Saturday, July 28, 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 7/28/2018

Mars Express detects liquid water hidden under planet's south pole




Virgin’s Unity spaceship sets a new altitude record of 52 kilometers




NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Starts Science Operations




Boeing suffers a setback with Starliner’s pad abort test




Looking Through the Eyes of China’s Surveillance State




New endangered Puget Sound orca dies soon after birth



Saturday, July 21, 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 7/21/2018

Blue Origin successfully tests escape system in latest New Shepard launch




France beat Croatia to claim World Cup glory



Why France produces the most World Cup players



Ten new moons—including one ‘oddball’—discovered around Jupiter




The economics of Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway



How Helsinki Arrived at the Future of Urban Travel First




Saturday, July 14, 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 7/14/2018

“This is madness”: A rescue diver on what it was like to save the Thai boys in the cave




Astronomical birth announcement: it's a bouncing baby planet!




High-Energy 'Ghost Particle' Traced to Distant Galaxy in Astronomy Breakthrough




Freshwater Swimming Beach Bacteria and Algal Toxin Levels, and Water Temperature



Disney Imagineering has created autonomous robot stunt doubles




Tiny Websites have no Server



Saturday, July 07, 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 7/7/2018

Meteorite search off the Washington coast recovers two small fragments




Space debris: how many operating, dysfunctional & dead satellites & spacecrafts orbiting our planet (per country)




State of AI



Below the surface



This flying ‘dragon’ drone can change shape in midair


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