Their advertisements are seemingly endless during football season. Promising huge payoffs and the thrill of competition, fantasy sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel are accessible and in the public mindset. These “one-day” fantasy sites rake in millions of dollars in revenue despite being subjected to legal action by Attorney Generals across the country. Regardless of your personal opinion of “one-day” fantasy sports websites or your take on state gambling statutes, one thing is undeniable: the overwhelming popularity of fantasy sports. A new startup now hopes to tap into the fantasy sports craze for the benefit of participants and professional players alike, without the legal issues that dog competitors.

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Whether successful or not, the Tesla Solar City merger offers a teaching opportunity about the scale problems with dreams to ‘green’ the highways and the grid using batteries.

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Of all the men and women who have been to space, James Lovell is the only one to have v the moon twice without setting foot on it. Aboard Apollo 8, his crew became the first to orbit the moon on Christmas eve 1968, a scheduled operation. Then, in 1970 on Apollo 13, trouble caused Lovell and his crew to abandon their scheduled landing, only to orbit the moon again and return to earth. The catastrophic mission, of course, became the critically acclaimed 1995 film Apollo 13, with Tom Hanks playing the part of Lovell. The following are edited excerpts from a longer catch-up conversation with the former astronaut, now 88.

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A new book on human emotions covers 154 words for a range of feelings that escape easy description.

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What to expect from the Season 6 finale of ‘Game of Thrones.’

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The UK votes to leave the EU and concern spreads throughout both its technology companies and the investors backing them. So went one argument made by ‘Remain’ advocates prior to the referendum, and not without justification. The overwhelming feeling this morning around the Silicon Roundabout and countless other British tech hotspots will be one of disappointment and uncertainty.

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The world’s first public road project with electrified highway trucks is being conducted in Sweden, and will soon be replicated in California as well.

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