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Cold War

A Mainframe Tape Drive Emulator

Retro computer fans come in all shapes and sizes. Some like the big name machines from the dawn of the home computer era, others like collecting quirky pieces like early laptops and handheld devices. Even more obscure are those who choose to collect old mainf…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Jamal Khashoggi

Senate fails to override President Trump’s veto of Yemen war measure to end U.S. role

Senators voted Thursday to recommend that the U.S. end its assistance to Saudi Arabia for the war in Yemen and put the blame for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Dec. 13) AP WASHINGTON The Senate…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Old-Age Poverty

Pete Seeger – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2019)

It is no coincidence that folk singer, songwriter and social activist Pete Seeger (1919-2014) turns up as one of the important voices on the recently released Smithsonian Folkways box set The Social Power of Music (2019). Seeger, one of the towering figures o…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Super Heroes

Game of Thrones could have taken a page from how Avengers: Endgame handles death

Significant spoilers ahead for Game of Thrones, season 8, episode 3, “The Long Night,” and for Avengers: Endgame. Heading into last weekend, we were expecting a lot of big, meaningful pop-culture deaths. Avengers: Endgame threatened to kill off some major Mar…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Black Hole

The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ stars recreated a photo from 7 years ago, and it really shows how much they’ve changed

The 'Avengers: Endgame' stars recreated a photo from 7 years ago, and it really shows how much they've changed

bubmagMay 2, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX opens up about the Crew Dragon capsule destroyed in an accident – CNET

The SpaceX Crew Dragon has been to space, but not yet with humans inside. NASA SpaceX has been uncharacteristically mum since one of the company's Crew Dragon capsules suffered an "anomaly" last month. But that's beginning to change. On April 20, billowing…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Geely

The T600 Crossover Will Be Chinese Automaker Zotye’s First Car for America

Chinese automaker Zotye, maybe best known around here for its cheap Porsche Macan copy, promised last year to break into the U.S. market. It looks like its making good on that promise, as the company confirmed Thursday it would kick things off with the Zotye …

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Black Hole

It Looks Like LIGO/Virgo Have Detected a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star. For the First Time Ever

A new signal detected by LIGO/Virgo may be the so-called holy grail of astrophysics: the merger of a neutron star and a black hole. Theyve discovered pairs of black holes merging, and pairs of neutron stars merging, but until now, not a neutron star-black hol…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Black Hole

Gravitational Wave Detectors May Have Spotted a Neutron Star Colliding With a Black Hole

bubmagMay 2, 2019

Electric Car

Millennials are pouring into Tesla’s stock following the electric-car maker’s disastrous quarter (TSLA)

Tesla's disastrous first quarter did not scare away millennial investors, according to data from the Robinhood trading app. Shares of the electric-car maker have come under significant pressure as of late, finishing Wednesday's session at a two-year low. Te…

bubmagMay 2, 2019

A Mainframe Tape Drive Emulator

Senate fails to override President Trump’s veto of Yemen war measure to end U.S. role

Pete Seeger – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2019)

Game of Thrones could have taken a page from how Avengers: Endgame handles death

The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ stars recreated a photo from 7 years ago, and it really shows how much they’ve changed

SpaceX opens up about the Crew Dragon capsule destroyed in an accident – CNET

The T600 Crossover Will Be Chinese Automaker Zotye’s First Car for America

It Looks Like LIGO/Virgo Have Detected a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star. For the First Time Ever

Gravitational Wave Detectors May Have Spotted a Neutron Star Colliding With a Black Hole

Millennials are pouring into Tesla’s stock following the electric-car maker’s disastrous quarter (TSLA)

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