Elon Musk Says He’ll Take Your Whole Family to Mars, but Only If Donald Trump Wins

Elon Musk Says He’ll Take Your Whole Family to Mars, but Only If Donald Trump Wins

Elon Musk took to X on Sunday to tell people that if they vote for Donald Trump, he’ll take them to Mars within several years—and if they vote for Kamala Harris, they can kiss a trip to outer space goodbye. (And humanity as well, but it’s the outer space stuff that’s important here.) In a … Read more

Earth will get a ‘mini-moon’ this month, but it’s only visiting

Earth will get a ‘mini-moon’ this month, but it’s only visiting

There’s a lot of debris in our solar system, and every so often we get to see it — meteors streaking against a starry sky, a bright comet or a passing asteroid. And sometimes, Earth temporarily grabs hold of one of these asteroids and keeps it around a little bit longer. That’s what’s happening later this … Read more

SpaceX launches crew for first-ever private spacewalk mission

SpaceX launches crew for first-ever private spacewalk mission

A crew of four private astronauts ascended into space early Tuesday on a risky SpaceX mission to attempt the first-ever private spacewalk using the company’s new spacesuits and a redesigned spacecraft. A billionaire entrepreneur, a retired military fighter pilot and two SpaceX employees were launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard … Read more

Elon Musk predicts crewed SpaceX flights to Mars by 2028, hopes for ‘self-sustaining city’

Elon Musk predicts crewed SpaceX flights to Mars by 2028, hopes for ‘self-sustaining city’

SpaceX founder Elon Musk made bold predictions about human life on Mars in a series of social media posts on Saturday. Writing on X, Musk made the forecasts in response to a post by Bill Ackman promoting a “Make America Healthy Again” ad posted by Robert F. Kennedy’s former running mate Nicole Shanahan. “Without our health and that … Read more

M&M’S® Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches and GREENIES™ Dental Treats for Dogs Help Pet Parents and Their Canine Companions Beat the Summer Heat

M&M’S® Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches and GREENIES™ Dental Treats for Dogs Help Pet Parents and Their Canine Companions Beat the Summer Heat

Mars — the maker of beloved treats for pets and people — is celebrating National Dog Day with first ever “Mars Summer Treat Pack” NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — It doesn’t get much sweeter than enjoying summer with your favorite canine companion. That’s why, this National Dog Day on Monday, August 26, M&M’S® Ice Cream Cookie … Read more

Meituan launches 30-minute delivery services for home appliances in China in Midea deal

Meituan launches 30-minute delivery services for home appliances in China in Midea deal

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan has partnered with Midea, one of the world’s largest home appliances makers, to enable app users to order products ranging from refrigerators to dishwashers and receive them in as little as 30 minutes. The collaboration will connect 25,000 Midea retail stores to the Meituan platform by the end of this … Read more

Arid, remote and irresistible: Not much grows in Chile’s Atacama desert – except your appreciation of its wonders

Arid, remote and irresistible: Not much grows in Chile’s Atacama desert – except your appreciation of its wonders

The Atacama is the world’s driest non-polar desert – a landscape so vast and arid that Nasa practices Mars expeditions there. So when a carpet of purple flowers began poking through the earth in October 2022, Chile’s president Gabriel Boric Font declared the diverse area a national park, giving it the most protected status the … Read more