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WSJ says 'Canada' is now in baseball world series final! (Or is it their attempt to finally legitimize the term 'world series?'
www.wsj.com/sports/baseb...
www.wsj.com/sports/baseb...
The Clutch Home Run That Sent Canada to the World Series
George Springer’s three-run homer in Game 7 of the ALCS was the blast heard across the country, powering the Blue Jays to the World Series for the first time since 1993.
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
WSJ says 'Canada' is now in baseball world series final! (Or is it their attempt to finally legitimize the term 'world series?'
www.wsj.com/sports/baseb...
www.wsj.com/sports/baseb...
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How many people died in large famines over the past 150 years?
📊 We've updated the data in many of our charts on famine, including a big update from the World Peace Foundation (@worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social).
This update was led on our team by @bastianherre.bsky.social and Veronika Samborska.
📊 We've updated the data in many of our charts on famine, including a big update from the World Peace Foundation (@worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social).
This update was led on our team by @bastianherre.bsky.social and Veronika Samborska.
April 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
How many people died in large famines over the past 150 years?
📊 We've updated the data in many of our charts on famine, including a big update from the World Peace Foundation (@worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social).
This update was led on our team by @bastianherre.bsky.social and Veronika Samborska.
📊 We've updated the data in many of our charts on famine, including a big update from the World Peace Foundation (@worldpeacefdtn.bsky.social).
This update was led on our team by @bastianherre.bsky.social and Veronika Samborska.
This is very disturbing, to say the least. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4371...
April 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is very disturbing, to say the least. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4371...
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Quantum dots feature widely tunable and distinctive optical, electrical, chemical, and physical properties. They span energy harvesting, illumination, displays, cameras, and more.
Read more on #WorldQuantumDay: scim.ag/4j6gJOl
Read more on #WorldQuantumDay: scim.ag/4j6gJOl
Semiconductor quantum dots: Technological progress and future challenges
A review highlights advances in the synthesis of colloidal quantum dots that have enabled numerous applications.
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April 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Quantum dots feature widely tunable and distinctive optical, electrical, chemical, and physical properties. They span energy harvesting, illumination, displays, cameras, and more.
Read more on #WorldQuantumDay: scim.ag/4j6gJOl
Read more on #WorldQuantumDay: scim.ag/4j6gJOl
Re-posting for posterity
This weird, wormy creature may help scientists get to the bottom of an enduring mystery in evolution: Where did the anus come from? @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
April 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Re-posting for posterity
Alan Turing never ceases to amaze! He worked on voice encryption around the WW2 time!! https://spectrum.ieee.org/alan-turings-delilah
Alan Turing’s Secret “Delilah” Project - IEEE Spectrum
In November 2023, a large cache of Turing's wartime papers—nicknamed the “Bayley papers”—was auctioned in London for almost half a million U.S. dollars. The previously unknown cache contains many sheets in Turing’s own handwriting, telling of his top-secret “Delilah” engineering project from 1943 to 1945. This is an exclusive look at the documents, and what they reveal about Alan Turing.
spectrum.ieee.org
February 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Alan Turing never ceases to amaze! He worked on voice encryption around the WW2 time!! https://spectrum.ieee.org/alan-turings-delilah
I will cling to my Minidisc collection, dearly...forever! https://spectrum.ieee.org/recordable-physical-media
Sony Kills Recordable Blu-Rays, MiniDiscs, and MiniDVs - IEEE Spectrum
Once popular in Japan, MiniDiscs, MiniDV, and blank Blu-Rays are out
spectrum.ieee.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I will cling to my Minidisc collection, dearly...forever! https://spectrum.ieee.org/recordable-physical-media
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This tigress has reclaimed the ancient fort within Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and made it her home.
Protection, prey, peace, and prosperity have been key factors in the tiger recovery within India, according to a new Science study. Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/42yn5Ra
Protection, prey, peace, and prosperity have been key factors in the tiger recovery within India, according to a new Science study. Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/42yn5Ra
January 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This tigress has reclaimed the ancient fort within Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and made it her home.
Protection, prey, peace, and prosperity have been key factors in the tiger recovery within India, according to a new Science study. Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/42yn5Ra
Protection, prey, peace, and prosperity have been key factors in the tiger recovery within India, according to a new Science study. Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/42yn5Ra
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Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
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January 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
CIE now recommends Colour Fidelity Index (R_f) for general adoption and migrate away from CRI. https://cie.co.at/publications/cie-2025-cie-position-statement-colour-quality-metrics-2nd-edition
January 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
CIE now recommends Colour Fidelity Index (R_f) for general adoption and migrate away from CRI. https://cie.co.at/publications/cie-2025-cie-position-statement-colour-quality-metrics-2nd-edition
When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries. Results suggest that political misinformation should be understood as part and parcel of the current wave of radical right populism, and its opposition to liberal democratic institution. doi.org/10.1177/1940...
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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
doi.org
January 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries. Results suggest that political misinformation should be understood as part and parcel of the current wave of radical right populism, and its opposition to liberal democratic institution. doi.org/10.1177/1940...
Crossposting test. Ignore
January 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Crossposting test. Ignore
Leave it to the Japanese to come up with another interesting tiny gadget! news.sky.com/story/electr...
Electric spoon that makes food taste saltier goes on sale in Japan
The Electric Salt Spoon works by passing a weak electric current through the tip of the device to concentrate sodium ion molecules on the tongue.
news.sky.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Leave it to the Japanese to come up with another interesting tiny gadget! news.sky.com/story/electr...
Crapgadget alert! www.theverge.com/2025/1/5/243...
Belkin’s PowerGrip adds a magnetic battery and shutter button to your iPhone
It’s like sticking half a handheld camera to your iPhone.
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Crapgadget alert! www.theverge.com/2025/1/5/243...
Always good to see another step ahead in smart home interoperability. Matter gaining more traction. www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/243...
Apple, Google, and Samsung will accept Matter certification for their own Works With programs
One badge to rule them all (eventually).
www.theverge.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Always good to see another step ahead in smart home interoperability. Matter gaining more traction. www.theverge.com/2025/1/6/243...
This is a great tool for all Home Automation enthusiasts. Good sorting and filtering options to quickly get to what you need. Their ratings seem to be genuine too! Bookmark it. smarthomeindex.com
Smart Home Index
Compare smart home devices to find the perfect match for your needs. View detailed comparisons of connectivity, ecosystem compatibility, and other features!
smarthomeindex.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:28 PM
This is a great tool for all Home Automation enthusiasts. Good sorting and filtering options to quickly get to what you need. Their ratings seem to be genuine too! Bookmark it. smarthomeindex.com
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As of today, @plos.org (and all of its journals) will no longer be posting to The Bad Place™️ #academicsky
December 16, 2024 at 7:41 PM
As of today, @plos.org (and all of its journals) will no longer be posting to The Bad Place™️ #academicsky
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"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury."
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. scim.ag/49BKZgp
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. scim.ag/49BKZgp
December 16, 2024 at 5:25 PM
"The academic structure … makes planning for a family feel like an impossible luxury."
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. scim.ag/49BKZgp
In this #ScienceWorkingLife, two postdocs share how, as women in academia, having children can feel impossible—and how talking about it makes them feel less alone. scim.ag/49BKZgp
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It took four days from submission to publication, and nearly five years from publication to retraction. After campaigning by many, many scientists, and an investigation by Elsevier, an infamous paper on hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment has been retracted. 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Infamous paper that popularized unproven COVID-19 treatment finally retracted
Study on hydroxychloroquine by Didier Raoult and colleagues gets pulled on ethical and scientific grounds
www.science.org
December 17, 2024 at 5:31 PM
It took four days from submission to publication, and nearly five years from publication to retraction. After campaigning by many, many scientists, and an investigation by Elsevier, an infamous paper on hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment has been retracted. 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn
December 12, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year is lenacapavir, an injectable drug that demonstrated remarkable success at preventing HIV infection with one shot every 6 months.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: scim.ag/3BrCtUn
6th century Buddha statue found in the Swedish island of Helgo. Located in Lake Malaren, to the west of Stockholm, a Viking trade centre. irisharchaeology.ie/2013/12/the-...
November 25, 2024 at 1:40 AM
6th century Buddha statue found in the Swedish island of Helgo. Located in Lake Malaren, to the west of Stockholm, a Viking trade centre. irisharchaeology.ie/2013/12/the-...