Hacking Your Keyboard

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@blog.kaush.co | 4 years ago

Blasting an Escape Tunnel Through the Walled Garden

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@skube.blog | 4 years ago

How to Put Away Christmas Decorations So They’re in Great Shape for Next Year

These Christmas decoration storage ideas will help your seasonal decor last longer, and you’ll have an easier time getting set up next fall. | Continue reading


@thewirecutter.com | 4 years ago

Mapping the Remains of Supernovae

A new tool provides detailed, 3-D chemical view of exploded star systems  | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 years ago

India has built 21,000 miles of roads using recycled plastic

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@mobile.twitter.com | 4 years ago

Programming Languages of the Future

Python and JavaScript are the two hottest programming languages today. However, they cannot remain on top forever. Eventually, they must… | Continue reading


@itnext.io | 4 years ago

Paul Graham on building a business on a platform

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@mobile.twitter.com | 4 years ago

Seven Sisters (Oil Companies)

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@en.wikipedia.org | 4 years ago

Why Open Hardware on Its Own Doesn’t Solve the Trust Problem

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@bunniestudios.com | 4 years ago

Tony Brooker and the Atlas Compiler Compiler [pdf]

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@curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk | 4 years ago

How sales shopping is killing the planet

Christmas has passed and New Year is just around the corner. And the sales continue. Things started six weeks before Christmas with Singles Day, which began in China and is now the world's biggest shopping day. This was followed by Black Friday, Cyber Monday sale, the pre-Christm … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Scipy Spatial and Numpy Vectorize to Create a Distance Matrix

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@kanoki.org | 4 years ago

Nine things you love that are being wrecked by climate change

There are so many stories flying around about the horrors already being wrought by climate change, you're probably struggling to keep up. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

A 'pivotal' moment for understanding whale evolution

Scientists could soon better investigate the feeding behaviors of extinct dolphin and whale species. A third year student at Japan's Nagoya University has found that the range of motion offered by the joint between the head and neck in modern-day cetaceans, a group of marine mamm … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Photography Books to Become a Better Photographer

Giving your workflow the input of technical knowledge is crucial and wise. The following list will help you to make your workflow leaner… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 years ago

Volkswagen accelerates electric car plans, now aims for 1.5M EVs in 2025

Volkswagen, already one of the most aggressive automakers when it comes to electrification, announced that it is accelerating its electric car plans and now aims for 1.5 million electric vehicles in 2025. In its original electrification plan, the German automaker had planned to r … | Continue reading


@electrek.co | 4 years ago

Instagram Data Saver Mode

We recently shipped Data Saver Mode, a new feature on Instagram for Android that helps the app consume less mobile data. In this post… | Continue reading


@instagram-engineering.com | 4 years ago

ShofEL2, a Tegra X1 and Nintendo Switch Exploit (2018)

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@fail0verflow.com | 4 years ago

Expert examines the models of political troll farms before they potentially target western democracies

A new report published by the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence examines the four models of "fake news" factories employed in the political battlegrounds of the Philippines in an effort to understand this social media phenomenon as the trolls stand ready to expor … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Motor cortex requires continuous feedback to execute movement

The complex patterns of activity in motor cortex that control movements such as reach and grasp are dependent on both upstream neuronal activity in the thalamus and the current state of the cortex. | Continue reading


@nature.com | 4 years ago

New insight into how dividing cells control the separation of their dna

A study published today in the journal eLife has shown that a protein called Astrin is important for the timely and even separation of chromosomes during cell division. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Forces from Earth's spin may spark earthquakes and volcanic eruptions at Mount Etna

New research suggests forces pulling on Earth's surface as the planet spins may trigger earthquakes and eruptions at volcanoes. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Waiting for Betelgeuse: what's up with the tempestuous star?

Have you noticed that Orion the Hunter—one of the most iconic and familiar of the wintertime constellations—is looking a little… different as of late? The culprit is its upper shoulder star Alpha Orionis, aka Betelgeuse, which is looking markedly faint, the faintest it has been f … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Playing with old phones teaches children good habits, and reflects our bad ones back at us

Screens are everywhere, including in the palms of our hands. Children see how much time we adults spend on our smartphones, and therefore how much we seem to value these devices—and they want to be a part of it. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Device splits and recombines superconducting electron pairs

A device that can separate and recombine pairs of electrons may offer a way to study an unusual form of superconductivity, according to RIKEN physicists. This superconducting state would involve exotic particles called Majorana fermions that could prove useful in developing quant … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Small microplastics no longer slip through the cracks with novel method for detection

The exceptional properties of plastics, such as their chemical, light- and temperature-resistance, in combination with the low cost and ease of manufacturing have rendered them into one of the most popular and widely used materials over the last decades. The widespread use of pla … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Technique to recover phosphorus from urine

Phosphorus, number 15 on the periodic table, can be highly toxic and flammable and has been used in warfare as an incendiary device, yet it is also essential for life. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Why Japan Is Obsessed with Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas

Thanks to the successful “Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!” (Kentucky for Christmas!) marketing campaign in 1974, Japan can't get enough KFC on Christmas Day | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 4 years ago

Sedentary Behavior, Exercise, and Cardiovascular Health

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@ahajournals.org | 4 years ago

All You Need to Know About Zen

All You Need to Know About ZenI was once a philosophy major, but I got bored with it. Only a few philosophers seem to know or care a lot about science and many love paradoxes and infinite set... | Continue reading


@facebook.com | 4 years ago

Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculus of Falling Returns [pdf]

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@stlouisfed.org | 4 years ago

0Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculusof Falling Returns

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@stlouisfed.org | 4 years ago

Scientists Likely Found Way to Grow New Teeth for Patients

Tooth loss is an unfortunate health condition that people all over the world can suffer from. Whether from decay, gum disease, or fractures, you can experience tooth loss in a variety of ways. But what if there was a way to grow back those lost teeth? | Continue reading


@sciencetimes.com | 4 years ago

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@en.wikipedia.org | 4 years ago

5 Kid-Approved Salad Recipes

Do you have a hard time getting your kids to eat a salad? Making these 5 Kid-Approved Salad Recipes with your little ones might help! | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 4 years ago

How NIST Tested Facial Recognition Algorithms for Racial Bias

Some algorithms were up to 100 times better at identifying white faces | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 years ago

Top factors affecting used car valuation

This post discusses the important factors affecting used car valuation in India. Misleading online valuation tools must be avoided. | Continue reading


@carsangrah.com | 4 years ago

You made a game in 1994 when you were 12 and only gave away one copy

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@mobile.twitter.com | 4 years ago

The Native File System API: Simplifying Access to Local Files

The new Native File System API enables developers to build powerful web apps that interact with files on the user's local device, like IDEs, photo and video editors, text editors, and more. After a user grants a web app access, this API allows web apps to read or save changes dir … | Continue reading


@web.dev | 4 years ago

Keep an Eye on These 2020 Conservation Issues

From disappearing kelp to small hydropower dams, experts identify the trends that will affect the Earth’s ecosystems | Continue reading


@scientificamerican.com | 4 years ago

3 Links I Love: Lufthansa Needs Another Subsidiary, The Atlas Mystery, A Lost Airplane

This week’s featured link Lufthansa’s second approach at low-cost, long-haul will have new brand – Runway Girl NetworkApparently Lufthansa will never learn. After realizing it had overe… | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 4 years ago

Welcome to the NFL’s Big Data Bowl

Find out more about the NFL’s Big Data Bowl, a data science competition featuring Next Gen Stats player tracking data. | Continue reading


@operations.nfl.com | 4 years ago

Development of ultrathin durable membrane for efficient oil and water separation

Researchers led by Professor Matsuyama Hideto and Professor Yoshioka Tomohisa at Kobe University's Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology have succeeded in developing an ultrathin membrane with a fouling-resistant silica surface treatment for high performance separation … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Complete filling of batches of nanopipettes

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Analytical Chemistry an efficient method for filling a batch of nanopipettes with a pore opening below 10 nanometers. The method is based on the application of a temperature gradient to the nanopipette tips so that residual air bubbles … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

German fireworks sales fizzle on climate anxiety

Pyrotechnic-mad Germany loves to see in the New Year with a bang but concerns about climate change have prompted several major retailers to take fireworks off the shelves this year, local media said Friday. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

Climate change caused 15 disasters costing over $1 bn this year: charity

At least 15 natural disasters linked to climate change this year caused damage of over $1 billion and seven of them cost at least $10 billion, British charity Christian Aid said Friday. | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago

PageSuite

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@notices.californiatimes.com | 4 years ago

Bacteria can 'outsmart' programmed cell death

Certain bacteria can override a defence mechanism of the immune system, so called programmed cell death, through inhibition of death effector molecules by their outer membranes components. Shigella bacteria, which cause diarrhoea, use lipopolysaccharides (LPS) on their surface to … | Continue reading


@phys.org | 4 years ago