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Leonard David

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Leonard David's personal blog at leonarddavid.com covers science. Since 2017, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-02, and you can follow it by feed.

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10HN people?
2017–2025first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 9 in 2024

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

The one linked post is about the Curiosity Mars rover and investigations into possible evidence of life on Mars. HN readers cite it as a source for the Mars-life discussion.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

What Hacker News says?

  1. those “worms” if real, seem pretty convincing though [1] [1] http://www.leonarddavid.com/curiosity-mars-rover-investigate...

    Comment linking /curiosity-mars-rover-investigates-eye-catching-odd-features/

    on “I’m Convinced We Found Evidence of Life on Mars in the 1970s”
  2. Submitted Old Soviet Venus descent craft nearing Earth reentry as a story · 406 points

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  3. Submitted US military's mysterious X-37B space plane zooms toward orbital record as a story · 163 points

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  4. Submitted How bad are satellite megaconstellations for astronomy? as a story · 108 points

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  5. Submitted China's secretive space plane caught on camera in orbit as a story · 21 points

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  6. Submitted China Space Plane: Small Satellite Deployment as a story · 7 points

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  7. Submitted 5,800 pounds of batteries tossed off the ISS in 2021 will fall to Earth today as a story · 6 points

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  8. Submitted 'Mystery Hut' spotted on moon by Chinese rover is just a rock, scientist says as a story · 6 points

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  9. Submitted Russia's Year-Long Sirius-23 Space Isolation Flight Reaches Half-Way Point as a story · 3 points

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  10. Submitted Book Review: Who Owns Outer Space? as a story · 3 points

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  11. Submitted Amelia Earhart Aircraft Expedition: Satellite Photos Spot Long-Lost Wreckage? as a story · 2 points

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  12. Submitted NASA Viper Moon Rover: Lawmakers Respond to Cancellation as a story · 2 points

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  13. Submitted China's New "Moon Rocket" – Engine Test Marks Key Step as a story · 2 points

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  14. Submitted China's FAST telescope picks up intriguing signals as a story · 2 points

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  15. Submitted Mars: Ripe for an Atmospheric Overhaul? as a story · 2 points

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  16. Submitted Space Collectibles: History in the Making and Taking as a story · 1 points

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