The Babylonians knew an amazingly good approximation to the square root of 2 back around 1700 BC. But did they know it was just an approximation?

Three years ago, a small group of academics at a German university launched an unprecedented collaboration with the military – using novels to try to pinpoint the world’s next conflicts. Are they on to something?

Two explosions, within a gap of five minutes, rocked the technical area of Jammu airport in the early hours of Sunday. It is suspected to be the first drone attack on any defence establishment in India.

A major new investment in renewables by the country’s largest power company may signal the beginning of the end for thermal energy.

Soon, most people will live by one name and earn by another

Broadly speaking, we can divide the core technologies of neurotech into neuroimaging and neurostimulation, that is, technologies that read and technologies that write to the brain. There aren’t good reference resources online of what’s promising about these techniques, so in taking notes about them, I’ve decided to break them down in an accessible manner and give a rough sketch about the state of the art of each. I’ll give a quick summary about each technology, as well as list a few companies and labs doing work in each.

Things Have Been Looking the Same

Moray eels can hunt on land, and footage from a recent study highlights how they accomplish this feat with a sneaky second set of jaws.

June 19th, 2021: Greetings from Hualien. We finally discovered an outdoor beach to wander around that wasn’t shut down due to covid. Here’s a view from the beach and also one of our first nights with a clear view of the mountains If you’re stumbling on this from the web feel free to join this infinite game.