Dogleg Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles "I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit." Stephen Clark Apr 1, 2025 12:23 pm | 4 With thunderstorms just offshore, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket streaks into the sky over Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin the all-private Fram2 mission. Credit: SpaceX With thunderstorms just offshore, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket streaks into the sky over Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin the all-private Fram2 mission. Credit: SpaceX Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreFour adventurers suited up and embarked on a first-of-a-kind trip to space Monday night, becoming the first humans to fly in polar orbit aboard a SpaceX crew capsule chartered by a Chinese-born cryptocurrency billionaire.The private astronauts rocketed into orbit atop a Falcon 9 booster from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:46 pm EDT Monday (01:46 UTC Tuesday). Instead of heading to the northeast in pursuit of the International Space Station, the Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft departed Launch Complex 39A and arced to the southeast, then turned south on a flight path hugging Florida's east coast.The unusual trajectory aligned the Falcon 9 with a perfectly polar orbit at an inclination of 90 degrees to the equator, bringing the four-person crew directly over the North or South Pole every 45 minutes.Chun Wang, born in China and now a citizen of Malta, paid SpaceX an undisclosed sum for the opportunity to fly to space and bring three hand-picked crewmates along with him. SpaceX likely charged between $100 million and $200 million for the flight. Chun made his fortune as a crypto pioneer, co-founding F2Pool, once the world's largest bitcoin mining company. He named his mission Fram2 in honor of the Norwegian exploration ship Fram used for polar expeditions at the turn of the 20th century.No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew mission has gotten to the poles was the Soviet Union's Vostok 6 mission in 1963, when Valentina Tereshkova's spacecraft reached a latitude of 65.1 degrees.Something newChun didn't want to pay for a mission to repeat the well-trodden path to the International Space Station, or fly in a higher-altitude orbit as SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission did last year with billionaire commander Jared Isaacman and three crewmates. He wanted to try something new."Jared spent a lot of effort trying to fly as high as possible because he has a pilot background," Chun said in response to a question from Ars. "But here on this mission, we have a group of polar explorers. We will do this from an explorer's perspective. I dont want to repeat the same mission profile again and again. I have less interest in flying to ISS because every previous mission flies to the ISS again, again and again."Chun was inspired by Isaacman's first foray into orbit on the Inspiration4 mission in 2021. That was the first fully commercial human spaceflight to low-Earth orbit without any significant government involvement. Isaacman is President Trump's nominee to become the next NASA administrator."So, if we do not challenge Jared, if we do not repeat the previous mission, where else we can go given our current hardware we have in 2025? What Dragon can do is to fly into low-Earth orbit, and there is a big bunch of area in low-Earth orbit that hasnt been explored." Eric Philips, Rabea Rogge, Chun Wang, and Jannicke Mikkelsen make up the Fram2 crew. Credit: SpaceX Chun is a prolific traveler, logging each flight in great detail with his social media posts. Less than an hour before liftoff Monday night, he posted on X: "36th flight of 2025: SpaceX Fram2 from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, via the South Pole and the North Pole, to Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles or Oceanside. Crew Dragon C207 'Resilience.' This is my 1,000th flight of all time."The Fram2 mission will last between three-and-a-half and five-and-a-half days, ending with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California.Chun takes the role of mission commander for Fram2. Jannicke Mikkelsen, a Norwegian filmmaker and cinematographer, is the vehicle commander. During launch, she monitored the progress of the ascent on the Dragon spacecraft's touchscreen displays. The vehicle's pilot is Rabea Rogge, a robotics researcher from Germany. Mission specialist Eric Philips of Australia rounds out the crew. He is a veteran polar explorer and guide who has completed dozens of ski expeditions to the North and South Poles.All four crew members share an interest in adventure and polar exploration. Mikkelsen lives on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago inside the Arctic Circle. Before going to space, she worked on feature films, David Attenborough nature documentaries, and an immersive 3D concert experience with Queen, among other projects.Now, she's in command of the Dragon spacecraft as it loops some 267 miles (430 kilometers) over the poles, traveling at nearly 5 miles per second. "I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit," Mikkelsen said.The firsts of Fram2Fram2 is breaking new ground in other areas, too. It's the first human spaceflight mission to low-Earth orbit without a trained pilot onboard, and the first crewed spaceflight without an American, Russian, or Chinese astronaut.Later this week, Fram2 will become SpaceX's first Crew Dragon mission to splash down off the West Coast. SpaceX announced last year it would relocate its fleet of recovery ships from Florida to California, allowing Dragon capsules to return to the Pacific.This move will resolve concerns about Dragon's unpressurized trunk section reentering the atmosphere in an uncontrolled manner. All Crew Dragon flights to dateFram2 is SpaceX's 17th crew missionjettisoned the disposable trunk in orbit before reentry and splashdown off the coast of Florida.The trunk lacks a propulsion system, so atmospheric drag pulls it out of orbit several weeks or months later. The reentry of the trunk is unpredictable, and a few missions have scattered debris over land. With the switch to the West Coast, SpaceX will keep the trunk attached to the Dragon capsule until just before reentry, when it will cast away the trunk to fall into the remote Pacific Ocean.Chun and his crewmates hope to view Antarctica and the North Pole through Dragon's windows. With ideal viewing conditions, astronauts on the ISS occasionally capture images showing the edges of Greenland and Antarctica at oblique angles. Satellites flying over the poles routinely observe the poles, but Fram2 will offer Dragon's four-person crew the human experience. The Fram2 mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A in Florida. Credit: SpaceX "Fram2 isnt just about going to space, its about pushing boundaries and sharing knowledge," Chun said.Mikkelsen will use her expertise to shoot immersive, 3D imagery from Dragon. She got an assist on camera settings from NASA astronaut Don Pettit, a master of spaceflight photography who currently resides on the ISS."I'm looking forward to being the first human in history to be able to point my camera at the North Pole and South Pole from space," Mikkelsen said. "There will be a lot of specific moments, specifically focusing on the aurora. This is also a mission where people on the ground on planet Earth can attend, and we've reached out to 2.2 million auroral citizen scientists. Anyone can join, where you go outside and if there is aurora where you live, you note where you live, and you register on the SolarMaX mission website, and you will take a photo of the aurora at the same time as we in Fram2 fly over the aurora."Mikkelsen built mockups of the Dragon spacecraft to practice her shooting method. Now in space, Mikkelsen has a finite time period to complete her photography."Being a cinematographer in space is not easy," she said. "It is not like filming on planet Earth, and it's quite comparable to being a cinematographer in the North Pole region, where it is exceptionally hazardous to work. Battery life is extremely hard to maintain when you work in the cold in the polar regions, and we actually have a limit for how much battery power we can safely bring with us in Dragon."The Fram2 astronauts carry with them 22 experiments from eight countries, primarily addressing physiological and psychological questions like the brain's response to the space environment, astronaut cognition and crew cohesion, and measure the crew's radiation exposure. On balance, a trajectory like Fram2's path over the poles will subject the astronauts to higher radiation levels than the International Space Station."These... experiments really deal with two questions, I would say," said Rogge, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. "One is, 'How does the human adapt to extreme environments? In our case, its space. But we have a lot of studies that are looking at comparing space to other extreme environments. That could be the polar environments, which we are very familiar with. That could be even COVID as an extreme isolation environment, right? The goal is to learn how we can best operate."And the second question really is also about accessibility because right now, I think the stereotype of an astronaut is that you have to be this super-human, medically perfect," Rogge said. "But we should really flip this question and be like, 'OK, how do we design for living and working in space for everyone?"In this vein, Fram2's crew will test a "portable gym" for exercise inside Dragon. The space station has large exercise devices that won't fit inside the limited volume of Dragon. Fram2 carries a Starlink laser terminal to link up with SpaceX's broadband network and provide high-speed Internet to the crew.The mission will also grow mushrooms in space for the first time. "Theyre not the ones youre thinking," Philips quipped.Fram2 is SpaceX's third all-private crew missions, following Isaacman's two commercial flights in 2021 and 2024. Isaacman is an experienced pilot of high-performance aircraft, and in some ways, fits the mold of a professional NASA astronaut.With Fram2, SpaceX is flying a crew of space enthusiasts and polar explorers who are used to working in extreme environments. But none came to SpaceX with proficiencies in human spaceflight."From a crew training perspective, we've really started to refine how do we train four folks that have no traditional background in spaceflight to get ready for a mission," said Jon Edwards, SpaceX's vice president of Falcon and Dragon programs. "We figured out, how do we train these extraordinary individuals to hop in a capsule, get flung at 17,500 miles per hour under 1 million pounds of propellant, and be calm about it."Being calm about it.From her station in the commander's seat of the Dragon spacecraft named ResilienceMikkelsen rattled off the standard radio callouts, noting milestones throughout Fram2's climb into space. If all goes according to plan, the entire flight will be automated from liftoff through splashdown."Dragon is an autonomous vehicle, and we need to understand how she talks to us," Mikkelsen said before the launch. "Resilience, to me, she is a female, and she is going to have her own personality, and we are learning how to navigate the systems. We are learning how to set her up to best way possible operate autonomously, and we know that we have Mission Control with us at all times." A polar view from SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft shortly after launching on the Fram2 mission. Credit: SpaceX Chun pitched his idea for a polar orbit mission to SpaceX a few weeks after he traveled to South Texas to witness the first test flight of the company's enormous Starship rocket, intended to be the eventual replacement for Falcon 9 and Dragon. SpaceX announced the Fram2 mission last August, when the crew was already well into training.SpaceX fitted the Dragon spacecraft with a cupola window, the same one that flew on the Inspiration4 mission in 2021, to provide the astronauts more expansive views than they would get through the capsule's smaller porthole windows.From space, Rogge hopes to spot some of the research stations that dot the frozen landscape of Antarctica. But the crew won't get a clear view of the South Pole itself, the home of a National Science Foundation research station. Fram2 was supposed to launch before the end of last year, when it would have soared over Antarctica when the Sun was highest in the sky and casting long shadows across the icepack.Now, a couple of weeks after the autumnal equinox in the southern hemisphere, the Sun has set on the South Pole until September."We're on the dark side of the equinox. We don't really have that opportunity," Philips said. "I did actually apply to the National Science Foundation to see if they could light the station up with everything that they've got, so that we could have the opportunity to see it, but that wasn't granted."But there are plenty more sights to see. "We're orbiting over the North and South Poles. The Earth is slowly rotating underneath us, (so) we will fly over every part of Earth."Stephen ClarkSpace ReporterStephen ClarkSpace Reporter Stephen Clark is a space reporter at Ars Technica, covering private space companies and the worlds space agencies. 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Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Sony Pictures Updated 2025-04-01T16:45:40Z SaveSaved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.Have an account? Marvel and Sony's fourth "Spider-Man" film with Tom Holland is in the works.Destin Daniel Cretton is directing, and filming begins this summer."Spider-Man: Brand New Day" releases in theaters on July 31, 2026.A fourth "Spider-Man" movie is in the works, with Tom Holland set to reprise his role as the titular web-slinger.Holland made his Marvel debut as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in 2016's "Captain America: Civil War."He's since reprised the role for "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame," in addition to three stand-alone movies directed by Jon Watts: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017), "Spider-Man: Far From Home" (2019), and "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (2021).Now, Holland is preparing to don the Spidey suit for another sequel, "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.Here's what we know so far.'Spider-Man' producer Amy Pascal previously teased another trilogy with Holland Zendaya and Tom Holland in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Sony Pictures Prior to the release of "No Way Home"on December 15, 2021, Pascal told Fandango that it wouldn't be "the last Spider-Man movie." Instead, Sony and Marvel Studios would continue working together."We are getting ready to make the next 'Spider-Man' movie with Tom Holland and Marvel," she said. "We're thinking of this as three films, and now we're going to go onto the next three. This is not the last of our MCU movies."Then in an interview published after "No Way Home" hit theaters, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed to theNew York Times that a fourth "Spider-Man" film was actively in development."Amy and I and Disney and Sony are talking about yes, we're actively beginning to develop where the story heads next, which I only say outright because I don't want fans to go through any separation trauma like what happened after 'Far From Home,'" Feige said.Five months later, Sony chairman Tom Rothman toldDeadline he was optimistic that the studio would start working on the movie soon, hopefully with Watts, Holland, and all Zendaya (MJ Watson) returning.Holland expressed optimism about the storyline for the next Spidey moviein various interviews Tom Holland as Spider-Man/Peter Parker in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Marvel Studios/Sony Pictures The subject of the next "Spider-Man" was unavoidable throughout the press tour for "The Crowded Room," a 2023 Apple TV+ miniseries starring Holland.Being as vague as possible about the fourth film in an interview with Inverse in June, Holland said there was "some stuff going on" that he was "excited about.""Whether or not it'll come to fruition, who knows?" he said. "But right now it's looking pretty good, and we'll just have to wait and see."The actor shared similar thoughts in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Holland said that developing the movie is a "collaborative process" and meetings occurred before the 2023 Hollywood writers' strike"The first few meetings were about, 'Why would we do this again?' And I think we found the reason why," he said. "I'm really, really happy with where we're at in terms of the creative."Holland said that he was also "a little apprehensive" about suiting up again."There's a bit of a stigma about the fourth one in all franchises," he said. "I feel like we hit a home run with our first franchise and there's a part of me that wants to walk away with my head held high and pass the baton to the next lucky kid that gets to bring this character to life."Holland was more optimistic about the project during an appearance on "The Rich Roll Podcast" in October 2024."It needs work, but the writers are doing a great job," Holland said of the script. "I read it three weeks ago and it really lit a fire in me. Zendaya and I sat down and read it together, and we, at times, were bouncing around the living room, like, 'This is a real movie worthy of the fans's respect.'"'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink has reportedly been cast Sadie Sink in March 2025. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Aside from Holland's return, no other cast members have officially been announced by Marvel or Sony, but fans are hopeful that Zendaya and Jacob Batalon will reprise their roles as MJ and Ned, respectively.In March 2025, Deadline reported that Sadie Sink, who stars as Max Mayfield in Netflix's "Stranger Things," would be part of the fourth "Spider-Man" film.It's unclear who Sink could play, but based on her hair color, people immediately assumed she might portray the X-Men character Jean Grey. The mutant was previously portrayed by Famke Janssen and Sophie Turner.Sink played coy when asked about the casting rumor during an interview for Josh Horowitz's "Happy Sad Confused" podcast."This is news to me," Sink said."The rumors are really cool though," she said when pressed further. "It's a great character!"'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' premieres on July 31, 2026 Tom Holland as Spider-Man in "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Sony Pictures Entertainment Filming begins this summer in the UK.Cretton, who previously directed Marvel's "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," shared a few more details about the film during Sony's panel at CinemaCon in late March 2025."I'm spending my time exploring the next stage of this amazing character with a team of the most incredible artists in the world," Cretton said. "We're all, just daily, nerding out over the suit, how to swing, how to create an event, an emotional story, and a ride that we haven't really seen before."Holland, who couldn't attend the convention because he's filming "The Odyssey" with Christopher Nolan, recorded a video for attendees and revealed the fourth movie will be called "Spider-Man: Brand New Day.""I know we left you with a massive cliffhanger at the end of 'No Way Home,' so 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' is a fresh start," he said. "It is exactly that. That's all I can say."The fourth Spidey movie hits theaters in July 2026, following the release of "Avengers: Doomsday" in May of that year.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Recommended video

Bob Keller, former US Army Special Forces and Delta Force operator, rates 10 Army special operations scenes in movies and TV, such as "Black Hawk Down," for realism.Keller breaks down the accuracy of special operations scenes, such as the depiction of the first Special Forces team in Afghanistan nicknamed "Horse Soldiers" in "12 Strong," starring Chris Hemsworth; the Delta Force mission to capture high-value targets in "Black Hawk Down," with Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, and Tom Sizemore; and the collaboration of Delta Force operators with law enforcement, as well as the accuracy of tactics and weapons handling, in "Sicario," with Emily Blunt and Benicio del Toro. He discusses the depiction of Special Forces soldiers in Vietnam War movies in "Apocalypse Now," with Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen; the unconventional warfare strategies that Rambo, played by Sylvester Stallone, demonstrates in "First Blood"; and the nighttime raid scene from "The Green Berets," starring John Wayne. Keller also breaks down Delta Force operations and skills, as depicted in the hostage rescue scenes in "White House Down," starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx; and "Land of Bad," starring Liam Hemsworth and Russell Crowe; the close-quarter combat and motorcycle riding skills demonstrated by Chuck Norris in "The Delta Force"; and the selection process in "The Unit" S1E1 + S2E8 (2008).Keller has more than 20 years of experience in US Army special operations. He started with the 75th Ranger Regiment, then moved into Special Forces nicknamed the Green Berets and later was selected to be a part of the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta (Airborne) also known as Delta Force. He provides tactics instruction across the country through his company Gamut Resolutions, and he owns Range Werx, a shooting range in Fort Meade, Florida.Show more

Our world has too much information and not enough context. Weve been hearing this a lot lately from those of you in our audience understandably so, these are chaotic times. There is simply too much news, too many push alerts, too much confusion about whats happening. Its leaving many people feeling overwhelmed and at a loss for where to even start. Worse still, we hear from people who say theyre avoiding the news altogether, at a moment when the stakes for our democracy have never been higher.We want to help solve that problem. At Vox, we have always been committed to helping you understand what truly matters and how to think about it. Thats why today, we have a couple exciting announcements for our audience. The first is that today, were rolling out a new tagline and mission statement that we think better captures what Vox can do for you in this current era of information overload. And we wanted to tell you about it because its inspired by what were hearing from our audience every day.Our new tagline is Making sense of it all. Our new mission statement is: Our world has too much noise and too little context. Vox helps you understand what matters. If this sounds like what were already doing, then thats good news for us. Its been at the core of Vox since our founding more than a decade ago, and its hopefully already reflected in the work were doing. But were making it explicit because we consider this our promise to you we wont drown you in panic-inducing headlines or an endless stream of notifications. Well sift through the noise and help you make sense of what matters and why. Well offer clarity, insight, and tools to help you live a better life. And well have some fun, too. A good example of what were trying to do is The Logoff, our new daily newsletter that tells you briefly about the one important political news story you need to know about each day. Youll start to see more story formats where we tell you about a topic in 400 words or explain it with one chart.And second, were delighted to announce a new benefit as part of the Vox Membership program: Members will be able to access ad-free versions of Vox podcasts. We know that this has been one of the most-requested perks by our Members, so were excited to be able to thank our most loyal audience members with this new podcast listening experience. Youll be able to listen to all your favorite shows, like Today, Explained, The Gray Area, Explain It to Me, and Unexplainable, with no ad breaks. If youre a Member, you can find instructions on how to access your ad-free podcasts here. (And if not, you can join here.)Vox exists for you. Our mission is to help you stay informed in a world of too much noise. Tell us how we can be useful.See More: Vox Press Room

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What is it with game companies making fake dating sims? (YouTube)The internet is awash with fake video game pranks for April Fools Day though some of them are more tangible this year.With everyones attention squarely on tomorrows Nintendo Direct for the Nintendo Switch 2, its easy to forget that its April Fools Day today.Every year, the games industry likes to make fake game announcements that, frankly, arent all that funny. There are some exceptions (Sega made a whole Sonic The Hedgehog murder mystery visual novel one year), but the misses are more numerous than the hits.As always, its important to take any gaming news you hear today, especially anything that sounds too good to be true, with a pinch of salt. Things will only get worse as the day goes on too, as America wakes up, but there have been a number of fake reveals already.Examples of definitely fake announcements include screenshots for an 8-bit remake of NieR:Automata, made by the NieR franchises Japanese X account, and a PowerWash Simulator update that teases dual-wielding; both of which would actually be pretty neat.Zenless Zone Zeros April Fools prank may be the meanest since it teases an Xbox port for the game thats scheduled to launch on February 30, 2222. Considering Zenless Zone Zero is only on PlayStation 5, PC, and mobile, any Xbox owners might feel a bit peeved by the rug pull.Well give Argonaut Games some credit for its effort. Ahead of the launch of its Croc: Legend Of The Gobbos remaster, it has claimed to have rediscovered a long lost Commodore 64 graphical text adventure game which served as the inspiration for the 1997 classic 3D platformer.This is obviously all fake, but Argonaut has gone out of its way to release a playable version of this lost game, that you can download from its website and run through an emulator. Its an awfully niche joke, but we respect the work put into making something more tangible.Thankfully, Rockstar hasnt tried anything cute with a fake GTA 6 announcement or something, probably since thatd just infuriate the already disgruntled fans who are still waiting for a second trailer.Insider Gaming has taken a crack at trolling the fanbase though, by sharing an exclusive report on an Xbox 360 version of GTA 6 being in development, including a statement from a Rockstar representative called Don Beleevit.Unsurprisingly, there are a couple of dating sim announcements too, which seem to be the low hanging fruit of video game April Fools pranks. The first is for PUBG Battlegrounds, which turns the games guns into anime waifus to romance.We initially assumed this was just a fake trailer, but it turns out it is playable through the PUBG Battlegrounds website and has three endings that unlock minor rewards for the actual game.And then theres Palworld, 2024s indie survival game hit most famous for its similarities to Pokmon. Last year, developer Pocketpair did a fake announcement for a dating sim spin-off, saying it would launch on April 1, 2025.More TrendingAnother trailer for it was recently shared, which seemed like Pocketpair was just repeating the same joke. Except this time, the Palworld dating sim has a listing on Steam and can even be added to customers wishlists, suggesting that itll be a real product.The new trailer doesnt mention a release date, only saying its in development, so fans shouldnt expect a surprise drop by the end of the day.It being April Fools doesnt mean the regular news cycle has stopped though. In fact, Nintendo has today elected to confirm the runtime of the Switch 2 showcase, revealing it to be the companys longest Nintendo Direct yet. Will the joke still be funny by the time this actually comes out? (Pocketpair)Emailgamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below,follow us on Twitter, andsign-up to our newsletter.To submit Inbox letters and Readers Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use ourSubmit Stuff page here.For more stories like this,check our Gaming page.ArrowMORE: What is Palworld and why is it so controversial?GameCentralSign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy

T3 Bayside / 3XNSave this picture! Rasmus HjortshjOffice Buildings261 Queens Quay W, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaArchitects: 3XNAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:23000 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2024 PhotographsPhotographs:Rasmus Hjortshj Geotechnical: EXPMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. T3 Bayside is a pioneering timber office building in Toronto's new mixed-use community, Bayside, on the shore of Lake Ontario. At 42 metres high, it is the tallest timber office buildings in North America. Having established itself as a world leader in timber office development, Hines' ambition for the project was to set a new standard for sustainable timber construction while providing a world-class office building which reflects the integrated 'live-work-play' ethos of the emerging Bayside community.Save this picture!Enhancing the Public Realm. Occupying an important position in the neighbourhood, T3 Bayside has been designed to enhance the existing masterplan and to transform the formerly industrial shoreline into a vibrant urban destination. Arranged around a public plaza, the building is a welcoming pedestrian gateway to the Bayside development, drawing visitors into the site and connecting it with the adjacent park and the waterfront promenade beyond. Retail and caf units at street level will create a hub of activity and make the plaza a natural meeting place and a lively social space to be shared by visitors, workers, and residents alike.Save this picture!Save this picture!One of the building's most distinctive features is a sequence of stepped interior spaces which forms a continuous loop around the building's outer edges. The first three 'steps' are open to the public, acting as an extension to the plaza, creating an urban living room softening the transition from public to private space. In addition to providing space to meet friends, or simply pass time, the flexible double-height spaces will host pop-up events such as exhibitions, films, and performances. The steps are clearly articulated externally through the arrangement of fins and faade detailing framing the interior spaces. This relationship between interior and exterior makes the building easy to read and visually connects the plaza with the interior programme to encourage visitors into the building.Save this picture!Flexible and Healthy Workspaces. The upper 'steps' belong to the office spaces and act as double height spaces joining two office floors. A key element of the design was offering tenants flexibility and the option to personalise their space. 'Soft spots' in the slabs can be removed or restored, allowing tenants to adapt the space to their preferred arrangement. The building's open and flexible floorplates can also meet the needs of a diverse range of tenants, from small start-ups requiring only a small area, to large, established businesses who may want to occupy an entire floor, or multiple floors. These design elements allow the building to adapt to changing needs as businesses grow or as work practices evolve over time.Save this picture!Targeting WELL Certification, the design is strongly centred on occupant wellbeing to provide world-class office space which can cater to modern methods of working and attract the best tenants. Internally, the timber is fully exposed, celebrating the building's structure while providing a warm, natural aesthetic and contributing to a healthy interior environment. Exceptional amenities, including a tenant lounge and a rooftop terrace with views over Lake Ontario, provide workers with a variety of break-out areas, encouraging a diverse workday experience and access to the outdoors.Save this picture!A Model for Sustainable Timber Construction. Amongst the many benefits of T3 Bayside's timber structure is the minimised environmental impact in construction, resulting in an estimated 40-50% reduction in embodied carbon when compared to a traditional office building. Targeting LEED Gold certification, the building incorporates a number of low-energy solutions and, as part of an ambitious whole-life sustainability strategy, is also designed so that it can be disassembled. Mechanical joints between the timber components mean that once T3 Bayside has reached the end of its life it can simply be undone and the building disassembled, minimising waste, extending the life of the materials and contributing to a circular economy.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessProject locationAddress:261 Queens Quay W, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officePublished on April 01, 2025Cite: "T3 Bayside / 3XN" 01 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028558/t3-bayside-3xn&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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The Future Circular Collider could be operational by the mid-2040s. Credit: PIXELRISE / CERNThe Large Hadron Collider (LHC) remains one of the pinnacles of scientific and technological innovation, but physicists believe theres room for improvement. And after years of research and development, an international team led by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has released a blueprint detailing plans for the particle accelerators successorand its size puts the Large in Large Hadron Collider to shame.Since inaugural operations began in 2008, the LHC has allowed researchers to probe some of the universes most profound and mysterious forces. But investigating the deepest questions of modern physics requires a lot of time, energy, and space. The machines logistics are nearly incomprehensible without a degree in quantum physics, but its underlying mechanisms are relatively simple: basically, the LHC consists of a precise network of extremely powerful magnets that rush subatomic particles through a 17-mile-wide circular tunnel buried roughly 574 feet underneath the French-Swiss border near Geneva. The particles then smash into one another at nearly the speed of light, producing conditions approximating some of the universes most powerful interactions.The Future Circular Collider would have a diameter of over 56 miles, compared to the Large Hadron Colliders 17-mile diameter. Credit: CERN In 2013, for example, LHC experiments helped to finally complete the Standard Model of Physics after confirming the existence of the Higgs boson aka God particle. Long theorized but never documented, the Higgs boson helps explain how the very first matter coalesced in the moments after the Big Bang.But even the LHCs capabilities have their limits. At a certain point, any future discoveries would require an even larger particle acceleratorwhich is exactly what CERN hopes to accomplish with a Future Circular Collider (FCC).Ultimately what we would like to do is a collider which will come up with 10 times more energy than what we have today, CERN spokesman Arnaud Marsollier told the Associated Press. When you have more energy, then you can create particles that are heavier.CERN shared its FCC feasibility study findings on March 29 after spending a decade investigating at least 100 scenarios. According to the studys accompanying announcement, experts have settled on a plan that balances physics objectives, geology, civil engineering, technical infrastructure, territorial and environmental dimensions, R&D needs for the accelerators and detectors, socioeconomic benefits, and cost. And that plan requires the construction of an underground facility that would dwarf the LHC.At nearly 56.5 miles across, the FCC would be more than three times the LHCs size while including eight surface laboratory sites overseeing four ongoing experiments. The tunnel itself would be about 16 ft in diameter (compared to the LHC tunnels 12 ft width), and will be buried at an average depth of 656 ft. Get the Popular Science newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.CERNs Feasibility Study Report outlines two possible stages for the FCC. The first, an electron-positron collider, would serve as a Higgs, electroweak, and top-quark factory running at different center-of-mass energies. The second stage involves a proton-proton collider capable of generating an unprecedented collision energy of about 100 tera-electronvolts (TeV).The FCC isnt a done deal yet, however. The estimated $16 billion project still requires an independent review, followed by a collective decision from CERNs two dozen member countries in 2028. The FCC will also essentially be a multigenerational project, if greenlit. Researchers estimate the facility wouldnt begin its first operations until the mid-2040s, with a second phase beginning around 2070.Discoveries made during FCC experiments would likely be well worth the wait, and influence far more than just theoretical physics. According to CERN, particle accelerators like the LHC and FCC can contribute to advances in superconducting materials for medical uses, fusion energy research, electricity transmission, as well as many other areas.