Thursday, October 15, 2026

Why Public Speaking Skills Are Worth Investing In

This article is crossposted from IEEE Spectrum’s careers newsletter. Sign up now to get insider tips, expert advice, and practical strategies, written in partnership with tech career development company Parsity and delivered to your inbox for free!You want to become a senior developer. A CTO, maybe. Start your own company, perhaps. Or maybe you just…

Why Mentorship Is the Most Underrated Leadership Skill

I started my professional journey as an engineer before moving into product strategy and innovation leadership roles for several global technology organizations. Over the years, I have served as a mentor for a variety of programs including Products That Count’s strategic product management, Women in Product mentorship initiatives, and Alchemist accelerator programs.In 2024 and 2025…

The Space-based Data Center Hype Machine Is Already in Orbit

“The lowest-cost place to put AI will be in space, and that will be true within two years, maybe three at the latest,” SpaceX founder Elon Musk told the World Economic Forum in Davos this past January, as his company was preparing to go public.Later that month, SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications…

Early 20th-Century Lumber Mill Excavated in Oregon
Ancient Engineering

Early 20th-Century Lumber Mill Excavated in Oregon

Face cream ad (left), face cream jar (center), and corset stays (right) BAKER CITY, OREGON—Jefferson Public Radio reports that researchers including Katie Johnson of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology investigated the site of the Baker White Pine Lumber Company, which was established in northeastern Oregon in 1910. When the mill closed less than…

Malaria-Causing Protozoa Detected in Medici Remains
Ancient Engineering

Malaria-Causing Protozoa Detected in Medici Remains

Nameplate from the tomb of Grand Duke Francesco de Medici NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT—According to a statement released by Yale University, researchers from Yale University and the University of Pisa identified an unknown strain of Plasmodium falciparum in the bones of Cardinal Giovanni de Medici, who died of malaria in 1562. His brother, Grand Duke Francesco…

7,000-Year-Old Quarry Examined in South Australia

ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA—Stone quarrying at Sugarloaf Hill in southeastern Australia’s Riverland dates back some 7,000 years, according to a statement released by Flinders University. Researchers from Flinders University and the River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation said that chert and silcrete were extracted from the quarry to make tools and weapons that were likely redistributed…

1,100-Year-Old Mummified Dogs from Peru Analyzed
Ancient Engineering

1,100-Year-Old Mummified Dogs from Peru Analyzed

Mummified remains of female dog from Rio Muerto, Peru GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA—Phys.org reports that Susan deFrance of the University of Florida and her colleagues analyzed the remains of two dogs whose burials were excavated in southern Peru's Moquegua Valley. The remains of the dogs, buried some 1,100 years ago by people of the Tiwanaku culture, were…