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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have watched our planet's seasons from **** e and discovered that spring, summer, winter, and fall are surprisingly out of sync.
Just because two places exist in the same hemisphere, at similar altitudes, or at the same latitude doesn't guarantee they'll experience the same seasonal changes at the same time.
Even regions that are side by side can experience different weather and ecological patterns, sculpting wildly different neighboring habitats.
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A growing acceptance of crypto next year could lead to a surge in price for the world's top digital currency, Bitcoin.
XRP, being much smaller in market cap and with tremendous growth opportunities ahead, could be overdue for a strong rally.
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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) are two of the most popular cryptocurrencies in the world. Bitcoin remains far and away the most valuable, with a market cap of about $1.7 trillion. XRP at around $116 billion is just a small fraction of that, but that's still large enough to make it the fifth-largest cr

Russian Cosmonaut Removed From ******* eX's Crew 12 ISS Mission, And It's Clear Why

A Russian cosmonaut scheduled to fly on the next trip to the International ******* e Station with ******* eX has been removed, apparently for violating U.S. national security regulations. As reported by Russian news outlet The Insider on December 2, Oleg Artemyev from Roscosmos allegedly used his phone to photograph restricted ******* eX documentation, as well as engine designs and other sensitive details during his training visit to the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. That mission, *******

Dopey Don, 79, Dozes Through Dope Discussion

Donald Trump appeared unable to keep his eyes open during an Oval Office presser as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the administration’s rescheduling of marijuana. The 79-year-old president looked glassy-eyed and worn down throughout his executive order signing ceremony on Thursday, with his drowsiness seeming to deepen as Kennedy began to speak. Slumped over in his chair at the Resolute desk, Trump’s face slackened—eyes drooping, the corners of his mouth sagging—as he fought off sleep.

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Key Takeaways
Tom Lee argues Bitcoin is “extremely oversold” and has historically preceded rebounds.
Lee’s Bitcoin predictions have begun to fuel skepticism across the crypto community.
Bitcoin did reach new all-time highs in October 2025, validating Lee’s broader bullish thesis — but the magnitude and timing of his forecasts often prove premature.
Bitcoin (BTC) is “extremely oversold” and historically positioned for a rebound, according to Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee, who made the comments on Thursday.

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A Blue Origin rocket will soon launch carrying an unconventional passenger in a history-making moment made possible by a high-profile former employee of the company’s biggest rival.
Michaela Benthaus, an aerospace and mechatronics engineer at the European ******* e Agency, will be aboard the mission, known as NS-37, and become the first wheelchair user to travel to ******* e. The unprecedented opportunity came together after encounter between Benthaus and Hans Koenigsmann, a former executive at ******* eX — Blue Origin’s chief competitor.
Koenigsmann, like Benthaus, is German, and the two of

Return of immigration raids brings fear to ‘Mexican Capital of the Midwest’

By Heather Schlitz
CHICAGO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Allyson Lopez had been hoping for business to bounce back at her dress shop in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, which specializes in ballgowns for quinceaneras, a coming-of-age ritual in many Latino communities celebrating a girl's 15th birthday. Instead, this week brought the return of the federal immigration raids that have emptied the normally vibrant streets.
The first phase of the Department of Homeland Security deportation campaign, named "Operation Midway

Billionaire who sold two companies to Coca-Cola says he tries to convince people not to become entrepreneurs: ‘Every single day, you can go bankrupt’

Mike Repole, the billionaire entrepreneur who co-founded and sold beverage giants Glaceau and BodyArmor to Coca-Cola for a combined $9.7 billion, has an unexpected message for aspiring business owners: Don’t do it.
In an interview with The School of Hard Knocks, a popular social-media channel known for interviewing wealthy entrepreneurs, Repole shared his contrarian view on entrepreneurship, emphasizing the brutal realities that most success

Trump announces 'Patriot Games' with 2 competitors from every state and territory

America’s 250th birthday is on July 4, 2026, and the White House is planning to go all out to celebrate, promoting new national events, such as the “Patriot Games,” that will anchor the yearlong festivities.
President Trump announced Thursday the launch of Freedom 250, “a national, non-partisan organization leading the Administration’s celebration” to “deliver the most extraordinary commemoration in American history,” according to a news release.
“These landmark events — spanning culture, faith, innovation,

Earlier this week, Norway’s Norges Bank Investment Management backed all five of Metaplanet’s bitcoin-focused capital restructuring proposals ahead of the December 22 Extraordinary General Meeting, including plans for share buybacks, dividends, and new preferred share issuance to raise US$150 million from institutional investors.
This support from one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds highlights growing institutional interest in Metaplanet’s bitcoin accumulation model and its unconventional balance sheet plans.
Next, we’ll examine how Norges Bank’s endorsement and Metaplanet’s pu

This 20-year-old lotto winner refused $1M in cash and chose $1,000/week for life. Now she's getting slammed for it

Would you rather be a millionaire or have safe, reliable passive income for life? That’s the difficult choice that many lucky lottery winners are frequently faced with. While the prospect of a seven-figure payout is tempting, 20-year-old Brenda Aubin-Vega from Quebec, Canada recently decided to take the recurring payment option instead.
Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as little as $100 — and no, you don't have to deal with tenants or fix freezers. Here'

Key Takeaways
Bitcoin volatility may fall further in 2026, according to Bitwise.
The firm said Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana are all expected to reach new all-time highs in the new year.
Short-term risks remain for Bitcoin.
Bitcoin could become less volatile than high-growth U.S. technology stocks, such as Nvidia, by 2026, while both Bitcoin and Ethereum are likely to reach new record highs, according to crypto ***** et manager Bitwise, which cited growing institutional adoption and regulatory clarity.

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Air pollution isn't just bad for human health; it also poses an existential threat to certain fly species.
New research from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology found that elevated ozone levels inhibit mating among flies.
Ozone in the stratosphere helps protect the Earth from dangerous UV radiation. But down here, the gas is a threat to our health, food supply, and biodiversity. The latter is apparent in this recent study, which found that ozone exposure significantly degrades fly pheromones.
When this happens, male and female flies have a hard time recognizing each other, renderi

American Airlines will no longer award miles or status points to basic economy fares

Members of American Airlines' loyalty program will no longer earn miles or other travel rewards when purchasing a basic economy ticket.
People enrolled in the carrier's AAdvantage program previously earned two miles and loyalty points for each dollar they spent on a regular fare. Now they will only earn points if they buy a more expensive ticket.
The new policy, which American Airlines announced on Thursday, is effective as of December 17.
"We routinely evaluate our fare products to remain competitive in

Want to see what **** e really looks like? Scientists just released a stunning new cosmic map

NASA has released a stunning new map of the cosmos, one that the agency says could help scientists solve some of the universe’s longstanding mysteries.
Taken using the agency’s SPHEREx **** e telescope, the first all-sky map simulates the instrument’s three-dimensional view of the sky, including the burnt red cosmic dust, electric blue hydrogen gas and white, blue and green stars.
The panoramic view captures these and dozens of other colors using the telescope’s ability to see infrared wavelength

Fresh US economic data is sending a clear but nuanced signal to markets. Inflation pressures are easing, but consumers remain under strain.
For Bitcoin and the broader crypto market, that mix points to improving macro conditions, tempered by near-term volatility.
US consumer sentiment edged up to 52.9 in December, slightly higher than November but still nearly 30% lower than a year ago, according to the University of Michigan.
At the same time, inflation expectations continued to fall. Short-term expectations dropped to 4.2%, while long-term expectations eased to 3.2%.
For markets, those i

A star becoming a black hole happens in the same way as Ernest Hemingway described going bankrupt: “First it happens gradually, then all at once.” The gradual part of the process can take a lot longer than the time it takes to drain a bank account—billions of years in some cases. That’s why astronomers were puzzled when they found evidence that supermassive black holes existed less than a billion years after the Big Bang.
In order for the timeframe to make sense, the stars that collapsed to form these black holes would’ve had to have been gargantuan—1,000 to 10,000 more massive than our sun.

The S&P 500 is up 15%, and Bitcoin is down 5% year to date. Not since 2014 has the S&P 500 generated positive returns while Bitcoin generated negative returns.
Analysts at Standard Chartered and Bernstein expect Bitcoin to reach $150,000 in 2026, a forecast that implies 74% upside from its current price of $86,000.
More institutional investors are adding Bitcoin to their portfolios due to the improving regulatory environment and the simplicity of spot Bitcoin ETFs.
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The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has advanced 15% year to date, while Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BT

Hot peppers sent him to the ER. 2 years later, a 'ghost bill' arrived.

Maxwell Kruzic said he was in such “crippling” stomach pain Oct. 5, 2023, that he had to pull off the road twice as he drove himself to the emergency room at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colorado. “It was the worst pain of my life,” he said.
Kruzic was seen immediately because hospital staff members were pretty sure he had appendicitis. They inserted an IV, called a surgeon and sent him off for a scan to confirm the diagnosis.
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Bitcoin (BTC) has been gripped by sharp volatility in the final stretch of the year, swinging between $92,000 and $82,000 as market sentiment turns increasingly cautious.
Over the past three months, Bitcoin has fallen by 24.1%, highlighting the intensity of the current drawdown.
At press time, BTC was trading at $88,009.31, down 1.1% over the past 24 hours.
With less than 12 days left before the New Year, prominent market watchers are beginning to temper expectations for Bitcoin’s performance in the year ahead.
Related: **** yst predicts Bitcoin is gearing up for an early Santa rally

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This lake vanished from Death Valley 10,000 years ago. It's started reappearing.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:
Lake Manly hasn’t been a permanent fixture in Death Valley since the Ice Age, but recently, it has reappeared.
Record rainfall at the California site has allowed enough water to collect in the ancient lakebed.
The lake sits in Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level.
A deluge of record rainfall has turned North America’s lowest point back into the lake it was during the Ice Age—even if just for a short moment in time. T

Bitcoin’s three-year rally may be over, with signs pointing to the leading cryptocurrency entering a prolonged bear market.
That’s according to blockchain data firm CryptoQuant, whose researchers said in a Friday report that investors should be prepared for the end of Bitcoin’s four-year cycle.
Buyer exhaustion means the biggest digital coin could still drop as low as $56,000, the report noted. But it reassured investors that such a move was unlikely — if Bitcoin does drop that low, it would be the sharpest drawdown in a bear market on record.
“Bitcoin demand growth has decisively slowed, s

Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president before VP announces 2028 run

PHOENIX. Arizona — Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk has endorsed Vice President JD Vance for president, an early sign of influential support for a likely leading candidate in 2028.
Kirk, who took over leadership of Turning Point after her husband, Charlie, was killed in September, announced her decision during a speech Thursday at the organization’s America Fest conference in Phoenix.
Vance is scheduled to speak at the conference on Sunday.
“We are going to get my husband’s friend JD Vance elected for 48 in the most

There are plenty of annual recap lists circulating around this time of year, but few of them involve the amount of work put in by California’s Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Over the past year, researchers guided remotely operated vehicles more than 3,000 feet down to survey the vast biodiversity within some of the oceans’ deepest and darkest regions. The data and footage collected during these trips will help experts fill in the gaps towards understanding the planet’s hardest-to-reach ecosystems.
To celebrate the past 12 months of discoveries, MBARI released a video highli

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund IBIT, has emerged as a notable outlier on the 2025 ETF flow leaderboard, ranking sixth by year-to-date inflows despite posting a negative return for the year, according to data highlighted by Bloomberg Intelligence **** yst Eric Balchunas.
IBIT is currently the only ETF among the top flow leaders showing a year-to-date loss, with returns down roughly 9.6%. Yet the fund has still attracted approximately $25.4 billion in net inflows, placing it ahead of a range of established equity and commodity products — including the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), which

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

Arthur Hayes just laid out his Bitcoin roadmap for the next three months — and it ends at $200,000.
The angel investor and Maelstrom fund CIO published a new essay on Friday, arguing that the Federal Reserve is printing money through a new programme, dubbed Reserve Management Purchases.
And once investors realise its effects resemble those of quantitative easing, Bitcoin will explode higher.
“As the market equates RMP to QE, Bitcoin will quickly retake $124,000 and punch quickly towards $200,000,” Hayes wrote.
His timeline is auspicious — Bitcoin should rally hard in the first three months

Any further interest rate cuts could give Bitcoin's value a boost.
Some **** ysts estimate the crypto could reach $170,000 next year.
More investments from institutional firms and local governments could lift the leading digital token higher.
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Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) has tumbled about 19% during the past year, leading some investors to wonder where the world's top cryptocurrency is headed in 2026. Is the recent plunge a sign of things to come, or is the crypto poised for a potential turnaround next year?

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Standard Chartered has significantly tempered its bullish price projections for Bitcoin over the next five years.
“I still see Bitcoin continuing to print fresh all-time highs going forward, but I think the pace will be slower than previously expected,” Standard Chartered Global Head of Digital ***** ets Research Geoffrey Kendrick said in an email last week.
Kendrick said in a Dec. 9 note that Standard Chartered was forced to reassess its price targets amid Bitcoin’s recent price action. The

Economists cast doubt on inflation report: 'Hard to take this data seriously'

How much is inflation really cooling?
Thursday’s release of November’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) data showed inflation unexpectedly eased to an annual rise of 2.7% that month. But monthly comparisons — October data was never collected due to the government shutdown — were absent from the Labor Department’s report, leaving more recent price swings a bit of a mystery for dozens of product categories.
Economists treaded lightly following the report.
Heather Long, chief economist at the Navy Federal Credit Union,