NASA says it has received its first X-plane...
NASA gets first official X-plane in a decade: Electric craft named X-57 Maxwell
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It’s official: Study confirms grammar snobs really are the worst
“Grammar snobs are a distinct breed from their gentle cousins: word nerds and grammar geeks,” writes June Casagrande in Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies. “The difference is bloodlust.”
A new study confirms what Casagrande and anyone who’s ever...
Guilty: Corrupt ex-city official who pushed red-light camera deal convicted
A Redflex camera as seen in Modesto, California. (credit: Cyrus Farivar)
On Tuesday, a federal jury in Chicago found a former city transportation official guilty on all 20 counts of mail and wire fraud, bribery, extortion, conspiracy, and tax evasion charges.
John Bills, who was the managing deputy commissioner at the Department of Transportation, helped steer a...
Wikimedia board official responds to editors: Geshuri is an “excellent candidate”
Arnnon Geshuri, appointed to the Wikimedia Foundation board in January 2016. (credit: Myleen Hollero / Wikimedia Foundation)
The newest board member of the Wikimedia Foundation, Arnnon Geshuri, is under fire from hundreds of disgruntled editors who think he should be shown the door. They're upset at his role in a "no poach" hiring arrangement between Google, Apple, and other major tech...
Space station gets its first ‘official’ British astronaut (plus an American and Russian)
Today the International Space Station’s crew welcomed aboard its first “official” British astronaut, Tim Peake, just hours after he blasted off in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft alongside U.S. and Russian spacefliers. Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian cosmonaut Yuri...
It’s official: NASA signs up to send crew on SpaceX’s Dragon space taxi
NASA has ordered its first mission from SpaceX to carry astronauts to the International Space Station, six months after placing a similar order with Boeing. “It’s really exciting to see SpaceX and Boeing with hardware in flow for their first crew rotation missions,” Kathy Lueders, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, said today in a news release....