Few motorcycles capture the sheer recklessness of late-1970s performance culture quite like the Kawasaki Z1-R Turbo. Born at a moment when horsepower wars were escalating faster than brakes, handling and emissions laws could keep up, the Z1-R TC arrived through a uniquely American workaround. Concei…
I’m a professional photographer and the Manfrotto One is the greatest tripod I’ve ever used
The Manfrotto One aims to combine the best features of a photo and video tripod into a single model, and may just be the best pro tripod ever
Review: The 2026 Polygon Collosus T is a Great Deal, Even If It’s Not Perfect
There’s room for refinement, but the Collosus T held its own against bikes that cost twice as much.( Photos: 14, Comments: 34 )
SpaceX launches 160th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025
The Starlink 15-11 mission added another 27 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 3:40 a.m. PST (6:40 a.m. EST / 1140 UTC).
Fourteen galaxies whirl together on a cosmic carousel
Approximately 424 million light-years away, a vast chunk of the cosmic web (the network-like distribution of matter the universe displays on the largest scale) appears as if it’s been caught in a vortex. It’s the biggest single spinning structure astronomers have ever seen, measuring around 117,000 light-years across and 5.5 […]
Retirement
Retirement Information for NASA Employees The NSSC provides general administrative, advisory, and transactional support for federal benefits programs to all NASA employees, calculates retirement estimates, and processes retirement packages. In consideration of retiring employees on administrative leave, resources typically available only to NASA employees behind the NASA firewall are temporarily […]
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California on 160th Falcon 9 flight of the year (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Station in California on Dec. 10, 2025. It was the 160th Falcon 9 flight of the year.
King of the Choppers: 5 of our Favorite Harley-Davidson Sportster Choppers
Few motorcycles have defined a subculture as completely as the Harley-Davidson Sportster. Launched in 1957, the Sportster wasn’t just another model; it was Harley-Davidson’s answer to the burgeoning performance imports coming from Europe. Built around the powerful, unit-construction Evolution V-twin…
Five arrested in Calgary for alleged casino fraud following staff investigation
Over in Calgary, in Canada, two men and three women have been arrested as they are alleged to have been… Continue reading Five arrested in Calgary for alleged casino fraud following staff investigation The post Five arrested in Calgary for alleged casino fraud following staff investigation appeared first on ReadWrite.
The Download: a peek at AI’s future
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The State of AI: A vision of the world in 2030 There are huge gulfs of opinion when it comes to predicting the near-future impacts of generative AI. […]