It’s nice to know that at least some retail theft is pursued by police. “Court documents allege that the couple pulled off their scheme in Minnesota, New York, Colorado, and Utah and that they varied their tactics. Sometimes they would […]
Justin Mares bravely tries to open the Overton Window on the topic of vaccines. Nuanced views here are a wonderful thing. If your first thought was, “oh geez, an anti-vaxxer”, this post might be just what you need. ~ learn […]
“Raytheon … has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army to work on directed energy wireless power beaming capabilities that will distribute power across the battlefield, simplify logistics, and safeguard locations for U.S. troops.” ~ learn more
In the history of computing, standards always seem to emerge and supercharge development (USB anyone?). From Anthropic: “Today, we’re open-sourcing the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives, including content […]
“Earlier this week, I made the case that desalination will be able to fulfill most of our freshwater needs. But is this realistic? Has it been done before? Won’t it cause pollution? Can the economics be as good—or even better—than […]
“Our study found that acoustic environments contain enough visual cues to generate highly recognizable streetscape images that accurately depict different places,” said Yuhao Kang, assistant professor of geography and the environment at UT and co-author of the study.” ~ learn […]
They were more than 150 miles from the nearest human settlement! “In 1978, Soviet geologists stumbled upon a family of five in the taiga. They had been cut off from almost all human contact since fleeing religious persecution in 1936” […]
This is compelling. “The NIH is a tyrannical, capricious, self-serving $50 billion a year Kafkaesque Leviathan ruled over by a clique of septuagenarians who couldn’t care less for science or for scientists. The reason biomedical science advances one death at […]
“The Chicago International Boat Show at Navy Pier Marina will take place from August 21st to August 24th, 2025, at Navy Pier, an iconic waterfront destination in the heart of Chicago.” ~ learn more
“Surprisingly, the researchers also found that neurons respond not only to the biochemical signals of exercise but also to its physical impacts. The team observed that when neurons are repeatedly pulled back and forth, similarly to how muscles contract and […]