The battery can provide up to seven hours of work with more than $24,000 in savings for the owner each year. Major Chinese construction company introduces new all-electric excavator to the industry — here's what sets it apart first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Oura Gen 4 will likely start at $299-$349, adding contactless payments and authentication The post Oura Ring 4: First Packaging Images and Likely Details appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading
Today on App Addict - Opening Batches of Apps, Documents, Folders and Web Pages - There are several ways to batch open workspaces for various projects. The built in Apple tools, Shortcuts and Automator can do it for you if you know how to use them and don’t mind doing a bit of fi … | Continue reading
In a monumental achievement, astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope have created the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way, featuring over 1.5 billion cosmic objects. This map, derived from 500 terabytes of data collected over 13 years, r … | Continue reading
"The new plant is likely to create price stability for customers." City builds largest heat pump of its kind with the potential to keep tens of thousands of homes warm: 'A key role in driving the energy transition forward' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This alarming discovery underscores a growing divide. Researchers find people in below-average income brackets more likely to die in heat waves: 'This is extremely urgent' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"Not only saving homeowners money down the line but also encouraging the use of clean energy." The government has already given US families $8 billion to renovate their homes — here's how to get paid first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"Protecting communities and businesses from economic loss is a top priority." Officials issue PSA after discovering 'highly destructive' invasive insect capable of wiping out critical trees: 'It threatens livelihoods' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
These rebates help families lower their monthly utility bills and receive cash back on home improvements and energy-efficient appliances. New government program pays out massive rebates for U.S. families: '[A] bank account for every American household' first appeared on The Cool … | Continue reading
At the UN General Assembly this week, our president delivered a milquetoast defense of our ally. Half a century ago, Daniel Patrick Moynihan did the opposite. | Continue reading
Ten years ago, NASA nearly chose a single spacecraft provider, a decision that would have left SpaceX out of the picture, and set the stage for a disastrously limited future. | Continue reading
Zwei Tage voller High-Tech, Networking und Know-how-Transfer, Stages zu Themen wie KI in der Veranstaltungsbranche sowie eine breite Auswahl an MICE-Angeboten, Hotels und Locations verspricht die BOE International 2025. | Continue reading
Growing pomegranates can save you money on pricey store-bought fruit while providing a tastier, fresher alternative. Expert gardener shares how to grow tropical, store-bought fruit at home in just a few easy steps: 'Definitely better to grow your own' first appeared on The Cool D … | Continue reading
The massive star-forming complex known as the Lobster Nebula is part of the biggest infrared map of the Milky Way galaxy ever created. | Continue reading
These tiny troublemakers posed a significant threat to over 400 types of fruits and vegetables. Officials announce complete eradication of invasive pests wreaking havoc on agriculture industry: 'A major victory' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Greenland’s ice melt has doubled in frequency since the mid-20th century, leading to significant global and regional climate implications, including risks to Europe’s weather patterns, stressing the critical need for reduced greenhouse emissions. Global warming is causing Greenla … | Continue reading
How many offspring an animal can have depends on many factors, such as whether they're aquatic and how they get around. | Continue reading
"One of the most versatile chemicals that can really decarbonize the hard-to-abate sectors of shipping, aviation, and petrochemicals." Startup develops incredible fuel production method that could revolutionize the transportation industry — here's how it works first appeared on T … | Continue reading
I read this book out of order. Should’ve read Dawnshard first. The world of Canticle has a sun so close that it melts the rocks and causes a constant fire storm that travels around the world with the day. A somewhat advanced civilization exists in a constant motion, running away … | Continue reading
Bookmarked Routledge nags academics to finish books asap to feed Microsoft’s AI (by Amy Castor and David Gerard) Academic publishers are pushing authors to speed up delivering manuscripts and articles (including suggesting peer review to be done within 15 days). This to meet the … | Continue reading
Exposure to artificial light at night led to anxiety-like behaviors in fish, with these effects being inherited by their offspring. Researchers have demonstrated that light pollution, particularly blue light, can change fish behavior in just a few nights, with potential consequen … | Continue reading
Written in 1966 by Bob Montgomery, the song ‘Misty Blue’ was always intended to be a Country Music song. Since then it has been covered numerous times by many singers, not all of them Country artists, but most notably by Country singer Wilma Burgess, who had a huge hit with it in … | Continue reading
As you might remember, Twitter removed my access to the account @beetleypete. (That link now goes to my blog, not my Twitter account) It is still there, and apparently active, but I cannot do anything with it except look at it as an outsider. To pile on the irony, Twitter keeps s … | Continue reading
We had every kind of weather imaginable this week. Torrential rain, strong winds, blue skies, mini-storms, and some bright sunshine too. All in the space of five days. But the main difference was the drop in temperature. As low as 5C in the mornings (40F) and struggling to reach … | Continue reading
by Adele A.Wilby Books on nature abound. More recently, physicist Helen Czerski’s deep knowledge of the seas functioning as an ‘ocean engine’ in Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes the World, elevates our understanding of the ocean and provides us with a new appreciation of its in … | Continue reading
"Leaving them exposed to sunlight for a while turns them into millions of tiny toxic flakes." Homeowner shares frustration after making concerning discovery hidden under their yard: 'That should be illegal' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The assembly of NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis III mission has progressed with the integration of the European Service Module and crew module adapter at Kennedy Space Center. This module, crucial for deep space exploration, provides propulsion, thermal control, and life- … | Continue reading
I realised my blog here has reached 940 pages. With ten posts per page, that’s a lot of posts. But who’s counting posts? Not me, I’m only counting pages. As I read that number on my site footer however, I couldn’t shake the feeling that this number held significance for some reas … | Continue reading
Bobby Flay just launched a new cast iron collection with GreenPan—the brand’s first cast iron cookware—and we tested the 10-inch skillet to see how it compares to our existing favorites. | Continue reading
Woke up after a good deep sleep, ran my two miles at a good pace (with some starting and stopping as I responded to texts from Margaret, reporting on her overnight flight home), made a welcome cup of coffee and enjoyed a fruit breakfast. As I started out in the chilly air, the sk … | Continue reading
Autumn has come, and it's time to suffer Apple's annual upgrade game-playing. Will you be tricked into installing Sequoia, or allowed voluntary informed consent? | Continue reading
Plastic waste can take anywhere between 20 to 500 years to break down. Customer perplexed by local grocery store's unusual produce aisle practice: 'I seriously can't understand' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
These Record-Breaking New Solar Panels Produce 60 Percent More Electricity | WIRED These Record-Breaking New Solar Panels Produce 60 Percent More Electricity | Continue reading
Exclusive extract: Malcolm Gladwell on schoolchildren, super‑spreaders and the new science of epidemics | Society books | The Guardian Exclusive extract: Malcolm Gladwell on schoolchildren, super‑spreaders and the new science of epidemics | Continue reading
You know those dreams where you wake up and a wave of disappointment washes over you upon realising the thing you experienced wasn’t real? I had such a dream last night where I had a handheld SPARC machine in a fetching shade of Sun purple, and a clicky thumb keyboard for data en … | Continue reading
The best part? Trashie doesn't just accept clothes. This innovative company will turn your old stuff into cash — here's how to take advantage first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Hi Everyone and welcome to my weekly Sunday Meals of the Week post! Every Sunday I like to do a recap of all of the main meals that I have enjoyed over the past seven days. I find it very useful for myself and you, my readers have also said that you enjoy what i share, which is w … | Continue reading
While the start-up world glorifies success and rapid growth, it’s crucial to acknowledge and discuss the hidden toll of burnout that often accompanies these achievements. In the start-up world, success is celebrated with a loud and relentless fanfare. We are constantly inundated … | Continue reading
Police were called to a house in Ratzeburg, Schleswig-Holstein after a racoon had barricaded itself in a bedroom using clothes from the wardrobe. Police called to racoon... | Continue reading
"We applaud the ruling ... to control the hazardous waste generated by concentrated animal feeding operations." Michigan Supreme Court makes groundbreaking ruling to uphold new factory farm waste requirements: 'A critical step forward' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A groundbreaking study on ancient kefir cheese reveals the complex history and evolution of dairy fermentation in Eurasia, highlighting how Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens adapted through centuries of human interaction. Food fermentation is the oldest production practice using micr … | Continue reading
The Gulf sturgeon serves as an important food source for other animals like alligators, sharks, and other fish. Scientists raise concerns about ancient fish species following onslaught of extreme weather: 'They're not invincible' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Researchers exploring neutrinos in dense environments like supernovae and neutron star mergers discovered that these “ghost particles” can become entangled, sharing quantum states and evolving chaotically. This new understanding of neutrino behavior, confirmed by numerical simula … | Continue reading
"Worst feeling ever." Driver catches vandal taking bat to brand-new Tesla with hidden camera: 'This is so infuriating' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"This is illegal and definitely harmful to our ecosystem." Bystander disturbed after witnessing startling disposal policy at Chipotle store: 'This can't be safe' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Just a small change that I wanted to make to my booklog section on my website to keep track of my reading progress! | Continue reading
As we commence our bush fire and flood season here in the Southern Hemisphere, the conversation continues in the electric vehicle community about the use of privately owned battery electric vehicles as an emergency backup in a crisis, or even possibly as a backup to the grid. Bid … | Continue reading