Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

James Thompson

How U.S. Army Handguns Evolved From Six-Shooters to Modular Pistols

The U.S. Army’s handguns tell a story of engineering tradeoffs more than romance: power versus controllability, simplicity versus capacity, and institutional standardization versus what actually survives hard use. Across more than a century, the sidearm moved from a rugged belt gun meant for mounted troops to a compact system...
James Thompson

NASA Spotlights 3I/ATLAS: The Biggest Interstellar Comet Ever Confirmed

This is due to the fact that a comet coming outside the Solar System is so unusual that each of them alters the way astronomers approach planetary systems beyond the Solar System. 3I/ATLAS is no exception, being both extremely unbound and physically behaving in a way that other comet...
Charles Mitchell

9mm vs .45 ACP: 8 Real-World Tradeoffs That Decide Performance

The 9mm vs.45 ACP argument does not cease to exist due to the fact that it is never a single argument. It is an engineering compromise stack that is visible in areas where the shooter can make measurements: split times, hit rates, magazine geometry, and the behavior of the...