Saturday, November 10, 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 11/10/2018

Astronomers see material orbiting a black hole *right* at the edge of forever




Cory Doctorow: What the Internet Is For



Helium can Stop Your iPhone — Maybe Other MEMS, Too




The Fascinating, Creepy New Research in Human Hibernation for Space Travel



Queen - Live at LIVE AID



Can mushrooms be the platform we build the future on?



Saturday, November 03, 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 11/3/2018

NASA Retires Kepler Space Telescope, Passes Planet-Hunting Torch




Technology preview: Sealed sender for Signal



Reinforcement Learning with Prediction-Based Rewards




China Plans to Launch an 'Artificial Moon' to Light Up the Night Skies




Micro-drones with winches can open doors and lift 40 times their own weight



Saturday, October 27, 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 10/27/2018

Miscarrying at Work: The Physical Toll of Pregnancy Discrimination




Plastic found in the poop of eight people from eight different countries




Tim Cook calls for strong US privacy law, rips “data-industrial complex”




Bad Religion - "The Profane Rights Of Man"



That Time the City of Seattle Accidentally Gave Me 32m Emails for 40 Dollars



Fold N Fly




Saturday, October 20, 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 10/20/2018

Washington Supreme Court tosses out state’s death penalty




A fraying spaceflight infrastructure




Could an Ex-Convict Become an Attorney? I Intended to Find Out




Paul Allen—Microsoft co-founder, Seahawks owner, and space pioneer—dies at 65




BepiColombo spacecraft launches on mission to Mercury



AWB OneSky Reflector Telescope


Saturday, October 13, 2018

Interesting Bits of the Week - 10/13/2018

Astronauts escape malfunctioning Soyuz rocket




Update on the Hubble Space Telescope Safe Mode




Native Land



Debating reusability




Interstellar Visitor Found to Be Unlike a Comet or an Asteroid




An artwork by Banksy shredded itself after selling for $1.3 million at Sotheby’s