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Jeff Bezos steps up 'flashy' giving while ex-wife quietly donates billions

Jeff Bezos' $100 million award to Dolly Parton is something of a puzzle to Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy.

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Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought

You’ve probably heard a lot about La Niña lately. This cool weather pattern is the main driver of heavy rain and flooding that has devastated much of Australia’s southeast in recent months.

The Conversation

Humans are going back to the Moon, and beyond – but how will we feed them?

NASA’s Artemis I launch is a major step forward in humans going deeper and spending longer in space than ever before.

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Lack of rocket rules raises questions about space safety

Eroding norms in space put objects in orbit and people on the ground at risk.

Axios

Nick Cannon responds to meme about him populating America after birth of his 11th child

‘Everybody got jokes,’ he wrote on Instagram

The Independent UK

Global population hits 8 billion, but per-capita consumption is still the main problem

The world population has just hit a new record: 8 billion. As is often the case, there are heated debates about the planet’s so-called “carrying capacity” – the total number of people who can live on Earth sustainably. Experts are generally divided into two camps. There are those who argue…

The Conversation

New moon calendar 2025: When is the next new moon?

Discover what a new moon is and when the next new moon will occur with our new moon 2025 guide.

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Tech & Science Daily podcast: Earth now has record 8 billion people

The world’s population was due to reach a record eight billion people on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Earth welcomes its 8 billionth baby. Is that good or bad news... or a bit of both?

Sometime today, the global population is forecast to hit 8 billion. The U.N. calls it a milestone for humanity, made possible by advances in public health and medicine. But there are also challenges.

WEKU

Leonids: You need to see November's biggest meteor shower this week

The Leonids, made of debris from 55P/Tempel–Tuttle, become a storm once every 33 years or show. It won't happen this year, but still should put on a spectacular show.

Inverse

World population reaches eight billion - full list of areas it's growing fastest

Earth's eight billionth resident is estimated to have been born today.

Daily Record

There Will Be Sports in Space

Space Dodgeball, anyone?

Reason

We Are Going to the Moon

Thanks to the rise of private spaceflight companies, mankind will have a future off-Earth.

Reason

Andy Weir Is Looking Forward to the Space Boom

Weir's books take seriously the limits of human knowledge and planning when it comes to space travel.

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NIMBY Laws Are Blocking Humanity's Future Among the Stars

The regulations that increase building costs on Earth will have the same effect in space.

Reason

The Case for Space Billionaires

What critics of the private space race get wrong

Reason

The End of Astronauts: Should We Send Robots to Space Instead?

Robots don't get cabin fever, develop cancer from cosmic radiation, miss their families, or go insane.

Reason

Who Owns the Satellites Orbiting the Earth?

Starlink is the biggest player in the satellite business, for now.

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Why We Should Terraform the Galaxy

One critic calls it "arrogant vandalism," but advocates say it might be a necessary form of self-preservation.

Reason

Review: WALL-E Is Not a Realistic Take on Space Travel

If we move to space, it probably won't be because we filled up Earth with trash.

Reason

The FCC: America's Other Space Agency

How the FCC went from regulating telegraphs to regulating satellites

Reason

The Fractal, Fractious Politics of The Expanse

Taking humanity from Earth to the stars isn't easy.

Reason

Robert Heinlein's Dream of Private Space Travel Is Coming True

A new generation of companies has made space travel affordable.

Radio France Internationale

Eight billion people and counting: can planet Earth sustain its population?

According to a projection by the United Nations, planet Earth will welcome its eight billionth inhabitant this Tuesday. While some experts worry that this is too many people, most say the bigger problem is the overconsumption of resources by the wealthiest.

Evening Standard

NASA’s theory about the lack of alien visitors is truly depressing

Paper embraces the Great Filter theory of civilisations wiping themselves out before they can leave their planets.

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