Thursday, September 29 – Hour 3 Podcast
NASA changed all the astrological signs and I’m a crab now | Ars Technica
According to a post on NASASpacePlace, everything we thought we knew about the influence the heavens have over our Earthly lives has been thrown into chaos. NASA has announced that the celestial sphere above us contains not twelve canonical zodiacal constellations, but 13. The heretofore overlooked constellation, Ophiuchus, is purported to guide and command events surrounding humans born between November 29 and December 17—so, if you used to be a Sagittarius, then congratulations: you’ve got a new sign, baby!
Tennessee now admits they made a mistake in counting, and a very big one. 2014’s accidental gun death numbers were in fact the lowest, by far, the state has seen this century, at 5. The next lowest was 2008’s 17.
FBI: 3 Times More 2015 Stabbing Deaths Than Long Guns Deaths | The Daily Caller
The FBI‘s 2015 Uniform Crime Report found that nearly three times more Americans were killed by knives or other “cutting instruments” than shot and killed by long guns.
Songbird, A Mostly 3D Printed Pistol That Appears To Actually Work | Hackaday