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Groundbreaking Technology Uses Acoustic Waves to Move Living Cells Without Contact This innovation could replace bulky lab equipment, revolutionizing drug discovery and enabling rapid, personalized treatment testing. Born from a student project levitating diamonds, the tech has e … | Continue reading
Scientists assumed most forms of life before the Great Oxidation Event didn't metabolize oxygen—but recent research suggests otherwise. | Continue reading
The Trump ally says he wants to "ensure Congress has a voice in trade policy." | Continue reading
On the red carpet, as in his profession, this man COMMITS. The post 2025 Awards Season Retrospective: Jeremy Strong first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
As technology evolves, staying current with the latest advancements and skills remains crucial. Continuous learning is essential for maintaining a competitive edge in the tech industry. IEEE Education Week, taking place from 6 to 12 April, emphasizes the importance of lifelong le … | Continue reading
A disturbing examination of toxic masculinity and the darkest pits of the Internet, about a young man’s algorithmic descent into depravity. The post rekt by Alex Gonzalez: Who Needs Cosmic Horror When the Internet Is Right Here? appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
"Everybody's first impression is that the rats are our enemies." Giant rat celebrated for detecting one of the world's deadliest illnesses: 'We really do see them as heroes' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Just about everything with the Nintendo Switch 2 is more expensive than the original Switch. It’s perhaps not unexpected that the console itself costs more money than the first Switch. That device launched more than eight years ago, after all. But following yesterday’s big Sw … | Continue reading
We find out whether the Dark Skys DS-FX competes with the best star projectors on the market. | Continue reading
You can’t miss The Tomato Place. It sits proud and chaotic, a collection of ideas and impulses, just south of Vicksburg on Highway 61. Its namesake banner hangs out front, along with signs for boiled peanuts, shelled pecans, fried green tomatoes, turkey legs, and more. Old iron t … | Continue reading
These crunchy, little sauerkraut balls are a beloved appetizer in Akron, Ohio. Savory pork loin, salty ham, and zingy sauerkraut are blended together, shaped into spheres and deep fried until creamy inside and crunchy outside. | Continue reading
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Jaime Herndon at Undark: It’s an iconic image: A polar bear perched on a lone ice cap, drifting at sea. Is that the fate climate change has in store for this powerful Arctic inhabitant? In 2004, the discovery of a fossil polar bear jaw on Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, sugges … | Continue reading
Ivanti has released security updates to patch a critical Connect Secure remote code execution vulnerability exploited by a China-linked espionage actor to deploy malware since at least mid-March 2025. [...] | Continue reading
Researchers exposed two lichen species to Mars-like atmospheric conditions for five hours—and one performed impressively. | Continue reading
A group of nonprofits challenging the layoffs of thousands of probationary employees urged the Supreme Court to leave in place an order by a federal judge in San Francisco that would require the federal government to reinstate more than 16,000 employees who were fired by six agen … | Continue reading
Has the sun already reached solar maximum? New data suggests Solar Cycle 25 may have peaked earlier than expected. Find out what this means. | Continue reading
Studio Hock recreated the iconic scene from "King Kong" where the giant ape climbed the Empire State Building with lightweight drones. | Continue reading
Netflix's anime adaptation of Capcom's hack-and-slash series hits the jackpot. | Continue reading
"During one of the most devastating storms to impact our region, this home provided a safe haven." High-tech home stands strong as neighborhood suffers storm damage: 'Resilient and future-ready' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Today’s update to the Mac app addresses a few things related to managing uploads. It’s now easier to upload a new photo, or start a new post from an already-uploaded photo. These screenshots highlight a couple of the new items: There are also some bug fixes and little improvement … | Continue reading
Fragile Creatures delivered a remarkable album filled with so many highlights that it feels like a Greatest Hits compilation. | Continue reading
Video Processor. I’ve been experimenting with different automations and command line utilities to handle audio and video transcripts lately. In particular, I’ve been working with Simon Willison’s LLM command line utility as a way to interact with cloud-based large language models … | Continue reading
I’ve been looking at Scribbles today and I have to say I’m impressed so far. I registered so I could see the admin panel and the posting interface. The Posting interface is very nice. Anyone coming over from Blogger or WordPress will find it a breeze to use. As far as setting … | Continue reading
Chickens treated to inhibit the sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway during development grow feathers that resemble ancient protofeathers—unbranched and underdeveloped. While some recovery occurs after hatching, these findings reveal how critical Shh signaling is to feather patterning an … | Continue reading
The Wall Street Journal has a handful of charts that briefly explain trade… Tags: deficit, tariff, trade, Wall Street Journal | Continue reading
The black and slightly orange Bigg’s killer whale was spotted swimming with its mother, Sedna, in the Salish Sea | Continue reading
Yesterday, the reactive two-year-old masquerading as the president of the United States announced a breathtaking array of new tariffs designed to punish America’s friends and reward its enemies. Economists are tying themselves in knots trying to explain how these tariffs work, bu … | Continue reading
Folks, I can’t even today. I gotta tap out. I hope to be back with you tomorrow. Tags: kottke.org · video | Continue reading
Court Confirms That, If Proven, DOGE’s Ongoing Access to Personnel Records Is Illegal NEW YORK—A lawsuit seeking to stop the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) from disclosing tens of millions of Americans’ private, sensitive information to Elon Musk’s “Department of Gover … | Continue reading
Using a mathematical model, scientists explored how the human brain might represent information about physical spaces and about people, places and things. Turns out, it may process both in a similar way. | Continue reading
Researchers have used a mind-reading brain implant to continuously play a paralyzed person's thoughts through a speaker, allowing them to talk again. | Continue reading
What if a notebook doesn’t keep up with your thoughts? Wait, what if you’re thinking about it all wrong and you’re attempting to move far faster than you can realistically while giving your tasks and ideas the thought they require? I still sit with a notebook in front of me daily … | Continue reading
A survey of workers who use AI has revealed the tools could be slowly impairing our critical thinking skills. | Continue reading
In Brazil buying a pair of children's sunglasses requires an elaborate bargaining ritual complete with coffee service and multiple sales staff, as London School of Economics professor Christopher Sandmann discovered during a family vacation. Writing on The Holdup Problem, Sandman … | Continue reading
The father of a boy smeared as a racist in 2022 talks to our reporter who broke the story—and tells why he finally spoke out. | Continue reading
Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 electric sedan already had a polarizing “streamliner” design that only owners seem to love. Now the automaker has massaged the front a bit more for a new look for 2026. The latest Ioniq 6 has squintier daytime running lights and headlights that are lower down in … | Continue reading
The new Bigme Hibreak Pro Smartphone has received a massive software update. Full of fixes and new features. The post Bigme Hibreak Pro Has Received A Huge Software Update first appeared on Good e-Reader. | Continue reading
In Northern Michigan, an historic ice storm closed the Mackinac Bridge, as massive ice build up fell from towers, above, and exploded like bombs on the roadway below. I’ve seen a lot of ice storms but nothing ever like this. Michigan has mostly escaped the worst of the worst impa … | Continue reading
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Thoughts? The post Sony’s Beatles Biopic Revealed Its Fab Four first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
Japan is known for its culture surrounding rice, a significant source of nutrition and symbol of life. Naturally enough, Japanese mythology features a number of episodes involving it, and some of such sites remain known to this day. According to the myths, major deity Ninigi brou … | Continue reading
Featuring what every teen girl wants: a live-in butler. The post Hijinks and Homicide: Richie Tankersley Cusick’s April Fools appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
"They didn’t have to make it like that, but they did so that you would keep buying it." Man shares easy electric toothbrush fix to avoid costly replacement: 'They make them so they could break' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Hey, Ivan here ! I work on developing visualizations at Datawrapper. A few days … | Continue reading
I’ve be chatting live with musician Walter Martin on Monday, April 7th at 12pm central as part of “The Substack Sessions.” (As a failed musician, I never expected to be on a list with some of these names, but there I am…) | Continue reading