Classic American Cryptids

See who benefits from the SHARE SLAM S20’s color capture, 1 cm stated accuracy and workflow exports, and who may be better served by another scanner.

The Dxtvate D500 offers 360° LiDAR scanning and a stated 12 m range. See who it suits, what the specs leave unclear, and when to choose another sensor.

WNISR 2026 says solar generated more electricity than nuclear in 2025, as renewable output and capacity grew faster than the nuclear fleet.

NASA’s Oct. 14 Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Mars near the Beehive star cluster beneath an aurora photographed in northern Sweden.

Astral Codex Ten’s Open Thread 455 lists a Stanford meetup date change, a donation match for Legal Impact for Chickens and an AFFINE residency.

Antarctic sea ice likely peaked at 17.59 million square kilometers on September 14, the third-lowest annual maximum in the satellite record.

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Three forecasting sources assign 1% or less to more than 1,000 plague deaths worldwide in the next year, while key details about a Russian lab worker’s death remain uncertain.

Astral Codex Ten’s Open Thread 454 shares a BYU meetup update, translated Fatima documents, archived book reviews and a physicians’ AI safety group.

During sols 5029–5035, Curiosity completed CheMin work on a drilled Mars sample and prepared SAM analyses, while collecting supporting observations.