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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather satellite Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesSpaceX is set to launch Falcon Heavy, its big booster rocket setup, for the first time since October 2024 on Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. That mission carried NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, bound for deep space.The triple-booster vehicle is carrying a new ViaSat commercial broadband…
This week on How Success Happens, I got to sit down with Emmy-winning designer and Queer Eye star Bobby Berk. Bobby is someone who is really, really, really good at making everything look stylish, comfortable, and beautiful. If you watch the video above, you’ll see that it is not exactly my strong suit, but he made a strong case why I, and any fellow slobs out there, might want to clean up our acts. Bobby has built a seriously successful brand around his skills in front of and behind the camera: he has a new show, Junk or Jackpot?, he…
Updated April 28, 2026 10:43AMGas prices are insane, and air travel is chaotic and expensive right now. This is a problem, because you still love to travel. Summer is rapidly approaching and you need a break, but you don’t want to sacrifice your savings for a far-flung trip. Don’t worry; I have you covered. Our country’s largest metropolitan areas happen to be located within a quick drive of some of the best adventures inside our national park system. This means if you’re one of the tens of millions of people living in one of of the country’s biggest cities—New York…
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Key Takeaways Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings said that science, technology and math fields were “overdone” as AI encroaches on those subjects, and predicted a swing back towards the humanities. Hastings said that AI will dominate logical, analytical work like software engineering. If he were raising a young child today, he said he would “double down on emotional skills” rather than pushing coding. Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings says chasing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields is “overdone” and urges students to refocus on studying the humanities instead. On the Possible podcast earlier this month, Hastings said that in an AI-driven…
Published April 28, 2026 01:16PMBy now you’ve probably read a headline or seen a social media post about the lengthy delay on Mount Everest caused by dangerous ice towers in the Khumbu Icefall.Perhaps these stories and Instagram updates prompted a simple question to pop into your head: What the heck is going on? Here at Outside, we sometimes forget that not everyone is as obsessed with Mount Everest as we are. Our Everest fixation hits a crescendo in the spring, which is when hundreds of climbers venture onto the peak. We stay awake until the wee hours of the morning to…
Your Gmail account now has a value.NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIf you’re not paying for the product — you are the product. Nothing in life is truly free, and that includes your Google and Gmail accounts. Now, a new report puts a dollar value on you, revealing exactly what your account is worth and how little privacy there is when you spend your time online.Here’s the “price of ‘free’ Gmail,” Proton told me, directing me to its new report on “what advertisers pay” to reach users. “Google has a price for you,” says the company behind Gmail competitor Proton Mail. “We…
Published April 28, 2026 11:00AMWhat’s New in April 2026: After six months of testing new racing shoes and comparing them to models previously tested over the last two years, we’ve added two new plated shoes and three new non-plated shoes. Our testers again selected the Nike Alphafly 3 as the best all-around carbon-plated marathon racing shoe for its bouncy, efficient ride and relatively stable feel. For a more adaptable, non-plated option, we recommend the Asics Megablast. The new Hoka Cielo X1 3.0 replaces the Cielo X1 version 2 as the bounciest race shoe, and the Adidas Adios Pro 4 takes…
The parent company of Hinge and Tinder is courting a potential new addition to its roster. Match Group on Monday announced a $100 million investment in Sniffies, a map-based cruising platform for queer men. As part of the investment, Sniffies will continue to be led by founder and CEO Blake Gallagher, the company said. “From the first conversations with the Match Group team, we knew they understood what makes Sniffies different. This partnership is about supporting that, not redefining it,” Gallagher said in a statement on the Sniffies Instagram—which was met with skepticism by followers.Sniffies launched in 2018 and has three…
Scientists finally measured exactly how much water Yellowstone’s most famous geyser shoots into the air during a given eruption.Old Faithful is one of the most well-known, but Yellowstone National Park is home to about half of the world’s geysers (Photo: Ed Freeman/Getty Images)Published April 28, 2026 11:05AMIf you’ve ever wondered how many bathtubs’ worth of water Old Faithful spews upwards on any given eruption, then you’re not alone. A team of researchers in Yellowstone National Park asked that very question and, through a series of experiments, determined the answer to be roughly 140 tubs, or an average of 7,370 gallons…