Airlines are running out of flight numbers. “American Airlines, Delta, and United are running out of flight numbers, and nobody knows what to do about it.” ~ learn more
How a turf war between lizards in Florida impacts mosquitoes and maybe human health. Brown anoles are fighting a silent battle in Florida, but “may unwittingly be helping humans by absorbing the mosquito bites, and decreasing the transmission of serious […]
Rap falls off the Billboard Top 40. “Rap has officially dipped out of the top 40 songs on the Billboard charts for the first time in 35 years.” The combination of Billboard’s new rules and the genre’s declining market share […]
Ride to the stratosphere. “Welcome to the space elevator, the only elevator that goes to space.” Along the way, you’ll learn about everything from towering cumulonimbus clouds to the death-defying records of high-altitude birds and planes. ~ learn more
The lottery-fication of finance. “The breakout finance products of the past decade converge around a single design: a highly engineered lottery.” From sports betting to zero day options, this piece unravels how financial products offer lottery-like thrills with small bets […]
Feeding the LLM bots. “These aren’t the indexing bots of old, but scrapers collecting data to train LLMs.” They ignore traditional defenses like robots.txt and can disguise themselves to bypass IP bans. So this clever webmaster found a way to […]
Detective wiki. “Who is Detective Wiki? You are. Look for clues, solve mysteries, and learn from your mistakes. Show us what that brain can do.” This game is, at first, painful for my ego as I get lots of answers […]
Judgment scores for behavioral, infectious, and chronic diseases. “Some diseases are seen as afflicting good people and some bad/immoral. Here’s how it varies by disease type.” ~ learn more
Is the world really running out of sand? Despite alarming headlines, “the world is not running out of sand,” says Grady of Practical Engineering. The real issue lies in using specific types for construction, as certain sands are easier to […]
Play these number games. Quiz Math Genius offers quirky challenges like “Number Ball Sum Challenge” where you “tap on three balls that sum to the target number,” and “Prime Number Hunter” to hone your speed and number sense under pressure. […]