The complete engineering story of the James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshield: five layers of kapton thinner than a human hair holding back the heat of the Sun
The James Webb Space Telescope's five-layer sunshield, made from Kapton polymer thinner than a human hair, is the single most important engineering achievement on the observatory. Its design, testing, and deployment reveal what engineering at the edge of possibility actually looks like.
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Syria’s X Account Breach Was Not a Cyberattack — It Was a Systems Failure in Basic Digital Hygiene
Syria’s government lost control of its own digital identity in early 2024, and the cause was not a sophisticated cyberweapon or a state-backed intelligence operation. It was bad passwords. Multiple official Syrian government accounts on X, including those tied to the presidency’s General Secretariat, the Central Bank, and several ministries, were breached in early March. […]
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The Slow Erasure of Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque: How Incremental Restrictions Are Displacing Palestinian Worshippers
Israeli authorities have steadily tightened restrictions around Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque since a 1994 massacre, and Palestinian officials say the measures have accelerated sharply since October 2023, raising alarms about the systematic transformation of one of Islam’s oldest holy sites. The Ibrahimi Mosque, built over a cave believed to contain the tombs of the prophet Abraham […]
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Artemis astronauts glimpse moon's 'Grand Canyon' ahead of historic lunar flyby
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Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13's record
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Zarif’s Peace Roadmap Meets a Wall of Gulf Distrust — And the Wreckage It Refuses to Name
Five weeks into a war that has killed thousands, shuttered one of the world’s most important shipping lanes, and drawn in nearly every major power in the Middle East, a former Iranian diplomat is arguing that the outlines of a peace deal already exist. Mohammad Javad Zarif, who served as Iran’s foreign minister during the […]
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Artemis astronauts to study the moon's surface using mainly their eyes
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Gaza’s Collapsed Infrastructure Has Created a Rodent Crisis That Humanitarian Aid Can’t Solve
A 28-day-old infant was reportedly bitten on the face by a rat while sleeping inside a displacement tent in Gaza City, an incident that captures the scale of a public health crisis spreading through camps where more than a million displaced Palestinians now shelter under canvas with almost no protection from vermin. The attack on […]
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When Banks Collapse, Code Steps In: How Digital Wallets Became Lebanon’s Lifeline
When a country’s banking system collapses and a million people are forced from their homes, money still has to move. In Lebanon, it is moving through phones. Digital wallets and peer-to-peer fintech platforms have become important infrastructure for crisis aid delivery in Lebanon, as reported by Wired, filling a void left by a banking sector […]
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NASA stops work on SLS Mobile Launcher 2
NASA has stopped work on a second mobile launch platform intended for an upgraded version of the Space Launch System the agency no longer plans to develop.
