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Video: Astronaut Scott Kelly teaches orbital mechanics with Kerbal Space Program
We came, we saw, we launched, we learned—and then we re-entered backward and crashed.
Not Bander-snatched: Black Mirror confirms fifth season plans
New episodes are coming, but it's unclear what series' "fifth season" order entails.
New Horizons set for humanity’s first-ever Kuiper Belt rendezvous
Closest flyby will come just after midnight in its operators' time zone.
People adopt made-up social rules to be part of a group
It happens when the rule is useless and nobody will ever meet anyone affected by it.
Why does flat Earth belief still exist?
Our latest video looks at what can motivate people to believe the impossible.
The skulls of ancient pearl divers come with abnormal ear canal bone growths
A study found signs of "surfer's ear" in skulls at pre-Columbian sites in Panama.
Pilot project demos credit cards with shifting CVV codes to stop fraud
Trial will last 90 days to test effectiveness and timing of CVV change.
A tour of elementary OS, perhaps the Linux world’s best hope for the mainstream
With its new release, pay-what-you-want OS project now has a pay-what-you-want app store.
Science says your cat’s tongue is ideally suited for grooming fur
Scientists performed CT scans on severed cat tongues from six different species
War Stories: Serious Sam almost didn’t happen—until crates saved the day
Video: Publishers ignored it until Old Man Murray gave the demo a rare positive review.
“Change your future” tomorrow with choice-filled Black Mirror film on Netflix
Trailer: "You're not in control." Actually, you might be, thanks to "multiple endings."
Dealmaster: Get post-Christmas deals on Amazon devices, iPads, and more
Including discounts on Apple gift cards, Bose headphones, and Anker batteries.
Musk lawyers move to dismiss cave explorer lawsuit over “pedo guy” tweets
Lawyers call Twitter a "website famous for invective and hyperbole."
AI invents New Year fireworks names that sound more like the end of humanity
Blast off with Green Event Shorts, Far Exploring Palm, None Star Thunder, and more.
Video: How Star Control II was almost a much more boring game
Star Control creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III tell us all their game design secrets.
Urban farms could be incredibly efficient—but aren’t yet
Casual farmers overwork, buy fertilizer, and use municipal water.
DNA may reconnect Aboriginal Australian remains with modern communities
The origins of many of the indigenous remains in museum collections are unknown.
Economists calculate the true value of Facebook to its users in new study
Facebook users required more than $1000 to deactivate their account for one year.
Films for the discerning nerd: Ars picks the best of 2018
Documentaries, superheroes, giant monsters, tiny desktop windows: Here are our picks.
EPA to keep Obama-era mercury rules, but make it harder to tighten them
Latest Obama-era regulation to face EPA political pressure may not see too much change.
Evidence continues to mount about how bad Denuvo is for PC gaming performance
Analysis series began earlier in 2018, has grown as more publishers patch DRM out.
War Stories: Lord British created an ecology for Ultima Online but no one saw it
In this video series, we ask iconic devs how they overcame their greatest challenges.
“Samsung x Ars Technica” is not happening
Somehow the Ars Technica logo ended up in a Samsung press release.
You can now download the long-lost (and unfinished) SimCity NES port
ROM is playable enough; hobbyists are already posting more bug fixes at Github.
Musk says Tesla will cover tax credit difference on missed 2018 deliveries
Tesla must promise 2018 delivery, customers must make good-faith effort to receive car.
Ars enters VR and destroys multiple starships in Star Trek: Bridge Crew
Wherein we don our Vives and Rifts, hit record, and set phasers to "ridiculous."
Japan restarting commercial whaling, ignoring global moratorium
Leaves International Whaling Commission, gives up pretense of "scientific" whaling.
Ars Christmas downtime special: four movies retold as medieval tales
Witness Commando, Event Horizon, Bill & Ted, and Silence of the Lambs transformed.
Study: modern masters like Jackson Pollock were “intuitive physicists”
David A. Siquieros' "accidental painting" exploited paints of different densities.
Satellites watch over the graves of ancient steppe nomads
Satellite images could help monitor remote, vulnerable archaeological sites.
Our favorite (and least favorite) tech of 2018
Every member of the Ars reviews team shares their picks.
All we want for Christmas is the first trailer for Jordan Peele’s Us
Oscar-winning screenwriter is back with what looks like a truly terrifying film.
Hands-on with a $434 replica lightsaber: May the dork be with you
From the archives: It's awesome. It might not be worth $434, but it's awesome.
Study brings us one step closer to solving 1994 thallium poisoning case
The 1994 poisoning of Chinese student Zhu Ling left her permanently disabled.
The 20 most-popular stories of 2018
The 10 most-popular long reads and the 10 most-popular news stories of the year.
Drawn together: The love affair between comics and games
From the archives: Comic books and video games have had a long, incestuous life together.
Using molten salt to store electricity isn’t just for solar thermal plants
Startup follows on a number of innovative ideas to make renewable energy more flexible.
Dial Code: Santa Claus is our new favorite holiday cult classic
Restored version of 1989 French film was featured at this year's Fantastic Fest.
TV Technica 2018: Our favorite shows and binges
These were the shows that captured our attention and hearts this past year.
Talk amongst yourselves: 2018’s most-commented stories on Ars
Our readers had a lot to say in 2018, which saw our most-commented story ever.
Ars Technica’s best games of 2018
From open-world exploration to VR rhythm games, 2018 offered something for everyone.
Review: GMC Terrain gives you the ride you want—at a price
GMC's compact SUV surprises with quiet, refined ride.
A few of our favorite podcasts in 2018, from new to new-to-us
Fill your ears with sports, pop culture, Canadian murders, fine cuisine, and cocaine.
Civil unrest: How a blockchain-based journalism startup bumbled its launch
CVL should've been worth ≥$0.75, Civil CEO said. Internal docs show far less.
Douglas Adams was right: “Genuine people personalities” are coming to our gadgets
Who needs Sirius Cybernetics when we have Google and Amazon?
Try your hand at being an operator at the Roseville Telephone Museum
Near Sacramento, Calif., there's a totally amazing free museum—make time for it.
Review: The June oven made me want a camera in every cooking device
A fast convection oven and a host of other functions make this toaster oven worth a look.
Tesla’s SolarCity lost ground to Sunrun in 2018
It's the first year that Sunrun earned the upper hand in direct residential panel sales.
Pokémon Go creators launch AR-game contest that (nearly) resembles American Idol
Pitch an AR game and Niantic might "host" your team for three months to make it.
Four months after its debut, sneaky Mac malware went undetected by AV providers
Does Apple give malware definitions to AV providers? New analysis suggests no.
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