Available in a variety of finishes to suit any home bar decor. | Continue reading
All the roads were closed and state police barricaded entry points to keep people out of the dangerous area, which was already hazy with smoke. State officials issue evacuation order as wildfire threatens town: 'Do not try to gather belongings or protect your home — go now' first … | Continue reading
Researchers have developed QDyeFinder, an AI pipeline that can untangle and reconstruct the dense neuronal networks of the brain. The brain is the most complex... | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: This is why artists and mathematicians were ahead of the curve on madness. You are all us now. Today's News: | Continue reading
NASA's GOLD mission found unexpected X- and C-shaped structures in the plasma of Earth's ionosphere. Researchers have likened our upper atmosphere to "alphabet soup." | Continue reading
Is now the right time to say “ka-chow,” or should I wait? | Image: NASCAR NASCAR showed off a new EV prototype stock car at the Chicago Street Race today as part of a presentation on its sustainability initiatives, which it has a new partner for in Swedish electrification firm AB … | Continue reading
A new study found that individuals over 50 with newly developed anxiety have a doubled risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, highlighting the importance of early... | Continue reading
Malcolm Owen, AppleInsider: In earlier reports, it was confirmed by Apple that Epic was mostly in compliance with EU-specific app review guidelines. The objectionable parts were a download button and related copy, which went against rules that forbid developers from making apps t … | Continue reading
On a visit to the British Museum last week, Zihan Guo spotted this captivating relief in the Assyrian collection. You may not be able to see it upon first glance, but she was especially transfixed by the inscription running midriff on the eagle-head figure: The inscription is eas … | Continue reading
Wildlife-human interactions are inevitable, but it's up to us to be considerate of their native habitat. Footage shows tourists receive immediate consequences after driving dangerously close to elk: 'Wildlife doesn't care' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"Five common English words we don’t know the origins of – including ‘boy’ and ‘dog’", Francesco Perono Cacciafoco*, The Conversation (7/4/24) [*See the author's extraordinary academic profile here.] The author begins by describing the act of naming items in the world, the etymolo … | Continue reading
In the world of Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD), I hear two main views. The Tesla bulls (of which I am a member) seem to pretend that it is a foregone conclusion that Tesla will solve FSD soon and the only thing left is details like the app to call ... [continued] The post What If … | Continue reading
Crater 2, a large, dim satellite galaxy, exhibits properties that challenge traditional cold dark matter theories. The SIDM theory provides a better explanation, suggesting dark... | Continue reading
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, known for its uplifting books and diverse media ventures, including Redbox, has been dealing with significant financial challenges. Despite its optimistic ethos, positive thinking wasn’t enough to keep the company from filing for Chapter 1 … | Continue reading
One of the many false claims EV critics, trolls, and FUD-whackers make is that somehow EV batteries just magically and suddenly stop working after a while. Their falsely claimed “die-off distance” might be when the EV has about 50,000 or 70,000 miles. A second part to their false … | Continue reading
Across his 37-year career, Landau worked with James Cameron on some of the biggest films of all time like the Avatar movies and Titanic, and smaller flicks like Alita Battle Angel and Dick Tracy. | Continue reading
Above I've got a bit of a round-up video of sorts diving into a few different things I found floating around the Eurobike show floor. Some of it's cool, some of it's quirky, and some of it might well … Read More Here → | Continue reading
An exploration spaceship returns from a distant star with a 200-year delay. They find the Earth and the Moon in shambles. Earth is inhabited by stupid people, and the Moon has a smart but unsustainable population, suffering from radiation, depression, and a shortage of oxygen. Za … | Continue reading
A new study reveals that GLP-1 receptor agonists enhance the feeling of fullness before eating by affecting neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus, offering insights into... | Continue reading
Bayer is facing about 170,000 claims alleging that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, can cause cancer in people frequently exposed to it. Bayer aims to change law that could impact its top-selling product: 'They've been losing' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Rooster Teeth may be gone, but its action-fantasy anime gets another shot at life from the biggest manga publisher and anime company around. | Continue reading
The feature may have developed as rising magma stretched and cracked the planet's crust, the European Space Agency said | Continue reading
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge The Epic Games Store app for EU iPhones has passed Apple’s notarization process, putting the alternative app store a step closer to selling apps directly to iOS users outside of the App Store. AppleInsider reports that while Apple confirmed t … | Continue reading
Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers I really enjoyed this talk by Maggie Appleton from this year's Local-first Conference in Berlin. For the last ~year I've been keeping a close eye on how language models capabilities meaningfully change the speed, ease, and accessibilit … | Continue reading
As prep for my next post, let me fill you in on some history. First, the Wikipedia entry on “Social Darwinism”: Social Darwinism is … various pseudoscientific theories and societal practices that purport to apply biological concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittes … | Continue reading
The findings emphasize the urgent need for physicians to ask about aspirin use. Despite guidelines advising against it, many older adults continue to use aspirin... | Continue reading
I'm supposed to be on vacation but writing about Eleventy two days ago has got it fresh on my mind, also, I can't pass up an opportunity to use "squirrelly" in a blog title. I subscribe to three or four different email newsletters related to web development. It's fairly normal to … | Continue reading
The Reef Cube initiative creates desired outcomes without using problematic and polluting products like plastic that can contaminate our drinking water, hurt marine life, and harm our health. Pioneering new project creates buzz with ambitious plan to enhance local harbor: 'We are … | Continue reading
While working on another project, I came across this video of Steve Jobs speaking at Macworld Expo in the fall of 1997. It’s a stunning video for a few reasons. In it, he announces no products. Instead, he shared some thoughts on how he viewed the mess that Apple had found itself … | Continue reading
Updated my /subscriptions page with a couple of new entries - Paramount+ so I can watch Mayor of Kingstown ($60 for a year) and BearBlog ($5 a month) so I can be on every blogging platform I hear about. | Continue reading
Nutrition influencers claim we should eat meat-heavy diets like our ancestors did. But our ancestors didn't actually eat that way | Continue reading
Researchers have found that animals often employ “good enough” strategies for tasks like foraging, which are less optimal but still effective, challenging traditional views of... | Continue reading
We have a cute jerboa coloring page! Kids of all ages will love this simple, but adorable looking jerboa coloring… The post Free Printable Jerboa Coloring Page appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Today it has been one year since we lost Alex Here are the memorial tiles that a few of us got together on, installed at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky: He loved engineering and cars, so it seemed fitting that he be remembered at this temple of American e … | Continue reading
If you have used Homebrew to try and install a particular package onto an Apple Silicon Mac and you see an error message stating “The arm64 architecture is required for this software” that prevents the installation of the package, you might be surprised by this error message give … | Continue reading
Guerrilla Games' sci-fi series was tapped for TV two years ago, but recent allegations against co-showrunner Steve Blackman may have killed the series where it stood. | Continue reading
The pace of the US offshore wind industry is picking up, despite years of opposition fueled by fossil energy interests. The post US Gets More Offshore Wind Farms And A New WIV, To Boot appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
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Philip Castle, "Quelles sont les expressions les plus utilisées dans la langue française courante?", Quora 6/20/2024: On va commencer par voilà. O-bli-ga-toi-re ! Il faut parsemer votre discours de "voilà", sans trop vous préoccuper de leur place ni de leur utilité dans la phrase … | Continue reading
Apple is expecting big iPhone 16 sales, at least based on the number of chips its ordering for the upcoming device. Dave has some questions about the new iPhone that will determine which one he buys. Apple is getting an OpenAI Board Observer Role as part of its deal with OpenAI a … | Continue reading
Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor in Boston Review: On a summer afternoon in 1966, an estimated six thousand welfare recipients rallied around the United States in twenty-five cities. Children in tow, the women held forth in public squares, marched on state capitols, and occupie … | Continue reading
Video calling services like Zoom and FaceTime have created a brand-new set of experiences, from virtual visits with grandkids to getting caught half-dressed on a roommate’s work call. As communications scholar Hannah Spaulding writes, all this was foretold back in the 1960s, when … | Continue reading
"We're laying the groundwork to be more responsible and sustainable." Iconic tire company unveils surprising new material in Indy 500 race tires — here's what it is first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Have you talked with someone at a family gathering or social function who simply doesn’t understand the climate crisis the way you do? Sometimes climate conversations seem like speaking another language, one in which both of you hold staunch positions that are untenable to the ot … | Continue reading
A podcast series by Evgeny Morozov with original music by Brian Eno. Forget the military or Silicon Valley: we owe our smart technologies – from toothbrushes to beds – to a band of eccentric 1960s hippies. Hidden away in a secretive, privately funded lab on Boston’s waterfront, t … | Continue reading
Photo: Andrej Sokolow / Picture Alliance via Getty Images On June 19th, a Phoenix police officer pulled over a Waymo vehicle that had been driving in an oncoming traffic lane. The car was apparently confused by some construction signs, and reportedly ran a red light before pullin … | Continue reading
Richard Seymour in Sidecar: Was ever a country, in this humour, won? A majority without a mandate, and a landslide that isn’t a landslide. Labour won 64% of the seats with 34% of the vote, the smallest ever vote share for a party taking office. Turnout, estimated at 59%, was at i … | Continue reading