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Humanity is always aspiring to stretch itself to achieve new goals, including exploring new frontiers. The Artemis II crew accomplished this, traveling 252,000 miles away from Earth, the farthest any human has ever been before, breaking the Apollo 13 record. The four brave individuals are set to return Friday, splashing down off the coast of California, near San Diego. Here’s everything you need to know about the landing, including how to tune in. How did the Artemis get its name? The name Artemis is a throwback to the first NASA moon missions. Apollo 11 saw Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take giant leaps for mankind on the surface of the moon on July 20, …

Steam cleaning should be a low-risk activity, but that hasn’t been the case for some owners of Bissell’s Steam Shot products. Michigan-based Bissell Homecare has recalled about 1.7 million of its Steam Shot OmniReach and Steam Shot Omni Steam Cleaners with attachments. The recall follows reports of the attachments coming undone and creating a burn hazard, according to an announcement from the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Another 96,000 or so units sold in Canada have also been recalled. Of the 206 reports of malfunctioning products, 161 accounts have included notice of minor burn injuries. In one case, someone reported a second…

According to director Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Three is meant to be watched on a 70-millimeter IMAX screen. “The movie is really meant to be an IMAX experience and to be seen on the biggest screen as possible,” Villeneuve said when the sci-fi epic’s trailer released, also sharing that he and new cinematographer Linus Sandgren shot much of the movie on 65mm film. “That’s the way we dreamed the movie,” he said. But if you live in the United States, that means the intended Dune: Part Three experience is only available in 15 cinemas across the country. 70mm IMAX screenings are few and far between, meaning the demand was sky-high when Warner Bros. surprise dropped …

Below, Majid Fotuhi shares five key insights from his new book, The Invincible Brain: The Clinically Proven Plan to Age-Proof Your Brain and Stay Sharp for Life. Majid is a neurologist, professor, and neuroscientist, with more than three decades of experience—mostly at Johns Hopkins and Harvard Medical School. Over the years, he has treated thousands of patients with memory loss, concussion, ADHD, brain fog, and early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. What’s the big idea? Your brain is not fixed. Your intelligence is not limited. And aging does not have to mean decline. By working on improving the five pillars of brain health in your life, anyone—at any age—can ta…

Sam Mintesnot had checked off everything she possibly could have from a long list of to-dos in preparation for the Coachella music festival. She crafted the best outfits, got her hair and nails done, booked a one-way ticket to Los Angeles and flew out on Tuesday with a spreadsheet full of ideas for videos she could post related to the festival. The only problem was that just days before the Coachella kicked off on Friday, she didn’t have a ticket — at least, not yet. Mintesnot is a content creator, and she was seeking an invitation from a brand to join them at the annual festival in Indio, California, that is sometimes called an “influencer Olympics.” She posted a…

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. KB Home announced on Thursday that it will relocate its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles to Tempe, Arizona, beginning in spring 2027. The builder, which has a $3 billion market capitalization, said the new headquarters in the Phoenix metro area will bring executive leadership and key corporate functions into a more centralized, lower-cost operating environment. While the giant homebuilder—ranked No. 526 on the Fortune 1000—emphasized that it will maintain a significant presence in California (in particular in San Bernardino County, CA)—a state…

Frugal founders are often praised for trying to stay within budget. But when the founder happens to be the daughter of one of the world’s richest people, the expectations seem to be different. In a viral post on Thursday that has sparked a debate over fair pay for creators and the power dynamics of negotiations, a lifestyle influencer posted on X what appeared to be a screenshot of a conversation with Phoebe Gates, cofounder of AI shopping agent startup Phia, and the youngest daughter of billionaires Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. “When a billionaire’s daughter says you’re ‘out of budget’ Girl, pls,” the post read. The conversation allegedly showed Gates…

Amazon Prime members in the US can regularly save on gas, but many might not even know it. Now might be the best time to jump on it—for a limited time only, fuel savings can double. The savings perk dates back to October 2024, when Amazon partnered with, BP’s rewards and fueling app earnify, allowing Prime members save 10 cents a gallon. Now, from April 3 to May 29, members can double the savings once a week on Fuel-Up Fridays. To start saving, Amazon Prime members need to activate the perk and must link their accounts to earnify. Then, members can find the 7,500 participating BP, Amoco, Thorntons, and AM/PM gas stations and fuel up there. “You can then apply…

Below, Jon McNeill shares five key insights from his new book, The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula That Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors, and SpaceX. McNeill is a serial entrepreneur and business leader. He was president of Tesla during a period of rapid growth, later helped take Lyft public, and today works with leadership teams as a board member at companies like General Motors and Lululemon and as the CEO of his venture fund, DVx Ventures. What’s the big idea? What if the biggest obstacle to growth isn’t what you’re missing, but everything you’ve added? The fastest teams win by questioning, cutting, and simplifying far more than anyone else. …

Imagine you need to organize a meeting with people in Portland, Tokyo, and Sydney at the same time. Off the top of your head, what’s a time that’d actually work for everyone? Don’t feel bad if you’re befuddled. Time zones are confusing! You can try to memorize the time difference between different cities, but even that only works some of the time. Daylight Saving changes the time in some places but not others, for one thing—and in the hemisphere opposite yours, it changes it in the opposite direction. That’s why you shouldn’t try to schedule meetings across time zones off the top of your head. No matter how crafty you may be, there are just too many factors to kee…

When I was growing up in Turkey, the hallmark of a successful career was staying with one company for years, even decades. Today, that idea seems almost quaint. The Great Resignation may be receding into the rearview mirror, but workers are still job-hopping, especially younger ones. The average Gen Z tenure is 1.1 years, according to Randstad. Compounding the issue, newer hires are more likely to leave: employees with two years or less at a company are 38% more likely to quit within the next year. Companies must “earn” retention continuously. Some startups have come up with clever strategies for boosting retention, like offering employees early liquidity. AI tools ca…

How do you build products that work? We have decades of accumulated science of learning research, but it can be hard to get that research into the hands of classroom teachers. I met with Sandra Liu Huang, Learning Commons’ president, to discuss building the infrastructure to bring learning science into product development and empower educators with better tools. We talked about making research more usable for developers and educators, why shared infrastructure matters, and how we can ensure learning science actually reaches classrooms. Auditi: Something I have long been fascinated by is the gap between established learning science and what reaches teachers and stu…