This is the latest installment of Damper Three’s award-wanting investigative series, The True Costs of the Six Million Dollar Man, which seeks to unearth the truth behind the development and use…
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Comparing the most successful space rovers
With the United States and China both actively exploring Mars with high tech rovers, we here at Damper 3 have collected an extensive list* of the strengths and weaknesses of the most…
What to say to your sanctimonious time-travelling future self when he tries to stop you from doing something cool
Time pieces pic by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash. Pic of man by George Hodan on https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/ It happens to all of us, eventually. If you’ve avoided it so far, then congratulations. But your luck…
Signs that new job might not be for you
The US economy has been through some turmoil over the past year, to say the least. But with COVID-19 restrictions lifting across the country, many who lost their jobs are anxious to…
An in-depth look at China’s Zhurong Mars Rover
On 14 May 2021, China became only the second nation to successfully land a remote-controlled rover on the surface of Mars.* Damper 3’s scieneticians have poured over everything we could find in…
Someone hacked my Facebook account, cloned it, and now he has more friends than me
I started to suspect that someone hacked my Facebook account sometime last week. I woke up one morning and found a confusing direct message from my pal, Fred. “Bro,” said Fred….
How to defend yourself when threatened with a gender reveal party
This may come as a surprise to the young people out there, but in the past a person could safely learn about an expected baby’s gender without fear of carnage or…
Damper Three’s Tips on having the perfect Mother’s Day
It’s that time of year, where you can make up for forgetting that special mom in your life’s birthday. You want her to know you love her, but you’re terrible at self-expression….
A closer look at the Perserv…the Persevar…Per…the newest Mars Rover
On 18 February 2021, after seven months of space travel, the Perseverance Rover landed on Mars. Just this week, the first Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, was unveiled and is expected to fly its…
If you’re reading this, I’m probably already “cancelled”
I never thought this day would come. Well, actually I did. Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity said it would happen. Also Judge “Not a judge” Jeanine Pirro. And Lou Dobbs. They…