The Flying Sun: Persistent Overhead Emergency Lighting, Delivered by Drone

After dark, crime scenes, accident sites, infrastructure repairs etc. require lighting be set up so workers can see what they're doing. By necessity, these portable light sources aren't much taller than the workers themselves, causing glare and work-obscuring shadows. On top of t … | Continue reading


@core77.com | 16 minutes ago

Reader Submitted: The Sinking Chair

The Sinking Chair—a striking fusion of modern design and haunting symbolism—appears to descend into a pool of vivid red, evoking both unease and introspection. Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and crafted from 3D-printed concrete, it explores the lingering impact of trau … | Continue reading


@core77.com | 16 minutes ago

Romance In The Air: Rewire 2025 Reviewed

Richard Foster needs a sit down after a spell-binding weekend taking in sonic veterans, new pioneers, and a waterborne performance that is like "some absurd clash of Handel, Stockhausen and Jerome K Jerome" more ease and claire rousay by Alex Heuvink Den Haag’s Rewire: a festival … | Continue reading


@thequietus.com | 17 minutes ago

These strange, hybrid Earth lifeforms could survive on Mars, new study hints

Researchers bombarded lichens with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, hinting that the extremophiles could potentially live on the Red Planet. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 18 minutes ago

Fujifilm’s Retro Instax 41 Camera Imagines Life Beyond Instagram

The Instax Mini 41 is light, portable, and on the right side of cute for helping you escape the black hole of Instagram. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 18 minutes ago

Russian Satellite Trio Just Dropped Something Weird in Orbit

The U.S. is worried Russia may be testing a space weapon. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 27 minutes ago

Gotta catch all grandpas: Japanese town turns seniors into trading card stars

In a small Japanese town, children are trading cards featuring local grandfathers instead of Pokémon, turning ordinary community members into neighborhood celebrities. The "Ojisan Trading Card Game" in Kawara, Fukuoka Prefecture, has transformed 28 middle-aged and elderly men int … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 30 minutes ago

New Anti-Aging Compounds Show Promise in Treating Alzheimer’s Disease

According to the authors, the research opens up new possibilities for developing the next generation of ChE inhibitors that specifically target AChE and BChE linked to Alzheimer’s disease pathology. In a new study published in the journal Aging, a research team from Dalhousie Uni … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 32 minutes ago

new Wahoo Trackr Radar

Wahoo Launches New Trackr Radar Rear Smart Light with RADAR Vehicle Detection Wahoo has introduced the Trackr Radar, an all-new rear light equipped with RADAR to detect vehicles and enhance… The post new Wahoo Trackr Radar appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full po … | Continue reading


@the5krunner.com | 33 minutes ago

The Silent Collapse of Photo Licensing

Kaptur: Particularly in marketing, where demand for fast, customized visuals is high, 39% of marketers use AI to create social media visuals, and 36% to generate website imagery. The accessibility and sophistication of these tools are rapidly eating into the traditional domain of … | Continue reading


@blog.om.co | 35 minutes ago

Casual dining in decline in America—or maybe just the decrepit chains your parents loved

Hooters entering bankruptcy highlights the dining chain's slow decline, but it's just one of many: Red Lobster, TGI Fridays and Buca di Beppo have also recently filed for protection from creditors. CNN Business reports on America's loss of appetite for casual dining chains. — Rea … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 36 minutes ago

Creepy chupacabra caught on camera in Colorado (video)

In Pueblo, Colorado, a chupacabra was caught on video skulking around outside a mall. The witness provided video of the creepy encounter to TV station KKTV. Watch below. While one of the newscasters raised the possibility that this mystery creature is indeed a wayward goat-sucker … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 37 minutes ago

Sydney and Emily Took Manhattan

Well, one intersection of it, anyway. The post Sydney and Emily Took Manhattan first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading


@gofugyourself.com | 38 minutes ago

Coca-Cola unveils multimillion-dollar initiative to transform how it delivers its products: 'Collaboration is key'

The responsibility remains on everyone to demand lasting change. Coca-Cola unveils multimillion-dollar initiative to transform how it delivers its products: 'Collaboration is key' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 38 minutes ago

Colestown Cemetery in Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Before it was Cherry Hill, the small hamlet of Colestown sprung up in southwestern New Jersey around the late 1600s. From there, the town quickly flourished and became home to a neighborhood of private homes, a large saw mill, two general stores, a blacksmith shop, a medicinal mi … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 38 minutes ago

Five Must-Read Short Story Collections for Fans of Black Mirror

Twisted satire, wild thought experiments, and brilliant storytelling. The post Five Must-Read Short Story Collections for Fans of Black Mirror appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 38 minutes ago

How an unused nuclear power plant became home to a world-class acoustics lab

It’s kind of impossible to grasp the enormity of a cooling tower until it’s suddenly right next to you. Never used for their intended purpose, the cooling towers of Washington Nuclear Projects 3 and 5 (WNP-3 and WNP-5) loom over treetops as I drive up to Satsop Business Park, … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 38 minutes ago

Parents give kids more melatonin than ever, with unknown long-term effects

More children are taking the hormone in the form of nightly gummies or drops. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 39 minutes ago

Dyson V11 Cordless Vacuum Returns to Its Spring Sale Price Like It Never Left

Save $100 on the Dyson V11 cordless vacuum for a limited time at Amazon. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 43 minutes ago

The Murderbot Series Is Kinda Two Shows in One

Are you ready to get obsessed with The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon? The post The Murderbot Series Is Kinda Two Shows in One appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 47 minutes ago

Not as a Break From Learning, But as the Essence of What it Means to Learn

Kleo I often watch the Great British Baking Show, a competition program that good-naturedly pits amateur bakers against one another. I don't bake myself, but I find the show relaxing. After 13 seasons, there are no surprises, the jokes are predictably corny, and the contestants, … | Continue reading


@teachertomsblog.blogspot.com | 47 minutes ago

Why is modern poetry so hard to read? Adam Kirsch offers a clue.

Adam Kirsch writes: Over time, modern poetry had to become ever more subtle and surprising in order to defeat the reader’s expectations and open him or her up to the experience of transcendence. Good point! Old poetry is hard to … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu | 48 minutes ago

Mind Upon Mind: Improve Us

In a 1937 Chips from the Chisel column, which is also featured in “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years,” Hayward wrote, “The influence of mind upon mind is extraordinary.” The idea being there’s often room for improvement. (You can read the entire column here.) Recently, … | Continue reading


@blog.lostartpress.com | 52 minutes ago

Man set fire to house while blaring "We Didn't Start the Fire"

A judge in Duluth, Minnesota sentenced Travis Lee Carlson, 39, to four years in jail for arson. Several years ago, Carlson set fire to his own apartment building while listening to Billy Joel's 1989 hit "We Didn't Start the fire." Apparently Carlson's tenant was awoken in the mid … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 53 minutes ago

A Revolutionary Animal Overpass Is Rising Over L.A.’s Busiest Freeway

Wildlife crossings help decrease the millions of vehicle collisions with large animals that occur every year in the US | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 53 minutes ago

The “Vintage” Mason Jars I Use Every Single Day (the Colors Are So Pretty!)

They bring me so much joy. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 53 minutes ago

Meta Fudging Facts Again. This time about AI

Meta is back to its usual tricks again—fudging the facts. Meta’s new Maverick AI model ranked second on LM Arena, a human-rated benchmark system, but there’s a crucial catch: the tested version is an “experimental chat version” optimized specifically for conversationality, distin … | Continue reading


@blog.om.co | 58 minutes ago

Meta Fudging Facts Again. This time about AI

Meta is back to its usual tricks again—fudging the facts. Meta’s new Maverick AI model ranked second on LM Arena, a human-rated benchmark system, but there’s a crucial catch: the tested version is an “experimental chat version” optimized specifically for conversationality, distin … | Continue reading


@blog.om.co | 58 minutes ago

Meta Fudging Facts Again. This time about AI

Meta is back to its usual tricks again—fudging the facts. Meta’s new Maverick AI model ranked second on LM Arena, a human-rated benchmark system, but there’s a crucial catch: the tested version is an “experimental chat version” optimized specifically for conversationality, distin … | Continue reading


@blog.om.co | 59 minutes ago

TRUST: Can you believe the things you're told...

TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025 ...by billionaire volunteers? Johnny Carson was one of the first to raise one form of the question. He did so at the start of his career: Who Do You Trust? Who Do You Trust? [was] an American television game show. Under the title Do You Trust Your Wife?, th … | Continue reading


@dailyhowler.blogspot.com | 1 hour ago

Sttp client 4: the Scala HTTP client you always wanted, released!

The sttp client is an open-source HTTP client for Scala, integrating with every Scala stack, be it synchronous, a.k.a. direct-style, Future-based, or using functional effect systems such as cats-effect, ZIO, Monix, Kyo. The library is available for Scala 2.12, 2.13, and 3 on the … | Continue reading


@softwaremill.com | 1 hour ago

Prefabricated timber tower will be constructed in just 90 days

An ambitious new timber tower in Toronto, Canada, is due to begin construction soon. Thanks to its innovative prefabricated wooden design, the residential building named 230 Royal York is expected to rise in a mere 90 days. Continue Reading Category: Architecture, Lifestyle Tags: … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

One Pan Salmon Dinner

This One Pan Salmon Dinner is a family-approved weeknight meal with flaky salmon, crispy potatoes, and glazed green beans all baked on a single sheet pan. The post One Pan Salmon Dinner appeared first on Budget Bytes. | Continue reading


@budgetbytes.com | 1 hour ago

Officials issue urgent warning as deadly disease prompts historic vaccine rollout: 'We must work together'

The vaccine comes at a crucial time in the fight against the disease. Officials issue urgent warning as deadly disease prompts historic vaccine rollout: 'We must work together' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Kevin Kelly points a new way forward into the Age of AI

One of the most original and optimistic thinkers in America helps build out some big through lines on what's possible with AI in the next 25 years. | Continue reading


@freethink.com | 1 hour ago

The Frozen “Cloud” Croissants I Serve Every Easter

Watch “guests’ eyes widen in excitement.” READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Apple’s China Problem, Apple in the Short Term, Tech’s Complement Risk

A focus on the tariff's impact on Apple specifically, and how Apple itself contributed to China's technological development. | Continue reading


@stratechery.com | 1 hour ago

Rustikon 2025 - summary & highlights

The first edition of Rustikon is officially behind us! It burst onto the tech scene as Poland's first-ever Rust conference, with its great vibes, experts and a thriving community, all gathered in one place in the heart of Warsaw. Co-located and inspired by the Scalar Conference w … | Continue reading


@softwaremill.com | 1 hour ago

It’s Not Black Friday, but This Jackery Power Station With Solar Panel Is Still $600 Off

Save 46% on the Jackery solar generator 1000 v2 bundled with a 200W solar panel for a limited time. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Wahoo Bolt 3 and Wahoo Roam 3

if switching to Wahoo, get one of these new Gen ELEMNT bike computers rather than the older ones The post Wahoo Bolt 3 and Wahoo Roam 3 appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading


@the5krunner.com | 1 hour ago

The Return of the Dire Wolf (or not)

Colossal Biosciences has done the unthinkable: birthing extinct dire wolves through 20 precision genetic edits. It is not just sci-fi anymore – they’ve turned ancient DNA into living, breathing reality. The dire wolf, largely assumed to be a legendary creature made famous from th … | Continue reading


@blog.om.co | 1 hour ago

Elon again upset after gamers mock his lack of skill

Billionaire Trump aide Elon Musk "ragequit" an online game after repeatedly dying and enduring the mockery of those gamers paying attention. He called them "retards" and logged off Path of Exile 2. Musk went live on X on Saturday, showing himself playing Path of Exile 2 aboard hi … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

The Telling

Sutty, an observer from Terra, arrives on the planet Aka to find a singular, oppressive capitalist state has taken over the entire population in the years she spent traversing the stars to get there. | Continue reading


@aworkinglibrary.com | 1 hour ago

Simon Pegg Still Has Hope For Star Trek 4

Plus, A24's Death Stranding movie finds an intriguing director. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Starving cannibalistic spiders won't hunt their siblings, but they'll quickly dine on their corpses

Social signals stop young labyrinth spiders from hunting their siblings even when they are starving. However, the cannibalistic spiderlings quickly feed on the corpses of their brothers and sisters. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

It’s a Baseball! It’s a Pearl! It’s…

[Always Be Checking-if-your-design-is-vulvular] One of my favorite things about minor league baseball is how teams simply do not care about their identities. They’ll start with the most ridiculous name, and then change it to something else preposterous for a single night. In a ri … | Continue reading


@onefoottsunami.com | 1 hour ago

Pro-Trump Billionaires Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes

The billionaire class stands to lose more than the average American from Trump's dumb trade war. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Geely Group Has Launched 48 New Models Since Tesla Revealed the Cybertruck

One of the things people have been warning about for years, long before Elon Musk brought a blowtorch to the Tesla brand, is the fact that Tesla has quite a limited, simple product line. Whereas Chinese EV producers are rolling out new models approximately twice a day (or, well, … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago