The conversation around science is full of ideas for reform, but how do we know which ones will be effective? To find out what works, we need to apply the scientific method to science itself.

Rising homicide rates don’t tell the whole story. When you dig deeper into data on deaths, you'll find the more urban your surroundings, the less danger you face.

This is a rant about how moving ecosystems are not a good reason for centralizing a crucial service, how stickers are no substitute for a...

Maps showing daily possible GPS interference.

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National Security Search Engine: Why has Google hired so many ex-CIA agents to run its most important internal and external operations.

My new investigation for @MintPressNews:

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Fastener Engineering covers the technology of fasteners, adhesives, springs and all aspects of fastener technology.

Remembering our beloved friend, Matt King.

To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.

Two competing syntaxes need your help in determining which should be championed through to a specification candidate.

"Realistically, there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn’t be here."

It's been seven years since the online cheating site AshleyMadison.com was hacked and highly sensitive data about its users posted online. The leak led to the public shaming and extortion of many AshleyMadison users, and to at least two suicides.…

The Nikon D7100 DSLR camera was announced in February 2013. Today Nikon released a new firmware update version 1.05 for the almost 10 years old D7100 with a single fix: Fixed an issue that resulted in live view ending about 10 minutes after being started…

How the '&' got its name

I tried some note taking apps, this is some thoughts about Obsidian, Logseq, Notion and more. I now gives Dendron a try.

Flash back to 1974. I was six years old, and Santa Claus arrived at my house with a sack full of socks, long underpants and pajamas. But in the far back corner was a rectangular box that rattled when you shook it, indicating goodness inside. It was a Spinwelder…

I realised that my blog and its content, even though very simple andlightweight, are only accessible using a full-fledged web browser. I thought itwould be i...