Forgot to post this earlier: My review of the big new book 'Challenger,' from 'Midnight at Chernobyl' author Adam Higginbotham.
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Cool demo.

Striking passage from Nellie Bowles’s Morning After the Revolution, out today:

NYT colleague (an editor) calls her partner, Bari Weiss, a “F-ing Nazi.”

A span of the Baltimore Key Bridge was blown off the bow of the MV Dali on Monday, a key step to removing the ship and opening the federal channel to unrestricted maritime navigation.

Video courtesy Bradford Webster

What a great visualization of rapid technological evolution.

A new Pew Research poll finds that the percentage of Americans who say that they have a “great deal” of trust in scientists has fallen from 39 percent in 2020 to 23 percent today. cityjourn.al/4ab69Ax via Jim Meigs

Yep yep yep!!! Mike nails it! The rules for radiation that we use are based entirely on falsified data, DECADES ago, before we even understood mitosis or meiosis! I’m suuuper proud to be part of this exciting project! Consider buying a copy of our awesome book! 😃

Well Well, it turns our nuclear power is actually very profitable.

Dont tell Greenpeace International 😄🤫

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Boeing's Starliner launch pushed back again. This project has been star crossed from birth—delays, cost overruns, tech screwups (though this delay isn't Boeing's fault). Here's hoping for a safe/succcessful mission. SpaceX deserves worthy competition!
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I judge this the best RFK Jr. brain worm joke

Unlike the protestors who hide their faces behind masks, these students proudly signed their names to this powerful document.

Some problems in science journalism start at top with scientific or public health orgs that fudge facts to nudge the public in approved directions. That gets amplified by media. Eventually the public notices.
No wonder trust in science (and media) is at all-time lows.

The irreplaceable Jack Shafer on 'swagger' in journalism. When I was a teenager, my favorite magazines were National Lampoon, Rolling Stone, and Popular Mechanics. They all had swagger in their way.
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I had the privilege of spending a day with Major Ella’s team in the IDF spokesman’s unit shortly after 7.10. Ella, one of the first senior Arab Muslim woman in the IDF, is truly impressive.

Here she relates her personal experience of Holocaust remembrance:

Similar comparison can be made of the suits. Preferences may vary… SpaceX is sleek, but reminiscent of Space Balls. Boeing Space more Destination Moon with practical pockets! Variety is the spice of life & Godspeed to all - when the vehicle & rocket are ready to go!

What a blockbuster article on Boeing's shambolic journey to tonight's long overdue launch. Great reporting by Eric Berger.
arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/…

I am so incredibly tired of people saying that there is no antisemitic intent with some of these protests.

Here are protestors lined up along the route of the March of the Living, a tradition in which survivors of the Holocaust march towards Auschwitz in remembrance of the 6