From this rather popular photo of Erling Haaland kicked the ball into Mavropanos's face, the shot was so strong it compressed the ball in half.
Considering the standard Premier League ball is inflated up to 12 psi and weighs around 430 grams, how much force did Mavropanos face experienced during that moment?
Unmarked steel object found in shed, red parts rotate around the two arms. Around 25cm long.
The dune is roughly one kilometer long and one kilometer wide, contains approximately 4 million cubic meters of sand, and rises to about 40 meters above sea level. It covers an area of nearly two square kilometers.
Each year, the dune moves approximately 15 meters to the northeast toward Grenen, Denmark's northernmost point. Over the past 110 years, Råbjerg Mile has migrated about 1.5 kilometers eastward.
The dune began forming more than 300 years ago along Denmark's west coast. At its current pace, it is expected to reach the main road to Skagen in about 100 years and, roughly a century later, eventually return to the sea.
Attempts to halt the dune through afforestation were unsuccessful. When the migrating sand engulfs forests, the buried trees may not reappear for approximately 40 years after the dune has passed. The same process affects the small lakes and depressions in its path, which are created by fluctuations in the groundwater table. Initially barren and nutrient-poor after being uncovered, these areas gradually recover as vegetation returns.
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You cannot hide from a camera without hiding from people. This changes that. Dutch designer Jip van Leeuwenstein built a clear mask that bends light. To a person standing right in front of you, they see your eyes, your mouth, and your natural expressions. To a surveillance camera, you are a scrambled mathematical mess. The specific lens-shaped curve distorts your face just enough to break the biometric locking algorithms that AI relies on. It blinds facial recognition software from any angle. The goal is simple. Keep your privacy in public without losing your social connection.
Delta lets basic economy keep the carry-on. United charges $75 to learn that lesson at the gate.
Same size bag. Same overhead bin. Two very different bills.
Delta’s basic economy ticket — the cheapest fare it sells — still comes with a free full-size carry-on.
No catch, no upgrade required.
United takes the opposite approach: basic economy fliers only get a personal item, and if you show up at the gate with a real carry-on bag, you’re looking at a $75 charge on the spot.
That’s not a small gap.
Checked bags aren’t cheap either — Delta’s first bag runs $45, the second $55.
But at least you know that going in. United’s $75 carry-on fee is the kind of thing a lot of travelers only find out about when they’re already standing at the gate, watching an agent take their bag.
Delta doesn’t enforce any of this with gate checks or bag sizers. Its basic economy restrictions live somewhere else entirely — no miles earned, no upgrades, no changes, last group to board. But your carry-on stays yours.
United’s making a different bet: charge for flexibility, and charge again for the bag you already packed.
Would you pay $75 to keep your carry-on — or is that the moment you just book a different airline?
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Scientists in China have discovered a new species of tiny dinosaur, named Pulaosaurus qinglongin, that lived 163 million years ago—and may have sounded more like a bird than a beast. Unearthed from the Tiaojishan Formation in Hebei Province, this 28-inch-long herbivore is an extraordinary find. Why? Because it’s only the second dinosaur ever discovered with preserved throat bones—specifically, ossified laryngeal elements, a structure associated with vocalization.
That’s a huge deal. Most soft tissue, like the voice box and throat, rarely fossilizes. But in this case, the fossil was so complete and well-preserved that paleontologists could examine its vocal anatomy. The evidence suggests Pulaosaurus may have produced birdlike chirps or tweets—not thunderous roars. The find pushes back the origins of avian-style vocalization millions of years earlier than expected—and in a species not even related to birds.
The only other known dinosaur with similar vocal structures? An armored ankylosaur named Pinacosaurus. That makes this chirping duo a rarity in the fossil record and a game-changer for how we imagine ancient dinosaur soundscapes.
Named after the mythical Chinese dragon Pulao, said to make loud cries, Pulaosaurus has now become the voice of a new theory: that vocal communication in dinosaurs may have been much more diverse and subtle than we ever thought.
Fun Fact: The fossil’s tiny throat bones were so delicate, it’s a scientific miracle they survived at all—yet they now give voice to a creature silent for over 160 million years.
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