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Part of a historic shipwreck has been revealed on a beach in the wake of Storm Chandra. The exposed timbers were discovered at the National Trust-owned Studland Bay, in Dorset, on 28 January. Maritime ...

What began as a routine day of fieldwork in northern Poland has turned into a discovery worthy of a museum vault. Two local farmers working their land in Bukowiec Wielki, in the Warmian–Masurian ...

Canadian startup Kepler Communications has launched 10 additional low-Earth-orbit satellites, advancing its plan to build a high-speed communications network in space. The satellites were carried into ...

The first four SAFIRE Gen4 sensors from OroraTech launched Jan. 11 aboard a Falcon 9, flying as part of the constellation’s initial deployment. Credit OroraTech. MILAN — OroraTech has entered a ...

Free agent outfielder Max Kepler has been suspended 80 games after testing positive for Epitrenbolone, a banned performance-enhancing drug, Major League Baseball announced Friday. Kepler played the ...

Inside a century-old, four-storey building in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood, a team of Canadian engineers is preparing to thrust the result of a decade’s endeavours into outer space. The brick ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Pluribus Season 1’s penultimate episode will rightfully be remembered for delivering a jaw-dropping Carol (Rhea Seehorn) and Zosia (Karolina Wydra) scene. IYKYK! But ...