One of the Best American Backpacking Books Was Written by a Japanese Buddhist Beat Poet — On a rainy San Francisco evening in late November 1959, Albert Saijo, a thirty-three-year-old Japanese American poet, climbed into the back of an eastbound Willys Jeep station wagon. The…
Francesca Albanese on Israeli sexual violence suffered by Palestinians — Francesca Albanese speaks to Redi Tlhabi about sexual violence suffered by Palestinians at the hands of Israeli forces.
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Mike Lindell touts Trump ties in race for governor of Minnesota, where Trump has lost — Lindell, of "MyPillow," plays up his ties to Trump, who endorsed him for Tuesday's primary. But the state Republican convention backed one of his opponents.
How We See the Beautiful, Violent Sun | Quanta Magazine — Over hundreds of years, increasingly sophisticated instruments have revealed — and continue to reveal — the secrets of our star.
You Could Have Come Up With Kimi Delta Attention | Doubleword — Guide to the DeltaNet Family of linear attention mechanisms.
Trump takes first flight on new Qatar-gifted Air Force One — US President Donald Trump took his maiden voyage aboard the new Air Force One on Wednesday.
Morning news brief — Some Republicans' growing frustrations with Trump is beginning to show, Trump and Netanyahu have a tense call over Israel's actions in Lebanon, Russia's economic forum opens.
Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet — Artificial intelligence built by OpenAI has cracked a decades-old conjecture by Paul Erdős, which mathematicians have hailed as a monumental moment for AI in mathematics
Israeli attacks on Gaza increased by 35% since Iran ceasefire: Report — Conflict monitor ACLED notes the increase in Israeli attacks on Gaza in April in its latest report.
How to Spot and How to Stop a Liar: Hannah Arendt on Deception, Self-Deception, and the Psychology of Defactualization — “No matter how large the tissue of falsehood that an experienced liar has to offer, it will never be large enough … to cover the immensity of factuality.”
The Odysseys, ranked. — It’s a story we just can’t seem to quit. From antiquity to outer space, literature and film are filled with scrappy adventurers struggling to get home. This week, Christopher Nolan cash…
US Congressman denies existence of Palestinians in interview — US Congressman Randy Fine claims “there is no such thing as Palestinian”, on interview show The Next Generation.
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He's been frozen on Everest for 30 years, now 'Green Boots' may finally be coming home — For decades, an Indian man's lime shoes have been a grim trail marker for many climbing the world's highest peak.
The worst job interview I ever had — Or how not to do a culture fit interview
Controlling Reasoning Effort in LLMs — How LLMs Learn Low-, Medium-, and High-Effort Reasoning Modes
Is the iPhone Birth Control? Causal Evidence from AT&T’s 2007–2011 Carrier Monopoly — Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy make
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After a decade, Brexit’s cost to Britain is not only economic — Hateful discourse in politics and society has become a regular feature since the UK voted to abandon the EU.
AdultFriendFinder review: Is the famous hookup site legit or not? — It's equal parts sex and spam.
Why are Premier League transfer fees soaring? — With Morgan Rogers set to become the third £100m-plus Premier League transfer of the summer, BBC Sport looks at how the market keeps growing.
With Israel unleashed, there can be no peace in the Middle East — The US has long extended unconditional support for Israeli aggression. Now, it struggles to rein it in.
Can Scotland learn from history-making Norway? — Norway, a nation of a similar size to Scotland, are through to the World Cup quarter-finals, so can lessons be learned from their neighbours from across the North Sea?
Stonehenge's altar stone probably wasn't transported by a glacier — A glacier could have carried the giant sandstone at the centre of Stonehenge southwards from north-east Scotland, but this scenario appears unlikely
Huawei CFO’s admissions can be used at criminal trial, US judge rules — CFO Meng Wanzhou said in 2021 that Huawei illegally conducted business in Iran.
Joy, disappointment, protests: A view from Egypt-Iran World Cup tie — Egyptians hail historic qualification as Iranians voice appreciation to Team Melli who may still make it to next round.
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More Americans survive cancer. But the psychological impacts can persist for years — Due to advancements in treatment and screening, more Americans are surviving cancer. But many are left with lingering mental health challenges like anxiety and depression.
Early Flowering Plants May Have Relied on Dinosaurs to Eat Their Fleshy Fruits and Spread Their Seeds — According to fossils preserved by volcanic ash, the plants, known as angiosperms, began producing relatively large, blueberry-size fruits millions of years earlier than…
Slovenia’s parliament approves right-wing Janez Jansa as prime minister — Approval of populist former leader is a shift for the EU country recently run by a liberal government.
Missiles intercepted over occupied East Jerusalem and West Bank — The Israeli army said it intercepted missiles launched from Iran on Monday in response to attacks from Israel.
Pakistan bus crash kills 40 — At least 40 people were killed and eight others injured after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Pakistan.
Vivica A. Fox on how 'Is God Is' director compares to Quentin Tarantino — Playwright Aleshea Harris makes her directorial debut; Fox plays God.
Thousands of HGV drivers given bogus medical tests in the back of vans — Trading Standards said Doctors on Wheels promised tests for "just under £60" undercutting competitors.
Nakba: Jewish voices are challenging the stories Israel tells about itself — A film director, historian and Holocaust survivor speak to Al Jazeera as opinions shift.
Crossbow vs Triple Pendulum in Slow Motion - The Slow Mo Guys — Gav and Dan demonstrate where not to place a Phantom camera while trying to skewer multiple swinging pendulums with a single crossbow bolt. Could this have been completed in 1/10th the time with an expert? Yes, but t
Europe’s Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C — Unions across Europe are calling on governments to introduce legislation to safeguard workers from rising temperatures, after western Europe recorded its hottest June on record.
NHS Trust sacks staff over accessing attacks victims' records — Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust says investigations are ongoing.
A physicist figured out why some people can taste colors and others can't — turns out it's literally wiring in your brain that gets crossed during development. Huh.
Save $499 on the DJI Mavic 4 Pro Drone — Your iPhone certainly can't fly this high.
First test of CO2 removal with green sand finds no harm to marine life — Adding olivine to the ocean could remove CO2 from the atmosphere, and a pilot project in New York state found no signs of adverse effects on seafloor organisms
The small, real, original web — The ‘small’ web, the ‘slow’ web, or the ‘indie’ web – the non corporate, original style internet we knew and loved in the 90s and early 2000s (people just …
Five wickets, no runs: West Indies cricketer makes bowling history — Greaves, a West Indies paceman, becomes the first player in Test history to bowl five straight wicket maidens.
Chelsea Rathburn on the Unexpected Beauty of the “Research Dead-End” — This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Earlier this summer, our geriatric air conditioner stopped working, bringing an abrupt end to a few years of never-quite-c…
AI-generated text should be detectable, but Apple needs to avoid this huge error — As someone who writes for a living, you would correctly guess that I’m wholeheartedly in favour of allowing AI-generated text...
US accuses Iran of launching ‘surprise’ ballistic missile attacks — US claim comes as Saudi Arabia intercepts drones and Iran warns of 'any action' to maintain its control of Hormuz.
What Romance Novels Taught Me About Writing Literary Fiction — In August of 2021, I couldn’t read. I’d just had a miscarriage—my second within six months—and every time I picked up a novel, my attention would splinter, the words disconnecting from one another,…
Maine's Senate race and much more. Here are the primary contests to watch today — Republican incumbents are facing tough challenges in Maine and Nevada. In South Carolina, a crowded field of MAGA-devoted Republicans are facing off to be the next governor.
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'Superworms' help scientists with a vexing task: Cleaning animal specimens — The larvae of a beetle native to South and Central America, the critters are the perfect solution to sticky problem: How to prepare an animal skeleton for scientific use.
Plane crashes into Beijing's tallest building; damage reported — The cause of the damage could not be independently verified, and authorities did not immediately issue a statement on the incident.<br>
Residents' health fears over plan to burn more waste — The Environment Agency has permitted for an extra 10% of waste to be burned at the Beddington incinerator.
At least 15 Yemeni government troops killed in Hodeidah fighting — Yemeni minister says more than 50 Houthi fighters were killed in the Hodeidah clashes.
Razer Naga V3 Pro Review: Buttons Galore — The PC gaming world has tried to move on from bulky, heavier mice, but the Naga V3 Pro proves that it still has its place.
Iran, Houthis strike tankers as US bombing continues: What’s the latest? — With the Houthi naval blockade, shipping disruptions now impact the Bab al-Mandeb strait in addition to Hormuz.
Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study — Hugging before stressful events may be an ancient way of building trust, say scientists studying apes.
NUA Arquitectures renovates Catalan textile warehouse with timber office block — <p>Spanish studio NUA Arquitectures has renovated a textile warehouse near Barcelona, using timber partitions to create a small office block within its concrete-and-brick structure. The project was…