L ike many of the researchers who study how people find their way from place to place, David Uttal is a poor navigator. “When I was 13 years old, I got lost on a Boy Scout hike, and I was lost for two and a half days,” recalls the Northwestern University cognitive scientist. And … | Continue reading
Each week, Atlas Obscura is providing a new short excerpt from our upcoming book, Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders (September 17, 2024). Most of the time, Chile’s Atacama Desert is gritty, cracked, and red. The desert gets less than 0.6 inch (1.5 cm) o … | Continue reading
Not only does this hack save money on pricey pots, but it also gives new life to an item that may have otherwise ended up in a landfill. Gardener shares unlikely source for 'excellent' planters: 'Love this idea' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Eric sets the stage to discuss his incredible labor of work (and love) to make GitHub more inclusive and accessible: Before we discuss the particulars of these updates, I would like to call attention to the most important aspect of the work: direct participation of, and input fro … | Continue reading
If your favorite part of cleaning is when it’s over, then listen up, lazybones. You can do less work and still have a clean and tidy house if you set up these strategies ahead of time to diminish dirt, wrangle clutter and keep yourself on track. It’s sooo much easier to prevent d … | Continue reading
We know more about Perkins' next project than his current film The post Tatiana Maslany Joins Longlegs Director’s Next Horror Film appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
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The dumping site has toxic waste containers scattered throughout the forest that were never cleaned up. Graduate student exposes government agency for promoting illegal waste dumping: 'Pollutants lingering in the soil above health and safety levels' first appeared on The Cool Dow … | Continue reading
More than a decade since its launch, App Inventor recently hosted its 100 millionth project and registered its 20 millionth user. Now hosted by MIT, the app also supports experimenting with AI. | Continue reading
Congratulations to the finalists! The post Here Are the Finalists for the 2024 Locus Awards appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
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Who's excited to see some planets get eaten? The post Fantastic Four Villain Will Be Galactus, Played by Ralph Ineson; John Malkovich Also Joins Cast appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
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Farming, which heavily relies on the ability to forecast and track weather changes, has been greatly impacted as weather patterns have begun to shift. Tech companies work to develop AI models capable of increasing harvests for agriculture industry: 'Make faster decisions, with le … | Continue reading
thejaymo: The American Climate Corps is now hiring You can now apply to be one of the first members of the American Climate Corps. “You’ll get paid to fight climate change, learning how to install those solar panels, fight wildfires, rebuild wetlands, weatherize homes, and so muc … | Continue reading
Buttermilk Pancakes are super soft and fluffy pancakes that are our family favorite! They’re so easy to make for a perfect weekend breakfast. Enjoy a stack of these incredible pancakes anytime – they’re the most delicious way to start your day! For more variations, try my Banana … | Continue reading
Joyce Chen’s eyes water as she looks into the camera and reads aloud the letter of intent in her 1972 Chinese visa application. Twenty-three years earlier, she fled China’s Communist Revolution, only to watch a chasm grow between her birthplace and the United States, her adopted … | Continue reading
It’s been about what how has it been almost 8 years since I overhauled an old blueberry muffin recipe in the archives to turn them into what I consider the highest calling of the category, perfect in taste (not too sweet, dreamy crumb, lemon scented, absolutely riddled with blueb … | Continue reading
There are many reasons to attend a scientific conference. You get to see collaborators and friends who are pushing new projects forward. You get to watch lots of cool talks updating you on the latest cool results in your research domain. And then it happens, every now and then, t … | Continue reading
The Stockton Diamond Railroad Crossing is a marvel of engineering and a humorous display of the state of rail in America. The Stockton Diamond is a crossroads of double-track freight and passenger rail owned and operated by Union Pacific and BNSF; the duopoly that controls all fr … | Continue reading
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Amid mounting criticism over its response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, PEN America has decided to cancel not only its 2024 Literary Awards ceremony, but also the 20th edition of its esteemed World Voices Festival. These cancellations came in the wake of withdrawals from aw … | Continue reading
Piña Colada is a refreshing summer cocktail perfectly suited for any occasion. Made with only four simple ingredients, this Puerto Rican cocktail features frozen pineapple and cream of coconut blended to frozen perfection with white and topped with dark rum float. If you love tro … | Continue reading
You have probably heard by now that there’s a big solar storm on its way toward us. (If not, sign up for Heatmap AM, our daily roundup of climate and energy news.) On Wednesday, the sun started ejecting massive columns of geomagnetic activity out into space in Earth’s direction. … | Continue reading
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This is the best French Toast recipe and it’s so easy to make. This classic breakfast features sweet egg-soaked Brioche bread cooked in a pan and served with your favorite toppings. Brioche is the best bread for the softest, tastiest French Toast. If you want to try more recipes, … | Continue reading
"It's an excellent propping solution!" Gardener shares 'genius' idea to repurpose K-Cups for plants: 'I've also done this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This morning I was a guest on Cup o' Go, ahead of today's episode, which is now live. Cup o' Go is a great podcast, which I've listened to since the first episode was released last January, and I very much recommend a listen - not just to my episode, but others! - as there's a gr … | Continue reading
Ten years ago today, I posted the first episode of Pepper&Carrot on my blog. It was a simple gag, but your feedback made me realize that this little witch and her cat deserved a second episode. So I started working on it. Step by step, one episode followed another, and thanks to … | Continue reading
Here’s a shocker: Americans aren’t exactly unified in their takes on the energy transition. In a new Heatmap poll conducted by Embold Research, about a third of the more than 2,000 adults surveyed agreed that “renewable energy offers many significant benefits, with few downsides, … | Continue reading
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Here's what we looked at this week:Industrial Facility designed this Powerbox mobile charging system for Herman Miller. How architects could help custom fab shops: Let them sell products from projects.Fantastic Industrial Design student work: Charlie Humble-Thomas asks "How l … | Continue reading
This Stuffed French Toast in an extra special sweet breakfast recipe for all coconut fans. This coconut crusted and stuffed French Toast features coconut flavored cream cheese filling, and dipped in coconut flavored egg mixture, and encrusted in sweetened coconut flakes. For more … | Continue reading
Today's Drop features a new markup language called MinTyML that has been introduced, aiming to simplify HTML coding by providing a more concise syntax and reducing redundancy. It further features Go Katas covering various programming idioms to improve proficiency in Go. And, mult … | Continue reading
A royal messenger on a high-speed chase across a climate-ravaged wasteland, featuring motorcycles, monsters, and magic… The post Read an Excerpt From Hana Lee’s Road to Ruin appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
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By Leo Babauta Our days are a busy rush, often from the moment we wake up. Even in our moments of rest, we are often on our phones or using technology to distract ourselves. The result is a life of stress, overwhelm, and habitual patterns. What would it be like to slow down? To f … | Continue reading
These days an ID firm might be called on to design a system, rather than a product. Package Solutions is a company seeking to solve the problems of delivering packages to multi-resident buildings and student housing. They hired Formation Design Group to work out the solutions."Th … | Continue reading
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I wear a face shield in the mornings. On a farm, when you're blasting out muck buckets with a hose, you only have to get liquid feces up your nose once before you seek solutions.The face shield I've got is the polycarbonate 3M kind that you'd wear if using a lathe. It's overkill, … | Continue reading
Not only was the event a "show and tell" of green technology, it allowed many to try out the different appliances and vehicles themselves. Residents flock to appliance 'petting zoo' to experience latest home efficiency technology: 'There's a real need and opportunity to inform th … | Continue reading
Writing good JSDocs for your JavaScript package is critical to its success. Here are some best practices for creating docs that helps your users be successful. | Continue reading
by Doug Bock Clark ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in y … | Continue reading
Whatever happened to Eskarina Smith, anyway? The post Terry Pratchett Book Club: I Shall Wear Midnight, Part II appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
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This week I found myself digging through the code of c4, an implementation of C “in four functions”, by Robert Swierczek. I remember coming across c4 when it was released ten years ago. It got me excited: hey, C in four functions, that means it’s easy to understand right? | Continue reading
“Is the popular “Shopping Cart Litmus Test” a measure of a person’s worth?” – Greg, US This question made me feel like a bad philosopher. I had to Google the shopping cart litmus test, and when I did so, I discovered it’s all over the philosophy-leaning internet. It’s a modern mo … | Continue reading