Category: science
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Perseverance Lands on Mars Today
Ars has a guide to what’s going on with the new exploring metal guy today, the automated navigation system that will guide the rover to a safe landing, and a little bit about the first-of-it’s kind drone that will launch from Perseverance. You can tune in to watch the status of the mission via NASA…
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49 Years Since The First, 46 Years Since The Last
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E96EPhqT-ds On July 20th, 1969, humans first stepped onto the Moon with Apollo 11’s mission. That was 49 years ago and it’s been 46 years since Apollo 17’s final landing. We haven’t been back since. Today, the US space program is in shambles. Much of it has been given over to private entrepreneurs. It’s a…
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Nootropics Are Bullshit
Eurogamer’s Chris Bratt has a great investigative article and video on the bullshit around supplements. Specifically one that targets people playing games. It’s called GodMode and it is a “nootropic” from Scott Miller, yes the one that used to work for Apogee and 3D Realms. Here’s part of Chris’ interview with Scott, where Scott goes…
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Misleading Headline Popularity Rises 200%
In a post titled “1Password Leaks Your Data” software engineer, Dale Myers, argues that 1Password’s 1PasswordAnywhere feature is very insecure. Here’s how Myers describes the feature: For those of you who don’t know, 1PasswordAnywhere is a feature of 1Password which allows you to access your data without needing their client software. 1Password originally only used the…