The Astros will announce that current American League Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander is out of season with an elbow injury, two people with knowledge of the situation said Sunday. The injury gives a near-fatal blow to the Astros’ hopes for the World Series contest in this 60-game season. …
Read More »How to see the meteor shower happening now until August 23
Photo: Muskoka Stock Photos (Shutterstock) Between the recent rare kite and 4th of July penumbral eclipseIt’s been a great few weeks for astronomy. But there is even more to see in the night sky, which comes in the form of 42-day meteor shower. While it started on July 12, the …
Read More »Leakage of Super Mario 64 source code can confirm that Luigi was planned to be playable
A recent leak from Nintendo’s source code has potentially revealed some long-kept development secrets from some of our favorite Nintendo classics, including that Luigi was planned to be played on Super Mario 64 Luigi’s possible inclusion in Super Mario 64 was part of a much larger leak of Nintendo data …
Read More »China’s soybean imports from Brazil hit record in June
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s soybean imports in June from top supplier Brazil soared to a record high, according to customs data released Sunday, fueled by rising demand for soybeans as China’s herd of pigs recovers after fatal outbreaks of African swine fever. FILE PHOTO: Imported soybeans are transported to a …
Read More »NASA’s Juno spacecraft takes first images of Jupiter’s North Pole Moon Ganymede
These images that the JIRAM instrument on board NASA’s Juno spacecraft took on December 26, 2019, provide the first infrared mapping of the northern Ganymede border. The frozen water molecules detected at both poles do not have an appreciable order of arrangement and a different infrared signature than ice at …
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