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Gravity in The Expanse

How can we produce gravity in space? Science fiction often simplifies gravity—primarily to make a less confusing environment for the audience or to fit within…

A Successful Failure

Behind the production and rescue: the science of the Apollo 13  Apollo 13, directed by Ron Howard in 1995, was one of the biggest hit…

A Fake New World

A comparison of Ready Player One’s Oasis and current VR technology The 2018 movie Ready Player One, based on the book written by Ernest Cline,…

The XZ Backdoor

How internet vulnerabilities are made On March 29th, Andres Freund, a Microsoft developer, noticed that one of his systems was performing worse than expected. As…

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