Glenn House and his colleagues spent more than four years making a new toilet for the B-1 Lancer. The challenge wasn’t fitting the john into the cockpit (it went behind the front left seat), but ensuring that every part could handle life aboard a plane that can pull 5 Gs, break the sound barrier, and…
DetailsDespite being the source of all life on Earth and the definitional center of the solar system, the sun is still something of an enigma. How fast does the solar wind blow? How do those particles streaming from the sun’s surface actually achieve liftoff? What’s going on in the corona, the sun’s atmosphere? Well, NASA’s…
DetailsIf you call your hacking conglomerate Evil Corp and steal tens of millions of dollars from banks and individuals over the course of a decade, you can probably expect an indictment at some point. For alleged Evil Corp leader Maksim Yakubets, it came this week, as US and UK authorities charged him and an associate…
DetailsThe Xbox has a storied place in videogame history. It helped usher in the modern era of gaming, with titles like Halo introducing mechanics that would define games for years to come. Now, Xbox players (Xboxers? Xboxeteers?) have more entertainment options than ever, which can make it hard to buy for them. But whether your…
DetailsSkip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. In Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back the Millennium Falcon (above) had to escape from the inside of an exogorth, or giant space worm. Photograph: Lucasfilms Ltd./Everett CollectionIn Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back, when the heroes find themselves in the belly of a giant…
DetailsDads are notoriously hard to buy for. Usually you’re faced with a choice between getting them something practical they probably already have, or something crazy and interesting they’ll never use. It’s a nightmare.Luckily, we’ve put together this list of gifts for dads, father figures, or anyone who appreciates handy gadgets. You might still get nothing…
DetailsNever again let Gen Xers tell you they are underserved, culture-wise. Sunday night’s TV slate proves they ain’t. That evening features not just one hour of a series derived from a transformational superhero comic book of the 1980s—Watchmen, on HBO—but two. Because Sunday is also the beginning of the CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths.On TV,…
Details“Are you in a precarious situation? … You sound like you can’t talk.” Karah Preiss’ cousin Leslie accused her of being sleepy and distracted and eventually hung up, but didn’t guess the truth. Preiss had placed the call using a software clone of her voice made to demonstrate artificial intelligence’s ability to deceive.Preiss relates her…
DetailsApple’s new Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR were announced all the way back at WWDC 2020 in June, and now we know when you’ll be able to place an order for the high-end hardware: December 10th, according to an email that Apple has sent out to customers (as spotted by Marques Brownlee on Twitter.)…
DetailsHowever, there are signs that you might not have to compromise too much. It would have a hole-punch front camera as expected with other OnePlus 8 models, and the lack of an obvious fingerprint reader suggests the Lite would use under-screen tech like existing models. This more affordable model might still have a 6.4- or…
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