The Rest of Our Lives – a quietly brilliant midlife roadtrip

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


@3quarksdaily.com | 15 minutes ago

Intermittent Fasting Might Be an Easy Way to Boost Libido

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


@3quarksdaily.com | 23 minutes ago

Meet at Sun ‘n Fun tomorrow?

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


@philip.greenspun.com | 24 minutes ago

Double Slit: Why Measurement Destroys the Interference Pattern

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


@profmattstrassler.com | 25 minutes ago

EnduroSat Awarded Investor of the Year in Innovative Business

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


@endurosat.com | 27 minutes ago

Domowa woda kwiatowa: prosty przepis na hydrolat

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


@klaudynahebda.pl | 29 minutes ago

Individual faces backlash after floating wild weather conspiracy: 'That's a far too sensible scenario'

"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


@thecooldown.com | 30 minutes ago

No, This Garmin GPS Running Watch for $149 Is Not a Belated April Fool’s Joke

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


@gizmodo.com | 34 minutes ago

COST annual report 2024 published

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 34 minutes ago

T-Mobile Bug Reveals Names, Images, and Locations of Random Children

The company claims the issue has been fully resolved. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 35 minutes ago

UCD: Irish government announces €17.7M research infrastructure investment

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


@sciencebusiness.net | 36 minutes ago

William and Henry James

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


@3quarksdaily.com | 38 minutes ago

New installer and Firefox tab import – Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3653.3

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


@vivaldi.com | 40 minutes ago

Super Mario Odyssey followup stars Donkey Kong

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


@boingboing.net | 43 minutes ago

5 infuriating stories of neighbors taking things way too far

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


@thecooldown.com | 45 minutes ago

120 Years of Conservation Efforts Pay Off: Yellowstone Bison Are Now a Single Super Herd

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


@scitechdaily.com | 47 minutes ago

"Conservative girl makeup" tutorials mock the "brutal aesthetics of MAGA"

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


@boingboing.net | 49 minutes ago

New post

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


@brandons-journal.com | 53 minutes ago

Thursday Poem

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


@3quarksdaily.com | 53 minutes ago

What DeepSeek Can Teach Us About Resourcefulness

Four ways companies can creatively leverage knowledge, expertise, and capabilities—even without owning them. | Continue reading


@hbr.org | 55 minutes ago

Bichon Frise Lufy has likely found his furever home

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


@boingboing.net | 55 minutes ago

HP Z420 Setbacks…

Sometimes I feel like setbacks are my hobby... | Continue reading


@rasterweb.net | 56 minutes ago

Ten Exceptional Ancient Elephants, From Small Swimming Creatures to Shovel-Tusked Beasts

A wide variety of the exotic animals evolved on Earth over the past 60 million years | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 1 hour ago

NASA's daredevil solar spacecraft survives 2nd close flyby of our sun

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


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Universities are giving up the fight for free speech — students aren’t

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


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Verizon now offers a three-year price lock — but there’s a catch

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


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Introducing Quick Stuff

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


@birchtree.me | 1 hour ago

Shopper baffled by item for sale at local thrift store: 'No way'

"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


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Is the Cost and Complexity of Removing Java Worth It?

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


@azul.com | 1 hour ago

New research: Shingles vaccine reduces risk of developing dementia by 20%

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


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

Simplify sharing with built-in APIs and progressive enhancement

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


@piccalil.li | 1 hour ago

April 3, 2025

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


@morningporch.com | 1 hour ago

Why I Added Blogger.com to the Directory and Lived to Tell About It

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


@indieseek.xyz | 1 hour ago

15 Years Ago, The Oldest Sci-Fi Show Pulled Off The Perfect Soft Reboot

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


@inverse.com | 1 hour ago

World's first light-powered neural processing units (NPUs) could massively reduce energy consumption in AI data centers

Q.ANT's new chip uses photon power in a bid to solve AI's big energy issue. It's also 50 times faster than silicon-based equivalents, the company says. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Art Journaling Project for Kids

School-aged kids will learn about creating an art journal entry in this fun project. This basic technique can easily be… The post Art Journaling Project for Kids appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 1 hour ago

Commemorating the centenary of John Singer Sargent’s death: 2 London

Spanish dancers, Madame X and scandal, Monet painting at Giverny, loose oil sketches, and a husband who became a surrogate dog. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 1 hour ago

Experts fear irreversible damage to bird populations as conditions rapidly shift: 'It's death by a thousand cuts'

Flooded beaches and worsening storms leave much less dry land for the birds to nest and lay eggs. Experts fear irreversible damage to bird populations as conditions rapidly shift: 'It's death by a thousand cuts' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Sony brings cinema home with professional-grade 4K laser projector

Sony tweaked its Bravia TV processing engine last year, and built two prosumer home cinema projectors around it. Now another model has joined the Bravia Projector family, which is designed to "deliver a professional-grade cinematic HDR experience in the home." Continue Reading Ca … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

Australian studio PlaySide is making layoffs after delivering record revenue

The company has announced a restructuring plan in response to waning contract work, but the news comes just months after it reported record annual revenue of $64.6 million AUD. | Continue reading


@gamedeveloper.com | 1 hour ago

Nintendo Switch 2 Features And Specs

When Nintendo revealed the Nintendo Switch 2, it was very sparse with concrete details. We know what it looks like but not much about concrete specs and details. After the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct showcase, the console maker has now revealed more features of the upcoming new cons … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 1 hour ago

Viewpoint: DeepSeek’s success masks China’s weakening innovation model

Photo credits: Solen Feyissa / Unsplash DeepSeek’s world-beating efficient AI chatbot, dancing robots … Read more here | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 1 hour ago

Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity

If you’ve ever taken a computer security class, you’ve probably learned about the three legs of computer security—confidentiality, integrity, and availability—known as the CIA triad. When we talk about a system being secure, that’s what we’re referring to. All are important, but … | Continue reading


@schneier.com | 1 hour ago

The Tiny Molecular Trigger That Could Save the World’s Most Important Crop

New research reveals the initial molecular events that grant wheat immunity to stem rust. A new study published in Science, led by Associate Professor Brande Wulff of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and involving scientists from five continents, has unc … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Ad Astera

– a piece of writing from The Diary of a Tree Standing On It’s Head Ad Astera awakened into the dark day desperatethe shame of days disusedheaved their defiling way into the new air(the now air) tilting hope into a tainted airpeace pierced pressed throbs instinctively the leper c … | Continue reading


@theschoolofthetransferofenergy.com | 1 hour ago

Bloodborne successor finally in development as Switch 2 exclusive

What kind of monkey's paw is responsible for this? After more than a decade of asking, Bloodborne developer FromSoftware has returned to that dark gothic setting – or at least one heavily inspired by it. The only caveat? It's a multiplayer-only game developed exclusively for Swit … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 2 hours ago

How an American Merchant, a French Official and a Pioneering Chemist Smuggled Much-Needed Gunpowder to the Continental Army

The trio's scheming became a crucial element of the fledgling nation's success in the Revolutionary War | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 2 hours ago

Through Good Teams and Bad, Wrigley Field Remains the Coziest Park in Baseball

The Chicago landmark represents the purest form of the American pastime | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 2 hours ago