Scientists reveal new battery breakthrough that could change how we store power: 'This report is the first step'

"Our ultimate goal is to bring the power of AI and robotics into this process." Scientists reveal new battery breakthrough that could change how we store power: 'This report is the first step' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 51 minutes ago

Napoleons of paintings: 1 Victories

Emperor Napoleon I, a Corsican of Italian origin who died on a remote British island in the South Atlantic. Paintings of his early military successes, and the Empress Joséphine before their divorce. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 51 minutes ago

Back To Where The Bullets Hit The sky

188) And so,I, being of sound mind and memory,do hereby make,publish and declare thisto be my will and going further,I also make, publishand declare thisto act as a testimonyof my life, my past,my mistakesand without regardfor the uncertaintyof my future and going forward, I do h … | Continue reading


@thewrittenaddiction.com | 52 minutes ago

March 15, 2025

Overcast and quiet. The gray hulk of a dead red maple by the road has dropped another small limb—former rung on my favorite ladder into the sky when I was […] | Continue reading


@morningporch.com | 55 minutes ago

Liftoff! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Blasts Off From Kennedy Space Center [Video]

The Crew-10 mission is soaring toward the ISS, with a team of astronauts from NASA, JAXA, and Roscosmos. Their spacecraft will dock after a 28.5-hour journey, propelled by the Falcon 9 rocket’s immense power. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission launched at 7:03 p.m. EDT on March 14 fro … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

NYC’s Best Breakfast Burrito Is Served in a Quaint Brooklyn Bakery

As a part of Snack Shop series, Annie Arriaga investigates the latest and greatest viral snack shops in New York City to see if the hype is real, if the snacks are yummy, and if the spot is underrated, overrated, or perfectly rated. A good breakfast burrito is hard to come by—eve … | Continue reading


@food52.com | 1 hour ago

Experts sound alarm after routine roadwork sparks serious concerns: 'This is still very bad'

"They should definitely take more care." Experts sound alarm after routine roadwork sparks serious concerns: 'This is still very bad' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Honda is finally bringing its premium sport-tourer to America

The Honda NT1100 has been a roaring success since its debut in 2023. Markets like Europe and Asia’s in particular have really appreciated the sports tourer. American riders have so far been feeling a little left out, but now all of that's in the past as Honda’s 2025 portfolio for … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

Data Broker Brags About Having Highly Detailed Personal Information on Nearly All Internet Users

The advertising industry is immensely powerful, and disturbingly opaque. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

When It Comes to Unwanted Weight Gain, Humans and Labradors Have This in Common

New research suggests humans and labradors might be predisposed to gaining weight for similar reasons. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

James Webb telescope spots 'rogue' planet with a cake-like atmosphere barrelling through space without a star

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a 'rogue' cosmic object barrelling through our galaxy without a star, and covered in clouds of iron and magnesium minerals. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Gardener shares 'impressive' side effect of fast-growing plant: 'A beautiful beast'

"I needed a smile." Gardener shares 'impressive' side effect of fast-growing plant: 'A beautiful beast' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Carmichael: In the battle of Carney and Poilievre, there’s more at stake than who wins

The post Carmichael: In the battle of Carney and Poilievre, there’s more at stake than who wins appeared first on The Logic. | Continue reading


@thelogic.co | 1 hour ago

The Wheel of Time is back for season three, and so are our weekly recaps

Two WoT book readers dive back into Amazon's increasingly divergent adaptation. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Hero earns documentary feature after years of unsanctioned rescue work: 'We need it'

"I’ve never been able to turn down anything that’s little and wants to live." Hero earns documentary feature after years of unsanctioned rescue work: 'We need it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

How to Watch Italy vs Ireland Live Abroad – Six Nations

No matter where you are right now, don't miss the Irish team's final match in the Six Nations tournament against Italy. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

Astronomers Found a Dead Star Sending Out Mysterious Signals Like a Cosmic Beacon

A decade-long radio mystery has finally been solved: astronomers have linked repeating pulses to a white dwarf and red dwarf in a tight orbit. Every two hours, their magnetic interactions generate radio bursts, a phenomenon previously only tied to neutron stars. This discovery re … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 2 hours ago

For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids

Nigeria is pioneering the development of small, off-grid solar panel installations. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 hours ago

What to Expect at Nvidia GTC 2025

Robots, quantum computing, and AI—so much AI. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

Cranky on the Web: So Much Southwest + Demand is Dropping + CNA Wrap Video

What Happened to Southwest Airlines? A Deep Dive Into Its Decline – Fodor’s TravelFormer Southwest […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 2 hours ago

This Week's Bookmarks - Taxi Reunion, Gen Z and Phone Calls, Sports Analytics, Best Books, The Pandemic, Best Sports Moments, Facebook Exposed

“Taxi ”stars reunite to pay tribute to castmate Danny DeVito more than 40 years after show's end - Tony Danza, Marilu Henner, Judd Hirsch, Carol Kane, and Christopher Lloyd met up to watch their former costar Danny DeVito accept the Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theater a … | Continue reading


@louplummer.lol | 3 hours ago

This Week's Bookmarks - Taxi Reunion, Gen Z and Phone Calls, Sports Analytics, Best Books, The Pandemic, Best Sports Moments, Facebook Exposed

“Taxi ”stars reunite to pay tribute to castmate Danny DeVito more than 40 years after show's end - Tony Danza, Marilu Henner, Judd Hirsch, Carol Kane, and Christopher Lloyd met up to watch their former costar Danny DeVito accept the Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theater a … | Continue reading


@amerpie.lol | 3 hours ago

Planetary Boundaries in Peril: The Hidden Cost of Critical Metals

The study indicates that regional water availability limits both the current and future production of 32 geological resources. Geological resources, including critical metals and minerals, are essential for advancing technologies like renewable energy and energy storage, which ar … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Why SNES hardware is running faster than expected—and why it’s a problem

Cheap, unreliable ceramic APU resonators lead to "constant, pervasive, unavoidable" issues. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 hours ago

Patient With Artificial Heart Smashes Survival Record

The patient, an Australian man in his 40s, lived with his fully functional heart implant long enough to be discharged from the hospital. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 hours ago

How to Keep Chickens in the City

As egg prices rise, the agricultural secretary told Americans: Get some hens! It’s not a bad idea. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 hours ago

Humanoid helpers are now entering our homes

Robotics startup 1X Technologies is now sending its humanoid robots into homes to help people with chores and provide companionship. | Continue reading


@freethink.com | 3 hours ago

5 Years Ago, Alex Garland Made An Ambitious Sci-Fi Mystery That Was Ahead Of Its Time

In 2020, as the world changed, a pitch-perfect sci-fi show came before its time. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 3 hours ago

Bad design might simply be obsolete design

Perhaps you’ve encountered a sink with two taps, not one. One for hot, one for cold, without a chance to mix them before you scald or chill yourself. It seems absurd that the folks who figured out the technology to build sinks with running water couldn’t be bothered with the last … | Continue reading


@seths.blog | 4 hours ago

Dual-wheel balance bot flaunts supreme agility, easily clears hurdles

China's LimX Dynamics launched a versatile bipedal robot last year with modular foot ends to walk or roll around as needed. Now the company has demonstrated its agility chops by having the squat bot hop over low fencing, climb stairs and clear obstacles with aplomb. Continue Read … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 4 hours ago

good enough isn't good enough

Norman Foster is an architect. As I writer, I see architects as our closest creative kindred spirits (it's no accident I named my company Bookitect). Authors, like architects, have to design something much too big, complicated, and interconnected to completely envision before put … | Continue reading


@mavengame.com | 4 hours ago

28 Years Later, A Provocative Sci-Fi Reboot Just Got The Perfect Director

Can a remake of 'Starship Troopers' top the original? With Neill Blomkamp at the wheel, maybe. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 4 hours ago

🔗 Hash Functions Deep Dive

About programming, AI and devops | Continue reading


@yellowduck.be | 4 hours ago

Why is it still so hard to make nuclear weapons?

Scientists have been building nuclear weapons for more than 80 years, but crafting this technology remains a challenge. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 4 hours ago

Journalism, Fractures, and Trash

Save the date for our fall FPR conference at Baylor! “The Tacit Dimension of Shop Class.” Mars Hill Audio is publishing an audio version of this classic Mark Mitchell essay. As a reminder, FPR readers can sign up for a free FPR affiliate membership at Mars Hill Audio. “An Obit fo … | Continue reading


@frontporchrepublic.com | 4 hours ago

Places That Remember Themselves: The Erosion of Memory in an Unmoored World

There are still places that remember themselves. Whose inhabitants know them intimately and love them deeply. | Continue reading


@frontporchrepublic.com | 4 hours ago

Saturday Mac riddles 299

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Lucida or […] | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 4 hours ago

Review of the Ledger Stax – Curved E INK Crypto Wallet

Ledger Stax is a small device roughly the size of a credit… The post Review of the Ledger Stax – Curved E INK Crypto Wallet first appeared on Good e-Reader. | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 4 hours ago

New Fossil Evidence Challenges Long-Held Beliefs About Neanderthal Origins

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of their genetic diversity. Neanderthals first appeared around 250,000 years ago, evolving from earlier European populations known as “pre-Neanderthals,” which l … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 4 hours ago

The Pier at Avon on NC's Outer Banks

My daughter got married about 100 yards down the beach from this pier on the weekend before Memorial Day in 2006.. | Continue reading


@amerpie.lol | 4 hours ago

Webmentions

I came across a blog post by Tom where he discusses his simple webmention implementation in Eleventy. I decided to do something similar for this site, so now each post includes webmention statistics instead of the already existing stats from the Fediverse. I made one small change … | Continue reading


@jonas.brusman.se | 4 hours ago

A brief history of installing Mac OS: Mac OS 9.1

Installing and maintaining Mac OS 9.1 was a complex process that could easily occupy you for several hours getting all its components right. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 5 hours ago

Easter Vac

I mean, it should be ‘Lent Vac’, shouldn’t it, since most of the vac comprises the last five weeks of Lent, and Trinity Term follows hard on Easter Day? But call it what you will, it begins today and to celebrate it we will welcome Shannon, Laura, and Ayres for a week’s visit. Tw … | Continue reading


@akma.disseminary.org | 6 hours ago

New Study Links Aspirin to Increased Chest Muscle Loss

A new study suggests that statins help protect chest muscles, whereas aspirin contributes to chest muscle loss. A new study suggests that statins may help reduce chest muscle loss in current and former smokers, while aspirin may be associated with increased chest muscle loss. The … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 6 hours ago

Moons Under Water: The Iconography of the Pub Sign

In an exclusive extract from his new book for Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series, Cambridge Historical Geography professor Philip Howell explores the lore and language of alehouse signage You know where you are with the pub sign, and no pub tourist should pass by without tipping … | Continue reading


@thequietus.com | 7 hours ago

Dolphins: Facts about the intelligent marine mammals that use tools to hunt

Discover interesting facts about how dolphins sleep, if they're dangerous, and what they eat. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 7 hours ago

Whales: Facts about the largest animals on Earth

Discover interesting facts about whales, how big they can get, and how they track down their prey. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 7 hours ago

Almond Cookies

I usually like to bake myself a little treat to enjoy at the weekend. Sometimes it will be a cake and at other times it will be cookies, or even muffins. I had spied this almond cookie recipe on a blog called In Bloom Bakery earlier this week and was really keen to bake them for … | Continue reading


@theenglishkitchen.co | 7 hours ago