The Silent Scrub: Decoding the Data Behind the SpainSat Delay
Another night at Cape Canaveral, another scrub. On the surface, the news that SpaceX pushed its SpainSat NG-II mission from Tuesday to Thu...
Sanae Takaichi: Decoding the Data Behind Japan's "Iron Lady"
The elevation of Sanae Takaichi to Prime Minister of Japan is being framed globally as a watershed moment—the first woman to hold the count...
When the USS Gerald R. Ford, a 100,000-ton titan of grey steel and humming electronics, slid into the azure waters off the coast of Split this week, it was more than just a naval visit. It was a momen...
The Two Axons: One Is Upgrading the Assembly Line, The Other Is Reinventing the City
I saw the name "Axon" cross my desk twice this week, and for a moment, I felt a jolt of cognitive dissonance. The f...
The recent IUCN announcement reclassifying the green sea turtle from “endangered” to “least concern” is, on its surface, an unambiguous victory. The press releases celebrate a triumph of coordinated g...
I don’t know how they choose the names. I picture a conference room. Whiteboard walls, stale coffee, the low hum of an overactive HVAC system. A bunch of VPs in identical blue shirts are tossing aroun...
I was watching the SpaceX webcast on Saturday afternoon, the familiar countdown echoing in my office, when a voice on the stream casually announced the milestone. With the successful deployment of 28 ...
So, rock and roll is officially getting its own Amazon fulfillment center.
They're calling it "Rock Nashville," a sprawling 55-acre campus just a stone's throw from downtown. The press release is full...
The Trump Variable: How a National Firestorm Redefined New York's Mayoral Race
The New York City mayoral race was, until recently, a relatively predictable affair. The dataset was clean. You had a you...
So, Richard Branson wants you to feel something. Are you buying it?
Let me get this straight. Richard Branson, the billionaire with the Bond-villain island and the perpetual grin, has decided the best...