The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released 20 pages of training materials concerning the collection, processing, and analysis of biological evidence following fatal aviation accidents. The…
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Larry W. Bryant was a UFO researcher, writer, and government transparency advocate who pursued federal records through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). His work…
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More known for its custom water cooling components, Bitspower has released its first-ever air-based CPU cooler, the Phantom. Designed for the entry-level market, the Phantom includes a single 120 mm RGB enabled cooling fan and supports Intel's latest LGA1700 desktop socket and AMD's AM4 socket. With a height of 158 mm, the Phantom is compatible…
Enlarge (credit: Elena Lacey | Getty ) Over Zoom, Australia’s communications minister, Paul Fletcher, has the air of a man in the middle of a victory speech. He credits his team and the country’s competition regulator for succeeding where others had failed: forcing tech giants to pay for news. “There were a lot of people…
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) It's the weekend, which means it's time for another Dealmaster. The latest update to our roundup of the best tech deals from around the web includes Bose's QuietComfort 45 for $279 at various retailers. This deal matches the one we saw over Presidents Day weekend and again equals the lowest price we've…
Enlarge / Russian workers assemble a Soyuz rocket for the launch of satellites for the European Space Agency in December 2021. (credit: European Space Agency) Russia has decided to suspend cooperation with European launch officials, and says it will withdraw its personnel from Europe's main spaceport. The chief of Russia's main space corporation, Dmitry Rogozin,…
Enlarge / Valheim (credit: Iron Gate AB) Kylan Coats came up with a plan to start a studio before he had even made a game, as an undergrad spending summers as a QA tester between classes. Back then, his mid-thirties seemed like the age to make this transition. If things went to plan, he would…
Enlarge / Zebra finches sitting together on a tree branch and sunning. (credit: sagarmanis | Getty Images) In our quest to find what makes humans unique, we often compare ourselves with our closest relatives: the great apes. But when it comes to understanding the quintessential human capacity for language, scientists are finding that the most…
Enlarge (credit: NASA/STSci) Today, NASA shared an image indicating that it had successfully completed the image alignment stage of commissioning the James Webb Space Telescope. The Webb's primary mirror is composed of 18 individual segments, and, as of today's update, all of those segments are aligned so that a single star shows up as a…
Enlarge / Caltech researchers conducted a study on how the body responds to threats in conjunction with The 17th Door haunted house experience in Orange County, California. (credit: YouTube/17th Door) The 17th Door haunted house experience has become a fixture of the annual Halloween fright scene in Orange County, California, attracting thousands of scare seekers…
Enlarge / The new standards place most of the country in a state where mask use is optional. (credit: CDC) In a widely expected move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new guidelines for the use of masks and other precautions to limit the spread of COVID-19. While the precautions people should take—vaccinations…
Enlarge / The Reddit iOS app icon. (credit: Getty Images | Yuriko Nakao ) The Reddit mobile app doesn't often get big updates, but this week was an exception, with the company adding a new "Discover Tab" and menus for managing subscriptions. In a blog post announcing the feature, Reddit says that one in five…
