Marinus Link Breaks Ground: Tasmania’s Undersea Power Cable, in Numbers
Marinus Link, the Bass Strait HVDC cable linking Tasmania and Victoria, held its sod turn in October. Capacity, cost, how it works, and conflicts.
Peter Kalafatis
How do mRNA vaccines work? A step-by-step explanation
An mRNA vaccine gives cells a short-lived instruction to make one harmless piece of a germ. Here is each step and what the evidence says.
Long-Read Sequencing: What It Finds in a Genome That Short Reads Miss
Short reads cover most of a genome but stumble on repeats and large rearrangements. Here is what long-read sequencing adds, with yields from published studies.
CRISPR-Cas9, Base Editing and Prime Editing: What Each Tool Actually Changes
Cas9 cuts, base editors swap a letter, prime editors rewrite short stretches. A plain comparison of what each tool does to DNA and where each…
Linux 7.0 Explained: Self-Healing XFS, Rust Drops Its Experimental Label, and the Changes That Matter on Real Machines
Linux 7.0 is a numbering reset with real substance: XFS reports its own damage to a repair daemon, Rust loses its experimental label, and several…
TP-Link Deco X55 Review: Easy Mesh Wi-Fi, Some Doubts
The TP-Link Deco X55 three-pack is cheap, easy to set up and covers most homes, but it tops out at Wi-Fi 6 and some owners…
Creality Ender-3 V3 SE Review: Cheap, Easy, No Wi-Fi
A budget 3D printer with auto leveling and a direct-drive extruder. Reviewers like the value and easy assembly, and mark it down for no Wi-Fi,…
Split-Brain Patients: What They Reveal About the Mind
Cutting the corpus callosum produced strange results and a lasting debate: does the brain hold one mind or two? The classic studies and a 2017…
Apple AirTag 2nd Generation Review: Longer Range, Same Design
The new AirTag keeps the $29 price and the old shape, and adds a better Ultra Wideband chip. Reviewers and shoppers on what improved, what…
What Is Epigenetics, and Can Lifestyle Change Your Genes?
Epigenetics changes how genes are used without changing the DNA letters. Some effects are well documented, while inheritance of lifestyle effects in people remains unproven.