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ABC News

Friday news quiz: A space rescue, high-profile pranks and the importance of using your full posterior

It's all fun and games in the ABC news quiz until someone loses a telescope.

ABC News

Giving SpaceX Bond Deal A 'Red Card': Brill

Giving SpaceX Bond Deal A 'Red Card': Brill

Matt Brill, head of North American investment grade credit at Invesco, joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Real Yield." (Source: Bloomberg)

Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death

Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death

Study suggests even light activity such as ironing could reduce health risks linked to prolonged sedentary behaviour Sitting for longer than half an hour at a time each day raises the risk of dying from cancer, a study suggests…

Tour de France braced for historic stage cancellations amid 44C European heatwave

Tour de France braced for historic stage cancellations amid 44C European heatwave

‘It’s very much on our mind’: Tour’s technical director Extreme weather could impact the peloton on Sunday The 2026 Tour de France , which starts in Barcelona on Saturday, is steeling itself for climate change disruption with another…

WHO declares cruise ship-linked hantavirus outbreak over

South China Morning Post

WHO declares cruise ship-linked hantavirus outbreak over

The World Health Organization on Thursday declared an end to the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship which sparked international alarm, after the last person left quarantine. There were 12 confirmed and one probable case stemming…

South China Morning Post

NATO plans to replace AWACS with Saab GlobalEye jets, sources say

The Hindu

NATO plans to replace AWACS with Saab GlobalEye jets, sources say

NATO dropped plans in 2025 to buy six Boeing E-7 Wedgetail aircraft after the Pentagon, its largest prospective customer, scrapped plans to acquire 26 of the jets ‌and instead put greater emphasis on satellite-based capabilities

The Hindu

June heatwave may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe

June heatwave may have killed around 20,000 people in Europe

It will be some months before the true toll of Europe's worst-ever heatwave is confirmed, but researchers can estimate a death count based on how many people died in Europe during previous hot periods

Amazon to Begin Internet Service This Year After Latest Launch

Amazon to Begin Internet Service This Year After Latest Launch

A United Launch Alliance rocket lofted 29 satellites for Amazon.com Inc., paving the way for the start of the company’s broadband service later this year in a challenge to SpaceX’s dominant Starlink network.

IQM CEO Explains Quantum's Big Opportunity

IQM CEO Explains Quantum's Big Opportunity

IQM Quantum Computers CEO Jan Goetz joined Open Interest to explain why his company chose a Nasdaq listing, why quantum computing could solve problems impossible for today's supercomputers, and why he believes the AI boom is accelerating…

Ars Live recap: When are the big rockets NASA desperately needs going to be ready?

Ars Technica

Ars Live recap: When are the big rockets NASA desperately needs going to be ready?

New Glenn Catastrophe Aftermath: What's Next for the Space Industry? | Ars Live This week Ars hosted a live discussion with two space industry experts about the aftermath of the catastrophic explosion of the New Glenn rocket in late May…

Ars Technica

Expert says GTA 6 pre-orders are a big target for scammers

TechRadar

Expert says GTA 6 pre-orders are a big target for scammers

Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders are available right now, with millions of fans flocking to secure copies of the game Researchers warn that the excitement presents an opportunity for scammers Possible scams include fraudulent early access…

TechRadar

Random wobbles in time could finally solve gravity’s greatest mystery

Random wobbles in time could finally solve gravity’s greatest mystery

The question of how gravity interacts with the quantum world has long perplexed physicists, but a non-quantum theory of space-time could present an answer