The Garmin Fenix 7X Pro Sapphire Solar is one of the most high-performing, stylish, and sophisticated smartwatches available today. | Continue reading
Interesting analysis: An Internet Voting System Fatally Flawed in Creative New Ways. Abstract: The recently published “MERGE” protocol is designed to be used in the prototype CAC-vote system. The voting kiosk and protocol transmit votes over the internet and then transmit voter-v … | Continue reading
"This is so delightful." Shopper sparks envy after sharing price tag on enchanting thrift store find: 'That is incredible' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
SECreTour project presented during Workshop 2 at EuroMed 2024 (3rd December) Cultural Heritage has always been a net attractor for tourists from ancient times (Pausanias’ Description of Greece 2nd century AD) through to the medieval pilgrimages (Codex Calixtinus: Iter pro peregri … | Continue reading
Current conditions: A California wildfire burned some 400 acres near the site of the Hell’s Kitchen Lithium Extraction Project • Storm Bert in the U.K. killed at least five people and triggered 150 flood warnings • Many parts of the U.S. could see their coldest weather of the sea … | Continue reading
The V-score benchmarks classical and quantum algorithms in solving the many-body problem. The study highlights quantum computing’s potential for tackling complex material systems while providing an open-access framework for future research innovations. Scientists aspire to use qu … | Continue reading
We've put together a selection of the best Black Friday deals on Amazon for this Monday morning. | Continue reading
As the 118th Congress prepares to clear the way for a new set of legislators who will be responsible for confirming cabinet picks, passing tax legislation, and whatever else the President-reelect throws at them, it is also quietly working on bills to ease the development path for … | Continue reading
A group of 23 workers at 2K's Motion Capture Studio in Petaluma are now hoping to usher in 'positive change.' | Continue reading
A brief, animated history of astronomy shows how a sophisticated understanding of the night sky made us who we are - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon | Continue reading
by Tim Sommers Why have a democracy? Because democracy is always right. There are two kinds of arguments in favor of democracy: intrinsic and instrumental. Intrinsic arguments try to show that democracy is good in-and-of-itself – and not as simply a means to some other end or end … | Continue reading
Tesla is constantly improving its technology to efficiently enhance energy consumption. Tesla releases new mobile app update with game-changing Powerwall feature — here's how it works first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The endless battle over his legacy testifies to his great authority – and the power of his thought to make the world better - by Edith Hall Read at Aeon | Continue reading
EUreka3D project presented during Workshop 1 at EuroMed 2024 (2nd December) Since its adoption in 2006 as part of the London Charter for the Use of 3D Visualisation in the Research and Communication of Cultural Heritage, the concept of Paradata has played an essential role in ens … | Continue reading
Another week begins. They go by so fast! Thanks to David Miller for this one. | Continue reading
In 1988, I heard a song on the car radio and later that day I stopped at a record shop to buy the single. I sang a little bit of it at the counter, and the girl serving told me it was called ‘Teardrops’. (After trying and failing not to laugh at my singing) The … Continue reading … | Continue reading
Self-rated memory issues are more linked to dementia risk factors than standardized tests, according to Trinity College Dublin research. New research from Trinity College Dublin reveals that an individual’s self-assessment of their memory is more strongly linked to dementia risk … | Continue reading
Buyers can choose from two versions: the Ace Classic Electric or the Ace Bristol Classic Electric with the retro "smiling face" that dates back to 1953. This new electric vehicle is turning heads — catch a glimpse at the stunning retro design first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
by Dwight Furrow Much philosophical writing about food has included discussions of whether and why food can be a serious aesthetic object, in some cases aspiring to the level of art. These questions often turn on whether we create mental representations of flavors and textures th … | Continue reading
“This is a work of fiction,” declares the disclaimer we’ve all noticed during the end credits of movies. “Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental.” In most cases, this may seem so trivial that it hardly merits a mention, but the … | Continue reading
Dr. Robin Berzin is the Founder and CEO of Parsley Health, and a paradigm-shifting force in primary care who’s made functional medicine accessible to millions. This conversation explores the interplay between modern healthcare and her approach to healing, which emphasizes treatin … | Continue reading
"Most HOA's have very poorly drafted agreements that are not legitimate, legally binding documents." Homeowner discovers legal loophole allowing them to avoid HOA's strict landscaping rules: 'No more mowing for me' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Southern operatives tried to light New York businesses on fire and bring the Northern city to its knees on this date in 1864 | Continue reading
Researchers have made great strides to prevent deaths from fatal diseases, but the cures for some of them still elude us. | Continue reading
I suggested the idea of a “links initiative” as a way to kick-start the more daunting task of building a front-end resource directory. Basically just blog your favourite dev related links and maybe they can be collated to bootstrap a directory. […] | Continue reading
Daren Jannace animated 30 frames per day for one year and then put… Tags: Daren Jannace, post-it | Continue reading
Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use. | Continue reading
Under pressure to step up global climate aid, the world’s richest countries secured nothing less than a diplomatic coup in Baku. | Continue reading
2nd-4th December 2024, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, CYprus Organized by Photoconsortium’s member Cyprus University of Technology, conference EuroMed 2024 offers the Cultural Heritage community the opportunity to come together and exchange our know-how, explore our r … | Continue reading
Before it threatened biodiversity, the oceans and the global food chain, plastics saved lives and transformed societies as a durable, malleable and cheap material. | Continue reading
Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a "mini moon" for the past two months. | Continue reading
On a sunny afternoon in Cape Town's seaside village of Simon's Town, three young chacma baboons cause a commotion, clambering on roofs, jumping between buildings and swinging on the gutters. | Continue reading
A newly identified fossil bird, Navaornis hestiae, from the Mesozoic Era has provided crucial information about the evolutionary development of bird brains, connecting ancient species like Archaeopteryx to today’s birds. A remarkable fossil discovery could transform our understan … | Continue reading
A giant wind farm off the Louisiana coast will be hard to derail. | Continue reading
At least 770,000 people throughout these communities in the state will reap the benefits. State announces $3 million in community grants for vital outdoor program: 'Essential benefits ... are available to more people' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Amid the inexorable shift toward more electric vehicles, oil and gas producers are looking increasingly to plastics to help keep them afloat, even if that sector faces challenges of its own. | Continue reading
A final round of talks on a treaty to curb plastic pollution opened on Monday, with deep differences between nations emerging almost immediately. | Continue reading
I am invited to speak at the TYPO3 Conference this week and have also been part of the jury this year. Thanks for the kind invitation! I knew it is going to be tough as it is conference seasons right now and we ran SmashingConf New York and Antwerp, I ran beyond tellerrand Berlin … | Continue reading
Not all needs have a market (yet). A market is a category. A market is a place with competition. In a market, people have habits and budgets and social pressure to engage. There are buyers and sellers. In many cultures, there’s a market for all the items that go with a quinceaner … | Continue reading
The new console will build on the Playstation Portal (pictured) which was reportedly originally intended to work as a standalone device. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Sony is currently making a new handheld gaming console that allows users to play PlayStation 5 g … | Continue reading
A decade after the Paris Agreement, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton trace how we've kept on with business as usual. | Continue reading
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Jeneva Rose, The Perfect Marriage (Blackstone) “Everything I want in a thriller. Sexy, shocking, and tense with an ending I never saw coming. Jeneva Rose is the queen of twists.” –Colleen Hoover Mike … | Continue reading
When publishers feel the urge to put out a retrospective of an author’s short stories, they often cherry-pick a handful of representative works—the literary world’s equivalent of a greatest-hits album. Then you have Soho Crime, which decided the lauded crime writer James Sallis d … | Continue reading
The moody world of Sherlock Holmes tends to exist in our minds a certain way; wrapped in a perpetual fog and gaslight of Victorian London. And yet, the most famous Sherlock Holmes book, The Hound of the Baskervilles hardly takes place in London at all, and Holmes himself is absen … | Continue reading
Sometimes, the criminal makes the book. The books that follow are personal favorites of mine, and some of them have classic criminals as villains, but many more of them have us rooting for the criminals, despite, or sometimes even because of, their crimes. Vin Venture, from The F … | Continue reading
The European University Association’s latest podcast series, launching November 2024, tells you about futures thinking and foresight and how to use it for university strategy development. Hosted by Thomas E. Jørgensen and Anna-Lena Claeys-Kulik from EUA’s Policy Coordination and … | Continue reading
Docker has become extremely popular nowadays. It is lightweight, portable, self-contained, and thus great for microservices architecture. Docker containers make it easier to build software and isolate the environment, and they can be run in many different environments with differ … | Continue reading
Damocles In perilous times we join the otherworld, the one that’s outside our bubble who’s driving this bus? who’s at the helm? who jiggles the joystick? we man our posts we soothe ourselves but one day must come to terms: I saw a cormorant, wings spread drying herself in the win … | Continue reading