2024
- 'White House Effect' Directors on Climate Change, Bush Administration Doc
- Telluride Doc ‘The White House Effect’ Reveals How George H.W. Bush Administration Deliberately Destroyed an Opportunity to Stop Climate Change
- Stop the celebrations – Oasis are the most damaging pop-cultural force in recent British history
- Dismal lyrics, plodding tunes and prehistoric political views: why is everyone so happy that the Gallagher brothers are back, asks Simon Price
- The Real Reason Why Oranges Are Sold In Those Red Net Bags
- Supermarkets are dens of trickery and deception.
- Film suggests Nazis’ lead propagandist had role in 1939 massacre
- Letter in Leni Riefenstahl archive appears to claim her set instructions led to deaths of Polish Jews, says director
- The Conspiracy Chart 2021
- Covid Normalcy: No Tests, Isolation or Masks
- For many, Covid is increasingly regarded like the common cold. A scratchy throat and canceled plans bring a bewildering new critique from friends: You shouldn’t have tested.
- No one’s ready for this
- Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke.
- My generation needs our own Delia Smith – we’ve all forgotten how to cook
- The beloved food writer and TV personality taught millions how to nail the art of home cooking. But somewhere between Uber Eats, microwave meals and TikTok recipes, we’ve lost our way.
- Superyachts Have an Outsized Climate Impact as They Grow in Popularity
- A French sociologist characterizes the boats of the ultra rich a form of “ecocide” for the heavy toll they’re taking on the planet.
- Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America
- The presidential election is three months away. What if the billionaire contests the result? What if he decides democracy is overrated?
- 'Perfect Days' review: Wim Wenders' elegant fable finds joy in unexpected places
- Shot entirely in Tokyo, this elegant fable is Wim Wenders' best fiction feature in decades. Although it flirts with glibness, Perfect Days asks questions about how to find joy in imperfect situations.
- Dopefish Revisits Castle of the Winds
- The classic Windows game from 1993
- The overshoot myth
- You can’t keep burning fossil fuels and expect scientists of the future to get us back to 1.5°C
- Revealed: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025
- Foundation says it ‘does not endorse any organizations’ while funneling hundreds of thousands to rightwing causes
- This Mpox Outbreak Isn't Like the Last One
- The strain of mpox behind the current global health emergency is believed to be up to 10 times deadlier than the one that swept the globe in 2022.
- How to leave Twitter. Be part of the crumbling
- After Menopause, Killer Whale Moms Become Pod Leaders
- When their reproductive years are done, females take on new roles as wise survival guides
- Los Angeles Has Promised a ‘Car-Free’ Olympics in 2028. Can It Do It?
- The countdown is on for the city, which will host the next Summer Games and is working on transit upgrades to accommodate hundreds of thousands of visitors.
- Terraforming Mars could be easier than scientists thought
- Tiny rods made from martian ingredients could trap heat and warm planet
- Heralding the ancient and otherworldly charm of Future Medieval graphics
- Gargoyles, griffins, and graphic design – welcome to blackletter summer.
- SoundPrint - Find Your Quiet Place | SoundPrint
- The crowdsourcing decibel meter that helps you discover and rate venues such as restaurants, bars and cafe's based on how quiet or noisy they are.
- Map Age Guide | XKCD
- These cities will be too hot for the Olympics by 2050
- Most of the world’s cities will be unable to host the Games in the coming decades’ summer months, in the coming decades, as they blow past the threshold of safe humid heat.
- Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide?
- Nations are deploying baby bonuses, subsidised childcare and parental leave to try and reverse a rapidly declining fertility rate – largely to no avail
- 'Cruisezillas': How much bigger can cruise ships get?
- Cruise ships are getting larger and more numerous. This is a problem for the environment
- Clara M. Davis and the wisdom of letting children choose their own diets
- permitting newly weaned infants to choose how much or how little to eat of 33 available foodstuffs
- From the Lab to the Field, Agriculture Seeks to Adapt to a Warming World
- Researchers and innovators are looking at more resilient crops and farm animals — from heat-resistant wheat, to drought-resistant rice, to Naked Neck chickens that stay cooler.
- Top 100 Fantasy Books
- Harris is ‘perfect person’ to prosecute big oil, climate advocates say
- Environmentalists want DoJ to hold fossil fuel firms accountable and for presumptive nominee to lead charge
- Fully-automatic robot dentist performs world's first human procedure
- an AI-controlled autonomous robot has performed an entire procedure on a human patient for the first time, about eight times faster than a human dentist could do it.
- Sex Testing in the Olympics and Other Elite Sports Is Based on Flawed Science
- Here’s the long history of sex testing in elite sports like the Olympics and where the science really stands.
- Tramstertram
- A minimalist town builder with trams
- ‘A polarisation engine’: how social media has created a ‘perfect storm’ for UK’s far-right riots
- Algorithms that send the most outrageous comments viral and a chain reaction of anger and disinformation made the riots that followed the Southport killings inevitable
- Moeten we het ov gratis maken?
- Het Nederlandse openbaar vervoer behoort tot de duurste ter wereld, en komend jaar worden in elk geval treinreizen waarschijnlijk nóg fors veel duurder.
- If ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Is a Cautionary Tale, It Was Lost on JD Vance
- He seems to have missed J.R.R. Tolkien’s main point.
- Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests
- It uses state-of-the-art models to estimate the shutdown could happen between 2037 and 2064, and that it’s more likely than not to collapse by 2050.
- Gillian Anderson’s Sex Education
- She became famous playing buttoned-up Agent Scully. But in midlife her characters often have a strong erotic charge.
- Russian spies' children learnt their nationality after prisoner swap
- The Dultsev children thought they were from Argentina and cannot speak Russian.
- 19 Good News Science Stories to Savor This Summer
- From lifesaving cancer treatments and frog “spas” to a view of the cosmos from your own backyard, science can keep you going through the long, hot days of summer
- Public Work
- a search engine for public domain content. Explore 100,000+ copyright-free images from The MET, New York Public Library, and other sources.
- How a livestock industry lobbying campaign is turning Europe against lab-grown meat
- An organised backlash to the nascent meat alternative grew out of the ban in Italy last year
- The love letter generator that foretold ChatGPT
- Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey created a ground-breaking computer program that allowed them to express affection vicariously when so doing publicly, as gay men, was criminal.
- How not to use box shadows
- So you think you know box shadows huh? I bet you didn't know they could do this.
- Were There Female Gladiators?
- Gladiatrices were fierce athletes who drew crowds of thousands.
- The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz
- Two of Silicon Valley’s famous venture capitalists make the case for backing Trump: that their ability to make money is the only value that matters.
- We Need To Talk About The Carbon Footprints Of The Rich
- Dramatically unequal consumption lies at the heart of the climate crisis.
- The New Merchants of Doubt: How Big Meat and Dairy Avoid Climate Action
- Food systems are responsible for around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, with approximately 60% coming from animal agriculture, the largest source of man-made methane emissions.
- Gojira Will Become The First Metal Band To Perform At The Olympics
- The French extreme metal outfit Gojira have been announced as one of few artists gearing up to perform at the XXXIII Olympic Games opening ceremony.
- Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, Vivian Wilson, speaks in first interview
- Vivian Jenna Wilson said her father’s recent statements, including that she is “not a girl,” inspired her to speak out: “I’m not just gonna let that slide.”
- How Kamala Harris and Donald Trump compare on climate change
- Harris has said, “the urgency of this moment is clear.” Trump has called climate change a “hoax.”
- Does Kamala Harris give Democrats a better chance to win?
- The debate over the vice president’s prospects against Trump, explained.
- Joe Biden drops out of election, upending race for White House
- President says decision is in interests of country, but endorsement of vice-president to take over is not a done deal.
- Danny Lyon on the Photographs That Became “The Bikeriders”
- Lyon’s riveting book about a Chicago motorcycle club is the inspiration for a new film starring Austin Butler and Jodie Comer.
- Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice Streaming through Their Head
- The extent to which people experience “inner speech” varies greatly, and the differences matter for performing certain cognitive tasks
- Israel 'weaponising Gaza water supply'
- The report highlighted that a lack of clean water and sanitation led to a quarter of Gaza's population falling ill to easily preventable diseases.
- Swear words and profanities from around the world
- Global tech outage live updates: Flights grounded and offices hit as internet users face disruptions
- Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said that the issue believed to be behind the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack.
- Dark mode is here for Wikipedia (finally!)
- It improves accessibility and reduces eye strain for readers and communities across Wikimedia projects by providing a low-contrast environment.
- Elon Musk Is Making a Bad Situation Worse - The Atlantic
- The X owner’s response to the attack on Trump shows the danger of absolute power.
- A House Cat Was Brought To A Remote Island In 1894—A Year Later A Species Was Extinct
- Our pet cats share close to 96% of their DNA with wild predators like tigers, meaning they have strong predatory urges that need to be fulfilled.
- Defending Europe with less America
- It is time for Europeans to approach defence much more strategically, invest in defence in the long term, and actively prepare to accept more responsibilities for the defence of Europe.
- Nobody Could Break Shannen Doherty, and Everybody Tried
- A tribute to the iconic 'Beverly Hills, 90210' star who was vilified in the Nineties and took it all in cocky stride.
- Bird flu has been invading the brains of mammals. Here’s why
- Although H5N1 and its relatives can cause mild disease in some animals, these viruses are more likely to infect brain tissue than other types of flu.
- Generative AI is a climate disaster
- Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share
- What American Fascism Would Look Like
- It can happen here. And if it does, here is what might become of the country.
- There Were Trees at The South Pole The Last Time There Was This Much CO2 in The Air
- There are a lot of different ways to look at our planet's warming climate – such as more extreme weather events, increasing levels of vegetation in the Arctic, and even shifting seasons.
- When Kids Talk to Machines
- Language bots are no substitute for teaching children to speak and learn.
- Ignore all previous instructions
- Users have noticed that a twitter chatbot, usually faithful to its cheerful messaging promoting remote work, can be subverted with a carefully worded user prompt.
- Donald Trump assassination attempt suspect named by FBI
- Secret Service agents shot dead the alleged gunman as Trump, who has minor injuries, was hauled off stage in Pennsylvania.
- GitHub - bmarwell/social-metricbot
- A metric bot for Mastodon, BlueSky and previously Twitter (now X)
- Biden vs. Trump: Democrats not acting as if democracy is on the ballot.
- Democrats’ rhetoric against Trump has been apocalyptic and existential since Jan. 6.
- Americans on TikTok are outraged about European tap water
- US tourists visiting Europe are posting about what they suggest are stark differences between US and European tap water drinking habits.
- Vivaldi Tips
- A huge collection of Vivaldi browser tips, tricks and hacks
- I got sick of Chrome's BS and switched to Vivaldi. Here's what happened
- After more than a decade I've broken my Google browser habit, on Windows and mobile.
- Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill
- Satanic Temple objects to governor’s push for more religion in schools and says members could act as student chaplains
- It’s not your imagination: People are getting COVID again
- The summer of 2024 is already bringing soaring, but it's also bringing something else: a seasonal COVID-19 wave.
- This Is The First Animal Ever Found That Doesn't Need Oxygen to Survive
- Some truths about the Universe and our experience in it seem immutable.
- Monster 310-mile automated cargo conveyor will replace 25,000 trucks
- The Japanese government is planning to connect major cities with automated zero-emissions logistics links that can quietly and efficiently shift millions of tons of cargo, while getting tens of thousands of trucks off the road.
- Why Not Kamala?
- I have never voted for anyone with more intensity than I voted for that man in 2020 because I needed him to be the vessel that took out Donald Trump. Biden could be literally dead and I would vote for him, because it would be better.
- NYC Has the World’s Worst Traffic Congestion, Costing $9 Billion
- Motorists driving through NYC lost 101 hours last year
- Wereld nadert blessuretijd om reusachtige klimaatramp in Atlantische Oceaan te voorkomen
- Hier vast het korte antwoord: de studies rammelen nog wat, maar de metingen zijn zorgwekkend.
- French polls: Far right in the lead but path forward unclear
- The far-right National Rally delivered its best results in the first round of voting in a high-stakes parliamentary election. But, after President Emmanuel Macron's gamble, the end result is anyone's guess.
- How record-breaking Hurricane Beryl is a sign of a warming world
- Beryl is the earliest category five Atlantic hurricane on record, fuelled by exceptional sea warmth.
- What's Project 2025? Unpacking the Pro-Trump Plan to Overhaul US Government
- For several months, we received a flood of reader inquiries asking if Project 2025 was a real effort to “reshape America.” Here’s the answer.
- In Season 3, ‘The Bear’ Wants to Confront Toxic Restaurant Culture But Can’t Decide Who to Blame
- Initially celebrated for delving into the complex traumas of kitchen labor, the show — now in its third season — is bogged down by star-chef cameos that call its sincerity into question
- Dutch government finally sworn in after Wilders election win
- Geert Wilders' far right PVV party is the largest in the new ruling right-wing coalition government, headed by Dick Schoof.
- Animated Drawings
- Bring children's drawings to life, by animating characters to move around!
- Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have broad immunity, dimming chance of a pre-election Trump trial
- The justices rejected Trump's immunity claims in a ruling that left for another day the issue of whether former presidents can ever insulate themselves from criminal charges for officials acts they took while in office.
- Live updates: Supreme Court decision on Trump immunity case
- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump may claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took as president in a decision that will likely further delay a trial on the federal election subversion charges against him.
- Bones reveal first evidence of Down syndrome in Neanderthals
- Individual’s survival into early childhood suggests a high level of community care
- BreakTime: Brick Breaker inside Google Calendar
- Mysterious ‘Dark Fungi’ Are Lurking Everywhere
- The land, water and air around us are chock-full of DNA from fungi that scientists can’t identify
- Trump Should Never Have Had This Platform
- The debate was a travesty—because its whole premise was to treat a failed coup leader as a legitimate candidate for the presidency.
- Who could replace Joe Biden? Here are six possibilities
- With Biden not yet officially endorsed as Democratic presidential candidate, it is in theory open to the party to choose another candidate
- Abortion Rights Debate Shifts to Pregnancy and Fertility as Election Nears
- Two months after Dobbs, 22 percent of adults said they were uncertain whether eggs inside a woman’s ovaries have shells (they do not).
- NASA Climate Legacies
- Create your own climate stripes timeline by adding yourself, your friends, and/or your family using our tool to see how different generations experience a changing climate differently.
- MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offline
- More than two decades’ worth of content published on MTVNews.com is no longer available after MTV appears to have fully pulled down the site and its related content.
- Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500
- Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.
- We Didn't Build This City On Rock 'N' Roll. It Was Yogurt
- We got milk when we domesticated goats and sheep around 9,000 BC. At first, that milk was easier to digest when fermented. So yogurt, along with other Neolithic foods, helped fuel civilization.
- Introducing Profiles-as-a-Service and our new REST API
- redesigned the new API from the ground up to make it simpler and more efficient for developers to integrate Gravatar’s globally recognized avatars and profile data into their apps and websites.
- Why going cashless has turned Sweden from one of the safest countries into a high-crime nation
- In just a decade fraud has almost doubled from just under 9,000 to over 23,000 in 2023.
- What the Arrival of A.I. Phones and Computers Means for Our Data
- Apple, Microsoft and Google need more access to our data as they promote new phones and personal computers that are powered by artificial intelligence. Should we trust them?
- The text file that runs the internet
- For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.