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Aug 30, 2025, 06:45 PM ETEUGENE. Ore. — The Oregon Duck lost his head in the run up to the team’s opener against Montana State on Saturday.No, it wasn’t out of excitement for the game. The mascot was running out on the field at Autzen Stadium when he tripped and the head of his costume flew off.The headless Duck sprinted back into the tunnel while a helper grabbed the head and ran after him. Moments later the Duck returned to the field, fully restored.It is not the first time the Duck has had a wardrobe malfunction. He also lost his…

When I was a teenager, I was—shockingly, I know—deeply nerdy. At a science-fiction convention, I bought a button that read, “186,282 miles/second: Not just a good idea, it’s the law.”It was poking fun at a highway speed limit slogan from the time; the speed listed is the velocity of light (forgive me, this was also long before I personally went metric). The joke is that the speed of light really is a cosmic law; to the best of our understanding, nothing can travel faster than light.Generations of Star Trek notwithstanding, this restriction isn’t just some engineering limit, like the way…

Bed & bath: 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroomTop amenities: Front and back porch, lower-level deck with BBQ grill, well-stocked toiletriesAs soon as you step into this ’70s-styled home, guests are welcomed by vintage license plates lining the front porch and a relaxed, lived-in vibe that makes it easy to settle in. Just under three miles from Bragg Stadium and Doak S. Campbell Stadium, this cozy cabin is fit for a girls’ trip or annual homecoming reunion. Out back, there’s a lower-level deck with a BBQ grill, perfect for burgers and cold drinks under the Florida sky. Inside, the real surprise is…

The wife of a fugitive accused of killing two police officers has urged him to surrender and says she will cooperate fully with authorities.Freeman, also known as Desmond Filby, fled into the bush on Tuesday after a fatal confrontation at a property in Porepunkah, about 300km north-east of Melbourne.He is accused of killing Det Leading Sen Const Neal Thompson, 59, and Sen Const Vadim De Waart, 35.More than 450 police officers have been deployed to the rural community as part of the search, which has included examining disused mines, caves and dugouts.mapFreeman’s wife, Amalia Freeman, on Sunday shared her “deep…

Tom GerkenTechnology reporterKonamiEVA, one of the main characters in the remade game (image brightened from source)Metal Gear is one of the best-selling video game series in history, shifting more than 60 million copies.The series pioneered cinematics in gaming by blending cutting-edge cutscenes, voice acting and dynamic camera angles to create something that would have looked more at home on the big screen at the time.Metal Gear tackled themes not commonly seen in games, such as nuclear disarmament and child soldiers, and posed philosophical questions while also leveraging offbeat humour.The games would often break the fourth wall and ask players to…

Nearly 40% of Nvidia’s second quarter revenue came from just two customers, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On Wednesday, the chipmaker reported record revenue of $46.7 billion during the quarter that ended on July 27 — a 56% year-over-year increase largely driven by the AI data center boom. However, subsequent reporting highlighted how much of that growth seems to be coming from just a handful of customers. Specifically, Nvidia said that a single customer represented 23% of total Q2 revenue, while sales to another customer represented 16% of Q2 revenue. The filing does not identify…

Noor NanjiCulture reporterBBC/CPL ProductionsDavina McCall hosts new reality dating show Stranded on Honeymoon Island”It was hell.”That’s how David describes his experience of roughing it on a remote tropical beach.”The mosquitoes were just eating us alive,” he says. “I couldn’t stand the amount of flies and the crazy extreme heat.”He also had just one set of clothes to wear.”You just feel nasty, you feel dirty,” the 30-year-old says.He wasn’t describing a boot camp. Instead, he was talking about his time on new BBC dating reality show, Stranded on Honeymoon Island.Hosted by Davina McCall, it’s like a cross between Love Island, Married…

ESPN’s Keith Jenkins explains a recent resurgence of interest in golf and who to watch at the Ryder Cup this September. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: It’s almost fall, which means peak sports season in the U.S. The NFL and college football get going. Baseball enters the final pennant race homestretch. And every other year, at least, golf has the Ryder Cup, the confusing international tournament with memorable team outfits and often a whole lot of drama. Team Europe’s captain, Luke Donald, will announce his six picks for the remaining slots on the European team. Keith Jenkins is an ESPN writer and…

Scientists are one step closer to understanding how human ovaries develop their lifetime supply of egg cells, known as ovarian reserve.The new research, published Aug. 26 in the journal Nature Communications, mapped the emergence and progression of the cells and molecules that develop into the ovarian reserve in monkeys, from the early stages of ovarian development in an embryo to six months after birth.This map fills in some of the blanks in “really important areas of just unknown biology,” study co-author Amander Clark, a developmental biologist at UCLA, told Live Science. You may like Researchers can now use this map…

Bethany BellBBC News in BavariaBBCBeer sales in Germany have fallen to their lowest level for 30 yearsGermans are drinking less and less beer, but non-alcoholic varieties are more popular than ever.Germany’s Destatis federal statistics office says non-alcoholic sales have more than doubled in recent years – up 109% since 2013 – even though beer sales more broadly are at their lowest level in more than 30 years.For the first time, they have fallen below 4bn litres in a half-year period. German beer sales slumped by 6.3% – or 262 million litres – to around 3.9bn litres in the first half…