Few drugs have achieved the stardom that semaglutide, marketed in the United States as Ozempic or Wegovy, has today. A synthetic, injectable version of an intestinal hormone, it is the flagship of a new category of drugs initially developed for diabetes that rose to fame in the m … | Continue reading

"We are not making a lot of compromises to live like this." Unsuspecting suburban home has LEED Platinum certification for its remarkable passive living features: 'The model for how we need to live, now and in the future' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading

New seasons of Doctor Who have always been a big deal, but this one has had even more anticipation behind it. Between Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor and the return of Russell T. Davies, there’s been the promise of a bold, new era for the sci-fi series, which started on Friday wit … | Continue reading

Soft and blurry and maybe otherworldly... | Continue reading

Haven’t been, and I think of any excuse I can. Get up before the day lifts off, before […] | Continue reading

Greek philosopher Plato played a huge role in shaping Western thought, particularly around politics, and even though he died more than 2,300 years ago, his “Republic” is still one of the most studied books at top US colleges. Despite Plato’s wide and lasting influence, though, th … | Continue reading

"DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?" by Love Ghost is punch to the gut for the haters who want to "destroy them". An aggressive and powerful track produced by none other than MIKE SUMMERS (Tech N9ne, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne). | Continue reading

Pisces Pie is truly a remarkable piece of work, and proves Odelet once and for all as an artist with a unique vision and approach to songwriting. | Continue reading

With the new roadmap for the grid, we could see growth in affordable energy and less reliance on dirty energy. DOE issues first-ever roadmap to address backlog of clean energy projects waiting to be built: 'Essential to deploying clean electricity to more Americans' first appeare … | Continue reading

It's about time for the spring update of goings on in Maps! There's been some changes going on since the release of 46. Vector Map by Default The vector map is now being used by default, and with it Maps supports dark mode (also the old raster tiles has been retired, though there … | Continue reading

Welcome back to another week that was—from jumping in hot with Battlestar Galactica’s return to streaming, to our first look at our brand new Superman, and celebrating 25 years of Lego Star Wars, a lot’s been going on. And that’s before you get to the impending arrival of Furiosa … | Continue reading

Luckily, you can find numerous name-brand luxury items like these at secondhand shops for shockingly low prices. Shopper impressed after buying iconic kitchen appliance at major markdown from local thrift store: 'That's a steal!' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading

At least seven coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the sun have been observed. Its impact arrived on Earth on 10 May 2024 and will continue through 12 May 2024. The activity at sunspot AR3664 was captured by the GOES-16 satellite operated by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini … | Continue reading

This curiously named sea-dweller lives along the Pacific coast, eats squid eggs and fights by opening its mouth wide. | Continue reading

The Cybertruck continues to make us laugh with how bad it is, and now it’s literally breaking people’s fingers and slicing their legs. The strange, secretive AI model referred to as “gpt2-chatbot” has resurfaced. Check out the rest of the big tech news for the week. Read more... | Continue reading

I wrote my first public blog post on 2004-05-111. I immediately followed it up with a brief review of my BlackBerry2. I kept up the blogging for a few months, then it trickled off. I preferred posting on Usenet and other primitive forms of social media. But, by 2007, I was back t … | Continue reading

The long-running thread in many of his paintings, his quest for visual truth, seen in the blind Michelangelo, the arena, a courtesan on trial, and Truth coming out of her well. | Continue reading

I have seen the sun come through the cloudswhen the sky is otherwise rainyand yes, I have seen light shine where otherwise there would be no other way to see light or to witness the shine. And yes, I have been to bad places or seen darker times and even still, somehow, I have fou … | Continue reading

In this excerpt from his new book "What if Fungi Win?" microbiologist and immunologist Arturo Casadevall examines the rise of the deadly yeast Candida auris. | Continue reading