Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge As a special holiday treat, on December 25th, the social media app Bluesky announced that it has added a new feature to its mobile app: a list of Trending topics that lets you know what subjects are popular among its users. Screenshot: Bluesky Blu … | Continue reading
The holiday silence continues. A sharp-shinned hawk darts through the trees, barely bigger than a dove but with wings that don’t whistle. The sun comes out from behind a tree. | Continue reading
Paul Batchelor's Trio presents a simple fretboard to the viewer: click/tap and it will sing. Move the note and the voice follows; hold the note and vocal harmonies will layer themselves upon the note. There's no control over the chord, I don't think, but it sounds beautiful! — Re … | Continue reading
A review of 3,000 studies indicates that these microscopic plastic particles in the air could be contributing to male and female infertility. Tires and degrading garbage release tiny plastic particles into the air, contributing to air pollution that researchers at UC San Francisc … | Continue reading
The findings show that more extensive research on how pesticides impact the development and severity of various cancers is needed. New study uncovers major link between common herbicides and prostate cancer: 'A tremendous health concern' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Skift Meetings evaluated 3 leaders in meeting industry recruitment – and found that each has its own unique niche. -Barbara Scofidio | Continue reading
There is no place left to fall nor turn or run to. This is it. This is where we begin. This is where we find ourselves at the starting gate and this is where we begin.This is the starting point that will lead us to a new life, a new destination, a new hope, and […] | Continue reading
I wrote what I thought would be the final blog post of 2024 last week, and was looking forward to starting 2025 strong with a blog I’d been drafting since July 2023. But then, a little after Midnight on Christmas, I received the following unsolicited email from “the muhu team”: N … | Continue reading
Mike Jeffries, longtime CEO of mall retailer Abercrombie & Fitch, was charged with sex trafficking over parties where dozens of young men were allegedly paid for sex with money, drugs and modeling gigs. But now he has dementia and late-onset Alzheimers disease, his lawyers claim. … | Continue reading
From smoking at McDonald's to AI Tom Cruise, 2024 was a busy year for viral hoaxes. | Continue reading
Short sleepers cruise by on four to six hours a night and don’t seem to suffer ill effects | Continue reading
"Car of the future." Mercedes-Benz unveils innovative new battery technology with potential to change the auto industry: 'Unlocks new possibilities' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Soaring carbon emissions, an unexpected new source of global warming, and collapsing ocean currents shocked scientists in 2024. Here are our picks for this year's top climate change stories. | Continue reading
Photo by Steven We're now on the clock for MulchFest, which culminates with Chipping Weekend on Jan. 11-12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in parks designated parks around the city... including Tompkins Square Park, where you can drop off your tree over the next few weeks. | Continue reading
The best game to use a style, a combination of artstyle and sound design, that makes it stand out from the beige of normality It’s funny how the award category was named as a reference to memes surrounding the vaporwave music movement, and here we are in 2024, having a graphics t … | Continue reading
This Bluetooth speaker’s design is a breath of fresh air, but Bose skimped on some features that are usually standard at this price. Read the full story at The Verge. | Continue reading
The shells of the hawksbill sea turtle have been used for luxury items for centuries, but with the species now endangered, new technology is pinpointing where protections are needed most | Continue reading
All of statistics and much of science depends on probability—an astonishing achievement, considering no one’s really sure what it is | Continue reading
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Either I'm particularly thick, or this is the most over-written and under-explained academic claptrap I've read in some time. Some of the language is pure poetry: the boundary between science fiction and social reality is an optical illusion It doesn't actually mean anything. You … | Continue reading
Netflix's surprise hit comes back with a story that struggles to find its feet. | Continue reading
By William Blake, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Edward Burne-Jones and others, Edward Stott, Albin Egger-Lienz, Henry Ossawa Tanner, and Kazimierz Sichulski. | Continue reading
The Defunctland YouTube channel has just released a video documentary on the history of Disney animatronics, and as usual for creator Kevin Perjurer, it is a deeper dive into the subject than you'd ever suspect. It starts in Ancient Egypt, lingers in the 18th and 19th century Eur … | Continue reading
Syphilis originated in the Americas before Columbus’s arrival, and European colonialism facilitated its global spread and dominance. In the spring of 1495, Charles VIII of France’s Italian campaign was abruptly disrupted by the outbreak of a mysterious and deadly disease. This il … | Continue reading
As part of a project to make mathematics machine-readable, mathematicians have discovered an error in an important proof. Thankfully there was a fix, but the incident highlights the potential for other errors to be lurking in the mathematics literature | Continue reading
What do eating rocks, rat genitals, and Willy Wonka have in common? AI, of course. | Continue reading
A planned octopus farm is facing opposition. Here’s why | Continue reading
The holidays may be over, but the kitchen deals haven’t stopped. We rounded up our favorite sales on gear we’ve tested and recommended, including a Breville espresso machine, Vitamix blender, and budget-friendly work. | Continue reading
"That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Shopper stunned after noticing inscription on back of china purchased at Goodwill: 'It's genuine' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
My inbox and calendar have been filled all year with press releases and requests to chat about new carbon removal technologies, artificial intelligence and its attendant energy demand, novel battery designs, advances in fission and fusion, and investors’ ever-present concerns abo … | Continue reading
This post is the board game counterpart of the recent 2024 In Video Games end of year note. It’s been half a year since the 2024 Board Game Shelf Analysis that also included play stats, along with a promise to myself to record plays on GoardGameGEek via the BGG Catalog App. I kep … | Continue reading
Infants who experienced rationing had a meaningfully lower risk of diabetes and hypertension decades later | Continue reading
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. That’s right, 2024 is nearly […] | Continue reading
"Sitting at our kitchen table with the lights low, watching the sun go down with a glass of wine in hand is magical." Homeowners transform dilapidated horse stables into gorgeous home — and it has some remarkable features first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
School-aged kids will learn how to apply S shaped composition to their artwork in this fun project. We’ve included a… The post S Composition Art Project for Kids appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Starting my journey over to Sheffield for Sheffield United v Burnley. Planted in: #Football #Burnley FC #EFL Championship Thanks for reading this post via RSS. Reply to this post by email | Continue reading
As 2024 comes to a close, here's our pick of the best, most innovative, and most interesting tiny houses we've seen throughout the year. Continue Reading Category: Tiny Houses, Lifestyle Tags: Building and Construction, Tiny Footprint, Micro-House, House, Home, best-of-2024 | Continue reading
In the latest installment of our holiday series, Joe Nocera celebrates the stories that caused him to rethink some deeply held beliefs. | Continue reading
Apple, Google, and Samsung all prioritized image generation and predictive text over slimmer phones and bigger camera glass. | Continue reading
by ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Over the past … | Continue reading
Late this year, we sold out of “Cut & Dried”. Author Richard Jones had some changes he wanted to make in the third edition. This week, we sent the book, with these changes, to press. Some of the changes were small corrections, such as moving an illustration up a bit to better mat … | Continue reading
Living in a cozy 60 m2 apartment with her husband and three young children, Sarah, a home organizer and stylist, knows the importance of making the most out of every inch of space. “I hate a cramped feeling,” she says, “but I love doing arts and crafts with my kiddies.” This pass … | Continue reading
From a telescope network that spans much of the globe to a psychology study that spans 67 countries, here are the biggest science experiments on the planet. | Continue reading
Frosted branch angiitis is a rare condition that makes the blood vessels that supply the retina look like the frosted branches of a tree. | Continue reading
"Now only if it could recharge in 5 minutes." Tesla owner shares honest review after driving 400 miles on single charge: 'Unbelievable' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In the waterways connected to the Great Lakes, researchers uncover boats that tell the story of millennia of Indigenous history | Continue reading
Combining UV protection with radiative cooling, scientists have developed a sunscreen that reflects both sunlight and heat. The secret lies in specially sized titanium dioxide nanoparticles, ensuring cooler skin and reliable sun protection. Combining UV Protection and Cooling Wea … | Continue reading
For the New York Times, Marco Hernandez visualized all the tornadoes in 2024,… Tags: New York Times, tornado | Continue reading