Day December 19, 2017

The most stunning science photos of 2017

The Arctic skies light up in a blaze of blue and green when solar wind blasts the atmosphere with charged particles. Storms and wildfires leave debris and ash in their trails. And ecosystems and fellow animals are increasingly transformed by…

This Lightning Network Designer Is Re-Inventing Bitcoin Smart Contracts

Bitcoin is usually not considered the blockchain best suited for self-executing conditional payments, better known as smart contracts. While it does support basic programmability to enable features like time locks and multi-signature (multisig) schemes, competing projects like Ethereum, Ethereum Classic…

How to Become a Better Street Photographer

Photo by Ben Fractenberg I’ve been working as a professional photographer for nearly a decade, but I still get a little nervous every time I head out to take some street shots. The good thing is, street photography is, in…