Daily Archives: Mar 16, 2026

James Thompson

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Forces New Questions About Comet Chemistry

A comet going through the solar system seldom alters the general thinking of scientists in regard to comets. However, one interstellar object has followed through on it: 3I/ATLAS was the third object on record to have behaved as both a well-known icy object and a little-known experiment in chemistry...
Charles Mitchell

America’s Warship Pipeline Keeps Falling Behind the Fleet

“‘Roughly 82 percent of the ships under construction are behind schedule. This one number encapsulates why the U.S. Navy’s shipbuilding problem is no longer simply about new ships, but whether force structure plans can survive contact with industrial reality.’” In the largest surface and submarine construction projects, the same thing...
Charles Mitchell

9 Rifle Cartridges That Stay Predictable When Distances Stretch

It is consistency that will tell the difference between a cartridge that prints a pretty party on a cool country day and one that heaps hits when the breeze blows weird, the gun is chilled and the shot follows a long foot-walk. Long-range shooters soon come to know that...