NASA's Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid(arstechnica.com)

26 points by lisa_k 1 year ago | 1 comments

Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction(arstechnica.com)

195 points by LinuxBender 2 years ago | 55 comments

NASA's oldest active astronaut is also one of the most curious humans(arstechnica.com)

10 points by andyjohnson0 2 years ago | 3 comments

Rectal oxygen delivery might soon be a real medical treatment(arstechnica.com)

149 points by zdw 1 year ago | 66 comments

In the US, a rotating detonation rocket engine takes flight(arstechnica.com)

90 points by LorenDB 1 year ago | 62 comments

Psychoacoustic and archeoacoustic nature of ancient Aztec skull whistles(nature.com)

57 points by tosh 1 year ago | 25 comments

$96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor(github.com)

366 points by ZacnyLos 7 months ago | 332 comments

GitHub repository with CAD files, firmware, and simulation for a low-cost 3D-printed guided rocket and launcher system.

The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease exists(worksinprogress.co)

235 points by benbreen 22 days ago | 175 comments

Works in Progress magazine essay arguing that technology to eradicate mosquito-borne diseases already exists and their persistence is a choice.

Why do bees die when they sting you? (2021)(subanima.org)

320 points by ohjeez 1 year ago | 225 comments

A SubAnima article explaining at several levels of explanation why honeybees die after stinging, framed around Feynman's point about 'why' questions.

Crows are even smarter than we thought(nautil.us)

443 points by dnetesn 2 years ago | 236 comments

Nautilus article by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry on new evidence that crows and other corvids have surprising mental abilities.

IMG_0001(walzr.com)

1750 points by walz 1 year ago | 278 comments

Riley Walz's project showcasing about 5 million unedited YouTube videos with default IMG_XXXX filenames uploaded from iPhones between 2009 and 2012, shown in random order.

Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now they want to silence him(electrek.co)

379 points by xbmcuser 1 year ago | 188 comments

Electrek article about a scientist who exposed anti-wind groups as oil-funded and now faces efforts to silence him.