A Long March 5B rocket with the Wentian module takes off from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site. | Photo by Hou Yu/China News Service via Getty Images China successfully launched its second module, called Wentian, to the Tiangong space station early Sunday morning (via SpaceNews). Wentian took off aboard a Long March 5B rocket from the…
The mysterious image was revealed by an X-ray taken when conservationists at the National Galleries of Scotland examined Van Gogh’s Head of a Peasant Woman (1885) ahead of a new exhibition called A Taste for Impressionism. A routine cataloging procedure of a painting by Vincent van Gogh at the National Galleries in Scotland yielded an unexpected…
A Ukrainian serviceman at a Ukrainian Air Force monument with a Soviet MiG-21 jet in Vinnytsia, July 15, 2022 Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images After five months of fighting, neither Russia nor Ukraine has achieved air superiority in Ukraine. Russia’s air force has had a surprisingly limited role and Ukraine’s has out-performed expectations. These are…
Ahead of the debut of House of the Dragon on August 21st, HBO Max will begin streaming all eight seasons of Game of Thrones in 4K. HBO parent company Warner Bros. Discovery announced the news this week in a programming notice spotted by FlatpanelsHD (via The Verge). The company said all eight seasons would also…
Capture stunning details with a unique building experience with the LEGO Ideas The Starry Night. It offers a 3D recreation to bring the swirling clouds and rolling hills to life, making it a unique design. Moreover, this building set is a LEGO original and interprets Van Gogh’s unique brushstrokes in bricks. In fact, once built,…
The OnePlus 10T in green. | Image: OnePlus The OnePlus 10T isn’t due to launch until August 3rd, but it wouldn’t be a OnePlus phone if the company didn’t reveal a few details early. Today, we’re getting a look at the device’s exterior design, which reveals a couple of interesting (and, depending on your viewpoint,…
Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk allegedly fractured an old friendship with Google co-founder Sergey Brin after having an affair with his wife, Nicole Shanahan, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Sources familiar with the situation told the WSJ that the couple filed for divorce earlier this…
To hit his climate goals, Biden needs to act now. Markus Spiske on Pexels It has been an uphill battle for climate change policy action since President Biden took office. Senate Democrats have been trying to negotiate a reconciliation bill for months that would include funding for climate provisions, such as increasing the supply of…
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. AP Photo/George Frey Mike Lee is locked in a close Senate race with independent Evan McMullin in Utah, per a new survey. In the latest Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll, Lee had a small edge over McMullin (41%-36%). In April, McMullin earned the official backing of the state Democratic…
Nicole Shanahan (left) and Sergey Brin. Ian Tuttle/Getty Images Nicole Shanahan was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin for four years before the pair split. Shanahan founded legal tech company ClearAccessIP before focusing on more philanthropic ventures. Shanahan and Brin donated over $100 million in support of fertility research. Nicole Shanahan is the estranged wife…