Daily Archives: Mar 21, 2026

Charles Mitchell

From Spaghetti Memes to Photorealism: How AI Video Leapt Ahead

Two years ago, a warped, jittery clip of Will Smith awkwardly "eating" spaghetti became the internet's shorthand for the limits of AI video. Today, the same benchmark-nicknamed the "spaghetti test"-is being passed with near‑photorealistic precision by systems like OpenAI's Sora, Google's Veo, and MiniMax's Hailuo AI. The leap from...
James Thompson

3I/ATLAS: The Interstellar Object Changing Space Science

It doesn't happen to every generation that astronomers are left gazing at something that won't play by the book. The newest interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS, is doing just that speeding up in a fashion that doesn't entirely make sense according to current physics, and leaving scientists to question the forces...
James Thompson

Experts Say Avoid These 7 Self-Defense Calibers

Carry a .25 if it feels good to you, but never load it. Late Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper's tongue-in-cheek counsel still resonates in discussions on defensive caliber. At the high-stakes game of self-protection, choosing the wrong caliber can be the difference between halting an attack and exposing yourself to...