Two Well-Preserved Roman Busts Were Discovered Inside a Wine Vat in Israel Near the Capital City of a Roman Province — One is inscribed with the name "Lycurgus," suggesting the bust may depict the legendary founder of ancient Sparta
Corals Spin Tiny Vortices to Get Oxygen, but Not if It’s Too Hot | Quanta Magazine — New research is helping biologists understand how an overlooked aspect of coral physiology may affect their fate under climate change.
As Superhero Movies Get Blander, Animated Comic Book Adaptations Have Gotten More Interesting — My Adventures With Superman, X-Men '97, and Batman: Caped Crusader are animated comic book shows outdoing their film counterparts.
A Better Way of Living | Tom Coleman | TEDxBlack Mountain — NOTE FROM TED: While some may find this helpful as a complementary approach, please do not look to this talk as a substitute for health advice. Contents only represent the speaker's personal views and understanding of…
Rethinking Progress: How the Humanities Shape Our Future | Nyanna Pannu | TEDxUConn — The humanities are often labeled as some of the most “useless” degrees, a perception that has grown as students have been encouraged to abandon them for higher-paying STEM fields. But these misc
By Signing His Name to Massive Jars, This Enslaved Artist Defied Literacy Bans in the South. Now, His Masterpiece Is on View With a Famed Paul Revere Bowl — Born into slavery around 1800, David Drake was a skilled ceramicist. His work will be on display at the Museum of Fine…
Mum and boyfriend jailed for girl's murder — Isabelle Welsh was subjected to "sadistic" violence and abuse before her murder, a court hears.
Literature Map - The Tourist Map of Literature — Authors you might also like.
Mexico boss' explicit heckle a bit of fun - Gordon — England winger Anthony Gordon says being sworn at by Mexico boss Javier Aguirre in a viral moment of their World Cup match was "just a bit of fun".
Space storms could switch signals and cause serious train accidents — Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which could lead to fatal accidents
Is Life Just Different? | Quanta Magazine — The idea of ‘biological agency’ — that life devises its own goals and behaves accordingly — complicates our understanding of what it means to be alive. But does it serve a scientific purpose?
Olson Kundig crowns Sky View house with retractable roof — <p>US studio Olson Kundig Architects has completed a house in the mountains of Idaho with large spans of concrete, steel and glass, topped with a retractable roof. Known as Sky View, the 7,190-square-foot…
Harness Engineering for Self-Improvement — The concept of recursive self-improvement (RSI) dates back to I. J. Good (1965), where he defined an “ultraintelligent machine” as a system that can surpass humans in all intellectual activities and design better machines to improve…
Why Are Rivers So Mathematical? | Quanta Magazine — A simple scaling law brings order to the chaos of flowing water, rock, and sediment. New findings have extended the law even further.
Too hot to fly: the airports at risk from climate change — Simon King looks at the threats posed to airline operations by hotter weather and rising sea levels.
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - An online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145,000 words that you explore using an interactive map. — See words as a web of meaning.
Hello Universe: NASA’s Next-Gen Space Processor Undergoes Testing - NASA — NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing project aims to dramatically improve the computing power of spacecraft. Missions need processors that can
Whistler Didn't Mean to Make His Mourning Mother an Art World Star. Today, She's a Highlight at a Major Exhibition in London — Officially titled 'Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1,' James McNeill Whistler’s stoic portrait of his mother has come to define the artist’s style and
Imagination and storytelling in the age of AI | Marco Gentile | TEDxBerlin — What happens to human imagination when technology begins anticipating our thoughts before they fully form, reshaping our relationship with uncertainty, consequence, and irreversible time? Drawing from…
GB teenager Nowacki wins dramatic European gold — British teenager Filip Nowacki claims a dramatic gold in the men's 200m breaststroke final at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris.
In the Inflation Ballpark — We’re not at target yet.
1. Ali Arda Yarış - Aggression Online, Kindness by Choice | Ali Arda Yarış | TEDxOdak Koleji Youth — Ali Arda’s talk explores why people tend to behave more aggressively in online spaces, examining how platform design and the absence of face‑to‑face cues shape our reactions. He…
The Physics of Euler's Formula | Laplace Transform Prelude — The simple harmonic oscillator and the fundamental role of complex exponents for ODEs. Next chapter on the Laplace Transform video: https://youtu.be/j0wJBEZdwLs Instead of sponsored ad reads, these lessons are funded di
Meet the Orange-Lipped 'Likweli' Monkey, a New Species That Was Discovered in the Congo Rainforest — The creatures, which weigh about the same as a small dog, have spiky black hair, orange-cream skin around their mouths and a white patch on their rear ends. Scientists say that…
Generations of fish 'wiped out' after pollution incident — The Department of Environment said 5km of the Kilkeel River in the Mournes area was impacted.
ELEVEN YEARS AT THE DATA FRONTIER | Venkata Akhilesh Ranga Reddy | TEDxGaya College of Engineering — What does it take to stay at the forefront of data and technology for over a decade? In this insightful TEDx talk, Venkata Akhilesh Ranga Reddy shares lessons from eleven years o
Drinks could go up in price by 50p under new return scheme, industry says — Shoppers could face higher drink prices and reduced choice under a new recycling scheme, industry leaders say.
What we give up outsourcing language learning to AI | Mia Osmonbekov | TEDxArizona State University — “Jengibre”—Spanish for ginger—captures Mia’s journey through language learning and human connection. In her talk, Mia explores what language learning looks like in a world of…
Jellyfish Can Heal Wounds in Minutes. Scientists Want Their Secrets. | Marine Biological Laboratory — A decade ago this summer, at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Jocelyn Malamy watched jellyfish cells “walk” toward each other to close a wound for the first time. An…
Demand for water use highest since 2022 drought — Islanders urged to use water "wisely" after demand soared in heatwave.
Meet Sak Tahn Waax, a Maya Math Whiz Who Lived More Than 1,000 Years Ago and Left Behind a ‘Really Elegant, Complex’ Formula — For the first time, archaeologists identified one of the culture’s famed Classic era mathematicians and astronomers
Unapproved gene therapy for boosting longevity is set to go on sale — A gene therapy that instructs cells to produce more of an anti-ageing protein called klotho is about to be offered by a US company at overseas clinics to bypass FDA rules
Thank You, Everything: An Illustrated Love Letter to the World — We forget that none of this had to exist — that we weren’t owed mountains and music by the universe. And maybe we have to forget — or we would be too stupefied with gratitude for …
Why Chasing Growth Beats Waiting for Opportunity | محمد نبهان | TEDxAmman Arab University — An entrepreneur and investor passionate about building and scaling companies, he has co-founded high-growth ventures in the region. He has led successful investments and funding rounds,…
NASA’s Webb Pinpoints Millions of Stars Within Cigar Galaxy - NASA Science — M82's intense star formation, thought to be the result of a galaxy merger, will be a short-lived event in astronomical terms, which makes this a one-of-a-kind environment to study. M82 is also known as…
Resilience is Not a Solo Act | Shyra Divine | TEDxWCC — What if resilience was never meant to be a solo journey? In this powerful talk, Shyra Divine shares her story of becoming homeless at 17 and the unexpected support systems that helped her rebuild her life. Through personal…
Flat head syndrome discovered in Iron Age skeletons — Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an analysis of ancient skulls from Italy reveals that this condition affected people in the 9th century BC
Baldwin’s queer loves! K-Pop! Sapphic thrills! 20 noteworthy books out in paperback this July. — July, incredibly, is already here, a midpoint month in a madcap year unlike any other, and it takes little Holmesian ratiocination to deduce that you, Dear Reader, could almost…
What heatwaves mean for summer weddings – and how to plan for one — The wedding industry is facing last-minute costs to cope with the heat and October bookings are up.
How Did Two Wolves End Up on This Remote Island Thousands of Years Ago? Researchers Think Humans Brought Them There, Then Cared for Them — The discovery suggests humans may have maintained relationships with wolves long after domesticated dogs came on the scene
Nature Has All the Answers | Jason Zhuoqing Zhu | TEDxNanshan Salon — At nine years old, Jason read about a leaf‑mimicking mantis and became obsessed. Years later, he quit his jobs, saved up, and flew to Costa Rica to find it. Since then, he has spent years in jungles across…
Eclipse warning: The key signs you may have damaged your eyes — Symptoms after looking at the sun without eclipse glasses can include blurred vision
FishBase — A global database of fish species.
The PROBLEM with Capitalism - Smarter Every Day 316 — Get a Smarter Scrubber Here: http://smarterscrubber.com Interested in Wholesale, or helping us tell the story? Here's a link: https://forms.gle/XFrLTa5b8kxSvPnu8 I would like to thank the Patrons of Smarter Every Day. They…
Tom Gauld on failed science clip art — Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
Why Boredom Creates Creativity | Mahira Sherim | TEDxMLZS Kalaburagi Youth — What if boredom isn't the enemy of creativity—but its greatest partner? This talk reveals how moments of stillness can unlock imagination, inspire fresh ideas, and give our minds the space they need to…
The mathematics of balloon animals — Feedback is delighted to be pointed towards an old but still vital piece of research that presents “a general mathematical and algorithmic theory for balloon-twisting structures”
AI cheating, leaked papers and marking errors: how exam protests went global — Student unrest sweeps India, Portugal and Mexico as grievances and pressure for good grades in tough job market collide
What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away? part 2 — One reader explains how the moon’s drift will lead to longer (and warmer) days
4 stunning HBO Max movies to watch this weekend (August 14-16) — A billion-dollar blockbuster, one deeply paranoid horror movie, and two Friday premieres—one funny, another featuring action star Bob Odenkirk.
Rethinking Success in Youth Sport | Rhea Iyer | TEDxWestbourne Grammar Youth — Young athletes are often taught how to improve performance but not how to manage pressure, burnout, and setbacks. This talk explores a healthier approach to resilience, wellbeing, and long-term…
Humans Haven’t Stopped Evolving | Harvard Magazine — Harvard scientists identify hundreds of genes under selective pressure.
Lion Nebula Roars in Webb's Sights - NASA — Observing across the starry “plains” of space, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken new images of NGC 2392, nicknamed the Lion Nebula. The nebula's
Where Do I Want to Be One Year from Now? | Dimi Ilieva | TEDxPlovdiv — In this talk, she shares her personal journey from chasing more to discovering what truly matters. Through the lens of psychology, self-awareness, and intentional goal-setting, she explores why many people…
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Snaps Westernmost Selfie - NASA Science — NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie on March 11, 2026, the 1,797th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, during the rover’s deepest push west
When random.bytes() runs but doesn't work — What a commit message tells us about the recent COLDCARD bug
Writing a Novel and Hiking a Mountain Are Pretty Similar, Actually — In July 2020 my twin sister Madelynn and I had decided we were tired of being apart, of quarantining alone in our homes—mine in Syracuse, NY, where I was an MFA student drafting my first “novel” an…
Where the earth meets the sky — <p><img src="https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/69ac625c-bb60-4efa-bff6-e7baa5dfa410/where-the-earth-meets-the-sky-landscape-1-v3.jpg?width=1200&quality=75&format=auto" alt="Silhouette of a pyramid at night with a starry sky in the background."…
The Beauty of the Days Gone By — The idea for The Beauty of the Days Gone By first came to me while driving across Texas when my two boys were small, after immersing myself in the rich Southwestern histories of Anglo settler child…
ThoughtDAG — Make LLM context visible and editable — A local-first, open-source canvas where the graph determines what the model sees.