Marcel Theroux in The Guardian: Ben Markovits’s quietly excellent new novel begins with the most mundane of middle-class crises. The book’s narrator, 55-year-old law professor Tom Layward, is taking his youngest child to university. For Tom and his wife Amy, the major tasks of pa … | Continue reading
Gemini usage is growing steadily, but ChatGPT has maintained a massive lead. | Continue reading
Jenny Lehmann in Discover: While a drop in libido is often associated with aging in women, it’s not just a female issue. Around 26 percent of men over 70 report a loss of sexual desire as well. Sex isn’t just about reproduction — physical intimacy fosters emotional connection, re … | Continue reading
President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new tariff plan on April 2, 2025, to reshape U.S. trade and boost domestic industry. Framing the announcement as “Liberation Day,” he proposed a 10% tariff on essentially all imports, with steeper rates for major trade partners, includin … | Continue reading
Who wants to meet at Sun ‘n Fun tomorrow? I’m flying into Bartow tonight (I have some commitments here in Palm Beach County and wasn’t sure that I could make the 8 pm cutoff for Lakeland) and will ignominiously approach the event in an Avis Toyota Camry. Fly the mighty Cirrus bac … | Continue reading
The quantum double-slit experiment, in which objects are sent toward a wall with two slits and then recorded on a screen behind the wall, creates an interference pattern that builds up gradually, object by object. And yet, it’s crucial that the path of each object on its way to t … | Continue reading
We are excited to announce that EnduroSat has been awarded Investor of the Year in Innovative Business. This recognition marks a whole decade of dedicated efforts and investments in building a sustainable and profitable space business. Today, EnduroSat … The post EnduroSat Awarde … | Continue reading
These mid-tier earbuds have 15 hours of battery life with noise canceling, and a magnetic design that keeps them charged—no case required. | Continue reading
Chcesz wzbogacić swoją codzienną pielęgnację o naturalny kosmetyk? Dowiedz się, jak w prosty sposób przygotować domową wodę kwiatową, znaną również jako hydrolat lub hydrosol. Odkryj, co to jest hydrolat, jak zrobić hydrolat w domu i poznaj różnorodne zastosowania tego wszechstro … | Continue reading
Reused designs could open up a lot of other possibilities ... or result in a horribly dull year for the Pixel. | Continue reading
"My theory is that the archons were controlling the weather machine in order to keep me in my zone." Individual faces backlash after floating wild weather conspiracy: 'That's a far too sensible scenario' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Amazon's 25% off deal makes that ridiculously low price for a workout watch from one of the world's top manufacturers a reality. | Continue reading
The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Association is proud to announce the publication of its Annual Report 2024, highlighting a year of successful scientific cooperation across Europe. The report shows how COST Actions – collaborative research networks – are … | Continue reading
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Individuals who are victims of pornographic deepfakes have not given consent for their image to be used in this manner. (Shutterstock) Earlier this year, doctored pornographic images of singer Taylor Swift that were widely circulated online drew attention to the growing phenomeno … | Continue reading
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, has today announced a €17.7 million investment in nine research infrastructure projects through Research Ireland’s Research Infrastructure Programme. Three UCD projects… Read more here | Continue reading
Salvadorans participate in a procession on Nov. 14, 2015, to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the murder of the Rev. Ignacio Ellacuría, five other Jesuit priests and two employees at Central American University in San Salvador. Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty Images Even before P … | Continue reading
Tattoos of crowns and roses are popular among everyone – not just members of Tren de Aragua, as law enforcement has claimed. Marc Atkins/Getty Images The United States deported 238 Venezuelan men on three flights to El Salvador on March 15, 2025, claiming that they were members o … | Continue reading
The Trump administration laid off thousands more employees at the CDC on April 1, 2025, as part of its workforce reduction. Anadolu/Getty Images The job of director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention carries immense responsibility for shaping health policies, respo … | Continue reading
Peter Brooks at The Paris Review: When Henry James decided to come to America in 1904 and 1905, his elder brother, William James, was not immediately pleased. William said that while his wife, Alice, would welcome his visit (she and Henry had a firm bond), he felt “more keenly a … | Continue reading
Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by the government – has more than quadrupled. It now accounts for the majority of Medicare enrollment … | Continue reading
Health insurance premiums have continued to rise in the U.S. MoMo Productions/GettyImages A community-led partnership in Colorado designed to negotiate health care prices lowered health care premiums in 2020 and 2021, we find in our new paper in the Journal of Risk and Insurance. … | Continue reading
Federal layoffs have affected employees at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images Layoffs of federal employees and cutbacks to federal agencies have direct consequences for the Philadelphia area. I am a law professor at Villanova … | Continue reading
Most people in the U.S. get their vitamin D from Sun exposure. Stockbyte/DigitalVision via Getty Images You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – includin … | Continue reading
In today’s snapshot, we bring start improving the look of our Windows install and add support for import of tabs from Firefox. | Continue reading
Super Mario Odyssey is one of the best 3D platformers of all time – I'm not sure I'd find anyone who disagrees with that opinion if I tried. Naturally, with the advent of the Switch 2 fast approaching, fans were eager to see what Nintendo had cooking with the next 3D Mario game, … | Continue reading
These nightmare neighbor stories will make you rethink your own neighborly conduct. 5 infuriating stories of neighbors taking things way too far first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Originally made up of two distinct herds, researchers now believe the Yellowstone bison should be managed as a single, interbreeding population. Researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have found that the bison in Yellowstone N … | Continue reading
Being ugly on the inside correlates with what Mother Jones calls the "brutal aesthetics of MAGA," which include "Mar-a-Lago face" (described succinctly in The Guardian as consisting largely of "fillers and aggressive fake tan") along with other makeup choices seemingly preferred … | Continue reading
Lately, I've been given a lot of thought to shutting down my blog. I haven't felt compelled to write much and I feel a bit disconnected from the BearBlog/IndieWeb community. But I've learned over the years, that making rash decisions rarely works out, so I've been sitting with th … | Continue reading
In the Light of Dreaming Rinny She was a lens in the sun in a corner fitting into herself settling in like batter. Smooth and easy. And music. Oh, the music everywhere. Romantic Russian anguish splaying loud— like hearing your dreams turned up loud for all to read. At night in a … | Continue reading
Four ways companies can creatively leverage knowledge, expertise, and capabilities—even without owning them. | Continue reading
An adorable Bichon Frise doggo named Lufy, who became a viral obsession after he was recently featured on the social media account of the Sahara Kennel Rescue—an animal rescue shelter in Dubai, United Arab Emirates—has now entered a trial adoption process and may have found his f … | Continue reading
Sometimes I feel like setbacks are my hobby... | Continue reading
A wide variety of the exotic animals evolved on Earth over the past 60 million years | Continue reading
In 1969, my father gave voice to an activist generation of Native Americans. | Continue reading
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has completed is 2nd ultra-close flyby of the sun, and survived to transmit its data back to Earth. | Continue reading
As the US government launches investigations and threatens to pull federal funding, some elite universities have decided to take the path of least resistance. Colleges across the country have responded to the Trump administration’s attacks on diversity programs and student prot … | Continue reading
Verizon is announcing a new price lock policy today, and the timing is probably no coincidence. The company is extending a three-year price guarantee on certain plans, both for new and existing customers. The announcement comes a day after President Trump unveiled sweeping tariff … | Continue reading
Today I'm introducing the most side of side projects I've done in a long time, and I'm calling it Quick Stuff. Quick Stuff is a place for me to put all of my little projects in one place, and I'm really happy | Continue reading
"It's like hoarders took over the inventory control…" Shopper baffled by item for sale at local thrift store: 'No way' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Removing Java can be a complex process, given the pervasive nature of the programming language and toolkit. The post Is the Cost and Complexity of Removing Java Worth It? appeared first on Azul | Better Java Performance, Superior Java Support. | Continue reading
New research reveals that the shingles vaccine might play a role in reducing the risk of developing dementia. The study was led by a team of scientists at Stanford Medicine and involved analyzing a vaccination program in Wales. Researchers found that the shingles vaccine lowered … | Continue reading
Human activity has already warmed the planet by more than one degree Celsius, fuelling forest fires, exacerbating floods, super-powering storms and increasing the frequency of deadly heat waves. The main human driver of climate change is carbon dioxide emissions from the burning … | Continue reading
You’ve written a great post or produced a delightful website and now you want people to share it. In times gone by, you might be tempted to add a section like this: The problem is, these social sharing components are often not even touched by users, create potential privacy issue … | Continue reading
Hard rain slackening after sunrise. As the drumming on the roofs subsides, I can hear a torrent of Carolina wren song and towhee calls. | Continue reading
I added Google’s Blogger.com to the directory today. I purposely omitted them when I was was first seeding links into the directory here because A. everybody knew about them, B. Google had not been adding on to the service although they keep it working well, C. Google is Big Tech … | Continue reading
It takes a lot for a series that's been around for a half a century to start anew, but one genius adventure nailed it completely. | Continue reading