…to women in gun stores. Hopefully, she’s gotten some good advice, too.
Category Archives: Technology and Society
A Water-Eating Virus
…from Maaaaars.
A truly dumb article, disappointing from Quillette.
Running
Why you shouldn’t be doing it.
This is definitely news I can use. I only run when chasing something, or being chased by something, or trying to catch a plane.
A New Sex Drug?
I agree, women should be able to try this if they want.
February, Or March
That’s the goal for first flight of the Mark 3 Spaceship.
Intermittent Fasting
The health evidence continues to pour in.
Most days I don’t eat anything until dinner time, unless I’m traveling, or doing a business/social lunch.
A Very Libertarian Christmas
Climate “Science”
The New Vette
It looks like a very interesting car, but I would miss the manual gearbox, too.
Boeing’s Annus Horribilis
…continues with today’s failure of Starliner to get to the ISS. Stories from Eric Berger , Marina Koren, and Tim Fernholz.
The question is whether or not they’ll insist on another uncrewed test flight before putting in crew. Given the cost of an Atlas V, I’d be inclined to say no, given that this failure wouldn’t have resulted in loss of crew. Worst case for a crewed flight would be failure to dock, which would just mean a mission abort back to White Sands. But as we all know, SAFETY IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
[Late-morning update]
Loren Grush has another take.
[Update mid-afternoon]
Here’s a story from Emilee Speck in Orlando.