes.com Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, died without a will. Papers have already been filed in court by Franklin’s four sons and niece. That means there will be public proceedings. There could be court battles too, depending on who claims what. Unexpected...
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Article Published by: fieldandstream.com Switch up your regular duck hunting routine and head down the river in a small boat Small rivers can offer great early-season duck hunting without the hassle of a 3 a.m. wake-up call and elbow-to-elbow crowds. They’re not without their challenges, but they...
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Article Published by: mmajunkie.com UFC President Dana White claims the price tag for his fight promotion is nearly double what it sold for roughly two years ago. Endeavor purchased the UFC for $4.025 billion in August 2016. There were many perceived uncertainties in the wake of the...
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Article Published by: nasa.gov Just two days after launch on Aug. 11, 2018, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe achieved several planned milestones toward full commissioning and operations, announced mission controllers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, or APL,...
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