Woz: ‘I Am the Happiest Person Ever’
V & E Coin News - Steve Wozniak turned 75 (!) and was profiled by John Blackstone for CBS News (also posted to YouTube). Slashdot linked to it, and in the comments, someone gently jabbed at Woz for having…
Spacewalk Pop-Up
Former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is photographed during a spacewalk in January 2017.
Spacewalk Pop-Up
V & E Coin News - Former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is photographed during a spacewalk in January 2017. The post Spacewalk Pop-Up appeared first on Variety and Errors.
Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship
V & E Coin News - Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! Two of the world’s most storied rocket builders not named SpaceX achieved major successes this week. Arianespace’s Ariane 6 rocket launched from French Guiana on…
Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship
Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! Two of the world's most storied rocket builders not named SpaceX achieved major successes this week. Arianespace's Ariane 6 rocket launched from French Guiana on its third flight Tuesday night with…
‘Desert Find’ Hoard of Thirty-Five 1889-CC Morgans at Heritage’s August ANA Sale
One of the greatest Morgan dollar finds of modern times will bring 35 previously unknown 1889-CC Morgan dollars, each in Brilliant Uncirculated condition, to the podium in Heritage’s ANA U.S. Coins Signature® Auction August 26-31. The Desert Find of…
Here’s Acura’s next all-electric RSX crossover
Acura's next RSX crossover has broken cover. The automaker has used this year's Monterey Car Week as a stage to show off a bright yellow prototype—the color is called Propulsion Yellow Pearl—ahead of the production car going on sale…
Meta backtracks on rules letting chatbots be creepy to kids
After what was arguably Meta's biggest purge of child predators from Facebook and Instagram earlier this summer, the company now faces backlash after its own chatbots appeared to be allowed to creep on kids. After reviewing an internal document…
Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used
Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers. They relied on the khipu system to track people, taxes, produce, livestock, and products…
Ice discs slingshot across a metal surface all on their own
Scientists have figured out how to make frozen discs of ice self-propel across a patterned metal surface, according to a new paper published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. It's the latest breakthrough to come out of…