'Vulva stone' and coin jewelry among remarkable treasures discovered at Viking burial site in Norway

An excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like female genitalia. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 47 minutes ago

Researchers make concerning discovery about factor impacting drought recovery time: 'It has weighted the dice'

"It will take all of us working together to safeguard our communities." Researchers make concerning discovery about factor impacting drought recovery time: 'It has weighted the dice' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 47 minutes ago

đŸ„ 2024 Year in Code: it has been a busy year

About programming, AI and devops | Continue reading


@yellowduck.be | 47 minutes ago

Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa thought: How Donald Trump can bring our divided nation together

2024 will be remember, I think, as one of the best years ever for progressive Jewish American Democrats. Last month’s election could have been improved, of course, but the pain of that loss is more than made up for the fact that Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are almost perfectly aligned t … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 55 minutes ago

Steven Pinker: The Shape of Progress in the 21st Century

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@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Popsicle Stick Menorah Craft For Kids

Today we are making a popsicle stick menorah craft. Kids of all ages will love making this menorah craft for
 The post Popsicle Stick Menorah Craft For Kids appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 1 hour ago

Woman shares ingenious leftovers hack you have to try this holiday season: 'What a great idea'

"Such a great way to reduce waste." Woman shares ingenious leftovers hack you have to try this holiday season: 'What a great idea' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

$132K – $149K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data

Once a startup has raised its seed round, the perennial question becomes how much should the founders pay themselves and their first few employees? Kruze Consulting, a CPA firm that specializes in venture-backed startups, recently analyzed average salary ranges for over 450 seed- … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 1 hour ago

Louis Armstrong Reads ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

While poking around for Christmas music, I found this little-known recording of Louis Armstrong reading ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, recorded shortly before he died. The poem, first published in 1823, would be Armstrong’s final commercial recording. Armstrong taped it on Feb … | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 1 hour ago

GV, the VC team backed by Google, has a broad remit, but it can’t do one thing

David Krane is in an enviable position. As the CEO of GV, the venture firm that is funded entirely by Google to the tune of $1 billion a year, his team of roughly 100 gets to make a lot of bets — with just a couple of notable restrictions. During a TechCrunch StrictlyVC event in … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 1 hour ago

Facebook memories reminding me of the wine story, past, St. Francis and the other wineries I’ve seen and [
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@bottledaux.com | 1 hour ago

The real 10x developer makes their whole team better

Single individuals make less of a difference to the success or failure of a technology project than you might think (and that’s a good thing). | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 1 hour ago

Why US obesity rates fell for the first time in decades

After years of rising obesity rates in the US, the numbers dipped slightly during 2023, though experts disagree about the exact cause | Continue reading


@newscientist.com | 1 hour ago

How James Gunn Sees Superman Fitting Into Our Politically Charged World

David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult star in the upcoming DC film, out July 11. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

From 'the last Neanderthal' to sacrifices in Peru: Our biggest archaeology stories of 2024

Here are our biggest archeology stories of 2024. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Making a Classic French Galette des Rois Is Easier Than You Think

Every January, French families gather to eat galette des rois—kings' cake—a crisp, flaky pastry filled with fragrant almond cream. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 1 hour ago

Woman shares simple hack to reuse old pasta sauce jars: 'It's just so convenient'

"You could do it with 
 any herb of your choosing." Woman shares simple hack to reuse old pasta sauce jars: 'It's just so convenient' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

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Nurse left around 08:00. Me with a cup of coffee, Henry playing with one of his toys behind [
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@bottledaux.com | 1 hour ago

James Wynbrandt’s Excruciating History of Dentistry

Chelsea Follett at Human Progress: The writer P. J. O’Rourke famously quipped, “When you think of the good old days, think one word: dentistry.” So let us take his advice. James Wynbrandt’s The Excruciating History of Dentistry: Toothsome Tales & Oral Oddities from Babylon to Bra … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 2 hours ago

Who Was Born on Christmas Day?

Ok, we all know the Big Guy was born on Christmas Day. Actually, Jesus was likely born in the spring based on the dates for the Roman census, astronomical records and the time for lambs to be born in the field in Palestine. The celebration of his birth close to the winter solstic … | Continue reading


@amerpie.lol | 2 hours ago

The Crew of Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager Sing ‘Deck the Halls’ From the Holodeck

John C. Worsley remixed "Next Generation", "Deep Space Nine", and "Voyager" characters to sing "Deck the Halls" from the Holodeck. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 2 hours ago

I am ready to start programming ChatGPT, the same way I have built my own code writing and deploying software on Macintosh. I want to create rules in some kind of macro language that it will never violate. I find it has huge problems with memory, it says it's remembering somethin … | Continue reading


@scripting.com | 2 hours ago

Light Beams

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@veselin.blog | 2 hours ago

Hidden content tricks ChatGPT into rewriting search results, Guardian shows

ChatGPT Search risks manipulation by hidden content through prompt injection, but experts think OpenAI can address it. | Continue reading


@mashable.com | 2 hours ago

Why Jews Wrote Your Favorite Christmas Songs

It was Jewish Americans like Irving Berlin who drew on Yiddish and the rhythms and chords of traditional cantorial music to create our most beloved Christmas tunes. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 hours ago

These endangered whales can live up to 150 years — twice as long as previously thought

Life expectancy prediction using data collected over four decades reveals southern right whales' exceptionally long lives — far longer than scientists previously thought. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

Scientists sound the alarm over detrimental trend wreaking havoc on public lands: 'It tends to make the fires burn faster'

This comes despite numerous executive orders from the president. Scientists sound the alarm over detrimental trend wreaking havoc on public lands: 'It tends to make the fires burn faster' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

AMD’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch

AMD has its work cut out for it at CES 2025. Competitor Nvidia has been sucking the oxygen out of every room it graces, as the chipmaker remains at the forefront of the AI boom. So, how will AMD compete with Nvidia’s reported RTX 5000 announcement? The company should show of its … | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 2 hours ago

Five lesser known Task Manager features in Windows 11

Windows 11 is far from perfect, but it does make Task Manager significantly better. In this article, we're going to take a closer look at some of our favourite Task Manager features. [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 2 hours ago

Glympse Location Sharing - Free and Secure

Glympse Glympse Glympse is a helpful iOS app that allows you to temporarily, safely and securely share your location with anyone who can receive text messages, regardless of platform. The message contains a URL to a map with an icon representing the locale of the sender. Although … | Continue reading


@amerpie.lol | 2 hours ago

Birds, Loves, and Obscure Sorrows: The Best of The Marginalian 2024

Hindsight is how we connect the dots that figure our lives. To look back on even a single year is to see clearly the contour of who we are in its points of attention and priority. “How we spend our days,” Annie Dillard wrote, “is how we spend our lives.” How we spend our minds is … | Continue reading


@themarginalian.org | 2 hours ago

John Denver and The Muppets Sing ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ in a 1979 Holiday Special

In 1979 John Denver performed "The 12 Days of Christmas" with The Muppets as part of "John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together". | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 3 hours ago

Fighting For Progress On Patents: 2024 in Review

The rights we have in the offline world–to speak freely, create culture, play games, build new things and do business–must be available to us online, as well. This core belief drives EFF’s work to fight the misuse of the patent system. Despite significant progress we’ve made over … | Continue reading


@eff.org | 3 hours ago

We Stood Up for Access to the Law and Congress Listened: 2024 in Review

For a while, ever since they lost in court, a number of industry giants have pushed a bill that purported to be about increasing access to the law. In fact, it would give them enormous power over the public ability to access, share, teach, and comment on the law. This sounds craz … | Continue reading


@eff.org | 3 hours ago

Police Surveillance in San Francisco: 2024 Year in Review

From a historic ban on police using face recognition, to landmark CCOPS legislation, to the first ban in the United States of police deploying deadly force via robot, for several years San Francisco has been leading the way on necessary reforms over how police use technology. Unf … | Continue reading


@eff.org | 3 hours ago

 In Carl Sagan’s Death, an amazing life lesson

Twenty-eight years ago as of December 20, the human race lost one of its finest. Carl Sagan passed away. As an astrophysicist, science communicator, husband, and father, Carl Sagan spent much of his adult life inspiring others. Not by spouting flowery falsehoods, but by conveying … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 3 hours ago

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Finds Its Feet in “You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates”

Turns out, pirates might be bad, maybe? The post Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Finds Its Feet in “You Have a Lot to Learn About Pirates” appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 3 hours ago

You Asked: How Do I Safely Discard Frying Oil?

For many people, the holidays mean crunchy, golden, deep-fried-delicious foods. Hanukkah is the festival of lights, but real ones know its really just as much about celebrating the oil that kept the lamps lit. That’s why we make latkes and sufganiyot (jelly donuts) every year. Bu … | Continue reading


@food52.com | 3 hours ago

Physicists Unlock the Potential of In-Plane Magnetic Fields for Advanced Magnetotransport

In-plane magnetic fields unveil novel Hall effect behaviors in advanced materials, transforming our understanding of electronic transport. Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo have reported that in-plane magnetic fields induce an anomalous Hall effect in EuCd₂Sb₂ films … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 3 hours ago

What Makes Fish Fast?

George Lauder in Harvard Magazine: Sharks present an interesting case study because unlike other fast swimmers such as tuna or swordfish, which have smooth skin surfaces, shark skin is rough—covered in teeth-like structures called denticles. Although ichthyologists have known for … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

A Very Merry Everything!

Here’s hoping you got more than coal! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays – enjoy! . | Continue reading


@musingsfromatangledmind.com | 3 hours ago

Everything to Remember About Squid Game Before Watching Season 2

Kayti Burt in Time Magazine: It’s been three long years since Squid Game first premiered on Netflix to become the streamer’s most-watched TV series, ever. The Korean-language drama was an unexpected cultural phenomenon, drawing one in four Americans into its tale of deadly compet … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Our Favorite io9 Stories of 2024

Catch up on work our team did this year that we're particularly proud of. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 hours ago

Dolphins may use their teeth to hear underwater

The teeth of dolphins and other toothed whales are connected to a uniquely thick bundle of nerve fibres, which might play a role in sound detection | Continue reading


@newscientist.com | 3 hours ago

Google can’t be serious about the Pixel’s 10x zoom if it keeps it hidden

10x zoom is excellent on the Pixels, but getting to it is a frustrating experience. | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 3 hours ago

Merry Christmas, Happy First Night of Hannukah, and Happy Kwanzaa Eve

Happy Holidays to all! The post Merry Christmas, Happy First Night of Hannukah, and Happy Kwanzaa Eve first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading


@gofugyourself.com | 3 hours ago

Coming to Theaters: An AI-Generated Bollywood Movie

By now, you’ve likely seen the short videos produced using AI video-generation tools, which make it possible to create photorealistic clips of several seconds from a simple text prompt. An Indian startup is now pushing the technology to its limits: It plans to release, by the end … | Continue reading


@spectrum.ieee.org | 3 hours ago

Resourceful traveler shares clever way to save space packing toiletries: 'I've been needing this'

You can save money for other things on your trip. Resourceful traveler shares clever way to save space packing toiletries: 'I've been needing this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago