Biotech firm Oxitec launches controversial field test of its insects in Florida after years of push-back from residents and regulatory complications.

SpaceX is performing a test flight of Starship SN15. The prototype will aim to be the first Starship vehicle to softly land during a high altitude flight test. Like the previous Starship prototypes, SN15 is expected to fly to approximately 10 kilometers.…

Look past their grasping claws and lightning-fast stingers, and you'll see scorpions have a delicate pair of comb-like organs on their belly called pectines. These sensory body parts help them navigate, and figure out who's a menace, a meal or a mate.

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This video is about the remarkable Casio AI-1000, a pocket computer from 1989 that supported the Lisp programming language.

In this video I walk through its basic usage, using the Lisp REPL, defining Lisp functions, functions that return functions and macros.…

Use of a Linux initramfs to fully automate the bootstrapping process - GitHub - fosslinux/live-bootstrap: Use of a Linux initramfs to fully automate the bootstrapping process

Chasing the Megaton: A Chronicle of Lag

--- TIME STAMPS ---
0:00 Introduction
2:26 Hardware Comparison
6:46 A Curious Result
11:36 Sizing Up
15:40 Flight of the Megaton
20:17 Conclusion

--- MUSIC CREDITS ---
1. Aware Scare by Cyberbear
https://cyberbear.bandcamp.com​…

The first @SpaceTrackOrg TIP impact prediction message for the CZ-5B rocket is out: reentry predicted between 0100 UTC May 8 and 1900 UTC May 9. This is a narrower and weighted-earlier window than the @AerospaceCorp prediction of between 0000 UTC May 8 and…

@planet4589 @SpaceTrackOrg @AerospaceCorp I've been running my own nominal sims and hit within 2 hours of the TIP midpoint right off the bat, so that's reassuring. I'll keep steering these as more data comes in. It'll be interesting to see if the ballistic…

Companies like Facebook aren’t building technology for you, they’re building technology for your data. They collect everything they can from FB, Instagram, and WhatsApp in order to sell visibility into people and their lives.This isn’t exactly a secret, but…

Dozens of people in New Brunswick are showing symptoms of the devastating new condition.

SpaceX is performing a test flight of Starship SN15. The prototype will aim to be the first Starship vehicle to softly land during a high altitude flight test. Like the previous Starship prototypes, SN15 is expected to fly to approximately 10 kilometers.…