Atlantic currents slowed dramatically during the Younger Dryas period. By reconstructing those ancient ocean conditions, scientists think they can forecast changes over the next century. | Continue reading
A review of Kaliane Bradley's new time travel novel. The post The Time Traveller’s Bridge: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
If you're trying to keep your home cool, the last thing you want to do is run a heater inside. These 'solar shades' are one of the cheapest ways to keep your home cool without running the AC first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Where’s Gollum? Has anyone seen Gollum? Warner Bros. Discovery was certainly looking for him (or, more precisely, a way to cash in on their The Lord of the Rings’ intellectual property rights). Today, during the corporation’s first-quarter earnings conference call (via The Hollyw … | Continue reading
NASA's plan to build a train track on the moon is part of the agency's Innovative Advanced Concepts program, which aims to develop "science fiction-like" projects for future space exploration. | Continue reading
There may be new hope for people with noisy neighbors. Scientists at MIT have developed a method of using thin sheets of fabric to either cancel or block sound – in the latter case, the racket even gets reflected back to its maker. Continue Reading Category: Materials, Science Ta … | Continue reading
The Guardian asked 843 climate scientists how the effort to limit average global temperatures is going. Here's what they had to say. The post 2.5º C Is Now The Best Case Scenario, Climate Scientists Tell The Guardian appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
MIT has been a world leader in supply chain management education and research for more than five decades. | Continue reading
Batman: The Animated Series remains an important, influential superhero show, even nearly 30 years after its final episode, and the loss of iconic voice actor Kevin Conroy. But Batman the character lives forever, and he’ll be launching into new adventures soon in a long-teased se … | Continue reading
In the 1950s, German manufacturer Hailo produced step trash cans.Nowadays trash cans (at least in Europe) are no longer standalone items in kitchens, but are hidden within cabinets. Keeping pace is Hailo's modern offering, the Libero. It's a super low-profile hands-free cabinet d … | Continue reading
It's like your personal, at-home barista! READ MORE... | Continue reading
The latest episode attempts to give us some genuine insight into the Breen The post The Breen Mile — Star Trek: Discovery’s “Erigah” appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Nestled among England's picturesque South Downs, this tiny church is one of the country's smallest. Measuring just 16 square feet, the Church of the Good Shepherd, also known as Lullington Church, can accommodate a congregation of only about 20 people. Interestingly, the church w … | Continue reading
Let’s go, folks — Ubuntu 24.10 daily builds are available for download. Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ officially opened for development earlier this week following the reveal of the official codename (more than window dressing the codename is a critical part of infrastructure se … | Continue reading
Achieving Pro Zoom meeting quality on my Mac For the past decade, I've worked remote. I slowly moved from full-time software and infrastructure dev to YouTuber, and throughout that time, I kept tweaking my desk video recording/conferencing setup. I wanted to document my setup tod … | Continue reading
You've probably seen the tone-deaf ad from Apple about their new super thin iPad. I get the concept they were going for—it's like a thousand devices rolled into one, but the way the ad was shot revels in destruction of beloved things and really | Continue reading
There’s more Bluey on the way in the form of Bluey Minisodes! A new batch of 20 shorts will be released on Disney Jr. and Disney+ this July. Read more... | Continue reading
Aurora-hunting photographers were surprised to spot a misshaped SpaceX spiral with ethereal horns over Europe during a recent geomagnetic storm. | Continue reading
A message to physical media and merch loving people - Blindness & Light has limited edition CD's and vinyl available on their Bandcamp for their first full-length self-titled album. | Continue reading
EVs Now 19% of World Auto Sales Global plugin vehicle registrations were up 19% in March 2024 compared to March 2023. There were 1.3 million registrations. BEVs were up by 7% YoY, while plugin hybrids jumped 50% YoY, with March being its second best month ever. In the end, plugin … | Continue reading
In appreciation of the hard work and dedication of teachers and educators, Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels are offering a 20% savings during the summer break season, and we have the details. The Hotels Disney Springs Resort Area Hotels include: All Disney Springs Resort Area Ho … | Continue reading
"Way prettier than grass anyways." Family tired of laborious lawn maintenance decides to transform yard: 'This is the way' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The future of weight loss is looking more varied by the second. This week, scientists have reported the preliminary findings of a small trial testing out a novel, non-surgical procedure for obesity—one that works by burning part of the mucus-filled lining of the stomach. The pati … | Continue reading
This Help Universal Light is by German industrial designer Rupert Kopp. A sort of task lamp for everyday life, the graphic, playful shape is meant to encourage you to jury-rig it into places where you couldn't get an ordinary lamp.The dimmable LED puts out up to 1,900 lumens. The … | Continue reading
Apple Music has launched Shazam Radio Spins, a new set of top chart playlists built by identifying music played by over 40,000 radio stations in over 200 countries and regions. The centerpiece of the new charts is the global Top 200 Radio Chart, which is updated daily. Shazam has … | Continue reading
A friend’s sister recently died of cancer at age 62 (despite Joe Biden’s pledge to eliminate cancer). He had previously been sued by the mother of the people who used to be his children. As is conventional in Maskachusetts, she was able to obtain a court order that her child supp … | Continue reading
Look, I’m not going to sit here and tell you that Apple selling 4 Apple Pencils is great. It’s more confusing than it ought to be, but this week’s iPad event clearly showed me how this is going to play out in the near( | Continue reading
It’s not for everyone. Nor is it pizza. READ MORE... | Continue reading
While almost every animal in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was computer generated, one particular species was practical: the leeches on the bodies of the entire crew. Read more... | Continue reading
Located in the Polish city of Poznań, about 180 miles west of Warsaw, the Museum of the History of Poznań (or The Town Hall Poznań Museum) traces the city's history from the 10th century until today. The museum is housed in the city's historic town hall, which can trace its earli … | Continue reading
A bad thing happened to another Boeing plane on Thursday. A 737-300 operated by the Senegalese carrier Transair skidded off the runway while ablaze at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. A statement from Senegal’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Land and Air Transp … | Continue reading
Downing a freshly brewed cup of coffee in the morning can be vital for facing the day ahead, but what if you had to wait up to a day to get your caffeine hit? That's on the menu if you like your Joe brewed cold, but researchers have now managed to cold brew in minutes thanks to u … | Continue reading
The Harlem Detectives arrived like a thunderbolt. Like a meteor screaming across the sky. I had seen detectives before, but nothing compared to this. Or so I felt when I was introduced to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones. They make their appearance at the start of chapter … | Continue reading
The latest versions of the iPad Air and iPad Pro have effectively discontinued any Apple tablet with a headphone jack. I know, I know, that slow march away from dedicated audio jacks has been trending on for the last decade, as much as we might miss them. It seems audiophiles who … | Continue reading
Dice snakes theatrically stage their own deaths, using blood and feces to convince predators they've shuffled off their mortal coils. | Continue reading
Remember the package-design-egg-drop challenge they make (or made) ID students do? Civil Engineering students at the Technical University of Munich face a similar challenge, except the egg is their professor.In order to pass TUM's Design & Construction 2 course, student teams eac … | Continue reading
Norway is an international leader in electric vehicles and renewable energy thanks to decades of policy support by the government. The post Norway Continues To Lead The Transition To A Green Economy appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
Art produced by or with the help of artificial intelligence is more popular than ever, from the record-breaking $432,000 auction of Obvious collective’s Portrait of Edmond Belamy to the overwhelming success of Refik Anadol’s “Unsupervised” exhibit at the MoMA. But one art-world f … | Continue reading
There are so many ways to say hello. People wave, bow, shake hands, hug, kiss, fist bump, say “hi” or any combo of these. But there’s one greeting from nature that we sure hope doesn’t catch on, as a new study finds that elephants often greet chums with a dump. Continue Reading C … | Continue reading
I kicked Election Day off by making myself a large glass of rum punch from Martha Washington’s recipe (orange juice, lemon juice, cloves, cinnamon, etc.). I did this because, for one thing, day drinking was the norm in the 1790s. Booze was especially common during election season … | Continue reading
So impressive that you can pretend it’s hard to make and everyone will believe you. READ MORE... | Continue reading
If parents had known what these romance books really were, they would be at the top of the banned list. The post Chaos Under the Corset: When Romance Covers Hide Revolution appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
"We want to be the leader that brings in the electric revolution, like Tesla has done for cars." Startup to launch new fleet of self-driving boats with important mission: 'We are hoping that we will make a real impact' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The forensic facial reconstruction is based on a precise 3D model of the skull created with medical scans. | Continue reading
Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neuralink has had a string of successes with its first human test subject who had a chip installed in his brain. However, it hasn’t been flawless. On Wednesday, the company described an issue with the implant that it claims has since been solved. … | Continue reading
“Happiness consists in realizing it is all a great strange dream.” Jack Kerouac. | Continue reading
The US Department of Energy has tapped six sites to host new vanadium flow batteries, aiming to replace fossil energy with renewables. The post Vanadium Flow Batteries Are Coming For Your Gas Power Plant appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading