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Fizzing Sodium Could Explain Asteroid Phaethon’s Cometlike Activity

. Fizzing Sodium Could Explain Asteroid Phaethon’s Cometlike Activity Models and lab tests suggest the asteroid could be venting sodium vapor as it orbits close to the Sun, explaining its increase in brightness. As a comet zooms through the inner solar system, the Sun heats it, causing ices below the surface to vaporize into space. The venting vapor…
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Quick Charge Podcast: August 16, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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Paselec GS9 e-bike review: a full-suspension electric mountain bike on a budget

When it comes to e-bikes, full-suspension electric mountain bikes are where the fun’s at. They give you the confidence and the comfort to do things you wouldn’t attempt on most other e-bikes. But that comes at a high cost – as in a high price. Budget eMTBs may not pack the same punch or performance as the top-dollar versions, but bikes like the Paselec GS9 give us normies the chance to have…
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Roblox bookings grow 35% to $665.5M for Q2 2021

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Roblox, the platform for Lego-like user-generated games, reported its bookings for the second quarter ended June 30 were $665.5 million, up 35% from the same period a year ago. The San Mateo company reported a net loss of $140.1 million on revenues of $454.1 million (up 127%) for the second quarter. The results fell…
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