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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Enlarge / A miniature predatory robber fly (Holcocephala fascia) feeds on a captured rove beetle. A new study reveals that the fly approaches its prey from underneath, aiming for a future meeting point wth the target. (credit: Samuel Fabian) Robber flies are aerodynamic acrobats, able to spot their prey, dodge around obstacles, and capture smaller…
Enlarge / The slightly hazy, light patch in the middle of the image is the DF2 galaxy, so diffuse that other galaxies are clearly visible behind it. (credit: NASA, ESA, and P. van Dokkum) The first evidence for dark matter were galaxies that behaved as if they had far more matter than could be accounted…
Enlarge / Virtual Keanu Reeves rests on his laurels after the latest Cyberpunk 2077 patch. But should he get up and do more before relaxing? We look into it. (credit: CD Projekt Red) A surprise Tuesday presentation from game studio CD Projekt Red confirmed that its historically buggy 2020 game Cyberpunk 2077 is finally getting a "current-gen"…
Continuing their recent spending spree in expanding their foundry capabilities, Intel this morning has announced that it has struck a deal to acquire specialty foundry Tower Semiconductor for $5.4 billion. If approved by shareholders and regulatory authorities, the deal would result in Intel significantly expanding its own contract foundry capabilities, acquiring not only Tower’s various…
Enlarge / A rendering of a spacewalk happening outside of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. (credit: SpaceX) One of the most visually appealing Super Bowl advertisements on Sunday night starred Matthew McConaughey dressed as an astronaut. The advertisement begins with suggestive images of McConaughey in space only to find him in a hot air balloon. "It's not…
Enlarge / A vial containing Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at a vaccination center. (credit: Getty | SOPA Images) COVID-19 booster doses are largely holding up against the ultratransmissible omicron variant, despite the fact that protection inevitably wanes over time, according to a recent study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Still, with…
Enlarge / Earl Sinclair and Baby Sinclair (not actual IBM employees). (credit: Disney) A former high-level IBM executive wrote an internal message calling older workers "dinobabies" who should go "extinct," according to a plaintiff's filing in an age-discrimination lawsuit against IBM. "In arbitration, Plaintiff's counsel have obtained evidence showing high level executive communications demonstrating highly…
Enlarge (credit: Lee et al.) Most muscles in our bodies only act in response to incoming nerve signals, which have to trigger each individual muscle cell to contract or relax. But heart muscle is different. The impulses that trigger contraction in heart muscle are passed from one muscle cell to its neighbors, leading to a…
Enlarge / An image from 2017's Blade Runner 2049. (credit: Warner Bros.) Amazon Studios has begun developing a live-action TV series set in the Blade Runner universe, according to reporting from entertainment industry publication Deadline. The series will be titled Blade Runner 2099, and it will follow 2017's Blade Runner 2049, which was directed by Denis…
Benedict Cumberbatch travels across realities in the forthcoming film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Marvel Studios dropped a spectacularly psychedelic new trailer for the upcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness just as the Super Bowl was getting underway. (Some spoilers for prior installments in the MCEU below.) As I've written previously,…
