Beyond Productivity: Planning for a Balanced Life | Sahar Fahima Sadiq | TEDxDarulaman — What if the secret to success isn't doing more, but planning differently? After years of chasing maximum productivity, Sahar Fahima Sadiq realized that traditional productivity advice often…
Watch: What we know about newly discovered monkey species — New monkey species hailed as 'amazing discovery' by conservationist.
“July Sun” — Ghulam Ali pushed his way through the sugar-cane. It was quiet and still except for the anxious scuttling of insects around his feet. He squatted down, and the stems closed in around him when he un…
Mathematicians still don’t know the fastest way to multiply numbers — A 23-year-old student overturned an ancient conjecture about one of math’s simplest operations
How Bees Came to the United States and Changed Our Landscape — Over the past 150 years, honey bees have become the cornerstone of US agriculture. Beekeepers now crisscross the country in semi-trucks to pollinate our crops, towing thousands of bee colonies from…
Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content | TechCrunch — Snapchat has adjusted it recommendation systems to ensure that only videos created by real people are eligible for Spotlight recommendations, taking a stance against AI slop.
Germany warns of ‘daily hybrid warfare’ after explosive-laden drone found — Espionage, sabotage, cyberattacks, and covert operations are a 'constant reality', says Germany's interior minister.
Camera Traps Reveal Secret Life of World's Oldest Sunda Clouded Leopard — It's an extensive study.
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Back in my day we hacked with style: a sentimental tour of late 1990s and early 2000s tools — A nostalgic and slightly sardonic look at the tools, IRC channels, and cultural chaos that defined the late 1990s and early 2000s hacker scene.
What Writing About Bobby Kennedy Taught Me About Male Power — A few summers ago, while the Supreme Court was deciding whether or not abortion would remain legal, I was writing a novel about Bobby Kennedy. During the day, I was a woman in the twenty-first cent…
Workers Dredging the Savannah River Stumbled Upon 19 Cannons That Had Been Underwater Since the Revolutionary War — The centuries-old artifacts emerged from the riverbed between 2021 and 2022. Experts spent several years carefully restoring 17 of them, which will make their publi
This Spanish Officer Besieged the British During the American Revolution, Giving George Washington Time to Plan a Pivotal Attack — Bernardo de Gálvez indirectly contributed to the Continental Army’s victory at the 1781 Siege of Yorktown. A rare painting of him is now on view at…
More trees and nature spaces in council green plan — Bradford Council set out plans to increase tree canopy cover and create more nature reserves.
The Woman on the Coin / Paradaki Kadın | Yıldız Gürgün | TEDxAlsancak Salon — Turizm profesyoneli Yıldız Gürgün, bu konuşmasında Japon İmparatoru’na közde pişirilen Türk kahvesinin sunulduğu unutulmaz bir Expo anısından yola çıkarak cesaret, temsil ve kültürel hafıza üzerine…
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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week — Our fivesome of fabulous reviews this week includes Scaachi Khol on Dave Portnoy’s Cancel Me If You Can, James Lasdun on Irvine Welsh’s Men in Love, Gabriel Winslow-Yost on George Saunders’s Vigil,…
NASA’s PUNCH Sharpens Solar Storm Forecasting in First Test — Using continuous imagery from NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission, scientists predicted the near-Earth arrival of a solar eruption to within 30 minutes in an initial proof of…
Ideas Worth Believing In | Mr. Prabhakaran S Soundar | TEDxKPRCAS — In this inspiring TEDx talk, Mr. Prabhakaran explores how ideas shape individuals, institutions, and nations. Drawing from his journey from a small-town student with no defined ambitions to serving as an…
NASA’s Curiosity Views a Sand-Capped Butte - NASA Science — NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this sand-capped butte, nicknamed “Miraflores,” estimated to be about 20 feet (6 meters) tall, with its Mast Camera, or
Tom Hiddleston’s new Pompeii show is unabashedly cheesy – but it works — The Loki actor is the unlikely host for a three-episode docu-series about the Roman city. It's occasionally a little silly, but it's also entertaining and informative, says Josh Bell
Fish and Humans Share Surprisingly Similar Sleep Habits, Including Daytime Naps — A recent study suggests that zebrafish have four sleep substates, just like humans do—and one of them is akin to an afternoon snooze
Researchers Accidentally Discover That Humans Prefer to Turn Counterclockwise. But They Still Have No Idea Why — The effect transcends factors like culture, gender and handedness, causing the scientists, who were initially studying social distancing behavior, to scratch their hea
The Theater of Sport: Bill Buford Revisits Among the Thugs — “I kept getting hit by beer cans.”
In a First, NASA's Experimental X-59 Plane Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound, Setting the Stage for 'Quiet' Supersonic Aircraft — The United States banned supersonic flights over its land in 1973 due to their ear-splitting sonic booms. Experts are building a plane that should t
Examining Algal Blooms in Blue Mesa - NASA Science — Using satellite data, researchers connected harmful algal blooms with warm water and low water levels at one of Colorado's largest reservoirs.
Watch How to Play the World Cup Betting Boom - Bloomberg — The World Cup is shaping up to be one of the biggest betting events of the year. David Katz, analyst at Jefferies, joins "Bloomberg Open Interest" from the Jefferies Consumer Conference in Nantucket to discuss the…
NASA Welcomes Serbia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory - NASA — The Republic of Serbia signed the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 69th
Too Hot for Art? Some Paris Museums and Landmarks Close or Reduce Hours Amid a Record Heat Wave in Europe — Meanwhile, other institutions offer their air-conditioned spaces as a way for residents and tourists to beat the heat
The Deadliest Year of Your Life — Which year of your life is the most dangerous? For many people, it’s not old age but infancy. Where you're born can dramatically change your chances of survival, and millions of child deaths are still preventable today. #kurzgesagt #inanutshell
Astronomers Noticed a Mysterious Spot Appearing in Telescope Images. It Turned Out to Be the Faintest Exoplanet Ever Imaged From Earth — The gas giant, called Beta Pictoris d, had been hiding in plain sight for more than a decade, until two independent teams verified its…
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In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few — VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In ‘Magnifica Humanitas,’ Leo's 83-page manifesto on AI, the pope tackles the social, economic and political challenges associated with artificial intelligence.
Life with hazard ratios — How to discount your expectations
Hank Green interviews Ze Frank, who kind of invented the modern YouTube format (aka vlogging). “At the episode — Hank Green interviews Ze Frank, who kind of invented the modern YouTube format (aka vlogging). “At the episode’s end, Ze lays down some of the best advice Hank’
The bread paradox: why convenience always wins, and why SaaS isn’t doomed — No, you're not going to code your own Jira
The Maxwell Conjecture is False — We exhibit a configuration of five point charges in Euclidean space whose electrostatic potential admits at least 24 critical points all of which are non-degenerate. Maxwell's conjecture that the field of \(n\) point charges has at most…
Fortune Cookies Are Not Chinese…Who cares? | Sumika Aoshima | TEDxInnovation U — Food is not just a flavor, it is Geography on a plate. Sumika Aoshima uses a fortune cookie to trace how the Gold Rush flattened one of the world's most diverse cuisines into a stereotype. Food,…
We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture. | Quanta Magazine — Researchers thought that what enabled complex fluids to break apart was their elasticity. But a crack in a nonelastic simple fluid has them questioning that idea.
What It’s Like to Be a Panda — “What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?” Stephen Hawking wondered, recognizing the quixotic nature of his quest for a theory of ever…
NASA Uses Machine Learning to Enhance Flash Flood Warnings - NASA Science — The Transient Artifact and Continuous Learning System (TACLS) leverages data from continuously operating satellite networks coupled with machine learning models to help meteorologists at the National…
Beetroot juice is trending – its benefits go beyond the hype — Some marathon runners and other athletes swear by beetroot juice shots, but is there evidence they really do anything for our bodies? Columnist Alice Klein investigates
NASA’s Webb Reveals Stars Sparking to Life in Cosmic Celebration - NASA Science — NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the infrared light of numerous features that previously were impossible to see beyond the thick dust of the FS
Euclid View of Milky Way Heart Previews Core Survey by NASA’s Roman - NASA — A new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy by Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) mission with NASA contributions, overlaps with a region scientists
Shells | Chi Vũ Hoàng Lan | TEDxWellspring Saigon School Youth — Personal growth and a shift in mindset shape how we understand our true identity when our surroundings change completely. Leaving behind a familiar environment can make us feel vulnerable. Still, major life…
La rue, un théâtre pour tous | Fredette Lampre | TEDxNantes — La Compagnie La Machine met en scène dans la rue, ses machines géantes qui transforment le quotidien en théâtre vivant. Nées d’un savoir-faire mêlant sculpture, menuiserie, mécanique et robotique, elles changent…
Drawing a connection to nature | Sangeetha Kadur | TEDxBITBangalore — What if art could change the way we see the natural world? Wildlife illustrator and conservation storyteller Sangeetha Kadur believes it can. Through intricate illustrations, immersive field experiences, and…
Korea to Require Mock Trading for Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs — South Korea will require new investors in single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds to undergo mock trading exercises, further tightening rules on highly risky products that have amplified market volatility.
APOD: 2026 August 9 - Contemplating the Sun - NASA Science — APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 9 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or…
AI used to create viruses not found in nature for first time — US researchers say they created 16 viruses using AI, prompting hopes for medical advances and concerns about misuse.
NASA’s CloudCube Pioneers Miniaturized Radar to Study Clouds, Precipitation - NASA Science — A compact, multifrequency radar built by a team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will make it easier to collect information about dynamic cloud systems. Called CloudCube, this new inst
Vietnam’s SCIC Plans Broad Divestment as FTSE Upgrade Nears — Vietnam’s state investment arm plans to exit dozens of companies over the next four years, freeing up capital and potentially boosting the supply of tradable shares as the country prepares for its elevation to…
Archaeologists Discover Two Thumbnail-Sized Bird Sculptures Carved From Mammoth Ivory 40,000 Years Ago — Measuring less than an inch long, the figurines were buried beneath Germany's Hohle Fels Cave, where some of the world's oldest known figurative artworks have been found
Ancient Fossil Footsteps Found in Kenya May Hint That an Early Human Relative Was Larger Than Previously Thought — The trackway sheds light on how some hominins moved around their environments and with one another
Am I the Asshole For Being Jealous of My Friend’s Literary Success? — Well, howdy! Fancy meeting you here! Welcome back to another installment of God’s favorite mistake, Am I the Literary Asshole? It’s an advice column that’s also got a terrifically high ABV. I’m you…
海洋能教會 AI 什麼？Blue Intelligence: What the Ocean Can Teach AI | 林東良 Dong Liang Lin | TEDxXinyi Salon — 演講摘要： 當 AI 看見海洋之前，我們必須先讓它認識真實的海洋 林東良，一位扎根海洋保育現場的行動者，他與花紋海豚有著這深厚的感情。但現在 ChatGPT 的資料庫過度集中於常見的瓶鼻海豚，無法正確生成花紋海豚的外表型態和獨特的體表紋路，那是花紋海豚傷口癒合後的痕跡。當AI的學習樣本失衡，就會讓大眾錯判海洋的真實面貌。…
‘We harvested more than half the winter wheat crop before the end of July’ — Farmers trying to adapt to extreme weather say even with the best planning, their industry is facing its toughest test.
Hundreds of dead fish in river linked to heatwave — The Environment Agency believes the fish were killed as a result of the heat and drain water.
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