Leaving the Physical World — For the Conference on HyperNetworking, Oita, Japan by John Perry Barlow Like very few Americans of my generation, I come from the physical world. I spent most of my working life running a large cattle ranch, first as a cowboy and then as a cowman, ear
Korea’s 30-Year Bond Yield Hits Record on Oil, Rate Hike Bets — South Korea’s 30-year government bond yield climbed to a record, as elevated energy prices and weaker demand from life insurers intensified pressure on the debt market.
Genghis Khan Is Remembered for His Vast Empire and Fearsome Warriors. This Exhibition Explores His Cultural Legacy — The Royal Armouries Museum will show nearly 250 rare artifacts—from saddles to early paper money—that reveal a side of the Mongol Empire that's often neglected
Horror video game gets its creepiness from a quantum computer — Quantum Backrooms is a horror game in which the player explores eerie rooms. The twist is that the rooms have been generated by a quantum computer
Data Centers Bring the Buzz — Coming soon to a quagmire near you.
Am I the Asshole For Abandoning My First Love, Fantasy? — Hey there, howdy! Welcome back to another enormously entertaining episode of Am I the Literary Asshole?, an advice column that runs on Steel Reserve and Writer’s Tears. I’m your host, Kristen Arnet…
Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material — The discovery makes sense: Mollusks use these teeth to excavate rocks while they feed
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Alleged Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan in court after Dubai extradition — Suspected Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan has appeared before a Dublin court after being extradited from Dubai.
Online bird guide, bird ID help, life history, bird sounds from Cornell — Use our Bird Guide to identify birds, learn about the life history, listen to the sounds, and watch bird behavior on video--the most comprehensive guide to North American birds
Google Wallet now lets parents set up secure balances for their kids | TechCrunch — The tech giant says the new feature will allow parents to teach their kids healthy financial habits while maintaining oversight over their child's spending with built-in safeguards.
We’re Squandering LEDs’ Potential to Save Our Night Skies — Bad decisions have turned efficient technology into a driver of light pollution. There is a better way
NASA Welcomes Botswana as 68th Artemis Accords Signatory - NASA — The Republic of Botswana signed the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s headquarters in
The Iconic Watts Towers in Los Angeles Will Get a $22 Million Campus Expansion Ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics — Five acres of green space will surround the 17-structure landmark, a folk art masterpiece that an Italian immigrant built over the course of three decades
Where, when and how to watch the 2026 solar eclipse — This August a total solar eclipse is set to be visible across parts of Europe, while a partial eclipse will sweep across about a quarter of the planet – here’s how to catch it
Vicky Lopez: From Benidorm to Barcelona - the rise of women's football's next superstar — With the Women's Champions League final between Barcelona and Lyon on Saturday, BBC Sport takes a look at the extraordinary rise of football's next global superstar, Vicky Lopez.
Test Your ETF Knowledge In Our IQ Test — Bloomberg's Isabelle Lee puts Eric Balchunas, Jon Maier, chief ETF strategist for JPMorgan Asset Management, and Mayuranki De, vice president of ETF trade strategy at Raymond James, to the test on "Bloomberg ETF IQ" in this week's…
The True Cost of War — War costs far more than weapons and destroyed buildings. It leaves countries poorer, disrupts education, drives migration, and passes trauma to future generations. Some of its highest costs are paid decades later. #kurzgesagt #inanutshell…
Lit Hub Weekly: June 8 – 12, 2026 — Round two of our Best of the Best Books Reading Challenge is underway with 50 of the greatest summer novels of all time! | Lit Hub Helen Bain follows in Sylvia Plath’s footsteps from Paris to Wel…
Nostos, or Homecoming: Why I Keep Returning to the Odyssey — The first time I read the Odyssey, I was sixteen years old. The fantastical creatures, the alien cultures, and the wily hero’s desperate search for home were all thrilling to me. I felt an uncanny …
Forgive and Forget | Raymond Chen | TEDxJenks Youth — This TEDx talk explores a pressing question regarding how society remembers historical atrocities and violence. It examines the point at which the line between forgiving past actions and completely forgetting them began to…
OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns | TechCrunch — OpenAI said it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra over concerns about its cybersecurity prowess.
The Excellent HP OmniBook 5 Is $550 Off Its Retail Price Today — My favorite budget laptop, the HP OmniBook 5, has an OLED screen and gets great battery life, despite being just $750 right now.
Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago — “Every time I go to the dentist, I think about that guy,” researcher says.
The 5 must-watch science shows of 2026 so far — From AI with Hannah Fry to David Attenborough's early days, these are the five must-watch science documentaries of the year to date, says Bethan Ackerley
NASA to Compete Contract for Jet Propulsion Laboratory Management - NASA — NASA announced plans Friday to compete the next contract for managing and operating the agency’s federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) in
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
Dance with your dharma: Creativity as the bridge from chaos to clarity | Nikita Thakrar | TEDxTruro — What if creativity is not just something we do, but a way of finding our path through uncertainty? In this powerful and uplifting TEDxTruro talk, Nikita Thakrar explores how…
Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss — My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago. Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the…
Cleaning up air pollution could weaken vital AMOC ocean current — Global warming already threatens to destabilise the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and new research shows that regional clean-air policies could reduce its strength further
War Crimes Seem To Be Official US Policy Now — We Will Rue The Day
First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star — Researchers have found an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star with an atmosphere.
LinkedIn CringeBot 3000 — Transform any topic into peak LinkedIn thought leadership guaranteed to make your followers shudder.
Enough, Already! ACTIVATE Your Fully-Functional Self | R. Karl Hebenstreit | TEDxRobinson Road — Too many people spend their lives believing they need to be more before they can become more. In this inspiring talk, Karl challenges that mindset by showing that lasting growth…
The future of neurotechnology | Sri Sarma | TEDxBoston — NOTE FROM TED: This talk only represents the speaker’s personal approach to and understanding of neural systems, technology, and defense. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx…
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.
Chris Bosh cautions Wemby on blood clots: 'Take your medicine' — Retired Heat superstar Chris Bosh offered some advice and issued a warning to Spurs star Victor Wembanyama about his blood clot diagnosis and maintaining his health during his career.
Lit Hub Weekly: June 15 – 19, 2026 — Emily Temple reads every summer reading list (so you don’t have to). | Lit Hub Reading Lists Why Robert W. Service’s “The Cremation of Sam McGee” is a good poem for bad dads. | Lit Hub Criticism Th…
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Egyptian Mummy Buried with Pages from Homer’s Iliad: When Literature Guided Souls Through the Afterlife — Renaissance Europe admired ancient Rome, ancient Rome admired ancient Greece, and ancient Greece admired ancient Egypt. But the admiration cou
Humans may have hidden regenerative powers — Scientists have taken a surprising step toward unlocking regeneration in mammals, showing that the ability to rebuild complex body parts may not be lost after all—it may simply be switched off. Using a two-stage treatment,…
Sam Neill: A versatile actor whose roles went far beyond Jurassic Park — The actor, who has died aged 78, built up a long string of screen credits over a five-decade career.
Home - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is the world's leading independent non-profit dedicated to ocean science, technology, education, and
This Fall, Discover Williamsburg’s One-Of-A-Kind Haunted History — With nearly 400 years of history, Williamsburg, Virginia, is brimming with ghostly tales
GitHub - SwagSoftware/KisakCOD: COD4 Open Source Reimplementation — COD4 Open Source Reimplementation. Contribute to SwagSoftware/KisakCOD development by creating an account on GitHub.
L'architettura dell'attesa | Mattia Pagnini | TEDxLiceo Marconi Pesaro Youth — Perché un accordo sospeso ci mette in tensione? Perché una melodia che conosciamo ci dà piacere? E perché una nota “sbagliata” può catturare immediatamente la nostra attenzione? Attraverso musica,…
Dehydration’s role in learning and memory | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory — How do we learn to remember? At the most fundamental level, it’s all about chemicals and electricity. Beyond their roles in diet and nutrition, calcium and magnesium work as ions, or charged particles, in
Rare Fossil Reveals a Three-Tier Food Chain Frozen in Time: a Pterosaur Eaten by an Ichthyosaur Eaten by a Pliosaur — Uncovered in part by amateur fossil hunters in Australia, the fossil preserves a unique look at prehistoric predatory dynamics
When Someone Shows You Who They Are, Do You Believe Them? | Peter Yong | TEDxKL — We're taught not to judge a book by its cover. Peter Yong thinks that's terrible advice. In this talk, Peter unpacks why we don't need someone's whole story to know whether to trust them, just…
I Want You to Be Happy — He had promised himself he wouldn’t talk about it and now here he was, talking about it. Not just talking about it, but shouting specific details directly in her ear. Certain things, obviously, he …
Can the Doha Framework end the conflict in eastern DRC? — Kinshasa hands over 15 prisoners to powerful rebel alliance.
Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s – how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain — Working with and living in spatially complex environments may help delay cognitive decline, though more research is needed.
NYT Connections hints and answers for August 10. Tips to solve 'Connections' #1156. — Everything you need to solve 'Connections' #1156.
Prosecutors say AI influenced a teen accused of killing mother, brother — Massachusetts prosecutors allege that a 17-year-old used ChatGPT to create scenarios about family violence that he acted on.
Yardeni Warns Bond Vigilantes Stirring as US Yields Near 5% — Yardeni Research warned that investors are showing growing signs of unease over rising government debt, though it said there’s no reason to push the panic button on the US bond market just yet.
OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer | TechCrunch — San Francisco's housing market is in trouble again.
Read about a physicist who spent years measuring how fast people scroll past images of their own work. The answer made her change her entire lab's presentation style.
Is Burnham promising a new dawn for North Sea oil and gas? — The incoming PM is expected to announce fresh support for the North Sea from day one of his premiership.
Deshaun Watson returns with 'awesome' first half for Browns — Quarterback Deshaun Watson, in his first game since the 2024 season, completed 10 of 15 passes for 126 yards and led two scoring drives, the only points for the Cleveland Browns in a 34-10 preseason loss to the…
Final Parking Space: 1965 Mercury Park Lane Convertible — Back in early 2025, we looked at a 1967 Pontiac Catalina convertible in a Colorado car graveyard. Big Detroit ragtops of the late 1950s through the mid-1970s are tough to find in junkyards today, so I felt sure that it…
Why we write our own C and C++ engines — LocalAI is the open source AI engine. Run any model, LLMs, vision, voice, image and video, on any hardware. No GPU required.