Enlarge / Archaeology is catching up with the digital humanities movement with the creation of large online databases, combining data collected from satellite-, airborne-, and UAV-mounted sensors with historical information. Brown University reader comments 9 with 9 posters participating Share this story There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our ..
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Enlarge / A housewife proudly presents her indispensable Pyrex kitchenware (1955). Ainissa Ramirez tells the story of its invention, and how it molded human behavior in turn, in her book, The Alchemy of Us. Chaloner Woods/Getty Images reader comments 19 with 17 posters participating Share this story There’s rarely time to write about every cool ..
Hmm, we’re sensing a trend here… reader comments 32 with 26 posters participating Share this story Update, 1/1/21: It’s New Year’s Day, and Ars staff is still enjoying some necessary downtime to prepare for a new year (and a slew of CES emails, we’re sure). While that happens, we’re resurfacing some vintage Ars stories like ..
Enlarge / In 1953, the eminent physicist and H-bomb advocate took an ill-fated overnight train from Philadelphia to Washington, DC, that would indirectly lead to the Robert Oppenheimer security hearing. Michail_Petrov-96/iStock/Getty Images reader comments 54 with 45 posters participating Share this story There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our ..
Enlarge / Wonder Woman 1984 posted the strongest box office showing yet during the pandemic, despite many movie theaters still being shuttered. Warner Bros. just fast-tracked a third film in the franchise with Director Patty Jenkins back at the helm. reader comments 158 with 109 posters participating Share this story Wonder Woman 1984 has posted ..
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images reader comments 7 with 7 posters participating Share this story After months of uncertainty, corporations and hobbyists alike finally have a set of drone guidelines from the Federal Aviation Administration. The final rules are a step back from some proposed restrictions, as they will allow flights over crowds and some nighttime operations. ..
Enlarge / People are complaining about situations like this in Cyberpunk 2077. reader comments 256 with 145 posters participating Share this story On its release day, Cyberpunk 2077 immediately pivoted from one of the holiday season’s most hotly anticipated new games to one of this year’s biggest debacles, as bugs both comical and game-breaking proved ..
Enlarge / These might look like your standard leather-bound texts, but they are actually bound in human skin—a practice known as “anthropodermic bibliopegy.” All five are housed in the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. Mütter Museum/College of Physicians of Philadelphia) reader comments 33 with 30 posters participating Share this story There’s rarely time to write about ..
reader comments 11 with 11 posters participating Share this story Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. The 2020 global pandemic might seem like an ideal time for new board game app releases, but the increasing development time for more complex games means ..
Enlarge / TV stepped in to fill the pandemic-fueled gap in new movie releases with a broad array of entertaining series. Photo collage by Aurich Lawson reader comments 85 with 60 posters participating Share this story Warning: This story includes major spoilers for the series finale of The Good Place. Although we’ve otherwise done our ..
