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How many of the 160 named volcanoes in the U.S. and territories do you know? If you live in Alaska you have a big advantage. | Continue reading
by Andrea Scrima I recognized the corner immediately: it was right next to Cooper Union, on Lafayette Street in downtown Manhattan. There used to be a large parking lot on the other side of the street, where passers-by occasionally happened upon a colorful bricolage cobbled toget … | Continue reading
The tales of Ann Selzer, Matt Gaetz, Jeff Bezos, Allison Pearson, Ramon Rivera, Gabrielle Union, Bernie Sanders, RFK Jr., and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. | Continue reading
Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new research finds. | Continue reading
"This beast of a car is made for all-terrain." Tesla expands access to the much-hyped Cybertruck: 'Lots of people want them' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
When stars explode as supernovas, they can cause serious cosmic carnage. Is Earth in any danger from any nearby stars? | Continue reading
On his final journey through Asia, Thomas Merton found some peace in the dialectic between refusing the world and loving it - by Drew Calvert Read at Aeon | Continue reading
This song marks a 40th release from Frank Joshua in just 4 years. In addition to being the darkest and most personal to date, it's also one of the most introspective songs in his discography. | Continue reading
For the past five years or so, Jeffrey Barg has been writing a column for the Philadelphia Inquirer called "The Angry Grammarian". The last one appeared on February 23 of this year, and Barg moved his peeves to Substack. At about the same time, his musical rom-com premiered at Th … | Continue reading
MIT researchers have introduced an efficient reinforcement learning algorithm that enhances AI’s decision-making in complex scenarios, such as city traffic control. By strategically selecting optimal tasks for training, the algorithm achieves significantly improved performance wi … | Continue reading
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By Leo Babauta When I was younger, I had a hard time doing some basic things like: I always knew that I “should” do these things, but they felt like too much back then. Avoiding taking care of things always left me feeling like my life was a mess. These days … I’m not at […] The … | Continue reading
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The chatbot-like tool creates group statements that reflect majority and minority views, helping people to find areas of agreement The post AI mediation tool could help people find common ground appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
L'articolo THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY GATHERED ENTHUSIASTICALLY AT COSMOPROF ASIA 2024 TO DISCOVER NEW TRENDS AND AVANT-GARDE LAUNCHES proviene da BolognaFiere Group. | Continue reading
Spotify released new audiobook features, Tim Ferriss criticizes interview-style podcasts. Sponsored by CoHost. Get in-depth insights into who your podcast audience is including income, family members, social media habits, age, and more with CoHost's Advanced Audience Demographics … | Continue reading
I really can’t believe how quickly we’re approaching the end of November and that I finally had to find my gloves and boots. It was a full week of appointments and after being in the hospital the week before I’m really looking forward to three days off before more tests and my tr … | Continue reading
"[It] will provide a new emotional experience that is very different to ICE motorcycles." Honda announces new sleek electric motorcycles with incredible features — here's what makes them stand out first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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I discovered a word on Futility Closet the other day: Xantippish. Looking it up led me to Xanthippe, Socrates wife and apparently an ill-tempered one: In Xenophon’s Symposium, she is described by Antisthenes as “the most difficult, harshest, painful, ill-tempered” wife; this char … | Continue reading
Sprints and marathons are both foot races, but they have very little in common. The training is different, and so is the technique. Which one are you signing up for? What about the thing you sell? Are we trying to get there faster, or do we promise to go further? | Continue reading
I don’t see the end of the end credits of movies as much as I used to because they get squashed into a tiny box on Netflix while it begs you to watch something else; and honestly (this is the real reason) I barely watch movies. However I remember the words they used to end with, … | Continue reading
Linguists are prone to feel that the word "grammarian" should belong to them, not to prescriptivist scolds like the one in Elle Cordova's skit. And we often object even more strongly to "grammar" being used as the justification for condemnation of non-standard spellings, punctuat … | Continue reading
Memento Movi, a mini-app by Michael Condouris, is what you get when you… Tags: humor, Michael Condouris, mortality | Continue reading
Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have been hit with heavy snowfall, disrupting public transport, causing several road accidents and a motorway standstill. Deutsche Bahn announces... | Continue reading
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A study using zebrafish reveals how brainstem neural networks guide eye movement, offering a new model that mimics these networks to predict their activity, potentially aiding eye disorder treatments and enhancing our grasp of short-term memory. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medic … | Continue reading
In an age when many of us could hardly make our way to an unfamiliar grocery store without relying on a GPS navigation system, we might well wonder how the Romans could establish and sustain their mighty empire without so much as a proper map. That’s the question addressed by the … | Continue reading
by Steve Szilagyi My favorite place on Earth is Niagara Falls. I refresh my spirit there. Standing on the very brink, my chest pummeled by the roar of millions of gallons of fresh water plunging into the abyss, I feel at one with figures like Margaret Fuller, Charles Dickens, and … | Continue reading
On this day in 1718, the Royal Navy attacked and killed Blackbeard, also known as Edward Teach, off the coast of North Carolina | Continue reading
Such restrictions often reduce homeowners’ freedom to make sustainable improvements. Homeowners baffled by HOA's problematic yard maintenance policy: 'It seems to be overkill' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A Lynchian collection of recordings from a vintage Peel Session throw the differences between the Bill Callahan of today and his former moniker Smog into sharp relief, says Jeremy Allen Bill Callahan watchers have invariably learnt not to take his words at face value. Truth infus … | Continue reading
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I had never tried my hand at a ghost story before, so I began ‘A Spiritual Life’ with some trepidation. As is usual for me, I already had the ending in mind, and some notes to cover the long time period involved. When dealing with ghosts and spirits, proper research is not really … | Continue reading
This is all twenty-two parts of my recent fiction serial in one complete story. It is a long read, at 17,430 words. Jake had never believed in ghosts. Until he became one. It was all the fault of Victor Burley of course. He had come up with the idea of robbing the house of Tomkin … | Continue reading
Der Beitrag Reichen-Abgabe, Kulturtaxe und ein neuer Beirat: Kulturszene fordert vom Stadtrat mehr Kreativität bei Kostenlücke im Haushalt erschien zuerst auf MUCBOOK. | Continue reading
Two days after the event, I am still somewhat baffled as to what three of America’s leading avant-garde jazz musicians – Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek and Tomas Fujiwara, playing and recording together as Thumbscrew – were doing in a small jazz club – sorry, Kulturlabor – in a … | Continue reading
Dozens of rural water systems were knocked out by the hurricane. Full recovery may take years. | Continue reading
"[It] would exacerbate the burdens they are facing." State official blocks major insurance proposal that could have affected millions: 'When you talk about ... increases, you're hurting people' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Michigan and other battleground states might have swung for Trump, but they elected environmentalists to U.S. Senate seats, too. | Continue reading
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Researchers have developed a new quantum theory that for the first time defines the precise shape of a photon, showing its interaction with atoms and its environment. This breakthrough allows for the visualization of photons and could revolutionize nanophotonic technologies, enha … | Continue reading
Democrats and Republicans can't seem to agree over what belongs in the nation's leading agricultural policy. | Continue reading
Natural areas are great at absorbing heat-trapping gases from the atmosphere and can help communities cope with and recover from natural disasters. Thousands rally to join mass tree-planting initiative with monumental impacts: 'The creation of these new woodlands is vital' first … | Continue reading
"This is about the protection of all that we hold dear." | Continue reading
Our need for privacy has been accentuated by the way we live, in which goods and services arrive seemingly out of the ether, things we’ve bought to consume, throw away, or do with what we wish. The faces and hands behind these goods are invisible to us. | Continue reading
Martin Wattenberg drew up a live visualization that shows colors mentioned in Bluesky… Tags: Bluesky, color, firehose, Martin Wattenberg | Continue reading