Check out a chapter from Larry Niven's new book. Read the full story.

SpaceShipOne's historic suborbital flight had a few serious problems. Follow-up launches are being delayed until they can figure out what went wrong. Read the full story.

After months (well, more like years) of threatening it, I'm finally redesigning Nuketown. The current design launched back in 2000, and has served the site well. It's seen several innovations, not the least of which was the introduction of database-driven content.