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Archives for August 2025

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Hurricane Erin is monstrous.

Footage captured by ones of Sen’s 4K SpaceTV-1 streaming cameras installed on Airbus’ ISS Bartolomeo platform reveals the truly staggering scale of Hurricane Erin. According to the National Hurricane Center today, Erin “remains a sprawling hurricane, with its tropical-storm-force winds extending nearly 500 n mi across.”

Fitbit’s AI health coach is the first I might actually be interested in

It’s a complete overhaul of the Fitbit app, centered around the concept of adjustable, conversational coaching.

Victoria Song
Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
Great fireball!

The exceptionally bright meteor was spotted last night at around 11pm local time.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found a new moon orbiting Uranus.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) hasn’t given it a name yet, but NASA has announced that astronomers discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus using images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared camera last February.

Currently designated S/2025 U1, the tiny moon’s estimated to be around six miles in diameter which is potentially why it wasn’t previously spotted by Voyager 2 or other telescopes. It’s located about 35,000 miles from the center of Uranus in an orbit between Ophelia and Bianca.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
RFK Jr.‘s MAHA draft includes a study on electromagnetic radiation.

The draft, obtained by Politico last week, outlines the health secretary’s plan to “make our children healthy again.” As spotted by Ars Technica, that apparently includes a study to “identify gaps in knowledge” on the same kind of radiation emitted by 5G towers and Wi-Fi routers — a common subject of conspiracy theories.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
SpaceX, a major federal contractor, “has most likely paid little to no federal income taxes since its founding in 2002.”
Justine Calma
Justine Calma
Tech companies are attempting to reshape power grids in the name of AI.

In local battles over who foots the bill for new energy infrastructure, it’s about “power in the literal sense — the electrons that keep the lights on and fuel modern technology — and power in the political sense,” Ivan Penn and Karen Weise write for the The New York Times.