John Timmer

Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time

On: May 29, 2026

Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics. Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during a television interview at the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, July 7, 2025. Credit: Getty | Al Drago Last August, the Trump administration issuedContinue Reading

Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power

By: John Timmer

On: February 17, 2025

In: Technology

Getting oxygen from regolith takes 24 kWh per kilogram, and we’d need tonnes. Without adjustments for relativity, clocks here and on the Moon would rapidly diverge. Credit: NASA If humanity is ever to spread out into the Solar System, we’re going to need to find a way to put fuelContinue Reading

Alex Skolnick on how to explore legato – and explains where a little music theory can go a long way

By: Alex Skolnick

On: November 1, 2026

Alex Skolnick: Further explorations of legato phrasing – YouTube Watch On In

This Cult 2006 Cartoon With 40 Episodes Just Turned Twenty, And Its Goth Setting Was Surprisingly Cheerful

By: Abigail Mahoney-Cloutier

On: November 1, 2026

If there was ever a heyday for easily-accessible yet authentic cutesy-goth culture,

John Timmer

Alex Skolnick on how to explore legato – and explains where a little music theory can go a long way

This Cult 2006 Cartoon With 40 Episodes Just Turned Twenty, And Its Goth Setting Was Surprisingly Cheerful

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