We’ve Been Thinking About Animal Sexuality All Wrong
I want to take you back to the year 2008, when New York City’s Museum of Sex launched an exhibit on the sex lives of animals. The exhibit ran for a full decade, and I had the chance to check it out about a year or so before it closed in 2018. The Sex…
NASA Is Testing A Rover That Can Drive Faster And Lift Its Wheels To Climb Obstacles
NASA’s Mars rovers have accomplished a whole lot since the first one landed on the red planet in the late ’90s, but even the latest members of the fleet still have plenty of limitations. For one, they’re very slow; Perseverance, which…
Bobby Prince, Influential ‘Doom’ Video Game Composer, Dead at 81
Bobby Prince, the renowned video game composer who scored titles like Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, has died at the age of 81. Prince’s family confirmed the composer’s death, adding that he “passed peacefully into Heaven’s Musical Gates on June 16, 2026.” No…
After Their Last Defense Project Flopped, France and Germany Are Trying Again
A new Leopard 2A8 tank on display at the Eurosatory Arms Fair in June 2024. KNDS, the manufacturer of the Leopard, has adapted its chassis into the newer CAPINT tank, which features a French-made turret. (Shutterstock/Spech) Topic: Land Warfare Blog…
NASA’s Swift Boost Mission Will Launch Later This Month To Rescue A Falling Telescope
The Swift Boost rescue mission will soon head to space. NASA/Ron Beard The NASA Swift Boost mission is on track to launch later this month to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, whose orbit is decaying faster than…
The Musical’ Uses Political Satire to Critique Society’s Obsession With Celebrities
“You’ve got a lot of fans out there, people are posting, marching in the streets,” the prison security guard tells a young inmate with thick eyebrows, handing him a stack of fan mail. “Apparently, there’s even a musical.” “What kind of sick fucks would…
South Korea’s KF-21 Jet Fighter Just Got Its Final Certification
A full-scale model of a KF-21 Boramae fighter jet undergoes ground testing in South Korea in January 2024. The KF-21 is expected to enter regular service later this year. (Republic of Korea Defense Acquisition Program Administration) Topic: Air Warfare…
Claude Guillemot, One Of Ubisoft’s Co-Founders, has Died In A Plane Crash
The crash reportedly happened on an airstrip near the western coast of France on June 19. Chesnot/Getty Images Claude Guillemot, one of five brothers who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986, has died, the company confirmed. As first reported…
35 Essential Gay Pride Songs: Rolling Stone Editor Picks
From Sylvester to Pansy Divsion to Lil Nas X, from disco to punk to pop Is there an LGBTQ sensibility? What was it 50 years ago, before much of today’s language for gender and sexual identities even existed? Or, much more simply: Which songs best evoke…
Is General Motors Entering the Missile Business?
General Motors’ headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, seen in July 2024. GM originally spun off its defense business in 2003, but has re-established it. (Shutterstock/Jonathan Weiss) Topic: Air Warfare Blog Brand: The Buzz Region: North America Tags:…