1,300 lines of SQL querying renders accurate bitmapped views of Hell at 35 fps. “Rendering Doom in a database is obviously a bad idea,” Lukas Vogel writes in a lengthy blog post explaining how exactly he managed to render Doom using an SQL database. OK, that’s not entirely accurate.…
It wasn’t obvious at the time, but the US uncoupled carbon emissions and GDP growth. One argument that often comes up about climate change is that fossil fuels are good because they powered economic growth that has left most people better off overall. And, to an extent, that has…
Also: Spooky action at the LHC, Ice Age psychoactive use, yeast for building homes on Mars, and more. It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories…
Bonus: Every Electric’s batteries are beloved by household cats. My family has spent four summers participating in demand response programs whereby utility companies pay customers to reduce energy use on the hottest summer days. Most summers have involved carefully precooling our New York City apartment before switching off the…
Tesla met analysts expectations as it sold fewer cars in Q3 2026 than Q3 2025. Tesla sold 486,532 electric vehicles during the third quarter of 2026. That’s a 2.1 percent decrease on the same quarter in 2025, when the company found homes for 497,099 EVs, and one might think…
Initially launched in 2019, the Nvidia Shield TV Pro now retails for $299.99. The era of generative AI has upended technology supply chains, and there is one ironclad rule in 2026: If it has memory or storage, it’s getting more expensive. Even devices with years-old tech inside are still…
Blue Origin seeks FAA approval for up to 50 New Glenn launches and 50 booster landings per year. Welcome to Edition 9.13 of the Rocket Report! This week, SpaceX celebrated the first orbital launch of its new Starship rocket. I’m not sure many people, at least those outside of…
Can it be Mini LED without a FALD backlight? What makes a display a Mini LED display? It’s a question that sounds like it should have a simple answer. But it’s now at the center of a lawsuit between two of the biggest names in TVs, with TCL accusing…
A physical model show that iron dust and sulfuric acid create the right properties. Venus is shrouded in a veil of mystery. The yellowish “lower haze” at the bottom of its atmosphere was discovered by the Venera and Pioneer Venus probes in the 1970s. These spacecraft were some of…
With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space. A four-person crew rocketed into orbit Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, heading for a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. Riding a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, the four…
