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☆ Wembanyama is a talent beyond compare, says Yao
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuters) - France's Victor Wembanyama possesses a talent that defies comparison, retired great Yao Ming told Reuters, as the seven-foot four-inch (2.24-metre) rookie makes his highly anticipated National Basketball Association (NBA) regular-season debut on Wednesday. "I never see a big guy like, you know, (who) can do such a thing like he does," said Yao, an eight-times NBA All-Star who stands two inches (five cms) taller than Wembanyama. Yao spent his entire NBA career with the Houston Rockets and remains an iconic figure of Chinese sport after fuelling the popularity of the NBA in his home country. The Hall of Famer was reluctant to offer advice to Frenchman Wembanyama, who enters the NBA at a time of unprecedented international participation in the league. "He has his own expedition to go (on)," said Yao, who was travelling to New York as part of a some 30-person Chinese delegation this week.

Persons: Victor Wembanyama, Yao Ming, LeBron James, Yao, Frenchman Wembanyama, I'm, Amy Tennery, Echo Wang, Clare Fallon Organizations: Reuters, Basketball Association, San Antonio Spurs, Texan, Dallas Mavericks, NBA, Houston Rockets, Famer, Thomson Locations: New York

☆ U.A.W. Expands Strike to a Ram Plant in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Neal E. Boudette | More About Neal E. Boudette | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a major escalation of its six-week strike at the three large U.S. automakers, the United Automobile Workers union on Monday told 6,800 workers at a large Ram pickup truck plant in Michigan to walk off the job. Union workers at the plant, which is owned by Stellantis, the parent of Ram, Chrysler and Jeep, in Sterling Heights, Mich., joined the strike on Monday morning. The walkout at the Ram plant is the first escalation in the strikes since the U.A.W. called 8,700 workers to leave their jobs at Ford Motor’s largest plant, in Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 11. That plant produces the Super Duty version of the company’s popular F-150 truck and the Ford Expedition, a full-size sport-utility vehicle.

Persons: Ram, “ Stellantis Organizations: U.S, United Automobile Workers, Stellantis, Chrysler, Jeep, Ford, Ford Expedition Locations: Michigan, Sterling Heights, Mich, United States, Ford Motor’s, Louisville, Ky

☆ GM and Ford will answer to Wall Street and the UAW with third-quarter earnings this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

General Motors and Ford Motor report third-quarter earnings and future guidance this week amid ongoing strikes and contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty ImagesThe UAW has consistently used earnings reports and commentary from executives, including GM CEO Mary Barra and Ford CEO Jim Farley, to promote its efforts and collective bargaining. "If GM, Ford and Stellantis are still very profitable for the third quarter, [UAW's] going to claim that, 'They're being too cheap in bargaining, and they should give us more.'" GM has said the work stoppage cost it roughly $200 million in lost production in September. UAW impactJPMorgan estimates strike costs amounted to $145 million at Ford and $191 million at GM in terms of earnings before interest and taxes during the third quarter.

Persons: Jim Farley, Ford, Mary Barra, Patrick T, Fallon, Wheaton, Ford —, Shawn Fain, Wolfe, Rod Lache, Lache, EVs Organizations: General Motors Reuters, General Motors DETROIT, Motors, Ford Motor, United Auto Workers, GM, Ford, LSEG, UAW, Stellantis, Local, Chrysler Corporate, Division, AFP, Getty, Worker Institute, Cornell University, Ford Expedition, Lincoln, Detroit, Detroit automakers Locations: Ontario , California, Kentucky

She joined personnel from the Turtle Hospital to carry Rocky across the sand on Sunday to the water’s edge. After being guided into the water, Rocky swam away from the beach before diving down into the Atlantic as Nyad, Stoll and several hundred spectators applauded. Among them were more than 30 of Nyad’s Cuba swim support crew that returned to Key West for the 10th anniversary celebration. Other weekend events in Key West also marked the anniversary including a Saturday beach party where Nyad and team members took turns sharing their memories of the swim. Nyad's swim has been turned into a new feature film, “Nyad,” starring Annette Bening as the swimmer and Jodie Foster as Stoll, her friend and trainer.

Persons: Diana Nyad, Bonnie Stoll, Nyad, ”, Rocky, Stoll, “, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster Organizations: WEST, Key West, Florida, Nyad, Labor, Turtle, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation, Key Locations: Fla, Cuba, Key, Florida Straits, Havana

☆ A Historical Novel That Is Also a Mash-Up of the Centuries
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Lizzy Harding | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But for Thirlwell, Celine is more like the chair in the corner of a bedroom where, by some quirk of gravity, everything always ends up. Just because Celine mistrusts language, seeking instead “something which language was pointing to but which escaped it forever”? To read a Thirlwell novel is to be forced to stroke one’s chin. Like Celine, Heti’s protagonist, Mira, communes with what seem to be voices of the universe and falls in love with other women. Then Celine was green too.” Let that sink in.

Persons: Celine, Thirlwell, Celine mistrusts, ”, Sheila Heti’s, Mira, ” Thirlwell Locations: Celine

☆ NASA launches spacecraft to explore metal-rich asteroid Psyche
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The spacecraft, roughly the size of a small van, is due to reach the asteroid in August 2029. Asteroid Psyche measures roughly 173 miles (279 km) across at its widest point and resides on the outer fringes of the main asteroid belt between the planets Mars and Jupiter. After reaching the asteroid, the spacecraft would then orbit it for 26 months, scanning Psyche with instruments built to measure its gravity, magnetic proprieties and composition. 'OUTER SPACE TO EXPLORE INNER SPACE'[1/4]A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off carrying a NASA spacecraft to investigate the Psyche asteroid from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., October 13, 2023. It also marks the first dedicated NASA launch on a Falcon Heavy rocket furnished by Elon Musk's SpaceX company, and the first interplanetary mission flown by the Falcon Heavy.

Persons: Lindy Elkins, Tanton, Lucy, Steve Gorman, Will Dunham Organizations: NASA, SpaceX, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Kennedy Space Center, Arizona State University, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Thomson Locations: Florida, NASA's, Cape Canaveral, Los Angeles, Cape Canaveral , Florida, U.S

☆ A 21-year-old won $40,000 for using AI to read the first word on a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll buried by Mount Vesuvius
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The scrolls can't be unrolled so the Vesuvius Challenge was launched to find alternative methods. Why the Herculaneum scrolls can't be read like normalWhen Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, Pompeii wasn't the only town it obliterated. Those ancient scrolls then lay buried in mud for 1,700 years until they were finally excavated in 1752. AdvertisementAdvertisementAny attempts to unfurl the Herculaneum scrolls, which now resemble charcoal logs, would damage them beyond repair. Seth Parker and Brent Seales of the Digital Restoration Initiative project scan a replica of the Herculaneum scroll.

Persons: —, Luke Farritor, Farritor, Seth Parker, Brent Seales, University of Naples Federico, there's, University of Oxford Seales, it's Organizations: Service, University of Nebraska, University of Kentucky, University of Naples, Bodleian, University of Oxford Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Locations: Herculaneum

The UAW said that 8,700 union members at Ford's Kentucky truck plant went on strike after the union said the No. [1/4]United Auto Workers (UAW) members strike outside of Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. October 11, 2023. Even with Wednesday's walkout, only about 22% of the 150,000 UAW workers at the Detroit Three automakers are on strike. The walkout in Kentucky will put stress on Ford UAW members beyond the sprawling factory near Louisville. Workers at a dozen other Ford plants that supply engines, transmissions and other components to the plant could be furloughed.

Persons: Shawn Fain's, Fain, Ford, leadership's, UAW bargainers, Harley Shaiken, Shaiken, Wednesday's Ford, walkouts, David Shepardson, Joe White, Abhirup Roy, Heekyong Yang, Peter Henderson, Sayantani Ghosh, Jamie Freed Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Detroit Three automakers, UAW, Ford, Duty, Lincoln Navigator, Ford Expedition, Kentucky, Detroit, Motors, Chrysler, Plant, Handout, Detroit Three, Ford UAW, Workers, University of California, GM, Stellantis, BlueOval SK, South Korea's SK, Thomson Locations: Ford's Kentucky, U.S, Kentucky, Arlington , Texas, Stellantis, Sterling Heights, Warren , Michigan, Detroit, Ford's, Louisville , Kentucky, Louisville, Berkeley, South, Tennessee, Washington, San Francisco, Bengaluru, Seoul

(AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday voted to audit the purchase of a $19,000 lectern for Gov. The Republican Party of Arkansas reimbursed the state for the purchase on Sept. 14, and Sanders’ office has called the use of a state credit card for the lectern an accounting error. Sanders’ office said it received the lectern in August. Sanders’ office has not said what features contributed to the lectern’s seemingly high cost. The lectern's purchase was uncovered by Matthew Campbell, a blogger and attorney who has sued Arkansas State Police and claimed the agency withheld documents about Sanders' security and travel.

Persons: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sanders, Sanders ’, ” Hickey, Donald Trump, Alexa Henning, ” Henning, Tom Mars, Hickey, Matthew Campbell, Campbell, Roger Norman, Jimmy Gazaway, “, ” Norman, Grant Hodges, Republican Sen, John Payton Organizations: —, Republican, Republican Party of Arkansas, GOP, Beckett, Arkansas State Police, Legislative Audit, ” Republican Locations: — Arkansas, Virginia

☆ Cramer urges investors to stick with Ford, even as latest strike risks denting profits
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Around 8,700 Ford workers Wednesday evening walked off the job at the automaker's Kentucky truck plant — its largest and most profitable globally — after the UAW said Ford refused further concessions in contract bargaining. "It's time for a fair contract at Ford and the rest of the Big Three," he added. Ford was apparently caught off guard by the strike at its Kentucky plant, which generates $25 billion in annual revenue, roughly a sixth of the company's global automotive revenue. As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Factory workers and UAW union members form a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the early morning hours on October 12, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Persons: Ford, Jim Cramer, Fain, Jim, BofA, Wells, Jim Cramer's, Luke Sharrett Organizations: United Auto Workers, Ford, Big Three Detroit, UAW, Chrysler, General Motors, Big Three, Duty, Ford Expedition, Lincoln, Bank of America, Detroit, CNBC, Factory, Ford Motor Co, Plant, Getty Locations: Kentucky, Wells Fargo, Louisville , Kentucky

☆ UAW expands strike, hitting Ford’s largest factory
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The United Auto Workers union surprised Ford with a major escalation of its strike, ordering workers off the job at the company’s largest plant. “We have been crystal clear, and we have waited long enough, but Ford has not gotten the message,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. He said that the union wanted a different offer from Ford from what it had presented before. The UAW has been on strike against not only Ford, but also General Motors and Stellantis, since September 15. By hitting the Kentucky Truck Plant, the union is going after a much more profitable part of Ford’s line-up.

Persons: Ford, ”, Shawn Fain, “, Fain Organizations: CNN, United Auto Workers, Kentucky, Ford, UAW, Motors, Ford Expedition, Lincoln, Chicago Assembly, Lincoln Aviator, GM Locations: Wayne Michigan, Chicago

Paul-Henri Nargeolet was the director of underwater research for RMS Titanic, Inc, the Georgia-based firm that recovers and exhibits Titanic artifacts. Nargeolet was lending his expertise to a separate company, OceanGate, when he and four others died on the Titan's final dive near the Titanic in June. The former French navy officer had already completed 37 dives and supervised the recovery of about 5,000 Titanic artifacts. A hearing was still scheduled for Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Virginia, which oversees Titanic salvage matters. The firm said it “will not recover artifacts at this time, nor conduct other activity that would physically alter or disturb the wreck,” the company wrote Wednesday.

Persons: Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Nargeolet, RMST, “, Jessica Sanders, Henri ‘ P.H, ’ Nargeolet, ” Organizations: U.S ., French, Marconi, U.S . Coast Guard, U.S, Britain Locations: NORFOLK, Va, U.S, Georgia, That's, Southampton, England, New York, Norfolk , Virginia, Britain, Norfolk

☆ UAW launches strike against Ford's Kentucky truck plant, signaling major escalation in labor fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

DETROIT – United Auto Workers has unexpectedly expanded its U.S. strikes at Ford Motor to a highly profitable SUV and truck plant for the automaker in Kentucky. ET at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant, where the automaker produces Ford Super Duty pickups as well as the Ford Expedition and the Lincoln Navigator. The union's decision to strike the plant, which is Ford's largest in terms of employment and revenue, is a major escalation in its targeted, or "stand up," strikes. Fain said the union expects Stellantis and Ford Motor to follow suit, including battery plant workers in eventual contract agreements. Only 25,200 workers, or roughly 17% of UAW members covered by the expired contracts with the Detroit automakers, are currently on strike.

Persons: Shawn Fain, Ford, leadership's, Jonah Furman, Shawn Fain's, Fain Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, Ford Motor, Ford, Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator, UAW, Ford's, Detroit, Detroit automakers, General Motors, EV Locations: Kentucky

☆ Image shows the last remaining debris from the Titan submersible implosion recovered by the Coast Guard
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The final debris from the Titan submersible's implosion was recovered by US Coast Guard officials. More presumed human remains were also found from within the debris and will be examined. The Coast Guard said that the recovery and transfer of remaining parts was completed last Wednesday, and a photo showed the intact aft titanium endcap of the 22-foot (6.7-meter) vessel. Additional presumed human remains were carefully recovered from within Titan's debris and transported for analysis by U.S. medical professionals, the Coast Guard said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Coast Guard previously said it recovered presumed human remains along with parts of the Titan after the debris field was located at a depth of 12,500 feet (3,800 meters).

Persons: —, Titan, OceanGate Organizations: US Coast Guard, Service, Guard, Coast Guard, U.S . Navy, Investigators, Guard's Marine Board of Investigation, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation, Board of Canada, Board of Investigation, Stockton Rush

☆ ‘Healthy eating’ curriculum can do more harm than good
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Oona Hanson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s note: Oona Hanson is a parent coach in private practice and a family mentor at Equip, an eating disorder treatment program. In my work supporting parents and guardians whose children have eating disorders, the process of navigating school nutrition units can be particularly fraught. Most teachers don’t realize that delivering a nutrition lesson can be “leading an expedition into a minefield,” according to Zoë Bisbing, an eating disorder therapist in New York City. Nutrition curriculum has an effect on students, but families play a major role in helping children learn about food. Following typical “healthy eating” guidance to try to lose weight can mean “missing much-needed nutrition at a time when teens have a high need for calories and nutrients for growth and development.”Triggering an eating disorder isn’t the only unintended impact of nutrition lessons.

Persons: Oona Hanson, don’t, Zoë, Bisbing, ”, Nicole Cruz, Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez, ” Cruz, “, ” Bisbing, Christopher Pepper, Pepper, ” Pepper Organizations: CNN, Nutrition, Research, US Department of Agriculture, Health Locations: New York City, Agoura Hills , California, San Francisco

☆ How this 77-year-old widow lost $661,000 in a common tech scam: 'I realized I had been defrauded of everything'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +19 min

Older adults, many of whom have saved their entire careers for retirement, can have the most to lose. The Covid pandemic was a disproportionate threat to older adults, keeping Americans indoors and quickly pushing them online. Outcomes hinge on a complex web of federal and state rules that govern banking and elder financial fraud. Such "heightened procedures" to protect older adults are part of the bank's duty of care relative to older customers, the lawsuit said. Scammers had her wire funds from her PNC bank account to an account at the now-defunct Signature Bank in New York.

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☆ Vivek Ramaswamy said an angry protester crashed into his car at a campaign event. Police say that's not what happened.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy claimed a protester rammed into his car at a campaign stop. Representatives for Ramaswamy's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider. They said there is no evidence to substantiate the claim that protesters intentionally hit Ramaswamy's campaign vehicle and sped off. What Ramaswamy's campaign saysRamaswamy spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told The Associated Press the campaign stands by its assessment that the driver was a protester. She also stood by her assessment that there were two people in the car that hit the campaign car.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, —, Vivek Ramaswamy's, candidate's, Ramaswamy, Tricia McLaughlin, McLaughlin, Elon Musk, Bee, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Local, Service, Republican, Police, Ford Expedition, Associated Press, Honda, Inc, Des, CBS News, Grinnell College Locations: Ukraine, Iowa, Grinnell, Des Moines, Poweshiek County, Chattanooga , Tennessee, Florida

☆ Two killed by avalanches on Tibet’s Shishapangma as 50 were climbing
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Shishapangma, at just over 8,000 metres (26,247 feet), is the world's 14th tallest peak. Two avalanches hit its slopes at elevations of 7,600 metres and 8,000 metres on Saturday, killing American climber Anna Gutu and Nepalese guide Mingmar Sherpa, Xinhua reported on Sunday. All climbing activity on Shishapangma was suspended because of the unstable snow conditions. Had one of the Pakistani climbers, Sirbaz Khan, reached the top of Shishapangma he would have become the first Pakistani to summit all 14 mountains over 8,000 metres. Among those who had previously died on Shishapangma was famed American climber Alex Lowe in 1999, also because of an avalanche.

Persons: Anna Gutu, Gina Marie Rzucidlo, Tenjen Sherpa, Norway's Kristin Harila, Sirbaz Khan, Shishapangma, Alex Lowe, David Bridges, Ryan Woo, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: Xinhua, Sherpa, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, American, Pakistan, United States, Britain, Romania, Albania, Italy, Japan, Xinhua, Nepal

☆ Q&A With the Sustainability Chief of Oilfield-Services Firm SLB
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Rochelle Toplensky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +9 min

The German native joined SLB, formerly known as Schlumberger , in 2021 as its chief strategy and sustainability officer. Katharina Beumelburg, chief strategy and sustainability officer of SLB. Beumelburg: This push toward lowering carbon emissions in the oil-and-gas industry is a major change. The other side is our transition technology portfolio that focuses on bringing the carbon emissions at our customers down. Carbon capture and storage is the obvious short-term solution to reduce carbon emissions, one where the technology is ready, where we know what to do.

Persons: Katharina Beumelburg, SLB, Beumelburg, SLB Beumelburg, Johan Rockström, Rochelle Toplensky Organizations: Sustainability, Siemens, SLB, Schlumberger, Pro, WSJ, Potsdam Institute, Business, Microsoft, Saudi Aramco, Linde, Rochelle, rochelle.toplensky@wsj.com Locations: Greenland, Paris, Texas, Europe, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Davos

☆ Bill Gates says America has a math problem. Here are his three suggestions to help kids learn to love the subject like he does.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bill Gates wrote a blog post suggesting three ways to improve math education. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe believes that math skills are a "powerful indicator" of future success. Gates wrote. The new approach to math seems to be working at Chula Vista: Math proficiency rates have increased 18% over the past three years at the school, Gates wrote. College grads who land high-earning jobs often major in fields that require strong math skills.

Persons: Bill Gates, —, Gates, hasn't, Amilcar Fernandez —, Fernandez, Mr, there's, Melinda — Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Chula Vista Middle, Networks, School, Gates Foundation, Chula Vista —, College grads, New York Federal Reserve Locations: Chula, Southern California, Chula Vista

The spacecraft would also make room for 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of foreign science payloads, the agency said on its website. This could allow overseas partners to conduct lunar research by “piggybacking” off the mission, Chinese state media said. China is not alone in elevating its space program and lunar ambitions as multiple countries eye the potential scientific benefit, national prestige and access to resources and further deep space exploration that successful moon missions could bring. That same week, Russia’s first lunar mission in decades ended in failure with its Luna 25 spacecraft crashing into the moon’s surface. Its last mission, Chang’e-5, landed on the moon in December 2020 and returned with samples of lunar rocks and soil.

Persons: CNSA, ”, “ piggybacking, Artemis, Hu Hao, Hu, can’t, Pakistan’s Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Space Administration, International Astronautical, United, NASA, Artemis, Aitken, European Space Agency Locations: Hong Kong, Beijing, Baku, Azerbaijan, China, Russia, Venezuela, South Africa, India, United States, Italian

☆ 'Extinct' holly tree in Brazil rediscovered living in big city, say scientists
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A type of holly tree in Brazil that was believed to be extinct was rediscovered after 186 years. An organization called Re:wild said it was one of their "top 25 most wanted lost species." AdvertisementAdvertisementA species of small holly tree known as "Ilex sapiiformis," or the Pernambuco holly, has reemerged in Brazil after nearly two centuries, a conservation organization reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe identification of the Pernambuco holly was made possible by the expedition team, who recognized the tree by its distinctive tiny white flowers. Re:wild shared their excitement on Instagram, stating, "The Pernambuco Holly is one of our top 25 most wanted lost species."

Persons: —, Milton Groppo, University of São Paulo, Gustavo Martinelli, Pernambuco Holly Organizations: Service, University of São, Navia Biodiversity, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Pernambuco holly's Locations: Brazil, Pernambuco, Igarassu, Navia, Atlantic Forest

☆ Man dies in Australia after whale collides with boat
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, Sept 30 (Reuters) - One man died and another was in hospital on Saturday in Australia after a whale struck and flipped their boat during a fishing expedition, authorities said. "A whale has been involved, whoever would have thought that that would have occurred, it's terribly tragic," said New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Catley. The boat "was likely to have struck or been impacted by a whale breaching, causing the boat to tilt, ejecting both men", police said in a statement. While human deaths caused by whales in the region are rare, Australia and neighbouring New Zealand are hot spots for mass whale strandings on beaches. Reporting by Sam McKeith in Sydney; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: it's, Yasmin Catley, Jihad Dib, Danes, Sam McKeith, Cynthia Osterman, William Mallard Organizations: Police, New South Wales Police, Emergency Services, Thomson Locations: Australia, Botany Bay, Sydney, New, New Zealand

☆ Dumbo octopus 'wows' researchers during deep-sea expedition
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Lilian Manansala | Tamara Lindstrom | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Sightings of dumbo octopuses are rare, so researchers were enthralled when one appeared on their submersible's camera on a deep-sea dive near Hawaii.

Locations: Hawaii

☆ Rare footage shows a 'Dumbo' octopus more than 5,500 feet underwater, swimming with its ear-shaped fins
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rare footage shows a "Dumbo" octopus swimming near a submersible in the deep ocean. A still from the video shows the Dumbo octopus. Side by side images show the Dumbo octopus, captured more than 5,500 feet underground. This isn't the first enthralling deep-sea footage that the Ocean Exploration Trust has shared. The Ocean Exploration Trust livestreams its missions on a website for the Nautilus.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Ocean Exploration Trust, Exploration Trust, Central Pacific, Ocean Exploration, Geographic, Exploration, Nautilus Locations: nonchalantly, siphons, Hōlanikū, Hawaii

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