In India, massive floating solar farms are transforming reservoirs into futuristic energy hubs. While deserts have long dominated solar power, these buoyant installations offer a new frontier, captured in satellite images from space. Despite higher costs and environmental concern … | Continue reading
The effects of AI-driven pollution extend beyond the communities where data centers are built. New study uncovers alarming effects of AI systems on human health: 'It's a public health issue we need to address urgently' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
DC's Absolute, very big Batman will face off against an even bigger (and scarier) Bane in June. | Continue reading
Engineers at MIT have devised an ingenious new way to produce artificial muscles for soft robots that can flex in more than one direction, similar to the complex muscles in the human body. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Technology Tags: Soft Robotics, MIT, Artificial Muscle … | Continue reading
There has been talk about Section 230 being repealed or replaced. The intent of the law was to protect owners of “Interactive Computer Services” (ie websites, especially those that publish... | Continue reading
During times of drought, coyotes and other animals often have to look for water wherever they can find it. Rescuers called to action after locals find struggling coyote trapped in retention pond: 'Will allow them to find more natural ... sources' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the hottest nova explosions ever discovered. | Continue reading
Lameazoid Link List for Sunday 2025-03-23 22-Mar-2025 – Minecraft is getting a visual overhaul you probably don’t need because of all of those mods you’ve got installed Brief Summary: ”… | Continue reading
I nominate agency as Word of the Year for 2025. I don’t nominate agentic, which is suddenly hot shit: See, agency is a noun, and agentic is an adjective. And, as Strunk and White taught us, Write with nouns and verbs, not with adjectives and adverbs… it is nouns and verbs, not th … | Continue reading
Lowest Cost Buffer Matches Vehicle Charge Rate, Charging Station Peak Power is a Cost Factor In “Why Slow Charged Swap is Better Than Buffered Fast Charge,” a detailed comparison was made of a unit transaction, which returns vehicles to a ready state for continuing transport. In … | Continue reading
Any attempt to enter the U.S. will lead to automatic detention at the border, without any physical inspection. FDA bars Chinese seafood companies from doing business in US after disturbing discovery found in imported clams — here's what it found first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Swapping your daily snack for a handful of pecans could do more than satisfy a craving, it might improve your cholesterol and upgrade your entire diet. A study from Penn State found that people with or at risk for metabolic syndrome who ate pecans instead of their usual snacks ha … | Continue reading
Social network Bluesky, an alternative to X built on open source technologies, has scored a big win in terms of attracting notable users to its platform. The company on Sunday confirmed that former president Barack Obama has joined its service. Bluesky OOO Rose Wang replied to a … | Continue reading
Next.js and the corrupt middleware: the authorizing artifact Good, detailed write-up of the Next.js vulnerability CVE-2025-29927 by Allam Rachid, one of the researchers who identified the issue. The vulnerability is best illustrated by this code snippet: const subreq = params.req … | Continue reading
As is the case with ebikes, there are some electric skateboards that hide their tech in a retro design, and others that absolutely revel in it. Parsec's Aero Pro is definitely among the latter, looking a bit like an e-skateboard from the future. Continue Reading Category: Urban T … | Continue reading
This rugged pizza oven is unquestionably brilliant, but not as portable as they'd like you to believe. | Continue reading
Whether you hate AI chatbots or simply want a choice in the matter, here's how to disable Gemini in Gmail. | Continue reading
A new clinical trial has shown for the first time that taking high doses of vitamin D could stave off the progression of multiple sclerosis. However, much more research is warranted to confirm these findings. | Continue reading
"Good for Kia for releasing an EV so affordable." Kia drops curtain on next-gen electric model with bold new look: 'The interior is quite beautiful' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
These are the best beginner cameras for astrophotography based on thousands of hours of testing. Discover models that are user-friendly, low budget and still produce beautiful images of the night sky. | Continue reading
Apple is working on adding cameras to the Apple Watch in order to enable AI features like Visual Intelligence within the next two years, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in today’s Power On Newsletter. The cameras will be “inside the display” for the standard Series Watch, wh … | Continue reading
Hollywood's reportedly looking at bringing the recently released (and popular) Split Fiction to the silver screen. | Continue reading
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"It is more important than ever that we work together as a sector to help our wildlife." Volunteers race to rescue wildlife after disturbing discovery at local park: 'Incidents like this should never happen' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy If you were wondering about yesterday's lines on 14th Street and Third Avenue, Joe's Pizza became Jonas Pizza for part of the day. ... as part of a Jonas Brothers 20th-anniversary event (they formed as a band in 2005), which included lighting up … | Continue reading
Cuban sandwich and Nashville hot chicken restocked! READ MORE... | Continue reading
I had a couple of SQL database queries that I wanted to improve. Instead of going my usual route of searching for the answer in SQLite’s documentation, I decided to give ChatGPT a crack at it. I hoped that I would not only get better queries, but that I’d also learn something abo … | Continue reading
Because your home deserves more than bare floors. | Continue reading
Chinese Blackbirds can mimic electric moped alarms, though their imitations are simplified. A new study shows this mimicry is more common than expected and may involve copying both the source and other birds, prompting further research into urban sound influence on birdsong. Many … | Continue reading
Continuing with the work on tooling support for interactive & fun development with Python. A while ago, I wrote an article about my current attempts to make development in Python more interactive, more "test" driven and more fun. My North Star is the development experience in Clo … | Continue reading
My favourite bit of the archive on this site is the link that says “on this day”. It’s of no interest to anyone except me, but I love going through this little time tunnel. Using that link this month gives me a flashback to March five years ago when The Situation was unfolding. I … | Continue reading
If the devil is in the detail, Morgan has just produced a devilishly good-looking car boasting heavenly lines and a gorgeous retro feel. In fact, we'd say it’s easily one of the best reincarnations of a vintage silhouette… and one that promises an equally exhilarating drive. Cont … | Continue reading
The ratings speak for themselves — guys *love* these odd but awesome things. | Continue reading
A little tweaking could go a long way. | Continue reading
Morning lawn view in Tompkins... with an un-spring-like 35 degrees this morning going to a high of 49. | Continue reading
Understanding the scale of the problem is the first step to addressing it. Scientists issue stark warning about growing threat to public health: 'Both the disease and the underlying risk factors are evolving' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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We may not have an agreed-upon definition of AI “agent” yet, but a multitude of startups want to create “agentic” tools to automate various tasks online. One such firm, Browser Use, has attracted a ton of interest from developers and investors thanks to its solution that makes we … | Continue reading
In answer to the above question, Ted Alper writes: Not only can you, but David Bressoud argues in his book, Calculus Reordered: A History of the Big Ideas, that you should teach integral calculus first, or — maybe a little … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears. | Continue reading
I've been putting Markdown support in my feeds -- everywhere -- on both sides, yielding serendipity like this. This is how "it just works" comes about. With a good design and a lot of love. | Continue reading
Okay, so $7.50 per month credit on your electricity bill to reward off-peak EV charging is peanuts, but it would pay for a dozen eggs at today’s inflated prices. Besides, 3,000 EV owners in Florida decided that a bit of chump change was enough motivation to rush into an off-peak … | Continue reading
When better algorithms are in place, scientists can track plant health more accurately. Scientists develop cutting-edge tech to spy on plant behavior — here's how it could impact future food production first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Ensuring people have coverage for essential medications is crucial. (Shutterstock) Despite Canada’s commitment to universal health care, one in 20 Canadians cannot afford their prescribed medications, with people from Alberta, New Brunswick and British Columbia being the most lik … | Continue reading
When I saw the announcement for the re-release of "The Game of Jaws" game, I had immediate flashbacks to playing it as a child! I especially loved all of the tiny objects that you had to pull from the shark's belly, and it was so satisfying when I got them out without the shark's … | Continue reading
Trump and Social Security; San Francisco corruption; Phones making us dumb; Ukraine and drones; Abundance stuff; Indian industrial policy; Steve Glinert on CHIPS reform | Continue reading