Academy Award-winning special effects pioneer Don Iwerks dies at 96

Don Iwerks, an Academy Award-winning special effects pioneer whose innovations transformed film and Disney theme parks, died ...
The Conversation

World Cup: why are left‑footers like Messi so valuable in soccer?

Argentina’s Lionel Messi, England’s Bukayo Saka, Spain’s Lamine Yamal and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah are all highly skilled soccer players in slightly different ways, as is the tall, powerful and ...
The New York Times

Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking

Researchers are at a loss for why people across cultures and ages, regardless of their dominant hand, have a natural bias toward wandering in a counterclockwise direction. By Rachel Nuwer Iñaki ...
Ars Technica

Logitech’s foldable mouse is for people who refuse to carry a mouse with them

I see it often. Hardworking professionals in cafés, airports, or parks hunched over a laptop while carefully dragging their fingers over their PC’s trackpad to navigate some email, project, or alert ...
National Review

Graham Platner Is the Very ‘Toxic Masculinity’ Stereotype the Left Invented

The American Founding’s Lab Notes and My Weekend in D.C. Keeping Nashville Hot Second Circuit Rejects Trump Motion to Delay Paying Carroll $5M Judgment Facing The Anti-Ballistic Missile Gap The ...
New York Post

Activist short seller Andrew Left convicted of securities fraud, sending shock waves through Wall Street

Outspoken activist short seller Andrew Left was convicted on securities fraud charges over manipulating stock prices — a surprise verdict that sent shock waves through Wall Street. A jury in Los ...
CNBC

U.S. jury finds investor Andrew Left guilty of securities fraud

A U.S. jury found prominent investor Andrew Left guilty of securities fraud on Monday, the Justice Department said, in a blow to a divisive cohort of short sellers who have for years ‌goaded public ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Andrew Left Found Guilty in Case That Spooked Short Sellers

Famed short seller Andrew Left faces the possibility of decades behind bars after being found guilty of using disingenuous social media posts to manipulate stocks, in a landmark case that threatens to ...
Scientific American

Almost half of the objects in Earth’s orbit are junk—and that’s only the stuff we know about

Almost half the stuff in orbit around Earth can be classified as space junk, and the problem is only going to get worse as launches and orbital infrastructure increase. Using data from the U.S. Space ...
TechCrunch

Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit

Google and SpaceX are in talks to launch orbital data centers in space, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. The potential deal comes as SpaceX gears up for its $1 ...
CBS News

In its third flight, a Blue Origin New Glenn rocket puts satellite payload into wrong orbit

Blue Origin launched the company's third New Glenn rocket on Sunday, re-flying and successfully recovering a previously used first stage. But the rocket's second stage put the payload, a ...
KTVZ

Father and Son Inventor Duo introduce ‘Lift Lite’ chair in Bend

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Mike and Logan Heagerty, a father-son inventor duo, have developed a new mobility chair called the "Lift Lite" here in Bend. The chair uses leverage and body strength to help ...