We’re Not Shutting Down, Just Moving House

February 17, 2018 RFB time for a change

Photo: Gabriel Saldana, CC BY 2.0 Dear Readers, It’s time. This is the end of This Week In Tomorrow. Nearly four and a half years ago, we started this weird little science news site with […]

A Tesla Launch, A Study on Lullabies, And A Self-Cloning Crayfish | Vol. 5 / No. 16

February 11, 2018 RFB weekly-roundup

In today’s roundup, we’ve got the news of the latest SpaceX success, the results of a study about dance songs and lullabies from around the world, and the story of an entire species of clones. It’s the top of the science and technology news for the week of Sunday, February 11, 2018!
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Things Making Elle Mad | Vol. 5 / No. 15.1

February 9, 2018 Elle Irise Feminism

This was one of those weeks where I was in the “should be enviable but actually just depressing” position of having an overabundance of things to write about. But the thought of actually writing about any of them made me really upset. So instead I’m just going to share with you all the things that are currently making me angry.

A Mayan Discovery, A Safe Splashdown, And A Record Spacewalk | Vol. 5 / No. 15

February 4, 2018 RFB weekly-roundup

This week we’ve got the results of a lidar flyover of the Mayan Lowlands, an accidental success from SpaceX ahead of this week’s Falcon Heavy test flight, and an unexpectedly long spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts! It’s the top of the science and technology news for Sunday, February 4, 2018!
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How Not to Respond to Constituents | Vol. 5 / No. 14.1

February 3, 2018 Elle Irise Anger can be therapy

I don’t make much of a secret of the fact that I’m from Wyoming, and I also don’t make much of a secret of the fact that I detest my federal level representatives with a hate that I normally reserve for internet trolls and people who don’t turn off their turn signal for five miles.
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Falcon Heavy Prepares For Launch, Trump Screws Up (Again), and Scientists Try To “Break” The Vacuum | Vol. 5 / No. 14

January 28, 2018 RFB weekly-roundup

This week we’ve got news on the static fire of the Falcon Heavy, two (more) ways Trump is screwing up, and the latest developments in the scientific quest to “break the vacuum” and prove Einstein right once again.Read More…

I’ll Show You Scorn | Vol. 5 / No. 13.1

January 26, 2018 Elle Irise Feminism

Larry Nassar is going to jail for a long, long time: 40-175 years to be exact. Which, if he were to miraculously stay alive long enough to fulfill his own sentence, would be roughly one year for every woman and girl he sexually abused. Somehow, that doesn’t seem long enough.
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A Government Shutdown, A Monetization Change At YouTube, and A Mighty Little Rocket Launch | Vol. 5 / No. 13

January 21, 2018 RFB weekly-roundup

This week we’ve got news about the US government shutdown, the changes in who can make money off YouTube, and a new rocketry company launching out of New Zealand! It’s the top of the news for Sunday, January 21, 2018.
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I Didn’t Want to Have to Do This | Vol. 5 / No. 12.1

January 19, 2018 Elle Irise Feminism

There are a lot of things that we can mock about Trump: his complete ignorance, his poor policies, his inability to go a day without tweeting something that directly contradicts something else he has previously said, the fragility of his toxic masculinity. Pick one, they all work. We don’t have to stoop to body-shaming, and we shouldn’t.

CES 2018, A Cosmos Sequel, and More SpaceX News | Vol. 5 / No. 12

January 14, 2018 RFB weekly-roundup

This week we’ve got some rundowns on the Consumer Electronics Show, news of the recently announced sequel to Cosmos, and two more stories about SpaceX! It’s the top of the news for Sunday, January 14, 2018.
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