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SPHEREx Spectra Expose Where Brown Dwarf Models Go Wrong

PASADENA, Oct. 14 -- The best computer models of brown dwarf atmospheres, the failed stars that sit between planets and stars, still struggle to reproduce what NASA's SPHEREx telescope sees as these o... Read More


Webb Traces Farthest Fast Radio Burst to a Surprisingly Tiny Galaxy

SYDNEY, Oct. 14 -- The galaxy behind the most distant fast radio burst yet traced turned out to be about 1,000 times less massive than the astronomers who found it expected, a mismatch that makes one ... Read More


Argentina Asks Hamburg Court to Halt Falklands Sea Lion Oil Project

HAMBURG, Oct. 14 -- Argentina has asked an international tribunal to halt an oil project it has no means of stopping on the ground, and the clearest sign of where its pressure is landing comes not fro... Read More


China Sentences Three to Death Over Myanmar Scam Compounds

BEIJING, Oct. 14 -- A Chinese court sentenced three leaders of a family-run crime syndicate to death on Tuesday for running scam compounds in Myanmar's Kokang region, in a case that turns on a questio... Read More


Putin Will Meet Xi at APEC, Lavrov Says, and Trump Remains a Maybe

BAKU, Oct. 14 -- Moscow has now confirmed that Vladimir Putin will fly to Shenzhen next month for the APEC summit and a meeting with Xi Jinping, and it is far less sure about the other leader it says ... Read More


Rams Lose Left Tackle Alaric Jackson for 2 Games After Postgame Punch

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 -- The game had been over for several minutes when Alaric Jackson, pads already off, walked back onto the field to trade jerseys with Bills defender Deone Walker, and by the time ... Read More


Apple's iPhone Duo Get Ready Tool Speeds Up Preorders-but Isn't an Order

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Apple is letting iPhone Duo buyers prepare their purchase before preorders open Friday, October 16. Its Get Ready tool lets customers choose their new iPhone ahead of time, then ... Read More


8BitDo's $30 Ultimate 2C Offers Switch 2 Players a Cheaper Controller-with a Wake-Up Catch

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- the controller cannot wake the Switch 2 from sleep. This is coverage of Engadget's review, not an Eastern Herald hands-on test or an announcement of a newly released controller.... Read More


Epic Games Releases Rebuilt Launcher in Preview, and Says It Beats Steam on Speed

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Epic Games has released a rebuilt version of its PC launcher as a preview, available from October 14 on Windows and Mac and, for the first time, on Linux. The company says the ne... Read More


Kabila, Sentenced to Death, Takes Command of Congo's Rebel Coalition

New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Five days after African Union mediators urged Congo's rebels to keep to their ceasefire commitments, the founder of the rebels' political coalition, Corneille Nangaa, became depu... Read More