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Michelle Obama pushed a theory suggesting a correlation between older sperm and autism diagnoses, before immediately backpaddling on the remark.

Footage shared earlier this month showed an adult red kangaroo at the Shanghai Wild Animal Park in Pudong, China being petted by visitors.

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious cosmic object, ASKAP J1832-0911, that emits both radio waves and X-rays in precise 44-minute cycles, making it unlike anything observed before. Space.com reports: This is the first time an object like this, a so-called "long-period transient" or "LPT," has been seen in high-energy X-ray light as well as low-energy radio wave light. The team behind this discovery hopes the finding could help reveal what these flashing objects actually are and how they launch their mystery signals. However, not only is there no explanation for how the signals from LPTs are generated yet, but astronomers also don't know why these signals "switch on" and "switch off" at long, regular and unusual intervals. "This object is unlike anything we have seen before," team leader and Curtin University researcher Zieng (Andy) Wang said in a statement. [...] The team believes the true nature of ASKAP J1832-0911 is a dead star, they just don't quite know what form that star takes. A highly magnetic neutron star, or "magnetar," is one option, and a a white dwarf -- the kind of stellar remnant the sun will leave behind when it dies in over 5 billion years -- is another. "ASKAP J1831- 0911 could be a magnetar, the core of a dead star with powerful magnetic fields, or it could be a pair of stars in a binary system where one of the two is a highly magnetized white dwarf, a low-mass star at the end of its evolution," Wang said. "However, even those theories do not fully explain what we are observing. "This discovery could indicate a new type of physics or new models of stellar evolution." The research has been published in the journal Nature.

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Conquering the galaxy has not seemed more imperative since the 1960s, when the contest between the USA and USSR to put the first man on the Moon dominated global headlines.

President Donald Trump's global tariffs were declared illegal and blocked by a federal court on Wednesday in a massive blow to his administration.

E.l.f. Cosmetics has acquired Hailey Bieber's skincare and beauty line, Rhode, in a new deal that is worth $1 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.

A husband and wife, both aged 72, have been granted a court order to become the legal parents of a 14-month-old baby boy, who was born to a surrogate in California.

Nina's team has a new developer on the team. They're not a junior developer, though Nina wishes they could replace this developer with a junior. Inexperience is better than whatever this Java code is.

Object[] test = (Object[]) options; List<SchedulePlatform> schedulePlatformList = (List<SchedulePlatform>)((Object[])options)[0]; List<TableColumn> visibleTableCols = (List<TableColumn>)((Object[])options)[1];

We start by casting options into an array of Objects. That's already a code stench, but we actually don't even use the test variable and instead just redo the cast multiple times.

But worse than that, we cast to an array of object, access an element, and then cast that element to a collection type. I do not know what is in the options variable, but based on how it gets used, I don't like it. What it seems to be is a class (holding different options as fields) rendered as an array (holding different options as elements).

The new developer (ab)uses this pattern everywhere.

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Todd and Julie Chrisley have officially been released from prison just one day after they were granted a pardon by President Donald Trump.

The Defence Secretary says the Government has plans to set up a cyber command to counter a 'continual and intensifying' level of cyber warfare as part of the strategic defence review.

In May 1981, Lady Diana Spencer attended a charity recital at Goldsmiths' Hall, wearing a strapless taffeta gown designed by David and Elizabeth Emanuel - who would later create her wedding gown.

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

For many fans of the royals , it would be a dream come true to become a member of the most famous family in Britain.

Dacia's gone from giving Romanians cheap and reliable motors, to one of the best-selling cheap car makers in the world.

Donna D'Errico proved that she's been keeping her famous figure up in a sizzling new post.

California was rocked by controversy this week when high school athlete AB Hernandez, who is a biological male, qualified for three events at the state track and field championships.

After almost 60 years of touring since they rose to prominence in the 1960s, The Who announced their final tour The Song Is Over will be going ahead this summer.

Telegram to get 50% cut of xAI subscriptions too

Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Wednesday announced that the Dubai-based messaging service will make unspecified Grok models from Elon Musk's xAI available to users.…

They were arrested when landing at Glasgow Airport last year

‘Consumers will not tolerate deceit’ Minister tells Amazon, Apple, Samsung and Uber

India’s government has reminded big tech companies that it has rules that prohibit the use of dark patterns – deceptive design practices that deliberately mislead and confuse customers of online services and apps – and called for an end to their use.…