Daily Archives: Mar 14, 2026

Charles Mitchell

7 Ballistic Myths Hunters Still Believe That Ruin Clean, Ethical Kills

Even terminal performance is still being discussed like campfire folklore: a single number is named king, one bullet type is like magic and an involved task, thrusting a projectile through hide, bone and vital tissue, is ginned down to a slogan. The engineering reality is not so convenient. The result...
James Thompson

NASA’s Fast-Response Plan for the Next Interstellar Visitor Could Change Everything

Interstellar objects do not make appointments. They come in swiftly, flare, and rapidly disappear behind the dim background of space frequently before the world community of the astronomy can arrange a complete survey on all the spectrum. This limitation is leading to a change in the structure of space science:...
Charles Mitchell

The Hidden Engineering Mistakes That Make Pocket Pistols Fail Under Stress

Pocket pistols are on the fringe of what the semi-auto system can handle. The pursuit of thinness of profile and less weight is pursued by designers, yet smaller size of the platform also reduces the reliability buffer of bigger pistols. During stress, the anthropomorphic component of the system is altered:...