Digital Sycophancy…
Illustration: David Parkins Related to the article link below: “Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?” Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Civilization, Computer Science, Existentialism Note: I have to admit that I liked the cartoon by David Parkins! Artificial Intelligence (AI)…
Ukraine, Drones, MIC…
A freeze-frame captures a drone exploding, disabling a Russian Tu-95 bomber during Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb, a covert drone attack in June. Ukraine’s surprise attack unleashed small drones armed with explosives to destroy dozens of unprotected Russian aircraft at air bases across the country. Ukrainian Security Service / Air & Space Forces Magazine Topics: 3D Printing,…
The Sister of Apollo…
The four Artemis II astronauts did a dress rehearsal in December for what will happen on launch day. Clockwise from front left are pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist Christina Koch and commander Reid Wiseman. Credit: Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Topics: Applied Physics, Civics, Culture, NASA, Spaceflight “Artemis is the ancient Greek…
Steppenwolf and Starships…
John Medland/Paramount+ ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ to End With Season 2 (EXCLUSIVE), Joe Otterson, Variety Topics: Civilization, Einstein, Literature, Space Exploration, Special Relativity, Star Trek Magic Carpet Physics In the TNG Movie, “Star Trek: First Contact,” Captain Picard, Commander Riker, Counselor Troi, Dr. Beverly Crusher, Lieutenant Commander Joardi Laforge, Lieutenant Commander Worf and Lieutenant Commander…
EEI…
In January, 2025, a highly destructive wildfire in Pacific Palisades, California, damaged thousands of houses and buildings. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Topics: Climate Change, Economics, Entropy, Environment, Existentialism, Global Warming, Thermodynamics Note: My apologies. My posting is sporadic due to my commute to and from work (1 hour, 6 minutes in GOOD traffic on…
Inadvertent Graphene…
Credit: ACS Nano (2026). DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c12759 Topics: Applied Physics, Battery, Chemistry, Graphene, History, Materials Science, Nanomaterials What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According to a recent publication from the lab of Rice University’s James Tour in ACS Nano, it could be graphene—an answer that might have confused…
SiC/SiC Composites, Pulsed Lasers, and Water…
Schematic of annulus-conical water jet-assisted laser machining. Fig 1 Topics: Applied Physics, Composite Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Lasers, Materials Science, Nanoengineering Abstract When processing SiC/SiC composites using nanosecond-pulsed lasers, thermal effects such as molten deposition and heat-affected zones (HAZs) will occur. In this study, an annulus-conical water jet (ACWJ) was introduced to assist nanosecond laser machining…
Rogue Planet…
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Astronomers just measured the mass of a free-floating planet without a star for the first time Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Exoplanets, NASA When we imagine a planet, we think of one like ours, orbiting a star. But some have a far lonelier existence, drifting through interstellar space without a sun to…
Quantum Cryptography…
Credit: VectorMine/Shutterstock Topics: Computer Science, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, NIST, Quantum Computer, Quantum Mechanics Note: As a Communications-Computer Systems Officer in the US Air Force, I was once responsible for Technical Control, Computer Maintenance, and Crypto-Teletype (not that anyone uses a teletype anymore – I hope not!). I also beta-tested DARPANET at Bergstrom Air Force Base, which…
Almost the Twilight Zone…
Topics: Computer Modeling, Mathematics, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Theoretical Physics The concept of a fourth dimension is so elusive and mysterious that many of us find it almost impossible to comprehend. But could an additional layer of spatial reality truly exist, hidden beyond our three-dimensional worldview? Tantalizingly, scientists now claim to have built a fourth dimension…
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