Nuclear power plants are on track to generate more than 140,000 tonnes of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) before 2060. Every year, 2,000 tonnes of radioactive heavy metal join the growing inventory of fuel removed from nuclear power reactors—both operating and decomm... More »
My fellow night owls, grab a strong cup of coffee and gather around: I have great news. For a long time, our kind has been unfairly maligned. Stereotyped as lazy and undisciplined. Told we ought to be morning larks. Advised to go to bed early so we can wake be... More »
I don’t mean to brag, but — well, my browser’s new tab page is much better than yours.All right, so that didn’t come across quite as humble as I’d hoped. But it’s true, all right. I added an exceptional new tool into my Chrome setup a while back, and no ex... More »
Microsoft is talking a lot about Copilot+ PCs with exclusive AI features. Those features aren’t very useful yet, but there is a compelling package of extra features for Windows you can get on any Windows PC — for free. It’s called Microsoft PowerToys.I’ve ... More »
The third item on the 2024 Republican Party platform, after promises to seal the border and engage in mass deportations, is a pledge to “END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN.”On the first part of that pledge, I don’t know whether the platform’s dra... More »
Being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder as a child hasn’t hindered computer engineer Roberto Moreno from reaching his goals. ASD, a neurodevelopmental disorder, impacts how a person behaves, learns, perceives the world, and socializes with others. Moreno... More »
On 29 October 2020, astronomer Przemek Mróz from the University of Warsaw and an international group of collaborators reported a peculiar flicker of light originating from halfway across our galaxy. The signal, designated OGLE-2016-BLG-1928, was extremely subt... More »
Art Lebedev’s expensive Optimus keyboards seemed like a footnote in tech blogging history until a small German company saw the potential for a new generation of content creators. Design by Cath Virginia / Illustrations by Richard Parry / Developed... More »
I’m not going to speculate about the effect of Saturday’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump on the 2024 presidential race. I will, however, make one observation: Some on the political right are using the attack to imply that the criticism of Trump’s past... More »
Every act of political violence yields instant reactions that can’t be supported by the available facts.A single assassination attempt by a loner with a rifle doesn’t necessarily tell us anything about whether America is poised to plunge into a political abyss... More »
Every summer, the Spanish Twitch streamer Ibai Llanos hosts a livestreamed boxing tournament called “La Velada del Año” (“The Evening of the Year”). In just four years, it’s gone from a relatively small event featuring matches between a few influencers from S... More »
Los Angeles renters with style, show us your place! The smaller, the better. In a city where home prices are at an all-time high and most are renters — whether an apartment, duplex, ADU, or single-family house — many are looking for inspiration on how to make ... More »