Daily Archives: Dec 17, 2025

It was moving too fast, too reflective, and too strangely shaped to be ignored. When astronomers first detected the massive object whizzing through our planet's path, the sighting of 'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov followed closely. But this visitor's reflectivity, size, and velocity were unprecedented, and they have set off a...

"Caliber is irrelevant if you get your shot in the correct location." It's a mantra mindlessly repeated at gun stores and online. But in actual lifesaving interactions, the cartridge can decide success almost as much as firearms skill. Contemporary ballistics research, decades-long law enforcement careers, and street-tested defensive interactions...

The diesel engine, the unyielding workhorse of American cargo for generations, is slipping sooner than industry vision was expecting. What was initially a creeping advance toward cleaner alternatives has now become a mad rush to retool fleets, pushed by coming together forces in technology, rules, and economics. In the...