a Better Bubbleβ„’

Aggregator

This Week In Techdirt History: October 15th – 21st

3 years ago
Five Years Ago This week in 2018, we featured a pair of posts examining the recent court ruling in the copyright lawsuit over Stairway to Heaven. A new study on the FCC public comment fiasco showed that 99.7% of the real, original comments opposed the net neutrality repeal, while the New York AG was trying […]
Leigh Beadon

How many H-bombs does it take to pop a sun-sized bowl of popcorn? One? A thousand?

3 years ago
From New Scientist: A radio wave has hit Earth after travelling through space for 8 billion years. @AlexWilkins22 says it's the oldest fast radio burst ever detected, with enough energy to microwave a bowl of popcorn twice the size of our Sun 🍿☀️ I'm fascinated by the analogies science writers use. You know, the moon ...continue reading "How many H-bombs does it take to pop a sun-sized bowl of popcorn? One? A thousand?"
Kevin Drum