Are you ready for the *dumbest* thing you’ll read today? Prepare yourselves… End ‘colonial’ approach to space exploration, scientists urge Short response: eat me. Longer response: let’s take a look at what this idea is, shall we? But Dr Pamela Conrad of the Carnegie Institution of Science said the focus should shift away from seeking…
Woman’s nose ripped off by boyfriend’s dog ‘startled by her teeth whitening’ It also shredded her left arm. I know a lot of people love “pitties” and stand by them… but maybe there’d be some value in genetically engineering them to be less psychotically violent from time to time. Successful results of that treatment could…
100 Million Years Unveiled: The Most Detailed Model of Earth’s Surface Ever it’d be interesting to see what it says about the maximum mountain height in that time. When India slammed into Asia it drove up the Himalaya’s; doubtless to altitudes well above where they are today. Reference: “Hundred million years of landscape dynamics…
So, as previously mentioned, the recently enacted patently unconsitutional gun ban in Illinois has had a stay put on it by a downstate judge. The state has announced a plan to appeal this to the Illinois Supreme Court. It is understood that the IL SC will squash the opposition to the bill. But… there’s a…
Turns out the “QAnon Shaman” was *escorted* by Capitol Hill Police throughout the building. Video has *finally* been released that overturns The Approved Narrative. It would be nice if the 40,000 or so hours of footage that the Democrat-controlled House sat on for political purposes, now being released, would lead to some changes. Political prisoners…
Augmented Reality (AR) Sandbox Yes, there are practical applications here for agricultural planning, water engineering, etc. But let’s face it: if this was affordable, this sort of thing would be used far more by people designing their own worlds for role playing games, sci-fi, fantasy, etc. Responsive digital effects superimposed onto this augmented reality sandbox…
An interesting CGI video depicting three sizes of folding rotor tiltrotor High Speed VTOL from Bell. The concept is not new; actually building and flying one, though, would be. The designs shown are also not new; Bell has been floating them for a few years at least since late 2021. https://view.ceros.com/bell-helicopter/hsvtol/p/1 Bell's High-Speed Vertical Takeoff…
Sir Sic (the Social Inequality Crusader) mocks a “college professor” who claims to have a mechanical engineering degree and who claims that rockets cannot work in a vacuum. Because he not only doesn’t understand basic science, he thinks it’s all a conspiracy. The original video seems to date from quite some time ago; the version…
