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728 feet
The width of a brand-new crater on the moon, gouged by a building-sized object that struck in 2024 — wider than two football fields laid end to end and 141 feet deep. Scientists are calling the chance to observe such a fresh impact a 'once-in-a-lifetime' event.
Source: Smithsonian
Today: The NFL's Week 3 Sunday slate kicks off across the league, with a full day of afternoon and evening games.
Tonight: Madonna opens the MTV Video Music Awards — her first opening slot since 2003.
- 1519Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Spain on the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe
- 1946The first Cannes Film Festival opens on the French Riviera
- 1963President John F. Kennedy proposes a joint US-Soviet expedition to the moon at the UN
- 1973Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match
The Gulf cargo trade that vanished
What happened to the Gulf cargo trade that vanished — and the forces behind its disappearance. (Read, paywall)
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Mathematicians Hate AI. They Can't Quit It
Why mathematicians who distrust AI keep coming back to it — and what the tools are doing to their field.
Wired · Isabella Ward
Private Equity's Next Target Is Indie Music
How private equity money is moving into independent music, and what that means for artists and labels.
Rolling Stone · Christian Hoard
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