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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Quick: Picture the contents of a typical U.S. refrigerator. Did you imagine a half-used bottle of ketchup sitting on a shelf? If you did, well done. Since at least the 1920s, ketchup has been the condiment of choice for millions of Americans. It is estimated that 97% of U.S. households consume ketchup with the average American ingesting roughly three bottles of the sauce each year. A pillar of fast food culture, ketchup is affordable, versatile, and a kids-favorite.  Yet, this ubiquitous kitchen staple has a surprising…

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp resigns after failing to secure sanctions against Israel over Gaza atrocities.Earlier this month, Slovenia joined Spain and Belgium in imposing an arms embargo on Israel.Germany followed suit, partially, halting the sale of weapons to Israel that could be used in Gaza “until further notice”.The Netherlands has also imposed a partial ban on parts for Israeli fighter jets, while Italy suspended all new military exports to Israel in October.But it is the recent resignation of Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, after his government failed to agree to sanctions against Israel, that raises questions:Will this one action…

How to solve today’s Wordle.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The last week of August is finally here. Perhaps I shouldn’t say “finally.” This month has pretty much flown by, as most months do these days. Time flies when you’re having fun, they say. It seems to fly regardless. It’s Monday. There’s work to be done. Let’s solve this Wordle! Looking for yesterday’s Wordle? Check out hints, clues and the answer right here. How To Play Wordle Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer. After each…

Kerry Wan/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysPixel 10 Fold is first foldable with IP68 dust, water rating.Pixel 10 Pro Fold resists dust better than rival foldables.One of few upgrades in Google’s $1,799 foldable.Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers.Did Google just pull off the impossible? At its Made by Google hardware event this week, the company unveiled its new Pixel 10 Pro Fold, a $1,799 foldable phone that’s the first of its kind to feature an IP68 rating.Those two digits — especially the first one — are really important, whether you’re a frequent beach…

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight in Starbase, Texas, on Sunday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Space enthusiasts will have to wait awhile longer to see SpaceX attempt the 10th launch of its massive Starship rocket, the largest type of rocket ever built. The company had been targeting a one-hour window Sunday evening to launch Starship from a SpaceX facility near Boca Chica Beach in Texas. Soon after workers started loading the rocket with propellant, however, the company announced on social media that the effort was being halted. “Standing down from today’s tenth…

Standout track appears on Pusha T and Malice’s long-awaited new LP Let God Sort Em Out Clipse surprised fans in Los Angeles at the Novo on Saturday when they brought out Kendrick Lamar. The trio performed “Chains & Whips” from Clipse’s long-awaited album, Let God Sort Em Out, which arrived last month. As fan-filmed clips reveal, Pusha T and Malice were in the midst of performing the song, and then the stage went dark briefly before a spotlight unveiled Lamar onstage. Then, Lamar delivered his scene-stealing verse. As he rapped the opening lines, “I’m not the candidate to vibe with/I…

It was not Patrick Cantlay, Russell Henley, Scottie Scheffler or any other golfer that Tommy Fleetwood had to battle with at the Tour Championship. Instead, the Englishman had to see off the burden of recent history. Fleetwood prevailed, taking his maiden PGA Tour title on his 164th start. Sometimes the good guys win. East Lake delivered one of the most heartwarming tales of the sporting year, a victory for persistence and proof that a relatable golfer can be a triumphant one.Fleetwood displayed magnificent mental strength to brush aside scar tissue caused by falling short, agonisingly so, twice since late June.…

Bragg says Labor underwriting ‘extremely wealthy’ with first home buyer schemeThe Coalition isn’t a fan of the government’s 5% deposit scheme, and Andrew Bragg, the opposition housing spokesperson, says it’s going to turn the government into a major property developer.Speaking to RN Breakfast, Bragg says the scheme shouldn’t be a free-for-all: This is an uncapped scheme which is available to billionaires or the children of billionaires if they want to use a government program. I think we’re getting to a point where Australia is becoming a ridiculous nation where the taxpayer is underwriting mortgage insurance schemes for extremely wealthy people.…

STARBASE, Texas—A beehive of aerospace technicians, construction workers, and spaceflight fans descended on South Texas this weekend in advance of the next test flight of SpaceX’s gigantic Starship rocket, the largest vehicle of its kind ever built. Towering 404 feet (123.1 meters) tall, the rocket will lift off during a one-hour launch window beginning at 6:30 pm CDT (7:30 pm EDT; 23:30 UTC) Sunday. The main concern for Sunday’s launch attempt will be weather conditions at Starbase, located a few miles north of the US-Mexico border. There’s just a 45 percent chance of favorable weather for liftoff Sunday, according to…

Thank you for Arwa Mahdawi’s article (Would an ‘Unsexiest Women Alive’ list be published today? Maybe not – but body-shaming is definitely back, 19 August). I keep hearing about the 1990s being a toxic period for women. But when exactly did that stop? When was this idyllic period in which body acceptance took place? Because I must have missed it. I would have welcomed a break from obsessing about my body, calorie counting, and from the feeling of being a total failure whenever I stopped running.I was born in 1984, developed early, and was taught that the additional space I…