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The common ancestor that links whales and deer existed millions of years ago and exhibited features shared by both groups. This ancestor likely possessed basic artiodactyl characteristics, such as an even number of toes on each foot and a certain bone structure within the ear. Over time, as these creatures diverged to inhabit distinct environments, their physical traits adapted accordingly. Despite these differences, the underlying genetic similarities persist, revealing their deep-rooted connection.

One ping only.

The exact purpose of this facility remains unknown.

I was hoping for more clues on that. It sounds like an easy thing to disrupt so I can’t imagine they’d try manufacturing anything. The only thing that makes sense to me would be a distribution point to send the power further on into the Russian grid.

According to a confidential email, DR is in possession of, production is expected to start December 1. According to the confidential email, the company FPRT, which was founded by Fire Point, which is behind the “flamingo” missile, will produce solid rocket fuel at an address close to Air Station Skrydstrup.

Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) has long announced that there are Ukrainian defence companies on the way to start production in Denmark.

Now DR can tell you who one of the companies is and where it should be.

This is the company FPRT, which was founded by Fire Point, which is the company behind Ukraine’s brand new long-range “flamingo” cruise missile, which they have reportedly recently used to hit a FSB base in Crimea.

A missile, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has called Ukraine’s “most successful.”

The production will take place just on the other side of the fence from Air Station Skrydstrup, where the Danish F-35 fighter jets are housed.

This is shown by a confidential email sent around among ministries and agencies that DR has come into possession of. It also appears that production is scheduled to start on 1 December this year.

Here you can read that FPRT must produce solid rocket fuel.

Fast rocket fuel turns on quickly and can deliver a powerful and stable combustion, making it suitable for, among other things, missiles and military purposes.

Unlike liquid rocket fuel, it doesn’t need to be refuelled just before launching, and it’s easier to handle and store.

Prevent the “flamingo” missile uses solid rocket fuel. The “Flamingo” missile is being produced by Ukrainian Fire Point. It has a range of 3,000 kilometers. According to The Economist, prototypes of the missile were painted pink. (Photo: © Emfrem Lukatsky/AP/Ritzau Scanpix) Has created a Danish website

Further in the mail, it says that it will use the new controversial law that gives the government unprecedented power to disregard other laws and citizens’ right to complain if a project serves significant national defense goals or civil emergency purposes.

The law is due to be voted through next week and is expected to take effect from mid-September.

• The purpose of the consultation is to ensure that all ministries and agencies with relevant areas of responsibility have the opportunity to submit comments as well as assess whether there is further regulation to be waived in order for the company to be established and initiate its production on 1 December 2025, says the mail.

The company FPRT has already received a Danish CVR number. In addition, a Danish website has been set up, where the company writes that it is “in the process of a large project”, where it “establishes modern production facilities in Vojens”.

• We work with designing and manufacturing parts for rocket engines. We test and approve our products at special test facilities that are located in a different place than where the production takes place.

“Our work supports programs that are very important for Denmark’s defence,” they wrote.

On the contrary, they’re brilliant design!

What you want to control is water temperature and (separately) water flow rate. Two taps let you control those but only by guessing the right combination of settings with trial and error. On your first try you’ll get one right (the flow rate, say) and mess up the other one (the temperature, say). Try again and you’re a little closer, but not perfect.

One-handled taps align their control vectors with the search space’s basis vectors. You want more flow? Turn this way, exactly to the right setting. You want higher temperature? Turn this other way, orthogonal to the first, without altering what you had set there. There’s no comparison.

“Tim… how high did you say you turned up that signal? This planet did have oceans a while ago, didn’t it?”

As I understand, it turns out the probe was listening and even replying, but it was replying with a whisper instead of a shout (it hadn’t turned on an amplifier) and we couldn’t hear it.

Oof. Look at the seating positions at that table. Things have changed, but that’s not a good look, glancing back. Europe has some guilt for the current situation. I hope we continue to move firmly towards repairing it.

NO TANKY

Ah ok.

Came here to comment on that. Why are the last two lines crossed? So unnecessary.

It’s not even about the high road, it’s that it wouldn’t help end the war at all. It would most likely hinder it, by wasting resources and increasing popular support for the war among Russians.

Russia can totally win. A peace of compromise, full of territorial concessions, lack of reparations or security guarantees… any of these things are a victory for Russia and a disastrous defeat for Ukraine and Europe.

Russia can absolutely win if serious measures are not taken very decisively. We are on a precipice.

It’s just dawned on me how restrained and controlled the color palette is in Oglaf. Especially in this strip. It gives the whole series a recognizable, distinguished look. Probably encourages attention to the story. And color transitions punctuate the punchline.

'twas a smidgen wilder than usual, frankly.

Initial analysis suggests that the object – referred to as TWA 7b – could be a young, cold planet with a mass around 0.3 times that of Jupiter (~100 Earth masses) and a temperature near 320 Kelvin (roughly 47 degrees Celsius). Its location aligns with a gap in the disc, hinting at a dynamic interaction between the planet and its surroundings.

Debris discs filled with dust and rocky material are found around both young and older stars, although they are more easily detected around younger stars as they are brighter. They often feature visible rings or gaps, thought to be created by planets that have formed around the star, but such a planet has yet to be detected within a debris disc.

Once verified, this discovery would mark the first time a planet has been directly associated with sculpting a debris disc and could offer the first observational hint of a trojan disc – a collection of dust trapped in the planet’s orbit.

TWA 7, also known as CE Antilae, is a young (~6.4 million years old) M-type star located about 111 light-years away in the TW Hydrae association. Its nearly face-on disc made it an ideal target for Webb’s high-sensitivity mid-infrared observations.

How you doin’?

You take out a third of our airforce? Haha! Watch as its place is taken by TWO remaining thirds!

I wanted Starship to happen too. Wanted. Not anymore. And I suspect a similar change happened among Musk’s engineers. They’re gonna bleed him dry and let someone else take the lead.

There are multiple reasons. Raw materials or chemicals feature lower profit margins than end-stage weapons. They also leave massive environmental footprints, particularly of nitric and sulphuric acid, which are key to making everything from nitrocellulose to RDX.