It’s not what you think. …read more Source:: CNet

What caused a devastating five-day blackout in Venezuela? Two engineers with expertise in geospatial technologies believe the answer lies in images from a NASA weather satellite showing thermal activity, which they superimposed onto Google Earth, the AP reports: Within hours of the attack, the government of embattled President Nicolas Maduro began accusing the U.S. of…

schwit1 shared an article from Reason’s “Volokh Conspiracy” blog: Nature’s Little Recyclers is a father-son business that does composting on empty residential lots, transforming organic waste into nutrient-rich soil. Last year, the business’s worms processed 10 tons of banana peels and cups from the Chicago Marathon that would otherwise have gone to a landfill. But…

When you really start fine-tuning your 3D printer, you might start to notice that even the smallest things can have a noticeable impact on your prints. An open window can cause enough of a draft to make your print peel up from the bed, and the slightly askew diameter of that bargain basement filament can…

An anonymous reader quotes PC Gamer: Not too long into a 168-hour VR marathon session, Jak Wilmot admits the monotony got to him. Wilmot, who is the co-founder of Disrupt VR, also says this experiment is “quite possibly the dumbest thing” he’s ever done. So, why do it? For science, of course. I can’t imagine…

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Commentary: As the last season looms, I reckon it’s time I tried HBO’s award-winning fantasy epic — all 67 episodes. And fast. …read more Source:: CNet

The Boring Company’s tunnel project in Chicago is “in doubt” (according to the Chicago Tribune), while a project connecting Washington to Baltimore “is waylaid in the environmental-review process.” But it looks like Las Vegas will officially get a tunnel from Elon Musk, CNET reports, “perhaps within this year.” The billionaire’s Boring Company on Tuesday got…