Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

James Thompson

The Next Big SETI Breakthrough Isn’t Radio It’s Laser Light

Radio dishes and silent waiting have long been considered the iconic features of SETI in the popular imagination. The same work is still being continued on an unprecedented scale, though the engineering front has been extended. Concurrent with radio surveys, optical SETI has developed as a field of science based...
James Thompson

7 Long-Range Shooting Myths That Quietly Ruin Your Groups

Sniper shooters hardly lose accuracy due to one dramatic error. It is the groups that tend to open up since only a few of the common sense beliefs tend to creep into the process, such as when the rifle seems able, the statistics look correct, and misses remain unexplained....
James Thompson

7 Long-Range Shooting Mistakes That Ruin Accuracy Even With Great Rifles

Big rifles have a manner of making a showcase out of the person shooting it. Small inconsistencies no longer remain small at a distance and they begin to manifest themselves as broad impacts or vertical stringing or misses that cannot be explained until the fundamentals have been audited. A majority...