Latest Discoveries
APOD: 2026 October 24 – Rosetta’s Selfie
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 24 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photogr…
Why did humans’ brains surpass chimps’? A tiny foe might help explain it
A viral infection from millions of years ago may have influenced chimp brain evolution through DNA leftovers in the genome.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 233 — The Artemis Generation
On Episode 233 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and guest host Rick Jenet are joined by Dr. Amanda Smith-Hackler, the Director of Education for the Universities Space Research Association and Principal Investigator for…
What’s New in REAPER 7.81 – Dark mode for all, new color window and more
learn the latest features and changes The post What’s New in REAPER 7.81 – Dark mode for all, new color window and more first appeared on The REAPER BLOG.
Get SampleRoll’s SHFT, DRFT, and FLTR bundle for $49 with our exclusive coupon
SampleRoll is offering its SHFT, DRFT, and FLTR effects bundle for $59, combining rhythmic gating, VHS-style degradation, and playable filtering for macOS and Windows. BPB readers can use BPB10 at checkout to take anothe…
Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on the delicate art of overdubbing guitars
In putting the music together for my band Blackberry Smoke, I’ll often come up with a primary guitar part – the one that plays the principle riff of the song – along with a complimentary part that sits under it and offer…
Free DAR Bridge – Control The Dolby Atmos Renderer From Your Avid Control Surface
DAR Bridge is Sreejesh Nair’s personal project that lets you control the Dolby Atmos Renderer from your Avid surface. You can control the monitoring level, Dim, Cut, speaker layouts, transport, and loudness from the cont…
NASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions
7 Min Read NASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions As NASA returns humans to the lunar surface and establishes a long-term presence on our closest celestial neighbor, the agency and commercial…
Eating too much sugar on antibiotics could squash helpful gut bacteria
In people being treated for blood cancer, consuming sugar while on antibiotics boosted harm to the diversity of the gut microbiome.
On this day in space! Oct. 24, 1946: V-2 rocket takes 1st photos of Earth from space
On October 24, 1946, a V-2 rocket captured the first-ever photo of Earth from space. While these grainy, black-and-white images might not look like much today, they were a huge deal at the time, because no one had ever s…
What’s New in REAPER 7.77-79
Learn the latest features and changes in reaper v7.79 The post What’s New in REAPER 7.77-79 first appeared on The REAPER BLOG.
Morningdew Media releases MorningDAW, a FREE DAW for macOS, Windows, and Linux
Free digital audio workstations aren’t hard to find these days; we have familiar favourites like Tracktion’s Waveform Free, quirky newcomers like Septabee, and plenty in between. With several newcomers hoping to top the…
Gretsch G6134T-58 Limited Edition Penguin with String-Thru Bigsby review
What is it?(Image credit: Future/Olly Curtis)The Gretsch 6134 Penguin is among the rarest and most elusive of all vintage guitars, with collectors paying six figures to pick up one of the few (rumoured to be less than 50…
How To Work With A Mix Engineer: The Art Of The Hand-Off
The journey from a completed multitrack session to a commercial release is one of the most critical phases of music production. Handing your music over to a mix engineer requires a balance of technical preparation, clear…
NASA’s Artemis III Mission to Test Future Moon Lander Operations
Before astronauts return to the lunar surface, NASA will first conduct one of the most ambitious and complex test missions in the agency’s history. Launching in 2027, Artemis III will send NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik,…
Electric stoves could help people with asthma breathe easier
Switching to an electric stove from a lung-irritating gas one may improve asthma symptoms. But if you’re stuck with gas, reducing exposure may help.
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ was afraid to say anything in season of gimmicks
It didn’t take long for fans to figure out that the fourth season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" was going to be unlike any season of "Star Trek" before it. The entire season was one giant gimmick, and that gimmick w…
What’s New in REAPER 7.75 – Mixer slots and sample edit spectral repair
Learn the latest features and changes in REAPER version 7.75 The post What’s New in REAPER 7.75 – Mixer slots and sample edit spectral repair first appeared on The REAPER BLOG.
The Crow Hill Company releases FREE 100 Year Old Piano instrument
As part of their Vaults collection, developer The Crow Hill Company has released the 100 Year Old Piano for macOS and Windows. I’ve praised the Vaults series almost universally since The Crow Hill Company introduced it,…
Test your Gibson knowledge with our quiz
What is there to say about Gibson? In the sphere of guitar manufacturing it’s matched only by Fender in ubiquity, innovation, and sheer impact.The Les Paul, the SG, the Flying V, the Explorer, the ES-335... if you were t…
Adding Weight And Impact To Sound Design With BOOM Library UBERBASS
In this article, Paul Maunder explores BOOM Library's UBERBASS plugin and looks at why it's such a useful tool for adding weight and impact to sound effects in post production.When track laying sound effects for film, TV…
NASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza
4 min readNASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Ear…
A nanoparticle revealed the tiny impact of a single gas atom
The force exerted by a gas usually results from many atoms or molecules at once. But scientists isolated the force of a lone particle.
Medusa’s eye, Halloween fireballs and more: 5 skywatching targets to look out for this spooky season
The spooky season is officially here! To celebrate, we've put together a list of five Halloween-themed skywatching targets that you can enjoy with nothing but the naked eye or binoculars and, of course, clear skies. Over…
What’s New in REAPER 7.74 – Multi-Mono/Stereo FX Containers, sample edit improvements and more!
Let’s catch you up on the latest features and changes to REAPER in the 7.74 update including the new multi-mono/multi-stereo FX containers, changes to grouping, sample edits and more. 00:20 - Render03:30 - Projects: Open…
Techy Discoveries
These premium earbuds have a game-changing feature that Apple AirPods will never get
The Sennheiser MOMENTUM True Wireless 5 offer sleek build, active-noise cancellation and could last a lot longer than ri…
You might be using the wrong distro in your Linux VM. These are the only 3 worth spinning up
Choosing a distro for a virtual machine is easy to get wrong. Most people pick whatever they’ve heard of most, then figh…
ASUS’s ProArt P16 RTX Spark sets a new bar for creator laptops
The ASUS ProArt P16 with RTX Spark is one of the best Windows laptops I've ever used. It's also one of the easiest to re…
How Ben & Jerry’s became a beacon of brand bravery
We caught up with the brand's Chief Marketing Officer to find out how Ben & Jerry's puts its values into practice.
5 things a Raspberry Pi can do that a mini PC can’t
A Raspberry Pi and a mini PC have a lot in common, but most mini PCs can outperform Raspberry Pis for traditional comput…
Why I ultimately chose Xbox after decades of playing on every platform
Xbox's 25th anniversary is here, and it's been a wild ride with plenty of ups and downs, to say the least. To celebrate…
The Atlanta Falcons ‘Nazi’ logo controversy strikes again
(And this time even harder).
My Pixel 10 was exacerbating my motion sickness, until I enabled this one feature
Anyone who suffers from motion sickness like me knows that using a smartphone in a moving vehicle is a bad idea. Focusin…
AI is making cyber attacks too easy. Here’s what you can do about it.
I try not to write too many doom-and-gloom cybersecurity stories, but this week's vulnerabilities involving PHP are too…
6 niche horror posters that are sharper than the originals
From minimalist silk prints to hand-painted masterpieces, these are to die for.
Why filling all four of your motherboard’s RAM slots can backfire (and how I learned it firsthand)
Four RAM slots look like an invitation to fill every one. On modern DDR5 platforms, though, more sticks often means slow…
Windows 11 cuts clutter in File Explorer with new context menu
Full Release NotesBeta Preview Build 26220.9757Experimental Preview Build 26340.9767Beta (26H1) Preview Build 28020.3292…
A censored library logo design just took the war on woke to a new level of weird
Colour is now banned?
3 sinister Paramount+ thrillers to watch this weekend (October 23-25)
We're getting closer to Halloween by the day, and it is the perfect time for some content that will bring the thrills. W…