The Cloud Has a Heat Problem. Even in Space.
Google’s Suncatcher puts AI chips in orbit, where abundant sunshine meets awkward cooling, costly maintenance and lessons from Microsoft’s underwater servers.
Houston, We Have a Login Prompt
Satellites may orbit Earth, but their security problems remain familiar. Starlink shows why even the final frontier needs patches, sceptics, and a good sysadmin.
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Three Rockets. One Thursday.
Three rockets, one Thursday: SpaceX makes the extraordinary routine, while its achievements test the media’s ability to applaud an inconvenient billionaire.
Gravity Has Not Read the Press Release
Starship reached orbit, delivered 26 satellites, and returned early, leaving engineers with fresh data and the internet arguing about whether progress had occurred.
Evolution Has No Research Department
Could life gain quantumlike advantages through classical physics? Evolution offers reasons to investigate, but possibility and usefulness are not proof of origin.
A Flower for Your Favourite Human
A small digital gesture for your favourite human: a mathematical rose that needs no watering, with just a little help from exponential decay.
Gravity Has Rejected Your Pull Request
Rockets evolve like software: simulated, tested and revised. Digital twins accelerate development, while gravity remains stubbornly immune to persuasive prompts.