What’s life without a little mystery? There’s one less rolling around after historians finally identified a donated mystery machine that had been in storage for years. The main pieces of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/your-undocumented-project-may-also-baffle-people-someday/)

Massive Mural from Thermal Receipt Paper
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/massive-mural-from-thermal-receipt-paper/

Turning trash into art is something we undoubtedly all admire. [Davis DeWitt] did just that with a massive mural made entirely from discarded receipt paper. [Davis] got lucky while doing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/26/massive-mural-from-thermal-receipt-paper/)

Getting Started In Laser Cutting
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/getting-started-in-laser-cutting/

If you were to walk into most of the world’s hackerspaces, it’s likely that the most frequent big-ticket tool you’ll find after a 3D printer is a laser cutter. A …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/getting-started-in-laser-cutting/)

Life Found On Ryugu Asteroid Sample, But It Looks Very Familiar
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/life-found-on-ryugu-asteroid-sample-but-it-looks-very-familiar/

Samples taken from the space-returned piece of asteroid Ryugu were collected and prepared under strict anti-contamination controls. Inside the cleanest of clean rooms, a tiny particle was collected from the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/life-found-on-ryugu-asteroid-sample-but-it-looks-very-familiar/)

Boss Byproducts: Corium Is Man-Made Lava
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/boss-byproducts-corium-is-man-made-lava/

So now we’ve talked about all kinds of byproducts, including man-made (Fordite), nature-made (fulgurites), and one that’s a little of both (calthemites). Each of these is beautiful in its own …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/boss-byproducts-corium-is-man-made-lava/)

Retrotechtacular: The Deadly Shipmate
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/retrotechtacular-the-deadly-shipmate/

During World War II, shipboard life in the United States Navy was a gamble. No matter which theater of operations you found yourself in, the enemy was all around on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/retrotechtacular-the-deadly-shipmate/)

Could Nuclear Be The Way To Produce Synthetic Fuel On The Cheap?
https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/could-nuclear-be-the-way-to-produce-synthetic-fuel-on-the-cheap/

Fossil fuels can be a bit fussy to access, and geopolitics tends to make prices volatile. Burning them also takes carbon out of the ground and puts it into the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/11/27/could-nuclear-be-the-way-to-produce-synthetic-fuel-on-the-cheap/)