🧯 Viral TikTok challenge sparks school fires as students destroy laptops for views
🗞️ A dangerous TikTok trend has students setting school Chromebooks on fire using push pins.
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🗞️ A dangerous TikTok trend has students setting school Chromebooks on fire using push pins.
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TikTok challenge sets Chromebooks on fire, schools evacuated
Students are jamming metal into Chromebooks to make them explode, and schools are footing the bill for this TikTok-fueled chaos.
🚀 US military to go orbital for ultra-fast cargo delivery with 28,660-pound load rocket
🗞️ The U.S. military is working with Rocket Lab to test ultra-fast, orbital cargo delivery using the 28,660-pound-capable Neutron rocket. Targeted for 2026, the experimental mission could revolutionize global defense logistics by making rapid payload drops from space a reality.
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🗞️ The U.S. military is working with Rocket Lab to test ultra-fast, orbital cargo delivery using the 28,660-pound-capable Neutron rocket. Targeted for 2026, the experimental mission could revolutionize global defense logistics by making rapid payload drops from space a reality.
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Pentagon eyes orbital cargo rockets for global delivery in minutes
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected Rocket Lab's medium-lift reusable Neutron for the Rocket Cargo mission.
⛪ Leo XIV: US math graduate elected first American pope in Catholic Church history
🗞️ Robert Prevost’s election broke a long-standing unwritten rule: no American pope.
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🗞️ Robert Prevost’s election broke a long-standing unwritten rule: no American pope.
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Leo XIV: First American pope in 2,000 years is also a Math graduate
Robert Prevost, a missionary and bishop with deep ties to Peru, has been elected the first American pope, taking the name Leo XIV.
💥 A 98-year-old war hero crushes a Tesla with a WWII tank in protest against Elon Musk.
🛡️ The act highlights Musk's growing political influence in Trump's 2025 campaign.
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🛡️ The act highlights Musk's growing political influence in Trump's 2025 campaign.
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UK war hero rolls WWII tank over Tesla in protest against Elon Musk
British World War II veteran Ken Turner, who is 98 years old, drove a restored Sherman tank over a Tesla Model 3.
🔋 A breakthrough cement battery turns buildings into rechargeable power banks, enabling easier maintenance and replacement.
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Breakthrough cement battery turns building into rechargeable power bank
Scientists from France and Spain have developed cement that stores energy like a battery and powers buildings.
💨 This four-door convertible G-Wagen features an 820 horsepower V-8 engine and suicide doors.
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Mansory unveils bold four-door convertible G-Wagen with V-8 engine
Mansory's latest creation is a heavily modified Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen turned into a luxurious and powerful four-door convertible.
🌳💧 A wooden water pipe likely dates back to the second and third century.
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1,700-year-old exceptional Roman wooden water pipe found in Belgium
The marshy soil in Leuven preserved the organic circuit as the material disintegrates unless preserved in a low-oxygen environment.
🚀 After 53 years in orbit, failed Soviet Venus probe Kosmos 482 crashes into the Indian Ocean near Indonesia.
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After 53 years in space, failed Soviet Kosmos 482 falls back to Earth
The Soviet-era spacecraft Kosmos 482 has reentered Earth after 53 years in orbit, plunging into the Indian Ocean early Saturday morning.
🧠 Easy-to-wear 3D printable hairlike electrode allows for long-term brain monitoring
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New hair-thin electrode promises stable, high-quality brain monitoring
Penn State researchers have developed an EEG device so thin and flexible it looks like a strand of hair, making brain monitoring far less intrusive.
☀️ From Death Valley to Delhi, 9 scorching regions show how global warming is reshaping life across the planet.
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Blistering hot spots: 9 evident reminders of a warming planet
From Dallol in Ethiopia to Phoenix Arizona, global warming and climatic preconditions have added to the woes of Earth's scorching regions.
🤖 China’s new AI lets FPV drones outperform top pilots in aerobatic flight, hitting a perfect 100% success rate in tests.
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🔗 https://link.ie.social/KNGio1
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China says its FPV drone algorithm can beat best pilots in aerial acts
A new Chinese algorithm allows FPV drones to perform advanced aerobatic maneuvers autonomously, reportedly surpassing human skills.
☢️ US scientists discover new plasma effect that could extend fusion reactor life and boost efficiency of space tech.
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US plasma effect breakthrough could boost fusion reactor lifespan
US scientists at LLNL have identified "backflow saturation," a new plasma phenomenon affecting electron flow.