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Does Boeing Stand a Chance Anymore??

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 10 Comments • last year

Aviation fascinates me.

This Is How We'll Clean Up Space Junk

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • last year

Capitalists consider that "if no one can show clear title, we can do whatever we want". The communications businesses alone - not just Musk - are putting up huge numbers of satellites,...

Scientists keep discovering 'impossible galaxies'. What does this mean?

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • last year

The James Webb Space Telescope is kinda fabulous... It's successor is being planned... for launch maybe twenty years from now. Takes time.....

A solar eclipse from the surface of Mars

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 11 Comments • last year

When I was a kid, there were no commercial jet aircraft. Now we can watch Phobos pass in front of the Sun, from the surface of Mars.

Driving Tesla Cybertruck - Overhyped or the Pickup Reinvented?

By: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 17 Comments • last year

I'm not a truck person. Trucks are irrational for most people. But hey! Motor vehicles are very largely irrational purchases. A three-pointed star costs money! Like a Mercedes, trucks are...

PC nerd alert! Two articles for the price of one! (Both came across my screen today.)

By: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 12 Comments • last year

I bought a 4" x 4" mini PC a year ago. I'm not a gamer, so I don't need top-of-the-line. It has a mid-range AMD Ryzen chip, and RAM and disks from the previous machine. I run both...

Earth was once a giant snowball, here's why

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • last year

Most people like simple explanations. Occam's Razor tells us that the simplest explanation is usually the right one. But... Occam's Razor applies to all the data available. And sadly for...

Map of Antarctica without the ice

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 21 Comments • last year

We all know what Antarctica looks like... ... right?

Daily Telescope: A stunning new image of Io reveals a volcanic plume | Ars Technica

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 8 Comments • last year

The average distance to Jupiter is 44 million Miles.

This Is Going To Waste

By: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 2 Comments • last year

This obviously needs an emoji...

Why the Oldest Fish in the World Live in a Desert

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 3 Comments • last year

After Ingenuity: Bigger, Bolder Aircraft for Exploring Aliens Worlds

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 10 Comments • last year

OK... Ingenuity was a great little machine. But what's next?

At a glance - The runaway greenhouse effect on Venus

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 7 Comments • last year

I read about the greenhouse effect on Venus maybe sixty years ago... and never wondered about it. I'm kinda stick-in-the-mud.

The Best Keyboard

By: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • last year

Mechanical!

6 Great Space Images in January

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • last year

Space is cool!

When the largest Animals on Land were Millipedes

By: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • last year

Daily Telescope: Two large galaxies swimming in a sea of interstellar dust | Ars Technica

Via: outis • Health, Science & Technology • 2 Comments • last year

Heavens!

Your Healthspan Is as Important as Your Lifespan—and It’s Declining

Via: john-russell • Health, Science & Technology • 8 Comments • last year

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations

Via: hallux • Health, Science & Technology • 3 Comments • 2 years ago

Why scientists are reanimating spider corpses for research

Via: hallux • Health, Science & Technology • 2 Comments • 2 years ago

The lifesaving, Nobel Prize-winning discovery that almost didn’t happen

Via: hallux • Health, Science & Technology • 4 Comments • 2 years ago

Is psychology good for anything? - Big Think

Via: john-russell • Health, Science & Technology • 5 Comments • 2 years ago

Pictorial: Nissan's "Urban EV GoKart" 20-30 Concept

Via: hal-a-lujah • Health, Science & Technology • 11 Comments • 2 years ago

Nissan has released the first imagery of its 20-30 Concept, a sporty Micra-sized EV with bold sports styling. The plan is that by 2028, Nissan EVs will have solid-state batteries, reducing the...