Sunday, April 19, 2026
ArchivearticleRighto
The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker
Cold War bombers navigated by stars using mechanical computers with cams and gears. Ken Shirriff cracks one open and explains every layer of analog genius inside.
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articleJacobin
What Viktor Orbán’s Downfall Hasn’t Settled
Europe's most entrenched illiberal leader just lost in a historic landslide. But the deeper question — what his defeat doesn't fix — is where this gets interesting.
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podcastRadiolab
The Resistance of a Cow
Cows in Denmark stop drinking water and start drinking urine. An investigator visits the farm and nopes out. Classic Radiolab rabbit hole from there.
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articleThe New Statesman
Trump’s pyrrhic victory in Iran
The ceasefire is signed, Hormuz is open, and the question nobody can answer: what was the war actually for? A sharp strategic autopsy.
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articleBBC Future
Apollo v Artemis: How Earth changed in 58 years
Artemis astronauts recreated the 1968 Earthrise photo from the same angle. Fifty-eight years of planetary change, visible from the Moon.
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