New Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble Trailer Showcases Multiplayer Features

A new trailer for Sega’s upcoming Nintendo Switch exclusive Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble has dropped, showcasing its multiplayer feautres. The game about rolling balls where a monkey is inside will support 4-player local multiplayer and 16-player online multiplayer. Battle Mod … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 13 minutes ago

NREL Researchers Outline Path Forward for Tandem Solar Cells

As the old saying goes, two heads are better than one. The same is true when it comes to solar cells working in tandem. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have prepared a roadmap on how to move tandem solar cells—particularl … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 23 minutes ago

SwiftUI on macOS: Settings, defaults and About

How to add a tabbed Settings window with different controls, for settings saved by UserDefaults, and extend the app's About window. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 36 minutes ago

SwiftUI on macOS: Settings, defaults and About source code

Swift source code to accompany the matching article on SwiftUI on macOS: Settings, defaults and About. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 36 minutes ago

Boeing's crewed Starliner launches Monday. Here's why it's a big deal

After more than a decade of delays and development, Boeing's Starliner crewed spacecraft is scheduled to launch. Given the history of the craft and the company's recent scandals, it's a nail-biter – so let's recap CST-100 Starliner. Continue Reading Category: Space, Science Tags: … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 46 minutes ago

Twosday

Two lugubrious miles 9my legs did not want to stretch and extend), fruit breakfast, clean up, Morning Prayer, appointment with a churchwarden, lunch consultation with other NT teaching staff, phone appointment, and by mid-late afternoon I’ll be done. | Continue reading


@akma.disseminary.org | 46 minutes ago

Strength in the Union

To mark the 20th anniversary of eight CEE countries joining the EU, Emerging Europe speaks with PwC’s Agnieszka Gajewska, uniquely placed to offer insight on what has been a huge success—for all concerned. PwC’s Global Government and Public Services Leader and CEE Clients and Mar … | Continue reading


@emerging-europe.com | 48 minutes ago

Twelve Days in the Year: 27th April 2024

Woke around half six; a reasonably good night with only mildly peculiar dreams, but as we’d been up past eleven the previous evening experiencing a Plovdiv jazz club and then walking back over the river to the flat we’re renting, still feeling rather tired. A. hasn’t slept at all … | Continue reading


@thesphinxblog.com | 57 minutes ago

New project to replace the European City of Science

Berlaymont Building of the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. Photo credits: Sébastien Bertrand / Flickr The European Commission has unveiled details of a new call under Horizon Europe that effectively replaces the European City of Science and the biennial EuroScience Open F … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 1 hour ago

The Ecosystem: inside ETH Zurich’s spin-off factory

ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Photo credits: Shepard4711 / Flickr By the standards of most universities, ETH Zurich produces a lot of spin-off companies. In the past decade the total has ranged from 22 to 34 new ventures each year, with a record-breaking 43 new spin-offs created in 20 … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 1 hour ago

Funding spotlight: €213M Horizon Europe partnership call for bio-based innovation

Photo credits: dhvstockphoto / BigStock Horizon Europe’s Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) has just opened its big call for proposals for the year, with €213 million to be distributed to innovation, research and support projects across 18 topics. The calls, ope … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 1 hour ago

Horizon Europe batteries partnership sets out new vision for research funding

Northvolt's battery gigafactory in Sweden. Photo credits: Northvolt A Horizon Europe effort to boost EU battery production is rebooting itself with a new technology strategy and new funding calls in 2025. But it acknowledges the tough challenge Europe still faces from mounting ba … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 1 hour ago

Funding Radar: This week’s six most interesting calls for proposals in health

Photo credits: zverge / BigStock The EU health sector is undergoing significant change, with the European Parliament and the Council of the EU recently reaching a deal on the European Health Data Space (EHDS) and setting set the stage to take negotiations on the new pharmaceutica … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 1 hour ago

How to design inclusive research funding schemes

Bart Veys, head of policy at COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). Photo credits: COST Research isn’t always a level playing field. More men than women become researchers and they are more likely to progress to senior positions. A few top research organisations a … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 1 hour ago

Thales, Leonardo, Airbus lead rankings in European Defence Fund grants, Science|Business finds

Photo credits: European Commission / European Union A new ranking compiled by Science|Business shows three big multinationals – Thales, Leonardo and Airbus – have been winning the lion’s share of research and technology development grants from the European Defence Fund. Since 202 … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 1 hour ago

Welcome to our research funding newsletter

Florin Zubașcu, Executive Editor at Science|Business. After two decades of covering the nuts and bolts of European research and innovation policy, we are taking a step forward to launch a new service to help our audience sift through an increasingly heavy information landscape on … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 1 hour ago

Cindy's Pasta Salad (Tuna Macaroni Salad)

I had my family over for supper on Sunday and wanted to make them something I knew they would enjoy. I cooked my Mediterranean Marinated Grilled Chicken along with some scalloped potatoes. I also made deviled eggs and cooked some green beans. Then (because we all love it), I made … | Continue reading


@theenglishkitchen.co | 1 hour ago

Why your mind has a mind of its own

Are you sometimes plagued by troubling thoughts? Carolina Mueller, a registered psychologist who specialises in ACT and CBT, explains what’s going on, and why it’s totally normal... | Continue reading


@iamexpat.de | 1 hour ago

Can the known particles and interactions explain consciousness?

In theory, everything that exists in the physical Universe is dependent only on the same fundamental entities and interactions that we find by splitting matter apart down to the smallest possible scales. Living creatures can be divided into cells; cells themselves are composed of … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 1 hour ago

Homeowner shocked to find advertisement thrown onto property from local business: 'It's littering and dangerous'

"Return rock to sender." Homeowner shocked to find advertisement thrown onto property from local business: 'It's littering and dangerous' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Some Days

Sometimes, it gets really hard. It gets really hard to go to bed at night, because I never know how I’m going to feel in the morning. It gets really hard to get up for work in the morning, because I know the moment my eyes open that I’m going to be sick. It gets … Continue readin … | Continue reading


@hamneggs716.wordpress.com | 1 hour ago

Designer challenges traditional construction methods with high-performance passive home in heart of major city: 'The organic interest is growing'

"There's a blue ocean of a marketplace that is starting to ask more and more of our buildings." Designer challenges traditional construction methods with high-performance passive home in heart of major city: 'The organic interest is growing' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Why SQLite Uses Bytecode

Why SQLite Uses Bytecode Brand new SQLite architecture documentation by D. Richard Hipp explaining the trade-offs between a bytecode based query plan and a tree of objects. SQLite uses the bytecode approach, which provides an important characteristic that SQLite can very easily e … | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 1 hour ago

Scientists issue warning over concerning temperature trend devastating ocean life: 'This is happening'

"This event is likely to be the most spatially extensive global bleaching event on record." Scientists issue warning over concerning temperature trend devastating ocean life: 'This is happening' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Advocates work to safeguard critical lake for decades to come: 'Without these projects it wouldn't be the same'

The lake supports nearly 300 species of birds, mammals, and fish, as well as over a thousand types of plants. Advocates work to safeguard critical lake for decades to come: 'Without these projects it wouldn't be the same' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Bacterial enzyme strips away blood types to create universal donor blood

There’s a global shortage of blood supplies needed for life-saving transfusions due to factors that include an aging population with a higher demand for it and a lack of volunteer donors. However, even if there was an ample blood supply, it’s not as simple as just giving blood wh … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 2 hours ago

Net neutrality is in; TikTok and noncompetes are out

On this episode: The FTC bans most noncompete agreements, the implications of the TikTok “ban,” why a 2017 law is hitting startups with huge tax bills seven years later, and the return of net neutrality. Plus: the wunderkind hacker who ransomed Finland’s anxieties and secrets. | Continue reading


@stackoverflow.blog | 2 hours ago

Beachgoer spots concerning scene while walking along shoreline: 'People shouldn't leave anything'

"The beach isn't a compost bin." Beachgoer spots concerning scene while walking along shoreline: 'People shouldn't leave anything' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Taylor Deupree’s Loop of Loops

I love record albums, certainly, but in 2024, as for many years now, there’s nothing for me quite like fragments posted by musicians online as they work toward a finished work. The word “work” appears twice in that previous sentence, eventually as a synonym for a fixed document, … | Continue reading


@disquiet.com | 2 hours ago

NREL Proof of Concept Shows Path to Easier Recycling of Solar Modules

Use of Lasers To Melt Edges of Glass Together Eliminates Troublesome Polymers The use of femtosecond lasers to form glass-to-glass welds for solar modules would make the panels easier to recycle, according to a proof-of-concept study conducted by researchers at the U.S. Departmen … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 2 hours ago

#213 Airborne hugs

An airborne hug is any hug where you actually lift the other person off the ground. It’s a serious squeeze that shows the world how much you love them and offers a little back cracking at no extra charge. AWESOME! The post #213 Airborne hugs appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things. | Continue reading


@1000awesomethings.com | 3 hours ago

Offering clean energy around the clock

MIT spinout 247Solar is building high-temperature concentrated solar power systems that use overnight thermal energy storage to provide power and heat. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 3 hours ago

May 2024: 9 changes affecting expats in Germany

In the glorious month when Feiertage are aplenty and spring really starts kicking, there are taxation, public transport and work-related changes coming to Germany. Here’s what you... | Continue reading


@iamexpat.de | 3 hours ago

Scientists make breakthrough while investigating potential of solar panels: 'We figured some other ways to capture more solar energy'

Making solar panels that are less burdensome to install could increase their adoption worldwide. Scientists make breakthrough while investigating potential of solar panels: 'We figured some other ways to capture more solar energy' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

NHTSA Finalizes Key Safety Rule To Reduce Crashes & Save Lives

Starting in 2029, vehicle manufacturers must make automatic emergency braking, which reduces vehicle and pedestrian crashes, standard in cars and light trucks Making this safety feature standard, rather than a luxury, is part of the Department’s National Roadway Safety Strategy t … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 3 hours ago

Street Fighter 6 DLC Character Akuma Releases This May

At EVO Japan 2024, Capcom finally revealed gameplay for Street Fighter 6’s upcoming DLC character Akuma. A fan-favourite, and the fourth and final DLC character for Year 1 of Street Fighter 6, the master of Satsui No Hado is has now aged into looking even more menacing than befor … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 3 hours ago

Scientists raise alarm over common yet 'deeply concerning' veterinary advice for pet owners: 'Vets should stop'

"If it's on our hands, then these neurotoxins will be all over our homes." Scientists raise alarm over common yet 'deeply concerning' veterinary advice for pet owners: 'Vets should stop' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

I’m Moving

…to a platform of my own making. Check it out: jeff-mitchell.dev After December 31, 2024, this site will expire and no longer be available. I thought I could learn to love WordPress, but I just can’t. | Continue reading


@jeffmitchelldev.com | 3 hours ago

Homeowner shares incredible results after wrestling control of property from invasive weeds: 'Looks beautiful'

"After going through four machetes and 20 pairs of gloves, I'm so grateful for the lush, flowering, veggie producing oasis." Homeowner shares incredible results after wrestling control of property from invasive weeds: 'Looks beautiful' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 4 hours ago

i am really going to microblog

i think the fact that i even writing this post is funny. recent events have me thinking about mortality again, so i am going to try to overcome my weird shyness about... | Continue reading


@winnielim.org | 4 hours ago

From Space to Story in Data Journalism

Robert Simmon, Nightingale: The launch of Ikonos was one of a handful of developments that allowed newsrooms to expand from reporting on rocket launches and satellite hardware, to using remote sensing data as an essential tool to help tell stories. A wide variety of satellite dat … | Continue reading


@pxlnv.com | 4 hours ago

Fact Checks: Have Electric Vehicles Sales Really Stalled?

Transportation has a brutal effect on greenhouse gas emissions — at 29%, greater than any other sector of the economy, including industry. Transportation electrification is essential, and the IEA 2024 Global EV Outlook report notes that electric vehicles (EVs) continue to make pr … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 hours ago

When Silicon Valley Stopped Trying to Save the World

Four years ago, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was treated as a heretic when he insisted on leaving politics out of work. Now he looks prophetic. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 hours ago

Control gates open for one of the largest natural freshwater lakes after it hits record water levels: 'Our reservoirs are full'

"It will take all of us working together to protect and sustain the lake." Control gates open for one of the largest natural freshwater lakes after it hits record water levels: 'Our reservoirs are full' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 5 hours ago

More Reading, More Books

Many years ago, I bought for myself a print of a Mickey Smith photograph. Her work still makes my heart sing. Of it, Louis Menand says, “One important thing about the images is their found-ness. The photographs are taken from life; they’re not made from props in a studio. The art … | Continue reading


@transactionswithbeauty.com | 5 hours ago

New homeowner warned against using common garden method to eliminate stubborn weeds: 'Proven to cause cancer'

"I'm desperately looking for ways to avoid it." New homeowner warned against using common garden method to eliminate stubborn weeds: 'Proven to cause cancer' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 6 hours ago

Introducing “The Ancient and the Ultimate on Substack

I know what you’re thinking. Another Substack newsletter? Yes, I have a Substack newsletter that will debut tomorrow. It’s called “The Ancient and the Ultimate” [...] | Continue reading


@jamierubin.net | 6 hours ago

Mythology for Kids: Easy Ancient Greek Laurel Crown Craft

Today lets make an Ancient Greek laurel wreath crown crown craft! This Ancient Greek laurel crown craft is inspired by… The post Mythology for Kids: Easy Ancient Greek Laurel Crown Craft appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 6 hours ago