January 2018

This autonomous van could move lots of goods—but not a single person

https://www.technologyreview.com

How to see a memory

https://www.nature.com

The U.S. Can No Longer Hide From Its Deep Poverty Problem

https://www.nytimes.com

One Hour With Apple's New HomePod

http://www.refinery29.com

At long last, open video formats are triumphing

https://boingboing.net

USA Gymnastics allowed Larry Nassar to prey upon innocent victims. Congress must investigate.

https://www.washingtonpost.com

Carl Sagan explains how Eratostenes knew the earth is curved

How Much Water Is on the Moon?

https://www.airspacemag.com

Interesting Bits of the Week - 1/27/2018

Cape Town is set to become the first major world city to run out of water

https://thinkprogress.org

SpaceX has test fired its Falcon Heavy rocket

https://arstechnica.com

Rocket Lab Electron reaches orbit on second launch

http://spacenews.com

A Game of Civilization May Help People Understand AI’s Existential Threat

https://www.technologyreview.com

How Much Water Is on the Moon?

https://www.airspacemag.com

DNA seen through the eyes of a coder

https://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/

Cape Town is set to become the first major world city to run out of water

https://thinkprogress.org

Visit Seattle | SundanceTV | Dear Seattle | Dave Grohl | How I Ended Up In Seattle

These Poverty-Fighting Startups Are Slaying Silicon Valley’s Sacred Cows

https://www.fastcompany.com

The Humanity Star

http://thehumanitystar.com/

SpaceX has test fired its Falcon Heavy rocket

https://arstechnica.com

A Game of Civilization May Help People Understand AI’s Existential Threat

https://www.technologyreview.com

Nietzsche on: Amor Fati

Alan Watts Animated, by South Park Creators

Space Investment Quarterly: Q4 2017

https://www.spaceangels.com

If We Ever Get to Mars, the Beer Might Not Be Bad

https://www.nytimes.com

Incredible 'Hypatia' Stone Contains Compounds Not Found in the Solar System

http://www.popularmechanics.com

Rocket Lab Electron reaches orbit on second launch

http://spacenews.com

Interesting Bits of the Week - 1/20/2018

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”  -Martin Luther King Jr. 1963

70% of people in local jails are not convicted of any crime

https://twitter.com

NASA sees the light for the future of space communications

http://www.thespacereview.com

NASA test proves pulsars can function as a celestial GPS

https://www.nature.com

The Oldest Depiction of a Supernova Is Discovered in an Ancient Rock Painting, Scientists Claim

https://news.artnet.com

Does there exist a prime number whose representation on a phone screen looks like a giraffe?

https://www.reddit.com

70% of people in local jails are not convicted of any crime

https://twitter.com

Trials confirm the use of psilocybin for depression without the "dulling" effects of traditional antidepressants

https://boingboing.net

A newly discovered strain of Android malware contains never-seen surveillance features

https://boingboing.net

The Surgeon Who Wants to Connect You to the Internet with a Brain Implant

https://www.technologyreview.com

The mystery of Zuma

http://www.thespacereview.com

NASA sees the light for the future of space communications

http://www.thespacereview.com

The Oldest Depiction of a Supernova Is Discovered in an Ancient Rock Painting, Scientists Claim

https://news.artnet.com

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” -Martin Luther King Jr. 1963

Monster Black Hole Unleashes Messy Double 'Burp'

https://www.space.com

NASA test proves pulsars can function as a celestial GPS

https://www.nature.com

Passengers, Crew Evacuated From Pegasus Boeing 737 Runway Excursion

http://aviationweek.com

Adversarial examples: attack can imperceptibly alter any sound (or silence), embedding speech that only voice-assistants will hear

https://boingboing.net

Interesting Bits of the Week - 1/13/2018

Blue Origin ramping up BE-4 engine testing

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com

Put telescopes on the far side of the Moon

https://www.nature.com

Finally, a Drone That Could Lift a Refrigerator

https://www.technologyreview.com

A brief history of how the rich world brutalized and looted Haiti, a country the US owes its very existence to

https://boingboing.net

Alone

https://twitter.com/Oatmeal

Australian raptors start fires to flush out prey

https://cosmosmagazine.com

A brief history of how the rich world brutalized and looted Haiti, a country the US owes its very existence to

https://boingboing.net

Finally, a Drone That Could Lift a Refrigerator

https://www.technologyreview.com

Root Is a Coding Robot That Will Grow With Your Kids

https://www.space.com

Scientists and engineers push for servicing and assembly of future space observatories

http://spacenews.com

The Remarkable Career of Shirley Ann Jackson

https://www.technologyreview.com

Alone

https://twitter.com/Oatmeal

Blue Origin ramping up BE-4 engine testing

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com

Growing Up with Alexa

https://www.technologyreview.com

Put telescopes on the far side of the Moon

https://www.nature.com

NASA Remembers Moonwalker, Shuttle Commander John Young

Seattle 3 Year Time-lapse Video from the Space Needle

Time-travelling exploits with Meltdown

https://medium.com

Interesting Bits of the Week - 1/6/2018

Flying in 2017 was safer than it's ever been

http://money.cnn.com

Time-travelling exploits with Meltdown

https://medium.com

Earth science decadal report recommends mix of large and small missions

http://spacenews.com

SpaceX shows off stunning pictures of its Falcon Heavy rocket fully assembled on the launchpad

https://www.theverge.com

Party Discipline

https://www.tor.com