New Glenn lifts off from Launch Complex 36. Following separation, the first stage autonomously descends to a landing platform located several hundred miles downrange in the Atlantic. The two BE-3Us ignite, propelling the second stage into space. The fairing separates … Read more
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From Richard Steinberg/Mr. Smarty Pants (The Austin Chronicle): From Fernando J. Corbato: Your explanation of the origin of the word daemon is correct in that my group began using the term around that time frame. However the acronym explanation is … Read more
6 On the Origin of Emacs in 1976 ¶ (Date: 23 Jul 2024) Summary: EMACS was developed at the MIT AI Lab in 1976. The specifics of the origin have been documented by different people in various places. There is … Read more
Ambergris begins its long journey in darkness, beneath several hundred tons of seawater, in the warm and cavernous hindgut of a sperm whale. This much is known. If many aspects of its journey are not so clear, this is because … Read more
Abstract:Jupiter’s Grat Red Spot (GRS) is the largest and longest-lived vortex of all solar system planets but its lifetime is debated and its formation mechanism remains hidden. G. D. Cassini discovered in 1665 the presence of a dark oval at … Read more
[Submitted on 31 Jul 2023] Download a PDF of the paper titled Origin of correlated isolated flat bands in copper-substituted lead phosphate apatite, by Sin’ead M. Griffin Download PDF Abstract: A recent report of room temperature superconductivity at ambient pressure … Read more
arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. … Read more
Lessons Learned: Sharding for startups is a technical post about database scalability. What caught my eye was the term. What an odd term — “sharding.” Why would a database be described that way? So I started reading a bit about … Read more
For Scientific American, Jen Christiansen tracks down where the iconic image on the cover of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures came from. Designer Peter Saville found the image, a stacked graph of successive radio signals from pulsar CP 1919, in a … Read more