Hundreds of scientists accuse Donald Trump of censorship

More than 1,900 scientists and engineers have signed a letter saying they “see real danger in this moment” as the Trump administration slashes federal support for scientific research. “Wise investments by the US government have built up the nation’s research enterprise, making it … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 7 minutes ago

Watch eerie 'UFOs' and a solar 'cyclone' take shape in stunning new ESA video of the sun

An eerie new video from ESA's Solar Orbiter shows a towering 'cyclone' of plasma exhibiting behaviors never seen before on our sun. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 9 minutes ago

Realtors list next-gen geometric home with unbelievable features — here's what makes this dwelling unique

Architects assembled the building on the property like a puzzle. Realtors list next-gen geometric home with unbelievable features — here's what makes this dwelling unique first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 10 minutes ago

The Assessment Mocks Us For Trying To Have It All

A dystopian government assessor puts would-be parents through a surreal childrearing crash course in Fleur Fortuné’s gripping debut. The post The Assessment Mocks Us For Trying To Have It All appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 10 minutes ago

How Digital Archivists Are Saving Public Information from the Memory Hole

In the three decades since Brewster Kahle spun up the nonprofit Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, it has scaled up to include government websites and datasets—many of which are essential to the engineering and scientific communities. U.S. government agencies like the National S … | Continue reading


@spectrum.ieee.org | 13 minutes ago

Project Mulberry

I am all for Apple Health being able to collect and connect to more information, but an Apple-built AI agent designed to “replicate” your doctor feels like a bridge way too far. | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 16 minutes ago

A macOS 18.4 wallpaper bug

I updated my Mac to macOS 15.4 last night and after the reboot, my desktop was white. Pure white. | Continue reading


@leancrew.com | 20 minutes ago

Black holes can destroy planets — but they can also lead us to thriving alien worlds. Here's how.

Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 22 minutes ago

Life and Death and Everything Inbetween

The other day, Sahar asked me if Mercury was in retrograde. I should have known. I mean, the fact that she even asked the question should have been a giant red flag. It wasn’t until yesterday that I looked it up and found that yes, indeed, Mercury is in the microwave again. I hav … | Continue reading


@hamneggs716.wordpress.com | 23 minutes ago

That Tweet About Elon Musk’s Botched Penis Being Real Is Fake

Ashley St. Clair didn't actually confirm the rumors. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 25 minutes ago

Anxiety About International Travel Spills Over Into Incentives

With more U.S. travelers expressing concern about their safety traveling internationally, incentive travel is already feeling some repercussions. -Barbara Scofidio | Continue reading


@meetings.skift.com | 25 minutes ago

No One Is Safe From America’s Abusive Immigration Authorities Anymore. “Immigration agents...

No One Is Safe From America’s Abusive Immigration Authorities Anymore. “Immigration agents are increasingly using the full statutory powers that they always had, choosing to detain, abuse, and deport these tourists & workers instead of working with them.” | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 25 minutes ago

ZeniMax union votes to authorize a strike

Members of ZeniMax Workers United, a union of over 300 quality assurance workers in Texas and Maryland, have voted to authorize a strike. The vote, which passed with over 94 percent in favor of authorization, does not mean workers have gone on strike like SAG-AFTRA members have i … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 29 minutes ago

On Submission: Excerpt and Cover Reveal

Someone was inside his home. This has nothing to do with strange coincidences. Facts present themselves as evidence, which are then catalogued and filed away for the case file labeled: Henry Richmond Pendel. He has lived in this Greenwich Village apartment for seven of the 12 yea … | Continue reading


@crimereads.com | 34 minutes ago

65 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books to Check Out in April

Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to add more titles to your reading list... and maybe a new bookshelf to hold them all. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 39 minutes ago

Several Successioneers Came To See Kieran Culkin on Broadway

In Glengarry Glen Ross. The post Several Successioneers Came To See Kieran Culkin on Broadway first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading


@gofugyourself.com | 40 minutes ago

🐥 Creating an empty PNG in Elixir

About programming, AI and devops | Continue reading


@yellowduck.be | 40 minutes ago

Expert shares simple ceiling fan hack to shave down electric bills: 'I didn't know this'

"Can't wait to try." Expert shares simple ceiling fan hack to shave down electric bills: 'I didn't know this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 40 minutes ago

Taking Comics to a New Level: X-Men Visionaries 2: The Neal Adams Collection

A legendary run of X-Men adventures, featuring classic art! The post Taking Comics to a New Level: X-Men Visionaries 2: The Neal Adams Collection appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 40 minutes ago

Suzuhiro Kamaboko Museum in Odawara, Japan

Fishcake is a modest but almost essential ingredient in Japanese culture, known all the way since the Middle Ages. It can be found in many varieties such as chikuwa, datemaki, naruto, crab sticks, and of course, kamaboko. Founded in 1865, Suzuhiro is considered an authority in th … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 40 minutes ago

Souk to Nuts: How to Eat Like a Local in Marrakesh

Our in-the-know culinary travel guide to the best things to eat in the beautiful Moroccan city of Marrakesh—plus recipes for making many essential Moroccan dishes at home. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 40 minutes ago

LLMs as Index Funds

Language, Homogenization, and the Search for Alpha | Continue reading


@contraptions.venkateshrao.com | 43 minutes ago

Bears: Facts about the furry omnivores that live in many parts of the world

Discover interesting facts about the different types of bears and learn why not all bears hibernate. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 45 minutes ago

Chinese Brain Implant Project Set to Overtake Musk’s Neuralink

Elon Musk has been vocal about his startup that promises to augment humans with computer implants, but it does not appear to have a wide lead. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 49 minutes ago

In 2011, NPR executives “drafted a secret plan for the worst”

What would happen if Congress defunded NPR and PBS — something Republicans have renewed their push for following a House hearing last week? First things first: “The funding bill passed by Congress and signed into law by Trump earlier this month included $535 million for the Corpo … | Continue reading


@niemanlab.org | 50 minutes ago

Massively scalable collaborative text editor backend with Rama in 120 LOC

This is part of a series of posts exploring programming with Rama, ranging from interactive consumer apps, high-scale analytics, background processing, recommendation engines, and much more. This tutorial is self-contained, but for broader information about Rama and how it reduce … | Continue reading


@blog.redplanetlabs.com | 50 minutes ago

Review: The reMarkable Paper Pro is my favorite tablet

I started messing with reMarkable's tablets for as long as the company has been around. Their original slab, the RM1 had little to recommend when it was released. It was slow, a little glitchy and, its writing tools were rudimentary, at best. — Read the rest The post Review: The … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 53 minutes ago

Sean Carroll’s Philosophy of Physics Workshop Talk

Enjoying the content on 3QD? Help keep us going by donating now. | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 55 minutes ago

This Octopus Is Using a Beer Bottle as a Nursery

This piece was originally published in Vox and appears here as part of our Climate Desk collaboration. One morning this week, Hanna Koch was snorkeling in the Florida Keys when she came across a brown beer bottle on the sea floor. Koch, a marine biologist for Florida’s Monroe Cou … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 55 minutes ago

The Tool for Waves

The following is an excerpt from “With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture.” This book is the result of more than a decade of work by an international team that produced the first English translation of the 18th-century woodworking masterpiece: “l’art du Menuisier” by … | Continue reading


@blog.lostartpress.com | 56 minutes ago

Earth’s in the Clear From Menacing Asteroid in 2032—But Our Moon Might Not Be

New Webb Telescope data reconfirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not so much. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

The FAA hiding private jet details might not stop celebrity jet trackers

Yesterday, we wrote that a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) process would help private jet owners keep their registration details private upon request, and speculated that it would make things difficult for celebrity jet trackers. Jack Sweeney, known for his accounts tra … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Original 1965 Acid Test poster on auction block with current high bid of $6,750

A hand-drawn crayon sign advertising the Grateful Dead's first-ever performance under their new name has surfaced after nearly 60 years, preserved by two teenage sisters who were too nervous to attend the historic event. The primitive poster, reading "Can you pass the Acid Test?" … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

The Reality of Tech Interviews in 2025

Interview processes are changing in a tech market that’s both cooling AND heating up at the same time. A deepdive with Hello Interview founders, Evan King and Stefan Mai | Continue reading


@newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com | 1 hour ago

Historian Heather Cox Richardson says that Facebook is removing her posts. Her...

Historian Heather Cox Richardson says that Facebook is removing her posts. Her two most recent posts, both critical of the Trump regime, are not on the platform anymore. | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 1 hour ago

Tab Groups & Address Bar Revamp Land in Firefox 137

Tab grouping is the latest big-ticket feature addition to get added to Mozilla Firefox, which sees a new stable release roll out from today. Last month’s Firefox 136 update delivered long-requested support for vertical tabs, a redesigned sidebar experience giving easy access to e … | Continue reading


@omgubuntu.co.uk | 1 hour ago

Diver makes startling discovery while treasure hunting at bottom of river: 'It's unfortunate'

"These things are terrible." Diver makes startling discovery while treasure hunting at bottom of river: 'It's unfortunate' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

The US is squandering the one resource it needs to win the AI race with China — human intelligence

The release of DeepSeek was a reminder that the U.S. is not the assured frontrunner of AI development. As the race between China and the U.S. intensifies, is America inadvertently giving it's biggest rival a huge leg up? | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Britt Lower Plays the ‘Severance’ Theme on Trumpet While on ‘The Tonight Show’

While appearing on "The Tonight Show", Britt Lower (Helena Eagan/Hellie R.) played the "Severance" intro theme song on trumpet. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 1 hour ago

Baffling Scientists: “Strange” Million-Year-Old Rock Tunnels Found in Africa

Unusual structures of unknown origin discovered in desert rocks have been documented in a new study. In the desert regions of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, researchers have discovered unusual structures that are likely the result of activity by an unknown microbiological life … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

A shady, shuttered tech bootcamp may be sneaking back online

A year and a half ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) worked with state attorneys general to shut down Prehired, a shady tech sales bootcamp program that a court said deceptively saddled students with millions of dollars in loans. Now, as the federal watchdog is … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

The Big Idea: Mary G. Thompson

If you could abandon this world and live in your most perfect world, would you? What about the people that are stuck in your perfect world? Author Mary G. Thompson explores this concept in the Big Idea for her new novel, One Level Down. Dive in to see what it’s like to be stuck i … | Continue reading


@whatever.scalzi.com | 1 hour ago

Robots that exterminate immigrant plants and animals?

We’re informed by Science that immigrant humans make life better/easier for natives (the enrichers and the enriched). Science also tells us that immigrant plants and animals make life extremely difficult if not impossible for natives. Examples from the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, F … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 1 hour ago

State of CIDER 2024 Survey Results

Back in 2019, I shared the first community survey results for CIDER, the beloved Clojure interactive development environment for Emacs. Five years later, we’re back to take the pulse of the ecosystem and see how things have evolved. In this post, we’ll explore the results of the … | Continue reading


@metaredux.com | 1 hour ago

Le Creuset’s Signature Dutch Oven Is $175 Off Right Now

Choose from 20 colors. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Plan Your Plantains Wisely: How to Eat Like a Local in San Juan

Our in-the-know culinary travel guide to the best things to eat in San Juan—plus recipes for making many of the city's best dishes at home. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 1 hour ago

Milo Kobayashi dares to chase an optimistic future for himself on new single “THINK!”

"THINK!" by Milo Kobayashi is an optimistic and hopeful song, filled with uplifting production and catchy melodies that walk hand in hand with thoughtful lyricism and excellent flow. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 1 hour ago

This Mini Spy Camera Is Amazon’s Best-Seller, Now Available at a Price That’s Too Good to Pass Up

Regardless of your needs, this hidden camera can prove to be incredibly useful. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago