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Unistellar Odyssey Pro is designed to make downtown stargazing simple Unistellar Unistellar is launching two new smart telescopes designed to make astronomy easier and clearer for people living in cities. The Unistellar Odyssey and Odyssey Pro are smart telescopes that work in conjunction with a mobile app that points the telescope at objects of interest in the sky and displays the images taken on smartphones and tablets. In fact, only the Odyssey Pro has a conventional eyepiece — the regular Odyssey only lets you view images on your mobile device. Launching at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, this new generation…

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Close-up of two workers observing the 3D printing processgetty How 4IR’s advanced materials can have a significant beneficial impact on the fight against global warming, a more streamlined manufacturing process and cleaner, more efficient use of energy? originally appeared on Quora: the place to acquire and share knowledge, enabling people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Marga Hoek, author of “Tech for Good,” on Quora: There are many exciting ways in which technological innovations in materials science will propel us into a cleaner and healthier future. New and advanced materials are transforming the way we…

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(Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) and (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images)(Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) and (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images) While some may have criticized Francis Ngannou for turning down a three-fight, $8 million deal from the UFC last year, few can argue with the 37-year-old star’s decision to bet on himself now. Ngannou and former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua have agreed to a boxing match in March in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the estimated purses for both men further confirm that Ngannou has positioned himself as an even richer man moving forward. According Sports…

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FargoCredit: FX A lot of things have really bothered me about FX’s fifth season Fargo and every week I try to figure out exactly what it is that has gotten me wrong, especially in the last few episodes. Ham politics are tumultuous, for one thing. This show was a little smarter when it came to bringing politics into the mix. At least the casting of Bruce Campbell as Ronald Reagan in season 2 was funny! I’m also bothered by how black and white the conflict is at this stage of the game. Badass Sheriff Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm) is more…

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Looking back at another week of news and headlines from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop includes boring iPhone 16, iOS 17.3 problems, missing iPads, smaller MacBook Pro use, App Store Antitrust news and when Apple will talk about ALL INCLUSIVE. The Apple Loop is here to remind you of some of the many conversations surrounding Apple over the past seven days (and you can read our weekly roundup of Android news here at Forbes). The new iPhone 15 Pro (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty Images The problem of a boring iPhone 16 A recent analyst report from Braclays summarizes the…

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Dave Chappelle: The DreamerNetflix I’m not sure I’ve ever dethroned a person before for one Netflix Top 10 tracks, but occasionally we see comedy specials make it to the top. And once again, Dave Chappelle has done it with his new stand-up special The Dreamer, which climbed to the #1 spot for a few days. Now, Chappelle’s Dreamer has been displaced by another Harlan Coben series, which Netflix has plenty of at this point, this one being Fool Me Once, about an ex-soldier who sees her murdered husband on a nanny cam. Ah, weird, okay. It has a half-assed 75%…

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His rise youth depression it has been decades in the making and owes much to China’s rigid education system, past fertility policies and strict immigration restrictions. Chinese youth are exhausted from spending their childhood and adolescence in non-stop, intense study. Attending a good university is considered essential to securing a good job and for country kids, a university degree is the only way to legal residency in cities hukou registration system. In a city, the average household per year Disposable income it’s $6,446, which allows for a middle-class lifestyle. By contrast, in rural areas, an average income of only $2,533…

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