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Prior to Industrial Revolution, global living standards were very low, says economic historian Jared Rubin

Britain industrialised first, and several other nations in Western Europe and North America followed soon thereafter, says Jared Rubin

The Hindu

We can — and must — prevent nuclear war

We are closer to nuclear armageddon than at any time since the 1960s. Congress must be confronted, and told to act

Salon

HBO Releases First Trailer For 'The Fastest Woman On Earth' Movie

It follows Jessi Combs' land speed record attempts.

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NASA Kicked Asteroid Off Course in Test to Save Earth

NASA on Tuesday celebrated exceeding expectations during a mission to deflect a distant asteroid, in a sci-fi like test of humanity's ability to stop an incoming cosmic object from devastating life on Earth. The fridge-sized Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor deliberately smashed into the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos on September…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Celtic's Champions League campaign crashes to earth after barely taking off – big match verdict

RB Leipzig weren't out of this world but didn't have to be in order to send Hoops Champions League hopes into deep space.

Daily Record

NASA confirms humans changed the motion of a celestial object for the first time

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, better known as DART, successfully shifted the orbit of an asteroid known as Dimorphos — a huge victory for local scientists and engineers whose work was involved in the mission, NASA officials announced Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

NASA successfully shifted an asteroid's orbit – DART spacecraft crashed into and moved Dimorphos

NASA recently crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its trajectory. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test – or DART – was meant to test one potential strategy for preventing an asteroid from colliding with Earth. The collision occurred on Sept. 27, 2022,…

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Nasa successfully diverts asteroid in first Earth defence test

Mission shows Nasa 'serious as a defender of this planet'

Wales Online

NASA asteroid crash a smashing success

The mission sets a precedent as to how humanity might deflect a deadly Earth-bound asteroid in the future

Salon

NASA confirms DART asteroid defense mission was a success in planetary first

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully moved an asteroid, space agency officials confirmed on Tuesday, October 11.

Inverse

NASA says DART spacecraft successfully alters asteroid’s path

Taking a page out of science fiction and Hollywood scripts, US space agency aims to prevent collision with Earth.

Al Jazeera

Bake Off Week 5 round-up: Sweet treats for Dessert Week

The proof is in the pudding (or not) for the halfway episode

Evening Standard

Nasa says its Dart spacecraft changed asteroid's path in 'watershed moment for humanity'

Nasa's DART spacecraft achieved its primary goal in changing the direction of an asteroid through sheer kinetic force, as part of a $330 million mission in September

Daily Mirror

The Loop: Southern states brace for 'widespread' rain, UK spy boss says Russian forces 'desperate', and Angela Lansbury dies — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

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NASA says its asteroid defense test was a success

NASA smashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to throw it off course. The mission succeeded beyond expectations, officials said.

The Conversation

Patagonia’s grand gesture sends the wrong message about ethical capitalism

Patagonia’s recent blockbuster announcement that the company was “turning capitalism on its head by making the Earth our only shareholder” is generating a lot of attention. It is the start of another chapter in a long and storied history of a company that, more often than not, has been getting…

France 24

NASA strike test successfully altered asteroid's trajectory

A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test.

Evening Standard

‘Watershed moment for humanity’: Nasa hails success of asteroid mission that was test to save planet

Nasa says its spacecraft managed to nudge the asteroid out of its natural orbit

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The boab trees of the remote Tanami desert are carved with centuries of Indigenous history – and they’re under threat

Australia’s Tanami desert is one of the most isolated and arid places on Earth. It’s a hard place to access and an even harder place to survive.

The Independent UK

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit

Inverse

Whoosh! An airplane-sized asteroid will swoop near Earth this week

Object 2020 TO2 will come within 400,000 miles of Earth at blazing-fast speeds, but worry not.

Benzinga

'My Trip To Space Was Supposed To Be A Celebration, Instead, It Felt Like A Funeral': William Shatner Shares Experience In Book

In October 2021, actor William Shatner became the oldest astronaut to go to space. In a new book, the "Star Trek" celebrity shares what he really thought about his time in space.

Los Angeles Times

Jean Guerrero: I once fell for the fantasy of uploading ourselves. It's a dangerous myth

The fantasy began to consume me at the turn of the millennium.

The Guardian - AU

‘It felt like a funeral’: William Shatner reflects on voyage to space

Recalling the experience almost one year later, the actor admits ‘everything I had expected to see was wrong’

The Guardian - AU

Putin, William Shatner and my mum got me thinking about the end of humanity, and it turns out I’m fine with that

My mother epitomises cancer ward optimism – and it shines amid all the world’s ills

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