Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall

Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely harsh conditions in his poem “Roman Wall Blues,” in which a soldier laments...

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These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about

These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about

Four small satellites rode a Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle into orbit from Virginia early Thursday, beginning a government-funded technology demonstration mission to test the performance of a...

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ByteDance confirms TikTok will be controlled by US owners

ByteDance confirms TikTok will be controlled by US owners

After a year of stalled negotiations, TikTok owner ByteDance has reportedly agreed to Donald Trump’s deal giving US owners majority ownership of the app. By signing the agreements, ByteDance has...

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Rocket Report: Russia pledges quick fix for Soyuz launch pad; Ariane 6 aims high

Rocket Report: Russia pledges quick fix for Soyuz launch pad; Ariane 6 aims high

Welcome to Edition 8.23 of the Rocket Report! Several new rockets made their first flights this year. Blue Origin’s New Glenn was the most notable debut, with a successful inaugural launch in January...

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Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open

Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open

SEATTLE—The last coal-fired power plant in Washington state was set to go cold at the end of the year. It would then switch to natural gas, cutting carbon emissions in half. The shutdown had been in...

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Not too big, not too expensive: The Chevrolet Equinox EV

Not too big, not too expensive: The Chevrolet Equinox EV

There’s a lot of goodwill out there for the Chevrolet Bolt. As maybe the first properly affordable longer-range electric car on the market, the Bolt wasn’t perfect. It didn’t charge very fast, and...

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