Scientific American

The Earth is dragging spacetime around its orbit, just as Einstein predicted

A best-yet measurement of one of general relativity’s most mind-boggling effects is “another feather in Einstein’s cap” ...

30 best alien movies of all time, according to fans — and Aliens is only #4

For your extraterrestrial viewing needs, Stacker ranked the top 30 alien movies, according to their IMDb user rating.

Think You’ve Seen a UFO? Here’s What to Do Next, According to an Expert

Having considered more than 1,000 cases, this analyst of unidentified anomalous phenomena has honed a rational process for ...
Flickering Myth

Independence Day at 30: The Story Behind the Blockbuster Sci-Fi Disaster Flick

As it turns 30, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day… One of the most ...

'Independence Day' turns 30! Why the blockbuster is the best 4th of July movie ever!

Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, and Vivica A. Fox star in the iconic film, which hit theaters July 3 1996.
IEEE

Experimental Demonstration of a Narrow and Low-Divergence “Pin-Like” Beam in a 2-Gbit/s OOK FSO Link under Turbulence Effects when Using a Limited-Size Receiver Aperture

Abstract: We demonstrate a 2-Gbit/s FSO link using pin-like beam under emulated turbulence. With a 3-mm-diameter receiver aperture, the BER of the pin-like beam is below 1e-5 under all 100 random ...

‘Independence Day’ at 30: How the film’s Oscar-winning VFX team blew up the White House

Last fall, President Donald Trump launched plans to “modernize” the White House by tearing down the East Wing and expanding ...