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These “Living Rocks” Are Living It Up

You might think you’re looking at a bunch of mossy rocks, but you’re actually gazing at some of the world’s oldest living creatures—and they’re doing great.
Communities of microbes gobble up dissolved minerals in water and turn them into these solid, rock-like structures called microbialites. Researchers have found fossilized microbialites that are around 3.7 to 3.5 billion years old, which might represent the oldest organisms found on Earth.
Around a billion years after that, microbialites may have transformed our planet forever—researchers think tha

You may have seen headlines or social media posts talking about a weakening of Earth’s magnetic field, specifically over the South Atlantic.
It sounds dramatic, and a little scary. Is Earth losing its protective shield? Are we in danger? What exactly does this mean for people on the ground?
To get the facts straight, we spoke with Manoj Nair, a senior research scientist at CIRES at the University of Colorado and an affiliate at NOAA, who studies Earth’s magnetic field for a living.
His takeaway is reassuring: this is fascinating science and important for satellites, but not something the av

MLK Day and Juneteenth dropped as free park days. Trump's birthday added.

In 2026, Americans will get free admission to national parks on President Donald Trump's birthday but no longer on Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the National Park Service website.
Previously, the National Park Service included these two federal holidays among its free-entry days for around 100 park sites.
National parks ordered to check gift shops for DEI-type items
Federally recognized in 2021 under the Biden Administration, Juneteenth has been celebrated for more than a century and a hal

Numerous stories have been written about the growing swarm of Starlink satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) over the past few years, as astronomers grow increasingly worried about the crafts’ impact on their observation equipment. Launched by Elon Musk’s ******* eX, each satellite has the potential to disrupt astronomy through both radio emissions and light pollution — and as the number of satellites grows, so too does the amount of interference.
Now, a new study by researchers at NASA is warning that obstructions caused by ******* eX and other private satellite companies are becoming so sever

Week 14 in the NFL continues on Sunday, and the NFL DFS player pool is loaded with plenty of intriguing options as there are 11 games on the main slate, which consists of all the afternoon games. The most expensive players to use for NFL DFS lineups are Jonathan Taylor, De'Von Achane, Bijan Robinson, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Puka Nacua and Ja'Marr Chase.
Are those NFL DFS picks worth paying up for, and which daily Fantasy football sleepers should you consider? Before setting any NFL DFS lineups on sites like FanDuel or DraftKings, be sure to check out the NFL DFS advice, strategy, and stacks from

Pelicans eye the sky as rocket takes wing in Photo of the Week

It could've been just another shot of a rocket rising, something Malcolm Denemark, FLORIDA TODAY senior photographer, has been behind the camera for again and again in a record-breaking year for launches in Brevard.
The bird, however, is the word in this Photo of the Week, which pictures pelicans viewing the Dec. 2 launch of a ***** eX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a load of Starlink satellites.
Turned out the birds' choice of a landing spot, at just the right time, gave Denemark a shot that took wing.
"It would have been a routin

Delta CEO calls United's premium investments 'smart' - The Points Guy

Executives at American Airlines and Delta Air Lines see more premium opportunities 2026.
Both carriers expect the strong demand for premium air travel — think everything from premium economy seats up to the new Flagship Suites on American's new Boeing 787-9P planes, where the "P" stands for "premium" — to continue into next year.
"We're going to have a great year being the top end of the premium stack in travel," said Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta, at a Morgan Stanley investor conference Wednesday.
Speaking later that same

The ***** e around Earth is aswarm with satellites. Recently, the dangers of overcrowding the area lower than 1,200 miles overhead—so-called low Earth orbit (LEO)—have emerged. For example, collisions threaten to destroy valuable tech and sometimes rain ***** e junk down on our planet.
Scientists have started sounding another alarm regarding the throng of satellites that encircles us: They’re now messing up astronomical images taken by ground and by ***** e telescopes designed to image the deep cosmos.
According to NASA researchers, if humanity continues to launch orbital satellites into low

If you're hoping to use NFL betting trends to help influence your Week 14 NFL predictions, you won't get much ****** istance. Favorites have covered in 51% of games, with underdogs winning versus the spread 49% of the time. What's essentially a flip of the coin doesn't offer any NFL betting advice for a slate of games with slim lines, as no team is favored by more than 8.5 points. There are five games with a spread of a field goal or less, per the Week 14 NFL odds, including Colts vs. Jaguars (+1.5), Dolphins vs. Jets (+3) and Vikings vs. Commanders (+1.5).
The Commanders vs. Vikings contest

NASA warns satellite boom could ruin 96% of telescope images

A new NASA-led study shows that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from some orbiting telescopes and **** e observatories.
“The urgency starts in the moment we’re seeing a very rapid increase in the number of satellite constellations, in particular, not the satellites that have been launched, but in the satellites that are being proposed,” Dr. Alejandro Serrano Borlaff, research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center and co-author of the study, told ABC News. “Before these satell

Imagine traveling back in time to tell someone who was preparing to bet on Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season that neither Shane Steichen or Jonathan Taylor were runaway favorites to win Coach of the Year or Offensive Player of the Year. Taylor got to around -2000 at one point but has fallen back and I actually think Jahmyr Gibbs, on the heels of his three-touchdown performance against the Cowboys on Thursday night, is a pretty good look at 10-1 to take that hardware. The Colts can surge back to the forefront with a strong stretch run, especially with two games with the Jaguars on tap, including t

If you're hoping to use NFL betting trends to help influence your Week 14 NFL predictions, you won't get much ******* istance. Favorites have covered in 51% of games, with underdogs winning versus the spread 49% of the time. What's essentially a flip of the coin doesn't offer any NFL betting advice for a slate of games with slim lines, as no team is favored by more than 8.5 points. There are five games with a spread of a field goal or less, per the Week 14 NFL odds, including Colts vs. Jaguars (+1.5), Dolphins vs. Jets (+3) and Vikings vs. Commanders (+2).
The Commanders vs. Vikings contest h

After struggling with Week 12 spread picks, I went 4-1 in Week 13 thanks to underdogs pulling off upsets on Thanksgiving and Black Friday while heavy favorites took care of business on Sunday. Week 14 of the 2025 NFL season brings 14 games with it, as the San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots are on a bye.
Here's a look at our favorite NFL spread picks for Week 14.
Both these teams have dealt with poor quarterback play this season, although the Vikings have been substantially worse even when J.J. McCarthy is at the helm. Marcus Mariota has filled in

In a joint venture with ***** eX, NASA has launched a new, very expensive satellite to help combat rising global temperatures.
According to ***** eflight Now, ***** eX launched the second of two joint NASA-European environmental research satellites in mid-November.
The new satellite, Sentinel-6B, was part of a billion-dollar project to measure long-term changes in sea level around the globe. It's equipped with cloud-penetrating radar, designed to measure sea level changes by tracking how long it takes for beams shot at the surface of the ocean to return.
"Sentinel-6B will contribute to a mu

US retail sales on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, climbed 4.1% compared with last year, according to data released Saturday by Mastercard SpendingPulse. Online shoppers alone spent $11.8 billion, up 9.1% from 2024, according to data collection platform Adobe **** ytics.
But those gains don’t account for higher prices due to inflation, so actual spending could be flat.
“We have 3% inflation, so maybe (the 4.1% increase in spending) is a real increase of just 1% or so, which is not that much of an increase,” Rick Newman, who writes The Pinpoint Press, a newsletter on the U

Bitcoin is trading at $90,733.75 today, down 0.85% in the past 24 hours, with a massive $53.3 billion in trading volume. As the world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin maintains a market cap above $1.81 trillion, supported by a circulating supply of 19.95 million BTC.
With only about one million coins left before the hard cap, every macro dip invites one recurring question: is this the final bottom before the next push toward $100,000?
Bitcoin’s weekly chart shows the market attempting to stabilize after a three-week decline. Price has bounced from the $91,651 Fibonacci 0.236 level, producin

2025 NFL Week 13 odds, betting: Full list of Week 13 spreads
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The 2025-26 NFL regular season is heading into the stretch run, and Week 12 saw plenty of favorites win, but not cover — with the Monday Night Football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Carolina Panthers still to be played.
It's never too early to look ahead to next week, though, and sportsbooks have already posted lines for every matchup.
Here are the odds for every Week 13 NFL game at BetMGM:
Thursday
Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions (-3, 49)

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Bucs vs. Rams: Matthew Stafford and L.A. show who's boss in NFC in 34-7 blowout of Tampa, who lost Baker Mayfield to injury
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This season, reliable Super Bowl favorites have been hard to come by. Every good team has flaws that have cost them games. We saw that play out again Sunday.
The Los Angeles Rams might be the exception.
The Rams’ case as the best team in the NFL was strengthened Sunday night. They improved to 9-2 after an easy win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Rams were ahead 21-0 early in the second quarter against a Tampa Bay team that is still likely to win the

A number of games with playoff implications highlight the 14-game NFL Week 12 schedule. Among them is an NFC North battle between the Minnesota Vikings (4-6) and Green Bay Packers (6-3-1) at Lambeau Field. Minnesota won both matchups a year ago against the Packers. The Packers are 6.5-point favorites, but are just 3-7 against the spread, while Minnesota is 4-6 ATS. Another huge matchup has the AFC-leading Indianapolis Colts (8-2) traveling to Kansas City to face the 5-5 Chiefs, who have lost two in a row. Neither Indy nor Kansas City have picked up a spread victory over their last two games, a

There's a bit of symmetry with the Week 12 NFL odds as three games have a spread of a field goal or less, while three contests also have a double-digit NFL line. Amongst the former are Steelers vs. Bears (-3), with Aaron Rodgers' (wrist) availability in question, and Jaguars vs. Cardinals (+3), while double-digit favorites to place Week 12 NFL bets on are Seattle (-13) versus Tennessee and Detroit (-10.5) versus the Giants. However, it's a team that isn't even over .500 which is the biggest favorite on the Week 12 NFL schedule.
Baltimore has won four straight to get back into the playoff pict

There's a bit of symmetry with the Week 12 NFL odds as three games have a spread of a field goal or less, while three contests also have a double-digit NFL line. Amongst the former are Steelers vs. Bears (-2.5), with Aaron Rodgers (wrist) availability in questions, and Jaguars vs. Cardinals (+2.5), while double-digit favorites to place Week 12 NFL bets on are Seattle (-13.5) versus Tennessee and Detroit (-10.5) versus the Giants. However, it's a team that isn't even over .500 which is the biggest favorite on the Week 12 NFL schedule.
Baltimore has won four straight to get back into the playof

There's a bit of symmetry with the Week 12 NFL odds as three games have a spread of a field goal or less, while three contests also have a double-digit NFL line. Amongst the former are Steelers vs. Bears (-2.5), with Aaron Rodgers (wrist) availability in questions, and Jaguars vs. Cardinals (+2.5), while double-digit favorites to place Week 12 NFL bets on are Seattle (-13.5) versus Tennessee and Detroit (-10.5) versus the Giants. However, it's a team that isn't even over .500 which is the biggest favorite on the Week 12 NFL schedule.
Baltimore has won four straight to get back into the playof

Bitcoin's recent price decline has revealed a sharp split in trading, with US sessions driving sell-offs while Asian traders steadily buy the dip. Data shows American sessions have become the weakest period for Bitcoin prices.
This divergence highlights contrasting risk appetites and sparks debate about whether Bitcoin is experiencing a healthy correction or facing deeper structural issues.
This week's price activity reflects a clear trend: US trading hours show persistent losses, with European sessions experiencing smaller declines. In contrast, Asian-Pacific markets remain comparatively st

A new fleet of US spy satellites might be in huge trouble thanks to Elon Musk’s ******* eX, at least according to one engineer.
Scott Tilley, a satellite researcher based out of British Colombia, uncovered evidence that some 171 ******* eX-built Starshield satellites have been broadcasting signals in the wrong direction, according to Ars Technica. The satellites were operated as part of the US government’s National Reconnaissance Office surveillance program, which is meant to expand the country’s ability to spy over other nations.
According to Ars, Tilley discovered the ******* eX satellites

An Oregon volcano is about to power homes — and maybe change clean energy forever

On the slopes of an Oregon volcano, engineers are building the hottest geothermal power plant on Earth.
The plant will tap into the infernal energy of Newberry Volcano, “one of the largest and most hazardous active volcanoes in the United States,” according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It has already reached temperatures of 629 degrees Fahrenheit, making it one of the hottest geothermal sites in the world, and next year it will start selling electricity to nearby homes and businesses.
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Four years after discovering a 1,200-year-old dugout canoe in Lake Mendota, archaeologists with the Wisconsin Historical Society and regional First Nations continue to uncover new details from one of the most significant underwater archaeological sites in the Great Lakes.
Since retrieving the first canoe in 2021 and a second—estimated at 3,000 years old—in 2022, researchers have identified 14 additional ancient canoes still submerged in the lakebed. Six of those were found in the spring of 2025. As preservation work on the two recovered vessels nears completion, investigators are developing n

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A new long-term study has revealed that emperor penguins — iconic symbols of the icy wilderness — are being forced to abandon their breeding sites as Antarctica warms.
According to China Daily, researchers at Sun Yat-sen University tracked penguin colonies remotely for 11 years, finding that these birds move roughly 73 meters (240 feet) for every 1 degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) increase in temperature. The study's lead author, Lin Hong, used satellite imagery to monitor "guano stains," or droppings left on sea ice, which serve as visible evidence of colony locations.
The data showed an ala

A Cloudflare outage disrupted major websites, including X and ChatGPT, for several hours on Tuesday.
Cloudflare apologized, with CTO Dane Knecht saying it had "failed" its customers.
The company said there was no evidence it was due to an attack or a malicious actor.
Parts of the internet went down again on Tuesday.
A network issue at web security business Cloudflare disrupted internet services and took down sites such as ChatGPT and X for many users for around three hours on Tuesday morning.

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Wall Street is loading up on a few of the major cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana are currently the favorites.
The reasons for buying those ******* ets differ substantially.
10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin ›
Wall Street used to roll its eyes at crypto. That changed when regulators approved spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), giving institutions a familiar wrapper for a very unfamiliar ******* et and unlocking tens of billions of dollars of demand.

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