My moonshot to preserve endangered species Summary Mary Hagedorn, a coral cryobiologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, and collaborators propose building a frozen lunar biorepository in permanently shadowed craters…
Mysterious X-37B spaceplane flies again, this time carrying a quantum GPS alternative Summary The US Air Force’s uncrewed Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane has launched for its eighth mission, riding a SpaceX…
Junk is the new punk: Why we’re falling back in love with retro tech Summary The article examines a resurgence in interest for 1990s and earlier consumer tech in the…
Summary Columbia immunologist Dusan Bogunovic and colleagues are exploring a therapy inspired by a rare human genetic condition (ISG15 deficiency) that appears to grant broad antiviral protection. In people, the…
Everything is ‘different on Windows’: Zed port delays highlight dev friction Summary Zed, the Rust-based, GPU-accelerated editor, has seen its Windows port take much longer than macOS and Linux builds.…
Viking 1 at 50: NASA’s first raid on the red planet Summary Launched on 20 August 1975 atop a Titan‑Centaur, Viking 1 carried an orbiter and a lander and set…
Could Recreating a Rare Mutation Grant Almost Universal Virus Immunity For Days? Summary Columbia immunologist Dusan Bogunovic and colleagues report an experimental therapy that mimics a rare genetic deficiency (ISG15…
Summary Researchers led by Columbia immunologist Dusan Bogunovic have taken inspiration from a rare human immune condition — ISG15 deficiency — that appears to confer broad antiviral resistance at the…
Survey Finds More Python Developers Like PostgreSQL, AI Coding Agents – and Rust for Packages Summary The Python Software Foundation’s annual survey (conducted with JetBrains) polled over 30,000 Python developers…
Could Recreating a Rare Mutation Grant Almost Universal Virus Immunity For Days? Summary Researchers led by Columbia immunologist Dusan Bogunovic have been studying people with a rare genetic deficiency in…
