China Launches Stealth Drone from Amphibious Assault Ship (opens the source in a new tab)
China says its stealth drone flies off an amphib. If true, that's the future.
One-Shots
A barbarian tribe’s mythic origin story is true, DNA says (opens the source in a new tab)
The Goths really did come from Scandinavia, and not my daughter's wardrobe.
The Grand Canyon Is Missing 1.2 Billion Years of History (opens the source in a new tab)
A billion years of rock, gone. What does gone mean, though?
North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist (opens the source in a new tab)
One fake job interview, $6.3B gone. Hire slowly.
50th Anniversary of First Saturn V Launch (opens the source in a new tab)
50 years today. Good summary at space.com
Russia Buys Ground Combat Robots (opens the source in a new tab)
In the middle term, robot tanks will be increasingly important.
SpaceX Rocket Goes 'Splodey (opens the source in a new tab)
Test rocket for the block 5 Falcon. Won't hit current manifest.
Logitech Will Brick the Harmony Link Hub (opens the source in a new tab)
If you don't own the infrastructure, you don't own it.
No Space Corps Today (opens the source in a new tab)
New version of the bill drops provision for a new US Space Corps. Damn
The Improbable Origins of PowerPoint (opens the source in a new tab)
Created by ex-Apple employees. Who'd a thunk it?
Dark Matter Refuses to Be Found (opens the source in a new tab)
Perhaps because it isn't real?
First Americans Were Boat People (opens the source in a new tab)
The Bering Land bridge was used by the second wave.
Linux has a USB Security Problem (opens the source in a new tab)
Not just Linux - do you know where that drive has been?
Facebook's Shadow Profiles - How The Creepiness Works (opens the source in a new tab)
Excellent bit on how the 'people you may know' feature works
One Percent of Wikipedia Editors Created 77% of Site Content (opens the source in a new tab)
Not that I've even been to the site in months.
Commercial Cargo Already a Bargain for NASA (opens the source in a new tab)
NASA already made back all money spent on commercial space. Bargain.
Firefox Adds TOR Canvas Fingerprint Blocking (opens the source in a new tab)
Firefox seems to be getting good again.
Wooden (Space) Ships (opens the source in a new tab)
Ranger lunar probes 3, 4, and 5 had balsa wood 'impact-limiter' shells
Dust at Proxima Indicates a Complicated System (opens the source in a new tab)
Since this is the closest star to Earth, fascinating.
Would Natural Selection Create Aliens Like Us? (opens the source in a new tab)
Not an unreasonable speculation. But aliens might just be *alien*