Arvind has died(news.mit.edu)

231 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 51 comments

MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies(bbc.com)

206 points by mosura 10 months ago | 102 comments

Three of the oldest stars in the universe found circling the Milky Way(news.mit.edu)

101 points by belter 2 years ago | 73 comments

Remembering Virginia Norwood, the ‘Mother’ of NASA’s Landsat Program(engadget.com)

70 points by isaacfrond 3 years ago | 3 comments

X-ray flashes from nearby supermassive black hole accelerate mysteriously(news.mit.edu)

70 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 3 comments

3D-printing platform rapidly produces complex electric machines(news.mit.edu)

59 points by rbanffy 20 days ago | 28 comments

MIT News article on a 3D-printing platform that uses multiple functional materials to fabricate an electric linear motor in hours.

Jane Goodall has died(latimes.com)

1188 points by jaredwiener 1 year ago | 161 comments

Los Angeles Times obituary reporting that primatologist Jane Goodall, known for her chimpanzee research, has died at 91.

Minuteman missile communications(computer.rip)

351 points by sklargh 2 years ago | 59 comments

A Computers Are Bad newsletter article by J. B. Crawford on the communications systems, including HICS, used for Minuteman missile sites.

Susan Wojcicki has died(twitter.com)

570 points by grandmczeb 2 years ago | 288 comments

Tweet by Sundar Pichai announcing the death of former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki after two years living with cancer.

Former SR-71 engineer talks NASA's Blackbird revival program(twz.com)

93 points by rkagerer 23 days ago | 64 comments

TWZ article interviewing a former SR-71 engineer about NASA's effort to return SR-71 #844 to flight and its possible uses.

Jimmy Carter has died(washingtonpost.com)

1081 points by gkolli 1 year ago | 633 comments

Washington Post obituary reporting the death of former U.S. president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy Carter.

The FAA has granted SpaceX permission to launch its Starship rocket(arstechnica.com)

355 points by ChickeNES 3 years ago | 61 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that the FAA granted SpaceX a launch license for the first orbital Starship test flight.