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By Emily Mae Czachor News Editor Emily Mae Czachor is a reporter and news editor at CBSNews.com. She typically covers breaking news, extreme weather and issues involving social justice. Emily Mae previously wrote for outlets like the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed and Newsweek. Read Full Bio Updated on: June 19,…

bubmagJune 19, 2025

SpaceX

SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes in Setback to Musk’s Mars Mission

By Jaspreet Singh and Cassell Bryan-Low (Reuters) -SpaceX's massive Starship spacecraft exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas late on Wednesday, the latest in a series of setbacks for billionaire Elon Musk’s Mars rocket program. The explosion occurred around 11 p.m. local time while Starship was on a…

bubmagJune 19, 2025

Nuclear Weapons

What to know about Israel’s nuclear weapons program

June 19, 2025, 9:02 AM EDT After Israel launched its war against Iran vowing to take out the country’s nuclear program before it had the ability to produce weapons, fresh scrutiny has fallen on the country's own arsenal. Israel initiated strikes on Iran on Friday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

bubmagJune 19, 2025

Plastic Pollution

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines | Science

Plastic pollution threatens marine and freshwater ecosystems and the services they provide. Although plastic bag bans and taxes are increasingly implemented worldwide, their effectiveness in reducing plastic litter remains unknown. Leveraging the ...Read More

bubmagJune 19, 2025

Censored Internet

Trans and Nonbinary Voices are Growing in YA

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She's the editor/author of (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE…

bubmagJune 19, 2025

SpaceX

SpaceX’s Starship explodes on the ground during a routine test

A SpaceX Starship vehicle has exploded yet again, and this time, it happened before it even took off. NASASpaceflight has captured the event in a livestream, wherein you can see the spacecraft (Ship 36) suddenly explode into a fireball after the company tested its forward flap and just before it…

bubmagJune 19, 2025

Alibaba

China subsidies give Alibaba, JD.com sales lift during 618 shopping festival

Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com reported record user participation and growing sales during the 618 shopping festival, as government subsidies and new artificial intelligence (AI) tools fuelled a surge in consumer activity. More than 453 brands each surpassed 100 million yuan (US$14 million) in gross merchandise value…

bubmagJune 19, 2025

Space Debris

‘A major anomaly’: SpaceX rocket explodes on platform in Texas

A large SpaceX rocket segment exploded on a test platform in south Texas on Wednesday night (Thursday morning AEST), sending a massive fireball high into the sky. It marked the fourth consecutive failure of a Starship rocket, which is designed to realise founder Elon Musk’s dream of humanity colonising Mars.…

bubmagJune 19, 2025

SpaceX

SpaceX Starship blows up during routine launchpad test, the latest setback in Elon Musk’s quest to go interplanetary

One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test late Wednesday in Texas, law enforcement said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species. The Starship 36 suffered “catastrophic failure and exploded” at the Starbase launch facility shortly after 11:00 pm…

bubmagJune 19, 2025

Star Wars

How Andor Created an Entirely New Language from Scratch

Across the soundscape of Star Wars, the mosaic of alien languages is as important as John Williams's brass horns. But the Ghorman tongue heard throughout Andor season 2 is unusual, even in a galaxy far, far away. Unlike Jabba's gooey Huttese or R2-D2's whistling bleeps, Ghorman, spoken by the proud…

bubmagJune 19, 2025

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SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes in Setback to Musk’s Mars Mission

What to know about Israel’s nuclear weapons program

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce harmful bag litter on shorelines | Science

Trans and Nonbinary Voices are Growing in YA

SpaceX’s Starship explodes on the ground during a routine test

China subsidies give Alibaba, JD.com sales lift during 618 shopping festival

‘A major anomaly’: SpaceX rocket explodes on platform in Texas

SpaceX Starship blows up during routine launchpad test, the latest setback in Elon Musk’s quest to go interplanetary

How Andor Created an Entirely New Language from Scratch

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