"It’s a great example of how clean energy should be bipartisan." State legislators pass new measures making affordable solar program more accessible to Virginian region: 'It's a step forward in building an equitable clean-energy economy' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I started Friday by watching “Godzilla Minus One” and finished it watching “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” and they were exciting. I’m glad I watched both of them in one day, it was a day full of Godzillas and the movies were actually quite different. Even though they both were … | Continue reading
For the second consecutive year, the Public Service is holding its annual Public Service Expo at the Malta Fairs and Convention Centre, MFCC, at Ta’ Qali. During the Expo, themed ‘Investing in Skills’, Prime Minister Robert Abela launched 250 electric vehicles and described the P … | Continue reading
Farmer Erik Stegink from Bathmen in Overijssel has been experimenting with a new type of ice cream since Ascension Day. The ice cream, which is made from pig’s milk, “takes some... | Continue reading
With the rise of things like BookTok and Bookstagram, it looks like the world is reading more. But what about children? In the UK, a new survey, which involved 3,000 parents with children ages 2-12, revealed that 53% of parents don’t buy books to their kids. This statistic may no … | Continue reading
The margins by which the most recent few months have set record temperatures globally have shrunk. New findings suggest unprecedented temperature trend could soon subside: 'Will fall out of record territory in the next month or two' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
When Joe Biden was a US presidential candidate in 2019, he tweeted, “Trump doesn’t get the basics. He thinks his tariffs are being paid by China. Any freshman econ student could tell you that the American people are paying his tariffs.” Fast forward five years to May 2024, and Pr … | Continue reading
Alexandre Andorra interviewed me for his Learning Bayesian Statistics podcast. The topic was my new book with Aki, Active Statistics: Stories, Games, Problems, and Hands-on Demonstrations for Applied Regression and Causal Inference. In the podcast, Alexandre and I discussed the … … | Continue reading
While Marvel’s had no trouble incorporating unresolved material from previous movies into its recent fare, the studio took its sweet time bringing back threads from 2008's The Incredible Hulk. Abomination showed up in She-Hulk after a brief punch of a cameo in Shang-Chi, and next … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024 Minnesota's new flag to follow: Yesterday, President Biden journeyed to the National Museum of African American History and Culture to offer an address. He was commemorating a major event. Early on, his offered the passage shown below. For the full transcri … | Continue reading
In more than ways than one, The Acolyte is being poisitioned as a different Star Wars show than the other live-action offerings. Not only is it winding back the clock to the High Republic era, it’s also doing something different on the action front with some Force-powered martial … | Continue reading
The three offshore wind projects that have already been approved could combine to power more than 2.3 million homes. State opens new round of proposals for offshore wind farms: 'We are committed to seeing the economic development' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
A surge in cases of a rare autoimmune disease during COVID-19 waves in England led to the discovery of a new syndrome. | Continue reading
Berkeley-based startup Profluent has trained an AI to imagine new, never-before-seen CRISPR proteins — opening the door to gene editors with capabilities beyond what we’ve found in the wild. They’re also making a brand new CRISPR system open source, so any scientist can now start … | Continue reading
Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay in Polycrisis: Biden’s announcement this week to sharply raise tariffs on Chinese imports is an escalation in the yearslong tariff war on China. The new tariffs specifically target green goods, most notably electric vehicles, duties on which have now … | Continue reading
On Retrovert, we get to see Richard Berger exploring his experimental side in both lyrics as well as the production. Across the twelve tracks, we get to hear Richard at his finest when it comes to world-building atmospherics. | Continue reading
James Stewart in The New York Times: It’s been 14 years since Goldman Sachs was vilified as a “vampire squid” by Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone. “Organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy,” he concluded then. Goldman has since experienced some hard times, tarred by scan … | Continue reading
No one should be buying a gas car these days. Here’s a list of reasons you can use to convince your family, friends, and neighbors to buy an electric car next time they need a new vehicle. Electric cars are a new, soon-to-be-dominant technology. Once you drive and own an ... [con … | Continue reading
Summer movie season is kicking off in full swing this week, between glitzy debuts at Cannes, and our first thoughts on incoming blockbusters like Furiosa. But it seems neither you or we could escape the absolute nightmare of John Krasinski’s bizarre new fantasy film, If. Click th … | Continue reading
I was mind-blown to learn that the Game of Life can have a pattern that plays the Game of Life. The idea that Game of Life can play itself is not new. It has existed at least since 1996 (also here). By 2006, a grid like the one above existed. I learned about Game of … Continue re … | Continue reading
"It sends a message to investors that their investments are on shaky ground." Controversial new bill in Congress could dramatically affect American EV progress: 'Even if this bill doesn't pass, it will achieve its objective' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In his new book, Christof Koch views consciousness as a theorist and an aficionado. | Continue reading
"Paving the way for a more sustainable future for generations to come." New York's JFK Airport to embark on eco-friendly revamp with stunning new construction plans: 'Guaranteed electric bill savings for 25 years' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The latest iPad Airs and iPad Pros breathed fresh life into Apple’s tablets just as they seemed to be getting stale. Love them or hate them, the new Pros and Airs are pretty damn powerful, with the M4-powered tablet being practically just as capable as the most recent baseline Ma … | Continue reading
Black hole singularities defy the laws of physics. New research presents a bold solution to this puzzle: Black holes may actually be a theoretical type of star called a 'gravastar,' filled with universe-expanding dark energy. | Continue reading
These rule changes and new construction will create jobs as well. Biden administration announces clean energy milestone that will impact millions of American households: 'Helping communities across the country' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Blue Origin is preparing to send a crew of private astronauts to suborbital space, finally resuming its space tourism program on New Shepard after nearly two years of it being grounded. Read more... | Continue reading
The deal is available on all three of the Model Y trim options. Tesla announces incredibly low interest rates for new cars purchased by end of May — here's how to take advantage of offer first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced eight new Biden-Harris Administration appointees joining the DOE team to work alongside U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm in combating climate change and helping the United States achieve Presi … | Continue reading
Asahi Kasei announced today that it will construct its previously announced integrated lithium-ion battery (LIB) separator plant in Port Colborne, which is in the Niagara region of Ontario, Canada. The new manufacturing facility will operate as Asahi Kasei Battery Separator Canad … | Continue reading
There are a lot of tools to visualize data. Some are visualization-specific. Some are tools that let you make charts but are focused on other data things. New apps come out with new features that promise new things. This can make it tricky to find the best visualization tool. Tag … | Continue reading
"This is their way of creating a $30,000 car today." Tesla announces new affordable leasing options for one of its most popular cars: 'By far, the best deal on the market' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
I rewrote it [the Oracle of Bacon] in Rust in January 2023 when I switched over to TMDB as a data source. The new data source was a deep change, and I didn’t want the headache of building it in the original 1990s-era C codebase. — Patrick Reynolds | Continue reading
Volkswagen announced this week that it has two new PHEV versions of the Golf and has ended its collaboration with Renault. The post Volkswagen Pulls Back On Electric Car Plans appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Received my DONOTREPLY.CARDS stickers this week and busted out the Nikon D3300 to photograph their fresh adherence to the laptop. And wow, taking good photos of reflective surfaces is incredibly difficult. I diffused my light as much as I could but it wasn’t enough. I found the p … | Continue reading
Last year, there was a moment where I was walking on a pavement with my eyes closed. I was exhausted, having not been sleeping to a good schedule and pushing myself beyond my limits. My life felt difficult. I was seduced by making progress and creating new things, unable to accep … | Continue reading
Image credit: Reuters Newspaper conglomerate, Gannett, is starting a new program that will add AI-generated bullet points to the beginning of news articles. According to The Verge, the goal of this new feature is to help readers quickly understand the main points of each story. T … | Continue reading
Harvard and Google researchers have collaborated to map a tiny fragment of an adult human brain in unprecedented detail. | Continue reading
Reddit has been eager to sell data from user posts. | Continue reading
Is there something new underneath a whole bunch of familiar game elements? | Continue reading
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iPhone users are “thoroughly freaked out” after discovering a bug that makes deleted photos reappear. Apple’s iOS 17.5 update was… Continue reading iPhone users upset when new iOS resurfaces old pics they thought they deleted The post iPhone users upset when new iOS resurfaces ol … | Continue reading
Amendments contain loopholes that may blunt their effectiveness. | Continue reading
Construction of the New York & Erie Railroad had been underway, off and on, for 14 years when it faced a compound problem in 1846. The railroad's charter from New York State required the road to be built as far as Binghamton by December 31, 1848. To get there, the track needed to … | Continue reading
Two things are true when listening to the head of a movie studio. One, they’re not going to say anything bad about their movies, and two, they definitely know everything happening with those movies. That’s why a new interview with the chairman of Sony Motion Pictures Group, Tom R … | Continue reading
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FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2024 She (almost) gets it right: Elizabeth Spiers is "a contributing Opinion writer" at the New York Times. She's 47 years of age, which sounds like a good age to be. We could do without the snark lodged in the headline which sits atop her new column. That said, t … | Continue reading
A lovely blog post by Jon Hicks on his process for creating the ShareOpenly icon. Characteristically, lots of care and attention went into this. I'm really glad you get to see the open hand icons, which we eventually decided against, but feel really warm and human. Jon's amazing, … | Continue reading