Normally I like the beginning of the school year, but this year I want to do it again. Lucky for me, a new year begins next week: the Year of Water 2026! We had a surprise storm this week, with purple streaks of lightning and raindrops filling our barrel to complete the end of water…
Remote work and digital nomadism are now a part of everyday life for millions of people. However, the ability to work from anywhere also brings responsibilities for the accepting country. It involves the process of identity verification (IDV): from visa applications and apartment rentals to purchasing strong beverages in grocery stores. Regula, with their partner…
Basidiomes of Laccaria carminostipes (AC);L. mangshanensis (gl); L. sinolatericia (American soldier) YD Xu and ZM He; L. japonica Popa and K. Nara (jk); L. versiforma HJ Cho and YW Lim (left). in Xu, Zhang, Chen and he, 2025 Scale bars: 1 cm. Abstract lacaria is a large genus within the Hydnangiaceae family, and there are…
Checking your intentions Anthropic researchers wanted to know if Claude could accurately describe his internal state based solely on internal information. This required the researchers to compare Claude’s self-reported “thoughts” with internal processes, something like connecting a human to a brain monitor, asking questions, and then analyzing the scan to map the thoughts to the…
Thursday, September 4, 2025 – London, UK and Chicago, USA. Researchers associated with a fictitious research network and funding source have collectively raised millions of dollars of taxpayer money for current studies in the United States, Japan, Ireland, and other nations. This is according to research led by Digital Science’s vice president of research integrity,…
OpenAI surpasses 1 million paying enterprise customers worldwide It claims this makes it the “fastest growing business platform in history.” Building via ChatGPT and API is the next big goal OpenAI has revealed that it has passed a major milestone: the creator of ChatGPT has surpassed one million enterprise customers worldwide. The company revealed the…
Achievement badges are a fun thing. You know They are just a bit of visual style, not even do anything and yet for some reason they just have to pick them up. Gamification can be a great motivator and the activity tracking achievement badges on the Apple Watch have inspired many users to exercise more….
A recent study found the first evidence that sperm microRNAs act as carriers of epigenetic information, allowing intergenerational transmission of paternal exercise capacity and metabolic health, thus exerting profound effects on the development of offspring. The bad news, if you want an excuse for your poor fitness, is that this is epigenetic and only in…
Black Friday Chromebook deals appear weeks before the big sale, including $180 off this Acer Chromebook 315 at Best Buy—Reducing it to just $120 and marking a 60% discount. The Chromebook 315 has a 15.6-inch IPS display with Intel UHD graphics and Full HD resolution. This particular deal is for the 64GB storage configuration and…
Have you ever wondered why clocks go back? It’s always good to lie when the clocks are going backwards, but not so good when they’re going backwards. summer time It was first used in the United Kingdom in 1916. It basically borrows an hour of light from the morning and moves it to the evening,…