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Adam RittenbergDec 8, 2025, 08:05 AM ETCloseCollege football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.The 12-team College Football Playoff is no longer new, but there are some different elements to consider when beginning the intrepid task of predicting every postseason game the day the pairings are announced.For starters, there are more justifiably aggrieved teams at being left out of the 12-team CFP. Among them: Vanderbilt (10-2), BYU (11-2), Texas (9-3) and, of course, Notre Dame (10-2), which had the most bitter Sunday following the selections.The annual coaching carousel always impacts the postseason, but this year has seen moves…

Scientists have converted waste cooking oil into various recyclable plastics with exceptional strength — and some were even durable enough to tow a car.Turning nonedible waste into useful polymers is a sustainable way to create new materials, the researchers said in a new study published Nov. 28 in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.”Waste streams offer a potentially attractive alternative to biomass-derived feedstocks [to make plastics],” the researchers wrote in the study. You may like One such waste stream is used cooking oil, where nearly 3.7 billion gallons is generated each year. This waste oil has so far found…

With history under attack, it’s crucial to bear witness.Standing at the peak of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, you can’t help but feel the weight of the past.Looking down the roadway across the Alabama River in Selma, try to imagine marching into a crowd of men on horseback with nightsticks. The violence that followed on a day now called “Bloody Sunday” spurred the passage of the 1965 U.S. Voting Rights Act. But that history, recounted at visitor centers along the Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail, is now under threat.The federal government is evaluating signs and displays at the nation’s 433…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Air New Zealand has cleared its runways to test both all-electric and hydrogen-powered planes. Although in its early stages, the four-month “intensive proving program” may help one day usher in a new era of sustainable flight. Aircraft remain some of the biggest sources of vehicle-based pollution in the world. These types of pollution include greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide, as well as other toxic byproducts such as sulfur oxides and contrails. Given the ubiquity of both commercial and private air travel today, it’s vital that…

A drone flies over a field.Instrumental Inc.The war in Ukraine is forcing a fundamental reassessment of how modern militaries design, build, and deploy technology. The shift from “exquisite technology” to “attritable systems” has been stark – and for United States defense manufacturers, watching these innovations has revealed opportunities to change products and processes to better align with modern warfare.That transformation was the focus of “Innovation in the Arsenal,” a recent live panel discussion held at the Build Better Conference in Alameda, California. Leaders from Anduril, Firestorm, and AWS discussed the new defense manufacturing paradigm.From Ukraine’s Front Lines to America’s Industrial…

Getty ImagesGhetts pictured at the Ivor Novello Awards earlier this yearAward-winning rapper Ghetts has admitted killing a young man in a hit-and-run collision in north-east London.The grime artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW hit Nepali student Yubin Tamang, 20, in Ilford, north-east London, on 18 October.Police said the rapper was driving over 60mph in a 30mph zone, and hit Mr Tamang who was crossing the road. Clarke-Samuel, 41, from Woodford, east London, pleaded guilty to causing Mr Tamang’s death by dangerous driving, and a second charge of dangerous driving on the same day.…

Imagn Images Western Conference contenders meet as part of the three-game NBA schedule on Monday when the Minnesota Timberwolves host the Phoenix Suns. Phoenix is 13-10, while Minnesota is 15-8 and enters this matchup on a five-game winning streak. Phoenix has been one of the league’s best teams against the spread with a 15-8 ATS mark. Devin Booker (groin) and Jalen Green (hamstring) are both out for Phoenix. Anthony Edwards (illness) is questionable for Minnesota. Tipoff from the Target Center is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Minnesota is an 8.5-point favorite in the latest Timberwolves vs. Suns odds, while the over/under…

The Perseid meteor shower in August often catches the headlines because of the warmer conditions associated with watching the display, but to many astronomers the Geminids put on the better show.The Geminids have been active since 4 December and they reach their climax this week with the peak of the shower taking place on the night of 13-14 December. The chart shows the view looking south-east from London at midnight as 13 December becomes 14 December.The meteors will appear to shoot in all directions from a point, known as the radiant, close to the star Castor in the constellation of…

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Natalie ShermanBusiness reporterWarner Brothers DiscoveryWarner Brothers Discovery is owner of HBO, known for shows like Sex and the City Paramount Skydance has made another offer to buy Warner Bros Discovery as it seeks to trump a rival plan from Netflix to buy the company’s studio and streaming networks. Paramount, which is backed by the billionaire Ellison family, said it was making a direct offer to shareholders of $30 (£22.50) per share to scoop up the whole of Warner Bros, including its traditional television networks.It said its proposal was a “superior alternative” to Netflix’s, delivering more cash upfront to shareholders and…