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- + Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species—The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact. [Ca...
- + DeepMind’s hurricane breakthrough has surprised weather scientists—Open source WeatherNext model can make accurate predictions with lower...
- + The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow—Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's...
- + How snails engineer their slime—Collagen and calcium work in tandem to achieve varying mechanical prop...
- + The world's biggest solar telescope caught vortexes on the Sun's surface—We expected them to be there, but they had previously been too small t...
- + Trump is losing his war on wind power—A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the la...
- + Large genome models used to design new viruses—The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing...
- + Parasitic zombie-ant fungus thrives in mosses, too—This may help fungi survive host scarcity and explains why infected ho...
- + This Atlantic hurricane season is looking like a dud, but there will be a price to pay—"The models are forecasting something outside the envelope of anything...
- + D-Wave shows off its new entry in quantum computing race—Company noted for building quantum annealers now also making gate-base...
- + Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed—Also: Cyborg diving suits for cockroaches, why sleepy sperm whales blo...
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- + Transmitting Analog Video Via Frikkin’ Laser Beams—Transmitting analog video via photons is old hat: thats how everything...
- + Continously Extruding 3D Printed Tubes with Compressed Air—[Jan] of [Roetz 4.0] has a unique approach to multi-material 3D printi...
- + Whatever Happened to the Computer of Tomorrow, Anyway? The Xerox Alto Story—Youve almost certainly heard of the Xerox Alto, the machine that pione...
- + Tracking Bees with a Stereo Camera—For whatever reason, [Jeremy] wants to photograph bees in flight. This...
- + High-Density Parchment Paper Papertronics with Laser-Carved Hydrophilic Channels—Paper as a substrate for electronic circuits is not very common, but p...
- + Track Bird Visitors With a Raspberry Pi and a USB Mic—Avian Visitors is a lovely project by [Teddy Warner] that uses a Raspb...
- + Grading Tomatoes with an ESP32 and ML—If youve ever worked with produce, you might know about grading. In ad...
- + Robotic Screw and Bolt Sorter Seeks a New Challenge—As someone who disassembles and repairs hardware, [Aad] eventually end...
- + Junkbin, a Way to Efficiently Reuse Your Old Electronics—We all have that bin in the corner of our shops the one with all the ...
- + Tim Hunkin’s History Of Arcade Machines—There was a particular treat at the recent Electromagnetic Field event...
- + Want Energy Efficiency? Dude, You’re Getting a Dell!—With a title like Intel Just Matched Apple Silicon. Seriously., the la...
- + The BBC Tetris Companion—[Leaded Solder] took on an interesting challenge. The BBC, apparently,...
- + Block, shmock — Just Pump Water Over The Chip—If youre water cooling a PC, its generally accepted that you need some...
- + This Filesystem is Born to Fail—Sandboxing a Linux process usually means spending a lot of effort deci...
- + Hacking a $6000 Cotton Candy Machine to Fully Control It—Having a fully automated cotton candy vending machine in your possessi...
- + Chernobyl’s Robots, or the Hackathon From Hell—When the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plants #4 reactor experienced an extr...
- + Hackaday Podcast Episode 381: Airless Tires, Full-color Prints, and 28 MW of LEDs—This weeks Hackaday podcast is a European affair again, as Elliot Will...
- + Music is Back on Optical Disk in This Plex Server—Given that the no doubt totally sustainable build-out of data centers ...
- + This Week in Security: Claude Gets Hacking, Hotel WiFi, and NPM Compromised Again—kMaybe feeling left out from the questionable hype train of Our AI mod...
- + FlipBuddy is Borg, You Will Be Assimilated—When you think about it, time is all weve really got. Where to go from...
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- + Houthis attack Saudi refinery, Yemeni Red Sea port at Mokha—Firefighters in Saudi Arabia extinguished a fire at the state-owned oi...
- + Israel rejects 15-point plan to disarm Hamas, withdraw Israeli troops—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel rejects a U.S.-b...
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- + The Complicated Case of Passing On Your Digital Estate—There’s no perfect way to transfer possession of your digital assets t...
- + 4 Best Compression Boots: Therabody, Hyperice, and More (2026)—Whether you’re training hard, traveling often, or dealing with poor ci...
- + Meetily Lets You Transcribe and Summarize Meetings Without a Subscription—Here’s How—There are endless ways to record and transcribe your virtual meetings ...
- + TCL Note A1 Nxtpaper Review (2026): A Hybrid Tablet for Taking Notes and Watching Video—TCL’s hybrid tablet-digital notebook tries to be the best of both worl...
- + The 12 Best Anime to Watch if You Think You Hate Anime—Japan’s strongest media export makes a solid case for your attention s...
- + 8 Best Workout Headphones & Earbuds: Beats, Bose, Apple (2026)—Not every great pair of headphones belongs in the gym. These do, thank...
- + These AI Barons Are Ready to Give Away Their Fortunes—A new generation of philanthropists made rich by artificial intelligen...
- + The Sharpest Image Ever Taken of the Sun Reveals a Hidden Phenomenon—The photograph, taken in visible light, made it possible to observe fo...
- + Census Proposal Would Stop Counting Undocumented Immigrants—and Ignore Race and Sexual Orientation—A draft rule reviewed by WIRED would prevent the census from counting ...
- + Here Are the First Images of the Crater Left on the Moon by SpaceX’s Rocket—The Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared images that show the gas...
- + The Excellent HP OmniBook 5 Is $550 Off Its Retail Price Today—My favorite budget laptop, the HP OmniBook 5, has an OLED screen and g...
- + Best Gaming Laptops (2026): Razer, Asus, Dell, and More—You don’t want any old gaming laptop. Here’s my take on which to get, ...
- + Xteink X4 Pro Pocket E-Reader Review (2026): Fun but Limited—Xteink’s new X4 Pro e-reader is its best yet, but the lack of an ebook...
- + Flock’s Plans for Rideshare Dashcams and Coaching Police, Revealed—Plus: A judge rules cell tower dumps unconstitutional, water utility h...
- + How to Disable Gemini in Gmail and Google Docs—New AI toolbars and prompts are showing up in Google Docs and Gmail. I...
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