2024 is an exciting year for skywatchers. Mercury makes several appearances this year, thanks to its 88-day orbit. The best of the bunch comes in the first week of September, when the world climbs highest above the eastern horizon before dawn. It appears nearly as good on mornings in early […]
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NASA, SpaceX Invite Media to Crew-8 Mission Launch to Space Station
Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s eighth rotational mission of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endeavour spacecraft that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a science expedition. This mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 […]
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Alien life could thrive in Venus’ acidic clouds, new study hints
A new study has found that amino acids — the building blocks of proteins — remain stable in concentrated sulfuric acid, the stuff that Venus’ clouds are made of.
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Tickled Pink: A cheeky Honda Dax Chopper from Taiwan
There’s a lot to love about Honda’s current crop of pint-sized modern classics—particularly the iconic Honda Dax. But for some riders, the modern amenities hiding under the new Dax’s retro aesthetic are a major turn-off. Not everyone wants (or needs) fuel injection and ABS-equipped disc brakes on their scoot. Mike […]
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The Power Stroke
How does burning of an aerosolized fuel mixture turn its potential energy to mechanical kinetic energy in a four-stroke engine?
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UK trials facial recognition for border control
The UK is gearing up to trial facial recognition technology that could potentially render passports obsolete in the future. Phil […] The post UK trials facial recognition for border control appeared first on ReadWrite.
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A “ridiculously weak“ password causes disaster for Spain’s No. 2 mobile carrier
BGP tampering caused by poor security hygiene causes major outage for Orange España.
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Irene T. Cheng, SM ’78
“Thinking big, aiming high, and making a difference were rules of the road embedded during my time at MIT,” says Irene Cheng, SM ’78, who went on to a successful Wall Street career as a managing director at Lazard Asset Management after earning a graduate degree in chemical engineering from […]
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Substack wants to be seen as a pure infrastructure provider, akin to Cloudflare, but a platform can’t claim to be simple software when it recommends content (Casey Newton/Platformer)
Casey Newton / Platformer:Substack wants to be seen as a pure infrastructure provider, akin to Cloudflare, but a platform can’t claim to be simple software when it recommends content — Some thoughts on platforms and Nazis — Most days, this column looks at controversies unfolding on other tech platforms.
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QNAP TVS-h674T NAS review
The QNAP TVS-h674T NAS may be expensive, but the improved Thunderbolt 4 performance should help it pay for itself.