Hitting the Books: How 20th century science unmade Newton's universe
Mercury's orbit defies Newtonian physics, so why shouldn't the rest of creation?
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Hitting the Books: That time San Francisco's suburbs sued the airport for being too loud
NIMBYism has a long and storied history in the Bay Area.
Hitting the Books: The fall 2022 reading list
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Researchers sequenced the genome of one of Pompeii’s ancient inhabitants
In the process, they found a likely answer to a 2,000-year-old mystery.
Researchers used CT scans to virtually unwrap a pristine mummy
The images helped them learn new details about Egypt's 18th Dynasty.
Hitting the Books: The genetic fluke that enabled us to drink milk
Who doesn't love lactase?
Chrome is testing a feature that groups pages you visit by topic
Using a side panel, you'll also be able to compare the site you're on with other search results.
Preservation effort unearths over 750 PlayStation 2 game prototypes
It's a snapshot of video game history.
7The first commercial video call took place 50 years ago today
It helped pave the way for our Zoom and FaceTime-dominated reality.
You can finally play Maxis' long-lost 'SimRefinery' oil simulator
It's all thanks to one lucky floppy disk find.
Long-lost 'Days of Thunder' NES game recreated from 30-year-old floppies
It's the Tom Cruise movie adaptation that never was.
Virtual PC game box collection helps relive the heyday of floppies and CDs
Return to the days when CDs and floppies ruled.
British Museum makes over half of its collection viewable online
Tour world history without leaving home.
Roku is giving away 30 days of premium video
Epix, Showtime and fitness channels are some of the freebies.
Recommended Reading: Dead Sea Scroll fragments in DC are fakes
The best long-form writing on technology and more on the web.
Google's latest VR app lets you gaze at prehistoric paintings
It's part of a new Google Arts & Culture collection called Chauvet: Meet the Ancestors.
7Google's 3D scans recreate historical sites threatened by climate change
Its 'Heritage on the Edge' collection preserves history in depth.
UK honors 'Tomb Raider', 'Worms' and other classics with retro postage stamps
The 12-design set features iconic UK gaming titles.
Time Magazine is recreating the 'I Have a Dream' speech in VR
You could know what it was like to join Martin Luther King's march.
Sonar drone helps find a WWII Japanese aircraft carrier
It's the first time anyone has located a Japanese carrier from the war.
