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Starlink satellites have been developed by SpaceX to provide internet to remote locations. Here we explore the controversial ...

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Across the United States, many celebrate Columbus Day, a controversial federal holiday observed every year on the second Monday in October. It was named after Christopher Columbus, the man credited ...

While the exploration of the Americas and the Crusades of the Medieval era are not generally thought of in the same context, Columbus apparently considered the two to be linked. According to historian ...