The free world is being tested, and bigger battles lie ahead. | Continue reading
Xiaomi was the fastest growing of the major manufacturers last year. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge Worldwide smartphone sales grew in 2024 following two consecutive years of decline according to reports from Counterpoint, Canalys, and IDC. The bulk of the growth came fro … | Continue reading
Kez Whelan kicks off another year in metal, rounding up a host of scorching new records to see you through the winter chill Lifeless Dark Black metal fans have been spoilt for choice of late, with no shortage of suitably grim records to match the sub-zero temperatures we’ve been … | Continue reading
Hydrogen. What are you even supposed to think about it? If you’ve spent serious time focusing on climate policy, you’ve heard the hype about hydrogen — about the miraculous things that it might do to eliminate carbon pollution from cars, power plants, steel mills, or more. You’ve … | Continue reading
Ralf Groene inside Microsoft’s Surface hardware labs. | Image: Getty Microsoft’s former head of design for Windows and devices has started a new role at Amazon this week. Ralf Groene was responsible for the design of Microsoft’s Surface tablet, and worked closely with former Wind … | Continue reading
Bob Ross the man died nearly thirty years ago, but Bob Ross the archetypal TV painter has never been more widely known. “With his distinctive hair, gentle voice, and signature expressions such as ‘happy little trees,’ he’s an enduring icon,” writes Michael J. Mooney in an Atlan … | Continue reading
Researchers have innovatively merged protein structural data with genetic sequences to construct evolutionary trees, revealing deep-rooted relationships among species with enhanced accuracy. This novel approach leverages both experimentally determined and predicted protein struct … | Continue reading
by David J. Lobina A new year, and a new opportunity to write on some more contentious topics (and/or be cancelled), my new year’s resolution in 2024. I wrote about universality and diversity last year, as well as on the identity conditions of, well, identities, and I now start t … | Continue reading
Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity, bending, twisting, and curling with nearly infinite degrees of freedom. New research from the University of Chicago revealed that the nervous system circuitry that controls arm movement in octopuses is segmented, giving these extraordi … | Continue reading
The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a study in Nature Communications. | Continue reading
Other similar projects have been announced globally as the world increasingly recognizes the need to protect natural areas to support communities. Officials award over $12 million in grants to protect iconic body of water — here's how it will help the surrounding community first … | Continue reading
Flooding is the deeply uncomfortable experience of feeling mentally and emotionally overwhelmed, and it’s common for sensitive people. The post Why ‘Flooding’ Happens to Highly Sensitive People appeared first on Introvert, Dear. | Continue reading
Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact | Continue reading
by Anna Maria Barry-Jester ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. L … | Continue reading
The cult of consulting suggests that if you simply had better advice from someone who knew more than you, your problems could be solved. Generally, the advice isn’t really the hard part. There’s endless good advice just a click away. The art is in creating the conditions for peop … | Continue reading
These are umbilical cord scissors: These are PEX cutters: Both are made to cut through tubing, but their forms are obviously quite different.The outer edges of the umbilical cord scissors are rounded, to prevent any accidental injuries. The tool is monomaterial (stainless steel, … | Continue reading
This g.stand, by Seoul-based industrial design firm grape lab, is made from a single sheet of recycled paper. It weighs just 45g (1.5oz), but is sturdy enough to hold "even the heaviest laptops," the firm writes. "The carefully designed origami structure has the perfect angles fo … | Continue reading
In this age of EDC, objects claiming to be mil-spec are prized. But that label is easy to slap onto an object; what does it take to actually design a military-grade product? SGW Designworks, an Idaho-based industrial design and engineering consultancy with defense and military cl … | Continue reading
Here's what we looked at this week:The Travel Heavy, an aluminum 12" LP carrier for traveling DJs, is an upgrade from milk crates. Nifty tool: A tiny universal workholding device for watchmakers.Now available in the U.S.: This electric-assist screwdriver from Japan. An impres … | Continue reading
For better or worse, AI-designed footwear is here, and I suppose it was only a matter of time. Entrepreneur Ben Weiss, backed by Reebok co-founder Joe Foster, has set up a company called Syntilay that will leverage both the technology and the influencer economy to shift product. … | Continue reading
For decades, power tools have fallen into two categories: Those designed for tradespeople, and wimpier versions for consumers. As with the "pink it and shrink it" approach to making products supposedly appeal to women, designing a consumer-grade power tool was about removing feat … | Continue reading
This experimental Modern Weave 3.0 chair is by KEM Studio, an industrial design and architecture firm based in Kansas City, Missouri. The idea was to produce a non-molded outdoor chair with a modicum of cushioning, using rope. Modern Weave is a continued exploration of reinterpre … | Continue reading
Two years ago we spotted this gimmicky-looking MagicH chair, an "ultra adaptive support home office chair" by Chinese manufacturer Newtral. People went bonkers for it on Kickstarter; it landed $1.8 million. Now the company's back with a new offering, the Freedom-X, a "multi-posit … | Continue reading
The Core77 Design Awards Design for Social Impact category features projects designed to directly benefit social, humanitarian, community, or environmental needs. Examples of social impact work include community or environmental impact initiatives, products for underrepresented c … | Continue reading
Angelo Lelii's classic Polifemo lamp, from 1956, was a torchiere that featured a secondary adjustable mood light. The feature was a flight of fancy on Lelii's part. Now, 68 years later, technology has advanced to the point where more sophisticated functions can be crammed into a … | Continue reading
At first blush this might seem silly, but I say the thinking behind it is good. Inventor Charles Harris reckoned that a spatula would be more useful if the angle between blade and handle could be adjusted. To realize the design, he bent the handle so that it comes into the blade' … | Continue reading
Construction Specialties, Inc. designs and manufactures specialty architectural products, particularly healthcare facilities. They make this unusual door, which has a second door within it: So what's the application? "Our barrier-resistant doors offer a unique solution for behavi … | Continue reading
In 1930s Czechoslovakia, the Central Social Institution (CSI) of Prague developed a massive archive of social welfare data. They used cutting-edge (for the time) punch cards to record personal and social data of citizens receiving assistance. Researchers used this data to study p … | Continue reading
There are loads of great flashlights built for outdoor adventures, but the best light is the one you have on you. That's what makes the tiny new Ysmart Bullet2 a great choice out in the wilderness: it's small enough to fit on a keychain or belt loop, and it turns on as soon as yo … | Continue reading
Biden's green jobs program was never what it seemed. Now it's shutting down before Trump takes office. | Continue reading
Modern distributed systems often operate across multiple regions to ensure high availability and low latency. These systems frequently require tools to schedule HTTP requests for future execution, enabling workflows like notifications, deferred API calls, or time-based triggers. … | Continue reading
Trump calls climate change a hoax. But at the state level, the climate fight will continue — or even accelerate. | Continue reading
December is the month of celebration for many reasons. Saint Nicholas, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve.. But if you’re part of the audiovisual community you also look forward to the festive month because that means it’s once again time for the annual EUscreen Symposi … | Continue reading
CSI methods indicate that the skull from the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology’s collection does not belong to Arsinoë IV. An interdisciplinary research team led by anthropologist Gerhard Weber from the University of Vienna, in collaboration with experts from the Austrian A … | Continue reading
A GOP-led Congress could resuscitate the effort to transfer roughly two acres within the Wind River Reservation to a local irrigation district. | Continue reading
I used to be a stalker. In college, I chose my study spots on the campus green so I’d have a direct line of sight to my crush’s dorm. A few years later, I pored over my work crush’s Facebook page, analyzing whether the woman he held close in a photo looked more like a […] | Continue reading
When my kids were little, I knew a momfluencer who rescheduled her kindergartener’s birthday party because the light wasn’t right for photos. I laughed, but underneath was jealous, because she clearly had the world’s most easygoing child. Mine would freak if I rescheduled a trip … | Continue reading
In the United States, a two-party system means that candidates, who are supposed… Tags: government, multiparty, New York Times, politics | Continue reading
When I read technology news these days, I feel impressed and excited—and mostly terrified. We’re advancing so quickly, with so many pitfalls. Self-driving cars that crash, Bitcoin scams that deplete retirement savings, deepfake videos that can change election outcomes, algorithms … | Continue reading
We are regularly urged to take 10,000 steps a day. However, it turns out 10,000 isn’t exactly a number anchored in science. Rather, it’s a product of marketing. According to a Harvard medical website, that figure goes back to “1965, when a Japanese company made a device named Man … | Continue reading
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"This multi-institutional effort... is bearing fruit after three decades, which gives us hope for other species at risk." Experts stunned after government-protected species' population soars by 10% first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Because of coffee’s popularity, coffee shops can draw people together like very few other modern institutions. | Continue reading
A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine State's manatee population, still recovering from a mass starvation event several years ago, to seek warmer waters. | Continue reading
"It’s called flame rollout and is a very serious issue." Experts sound the alarm after eye-popping footage shows HVAC launch fireball: 'Stop using it immediately' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Constructions on the Val di Noto hills must blend into the landscape, without dominating. Located in a seismically active region, threatened by fires in dry periods, this villa was the beneficiary of a meticulous materials selection process to make it safe, comfortable, and cool … | Continue reading
Table of Contents The Home Assistant Community StoreAdaptive LightingConclusion In the previous post of this focus, we replaced Philips Hue automation with the one from Home Assistant. One significant gap we noticed was that Home Assistant doesn't automatically adjust the ... The … | Continue reading