See the Sun like never before with most detailed images yet. Images and footage show “whirlpools” of activity that it has not been possible to see before. It is the Sun’s magnetic field getting twisted by hot gas, and that […]
Claude loves load-bearing words. “load-bearing 39.47× more frequent in this cluster” comes from scraping “1,000 GitHub Pull Requests daily to analyse trends in vocabulary.” The page is basically a dashboard for the weirdly specific words that show up around Claude. […]
I Own 28,000 Books. “This is the first thing you learn when your collection crosses from “large” into “logistical situation”: the books will outgrow any space you put them in. Not eventually. Quickly.” A guy with 28,000 books breaks down […]
A modern apartment is full of things that once drew awe. “If we could have devised an arrangement for providing everybody with music in their homes, perfect in quality, unlimited in quantity, suited to every mood, and beginning and ceasing […]
How trains led to time zones. “At best, people might miss their train; at worst, trains were more likely to collide when using a single track.” Railroads needed everyone to agree on the clock, so in 1883 US and Canadian […]
Take Google’s phishing test. “AI is already making phishing attacks more sophisticated, personalized, and common.” Google’s Jigsaw made a quick quiz to practice noticing the little tells before you click. ~ learn more
You can hear cauliflower growing. “That rapid expansion means the florets of the plant’s popcorn-like heads often rub against one another as they grow, creating a noise many farmers call “cauliflower creak.”” It can grow up to 1 inch per […]
Massive iceberg collapses and flips over in Ilulissat, Greenland. “this video shows the entire event unfolding over approximately one hour, not just the brief final rollover seen in shorter clips shared around the world.” ~ learn more
The professor who taught people how to think “Professor Julius Sumner Miller finds pure joy in the ordinary world and cannot rest until you feel it too,” says the description of this restored 1962 episode of *Why Is It So?* […]
How a simple request for Al to book a gym class exposed a major threat. “Bad news — I can’t add them back,” the AI agent replied after it tested a gym booking API by cancelling someone else’s reservation. It […]