Month: May 2021
May 31, 2021
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Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary and the soft, squishy science of language
““A human and an alien are stranded on a desert island…” Enlarge / The Project Hail Mary mission patch, depicting Sol, Earth, Tau Ceti, and the names of the…”
May 30, 2021
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The Mystery of Magic’s Greatest Card Trick
“The Great Read At 94, the magician David Berglas says his renowned effect can’t be taught. Is he telling the truth? Is … this your card? David Berglas at work…”
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The hidden reason processed pet foods are so addictive
“From potently smelly additives to offal concentrates, pet food companies turn to some surprising ingredients in the quest to make kibble delicious. T The cue…”
May 29, 2021
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Why didn’t suicides rise during Covid? – Works in Progress
“I. When COVID started spreading, life got more depressing, people became more depressed, but suicide rates went down. Why? First, are we sure all of that is…”
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Microwave Weapon Concerns Spread to Department of Homeland Security
“U.S. government suspicions about microwave weapon attacks have apparently spread to the Department of Homeland Security, the nation’s largest federal law…”
May 28, 2021
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Scientists Discover What Really Happens In The Brain When We Imagine The Future
“When we imagine the future, the brain’s DMN envisions that future and then evaluates it. getty Joseph Kable got interested in imagination when he was studying…”
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Divisive COVID ‘lab leak’ debate prompts dire warnings from researchers
“Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, which some people allege was the source of a SARS-CoV-2 leak. Credit: Thomas…”
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Will the Housing Market Ever Be Normal Again?
“Ideas What’s going on with America’s berserk real-estate frenzy 7:00 AM ET Derek Thompson Staff writer at The Atlantic The Atlantic / Getty H ow wild is the…”
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Opinion | Without Fast Action, Covid’s Deadliest Phase May Be Here
“Guest Essay Without Fast Action, Covid’s Deadliest Phase May Be Here May 28, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET Credit… Illustration by Arsh Raziuddin, The New York Times;…”
May 27, 2021
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The influencers are burned out, too
“The Clubhouse’s Instagram page. Instagram This story is part of a group of stories called Earlier this month, the writer and English professor Barrett Swanson…”
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“In 2013 I wrote a post about clinical depression on my old blog . To this day, people still write to me to tell me that this post was helpful for them. One…”
May 25, 2021
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“Science Everything scientists know about the universe suggests that alien life is out there. But it’s not flying through our skies. Marina Koren 12:55 PM ET A…”
May 24, 2021
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The Achievement of Barry Jenkins’s “The Underground Railroad”
“In Barry Jenkins’s reimagining of Colson Whitehead’s popular novel “The Underground Railroad,” it is as if the land speaks. In the light of high noon, cotton…”
May 21, 2021
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Olivia Rodrigo, Please, I Am 30
“Should I get curtain bangs, haha, but really? Photo: JMEnternational/JMEnternational for BRIT Awards Like many other Sad Girls with Big Feelings who came of age…”
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The New Siri Remote (and Updated Apple TV 4K)
“Here are the last three Apple TV remotes. (There have only been four, but alas, I can’t find my original white Apple Remote . 1 ) The old aluminum Apple Remote…”
May 20, 2021
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The Pandemic’s Trauma Won’t Just Go Away
“Health As Americans get a chance to exhale, many will have to finally grapple with the full effects of the pandemic year. Ed Yong 6:00 AM ET Getty / The…”
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“The new M1 iPad Pros mark a moment in the history of Apple silicon. I use a lowercase “s” there deliberately — I’m talking about the post-iPhone history of the…”
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How a Review Changed Both Sarah Silverman and Our Critic
“Silverman said, “I never wrote stand-up by topic or by what’s taboo. I know it seems like I do, but I just don’t. That’s never been my process.” Credit… Chase…”
May 19, 2021
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First Look: The Apple M1 iPad Pro photography workflow (2021)
“← All Tutorials Back in October 2018, Apple introduced a bold new generation of the iPad Pro. Admittedly, at the time, I hadn’t paid too much attention to it.…”
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25 Edits That Define the Modern Internet Video
“Editing Made the Video Star If film is the director’s medium, and TV is the writer’s, online video belongs to the editor. Photo-Illustration: by Vulture;…”
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The tragedy of the commons is a false and dangerous myth – Michelle Nijhuis | Aeon Essays
“In December 1968, the ecologist and biologist Garrett Hardin had an essay published in the journal Science called ‘The Tragedy of the Commons’. His proposition…”
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Your Butt Is Getting in the Way of Science
“Science The anus is one of evolution’s most important innovations, and its origins are still a mystery. Katherine J. Wu 3:34 PM ET Arne Svenson, Stray #55 To…”
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“The return of vibrant hardware color options to the iMac lineup immediately brings to mind the G3 iMacs that Apple sold from 1998 to 2003. 20 years is a long…”
May 18, 2021
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“Illustration: Adam Maida This article was featured in One Great Story , New York ’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In the…”
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I’ll Take ‘White Supremacist Hand Gestures’ for $1,000
“The media equation How hundreds of “Jeopardy!” contestants talked themselves into a baseless conspiracy theory — and won’t be talked out of it. In a recent…”
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We Are Living in a Science Fiction Novel
“I have been reading science fiction for half a century, having spent my childhood consuming it in various forms. Now, for the first time in my life, I feel like…”
May 17, 2021
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How women conquered the world of fiction
“I n March, Vintage, one of the UK’s largest literary fiction divisions, announced the five debut novelists it would be championing this year: Megan Nolan, Pip…”
May 16, 2021
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“Top highlight When your commonplace book is a public database Cory Doctorow 4 days ago · 9 min read I’ve been a blogger for a little more than 20 years and in…”
May 14, 2021
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He’s a Dogecoin Millionaire. And He’s Not Selling.
“Glauber Contessoto believes deeply in Dogecoin. Credit… Samuel Trotter for The New York Times Glauber Contessoto went looking for something that could change…”
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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously
“On May 9, 2001, Steven M. Greer took the lectern at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of the truth about unidentified flying objects.…”