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There can (still) be only one: Highlander is 40
22 March 2026 @ 2:10 pm
Sure, it's cheesy in many respects, but its central mythology still resonates even decades later.
Mining the deep ocean
22 March 2026 @ 11:00 am
Policymakers debate if we even need deep ocean mining and if we can do it safely.
We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?
21 March 2026 @ 11:00 am
This week's result is just the latest in a growing collection of discoveries.
DOGE goes nuclear: How Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator
21 March 2026 @ 10:00 am
“Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do.”
Jury finds Musk owes damages to Twitter investors for his tweets
20 March 2026 @ 10:27 pm
The verdict, while not a complete loss, could still cost him billions.
You're likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you've never heard of
20 March 2026 @ 10:11 pm
Fatal brain infection was thought to be from profound immune suppression. Not anymore.
Once again, ULA can't deliver when the US military needs a satellite in orbit
20 March 2026 @ 9:35 pm
ULA's Vulcan launch vehicle is grounded after a solid rocket booster anomaly last month.
Microsoft keeps insisting that it's deeply committed to the quality of Windows 11
20 March 2026 @ 9:26 pm
"Reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points" is one of Microsoft's action items.
Writer denies it, but publisher pulls horror novel after multiple allegations of AI use
20 March 2026 @ 9:03 pm
One of the first controversies of its kind.
Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack
20 March 2026 @ 8:50 pm
Admins: Sorry to say, but it's likely a rotate-your-secrets kind of weekend.