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Information about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and what you can do to save it.

In eight new papers, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational waves (NANOGrav) presents evidence for a gravitational wave background. In this bite, we provide an overview of their results and their implications

My book is a memoir written around the denial of my medical certificate required to fly light aircraft for mental health reasons.

With the Outbreak of the WW2, Ships in the North Atlantic could no longer Report their Positions & Weather and the Atlantic became what is known in the Jargon as a “Data Sparse Area&#8221…

Urging aviation students at the summit to seek help if they need it is noble, but sounds hollow when the FAA regulations are built on stigma.

Bob Ross was a consummate teacher. He guided fans along as he painted “happy trees,” “almighty mountains” and “fluffy clouds” over the course of his 11-year tel…

"Scar Tissues Make Relationships Wear Out" 04/26/2103. From a lecture by Professor John Ousterhout at Stanford, class CS142. This is my most touchy-feely thought for the weekend. Here’s the basic idea:

Inexplicably bad property photographs. It's that simple.

Acerbis is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a unique achievement. The manufacturer has snatched its first Guinness World Record Record for the greatest distance ridden on a single tank of fuel by a gas-powered motorcycle. The total distance covered? An impressive 4,183.8 kilometers (2,599.7 miles) without refueling. To achieve this feat, the technical team at […]

A new study led by Stanford Medicine researchers is the first to reveal how magnetic stimulation treats severe depression: by correcting the abnormal flow of brain signals.

Writing is easy, just open your editor and bleed

Ben Thompson is the author of twelve books on various historical subjects, including the Badass, Guts & Glory, and Epic Fails series.

During the past weeks, I learned every single one of VSCode's keyboard shortcuts. This post describes how it helped me picking up new developer habits.

In 1970, a Zambia-based nun named Sister Mary Jucunda wrote to Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, then-associate director of science at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, in response…

Trailing weighted nets across the seabed wrecks fish stocks and kills carbon-capturing seagrasses—but one fisherman’s sculpture project has turned the tide.

30 Life Lessons Learned in 30 Years | With my 20s officially behind me, I thought about some of the biggest life lessons I’ve learned over my first 30 years of life. Here they are.

lessons in UI design from an industrial supply company.

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A Cu(II) mediated hybrid sorbent offers over 5.0 moles of atmospheric CO2 capture per kg sorbent and dual modes of regeneration.

I was doing a bit of tweaking on our agency site the other day. I introduced a del element to one of the headings in a new post. It looked pretty rubbish though because the text decoration …

Seriously, this happened. You should absolutely read about it.

With over 900 different species, there’s a lot of diversity in the tarantula world. They range from the size of your thumbnail to the size of a…

I'm sharing my experience dealing with what might be the most underdiagnosed and under-treated health disorder today.

New research shows that if done right, urban farms and gardens can support all kinds of species—for the good of people and the environment.

You can now buy this story as part of my collection, Valuable Humans in Transit and Other Stories. Incidentally, that collection, published in November 2022, is the first appearance of "Lena" in print, which makes it eligible for the 2023 Hugo Awards. Please nominate if you ca...

We all have random thoughts about ourselves. We may share them with someone close to us, but if we feel that they are too random and silly…