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The Search for Planet Nine Beats Up
The outer Kuiper Belt, that donut-shaped 800 million mile wide ring made up of the icy, rocky remnant leftovers from the creation of the solar system, is a wild, chaotic place.
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Charon Steals the Spotlight from Pluto
When you think of Pluto, and you know you do, you probably don’t consider the moon Charon, do you? Well, that is about to change!
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Not Your Standard Cruises Control
NASA’s X-59 QueSST airplane has taken the concept of cruise control to a whole new level. And by level, we mean startlingly high numbers.
A Three-Body Problem Solved
If you have watched the Netflix series, or read the trilogy by Chichin Liu, you’ll know that the Three Body Problem is an impossible challenge. The San-Ti, or Trisolarans, live on a planet caught in a trinary system – three suns!
Estrella Warbirds Museum
Estrella’s massive collection of mostly Vietnam-era fighter jets and helicopters is augmented by their huge cache of military transport vehicles, even a great M60A-1 Patton tank!
How to Fix a GE Washing Machine Pump
There’s a good chance that the drain pump is merely stuck. You can unstick yourself and get back in business in about ten minutes.
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Curse the Inky Poo!
If you subscribe to my sister site, Skippity Whistles, I do apologize for the deluge. It’s not pretty, I know. But there’s an explanation, I promise! If you’re freaked out by AI and thinking maybe it’s takin’ your job, you are not alone. Looking at the Google newsfeed (a mistake by itself) easily half of…
The Lure of the Santa Maria
You’re a writer – you know how it goes. You want to do your research accurately, right? So you spend a week in the Taiga, freezing your keester off. Or maybe it’s a story that takes place in the NYC subway tunnels, so you, like, hide out down there for a week with the mole…
An Intrepid Trek
You’re a writer. Writing is what you do. Here’s my advice: stick to that. Don’t try to build a media empire – just plain write like you mean it. Earlier this year I got the opportunity to visit the Intrepid Museum in New York City with the fam. As you know, or perhaps didn’t but…
John D Reinhart 