
Tom Hawking
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Freelance Editor at Australia Institute
Writer at The Guardian, @popsci and elsewhere; former EIC @flavorwire and others.
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1 week ago |
popsci.com | Tom Hawking
In the Northern Hemisphere during the spring, the bright star Regulus is easy to spot above the eastern horizon. The alpha star of the constellation Leo, Regulus is the spiky star centered in this telescopic field of view. Regulus is a hot, rapidly spinning star that is known to be part of a multiple star system.
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4 weeks ago |
popsci.com | Tom Hawking
A man playing snooker at a billiard club in Beijing on May 6, 2025. Zhao Xintong's historic victory at the World Snooker Championship is set to spur the game to even greater heights in China and sparked predictions the country could come to dominate the sport. CREDIT: Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images.
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4 weeks ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Tom Hawking
The 2025 World Snooker Championship recently wrapped up, with China’s Zhao Xintong beating former champion Mark Williams in the final to become his country’s first world champion. However, earlier in the nail-biting tournament it was another player who made world news—Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen. Allen compiled a rare perfect break of 147 points, making him only the 11th player to do so during a World Championship match, and earning him a roughly $53,000 (£40,000) bonus.
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1 month ago |
popsci.com | Tom Hawking
A flight-illuminated path and the Milky Way are appearing in the night sky during the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, peaking in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, on May 5, 2024. The Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower is an annual event caused by Earth passing through debris left behind by Halley's Comet.
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1 month ago |
popsci.com | Tom Hawking
Image: Tony Anderson/Getty Images “Digitally remastered!” Whether it’s another 10-disc Beatles box set just in time for the holiday season or a compilation of hip-hop classics on Spotify, relatively old songs will almost certainly come with the proclamation that the music has been remastered—and that as a result, they sound better than ever. But what does “remastered” actually mean?
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