The first private spacecraft to softly land on the moon carries a Canadian instrument that will test the possibility of building an observatory at the Lunar south pole. The phone booth-sized lander by Intuitive Machines, named Odysseus, launched on Feb. 15 and touched down on Thursday near a small impact crater about 300 kilometers from the moon’s south … Read more
Sea-ze the day and enjoy sun-soaked fun at one of Tripadvisor’s top-ranked stretches of sand for 2024. The number one beach to add to your bucket and spade list is Praia da Falesia in Portugal’s Algarve, according to the travel site, which awarded it first place in its 2024 Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best … Read more
Could you live in a home like this? This is the question YouTube creator Salina Alsworth poses to viewers as she serves up a tour of a very remote cabin built by the late naturalist Richard Proenneke. Proenneke constructed the simple lodge on the shores of Upper Twin Lake in Alaska during the summers of … Read more
These beaches may prompt a cry of ‘shell yeah!’ They all feature in eye-catching new Lonely Planet book ‘100 of the World’s Most Incredible Beaches‘. Scroll down and you’ll see that the title of the tome is no exaggeration – they’re all stunning. Five beaches in the British Isles make the cut, alongside gems in … Read more
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has now made his debut in the farming sector. The tech billionaire has begun raising cows at his massive ranch in Hawaii to produce the “world’s best-quality meat”. He took to Instagram on Wednesday and posted a picture of himself eating a steak, along with a caption that detailed exactly how … Read more
A surfer succumbed to his injuries from a shark “encounter” off the coast of Maui in Hawaii on Saturday. The incident occurred at a beach in Maui’s Paia Bay. The 39-year-old man, identified as Jason Carter, died soon after being taken to a local hospital. The man could not be saved despite the doctors’ best … Read more
A 39-year-old Hawaii man has died of his injuries after he was attacked by a shark in the waters off Maui, local police said. ALSO READ | L’Ormarins King’s Plate 2024: Two-horse race? LATEST ODDS Jason Carter, described by local media as a surfer, was attacked on Saturday morning, the Maui Police Department said in … Read more
FILE: Maui, Hawaii. Brandon Colbert/Getty Images Several coastal areas in Hawaii are under a brown water advisory after high surf reached roadways, potentially bringing animal feces, pesticides, pathogens and a brew of other unwanted debris into the islands’ normally pristine ocean, according to Hawaii’s Clean Water Branch division of the Department of Health. Multiple advisories were … Read more
Artist Bob Carlson at the Silhouette Studio in Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., on Nov. 30, 2023. Ashley Hayes-Stone If you’re not looking for it as you stroll down Main Street U.S.A. (or, say, run for a first pickle award), you might miss it altogether. Only one little window reveals what’s inside the tiny shop, which … Read more
A San Francisco tech billionaire known for giving substantial donations to a Bay Area children’s hospital and local schools is now assisting Hawaii in its housing crisis. Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, and his wife Lynne, a well-known philanthropist, recently announced a donation of 282 acres to the nonprofit Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation (HICDC). The … Read more
