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13 yoga positions to do every day
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13 yoga positions to do every day for increased flexibility
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November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The ant that may destry Europe
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A deadly fire ant has reached European shores. The insect invasion could wreak havoc
The red imported fire ant is one of the world’s most destructive invasive species. Can its spread be stopped?
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November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A new paint that blocks 97% of sunlight
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This roof paint blocks 97% of sunlight and pulls water from the air
A roof paint that can cool your home and pull fresh water straight out of the air? It's within reach, as scientists scale up production of a new kind of paint-like coating that shields roofing from th...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Google's new hurricane model arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Google’s new hurricane model was breathtakingly good this season
Meanwhile, the US Global Forecasting System continues to get worse.
arstechnica.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
What Is a Manifold?
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What Is a Manifold? | Quanta Magazine
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Lab-grown chocolate
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I tried lab-grown chocolate. Could it be the future of Halloween?
It could eventually cut down on the production of traditional chocolate, which degrades soil and requires much fertilizer and pesticides
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November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
When Will Quantum Computing Work?
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When Will Quantum Computing Work?
Quantum computers will create good businesses beyond 2030, maybe 2040, but not before then. Many R&D breakthroughs are required to build useful machines.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Patti Smith on her youth
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Essay by Patti Smith: Art Rats in New York City
Finding my own words.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
James Lasdun on serial killers
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James Lasdun · American Berserk: Serial Killers in Seattle
For a period beginning in the 1960s and ending around the turn of this century, the preferred form of the homicidally...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
How long we can balance on one leg is an important indicator of general health, especially as we age
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How long can you stand on one leg? What it says about your health.
Our ability to balance decreases as we age.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:12 AM
On Helen DeWitt
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A Work of Genius or a Complete Mess? Even Its Author Can’t Decide.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The secret language of plants
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Plants have a secret language that scientists are only now starting to decipher
Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular cross talk help in creating better crops?
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October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How Nontoxic Is ‘Nontoxic’ Cookware? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/w...
How Nontoxic Is ‘Nontoxic’ Cookware?
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October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Knausgård on Dostoyevski
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The Light of “The Brothers Karamazov”
Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for?
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October 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
You Can (Literally) Die of Laughter
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Turns Out, You Can Die of Laughter—Here’s What You Need to Know
Could an intense bout of the giggles trigger fatal health events like cardiac arrest? Doctors explain.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
When and how fast the sea level will rise
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How Soon Will the Seas Rise? | Quanta Magazine
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen — and how fast — is anything but settled.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Helen Fields (not that I am a fan, but I agree with her)
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The Last Word On Nothing | My Hard-Won, Useless Knowledge
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October 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On Tom Stoppard
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A playwright without heirs | Alexander Larman | The Critic Magazine
I have met Tom Stoppard twice. The first time was as a teenager when he came to address my school drama society.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The explosion of choice
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Why an abundance of choice is not the same as freedom | Aeon Essays
It’s only in recent history that freedom has come to mean having a huge array of choices in life. Did we take a wrong turn?
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October 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Andrew Ross Sorkin: The lesson of 1929
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The Lesson of 1929
Debt is the almost singular through line behind every major financial crisis.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Sue Goldie Has Parkinson’s Disease
An acclaimed researcher is an expert at explaining complicated problems. Now she has to confront the most vexing question: What is happening to her?
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October 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Do not heat plastic
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Microplastics are everywhere. You can do one simple thing to avoid them.
The biggest sources of microplastics have one thing in common: Heat.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
You might not be eating the “right mix” of protein
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You're probably eating enough protein, but maybe not the right mix
Protein is having a moment. But even if most people are eating enough protein, studies suggest they may not be eating the right mix.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits. www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM