I tore the top of the Strike LS because I was wearing a slightly thicker pair of socks than normal and was struggling to put them on. I had my toes in, and in the attempt to get the rest of my foot in there, I pushed a little too …
Read More »‘Piece by Piece’ Director Morgan Neville Will Never Use AI Again
Would adding that bit have opened up a can of worms? You kind of can’t just glance over Michael Jackson. I mean everybody from Beyoncé to Kanye [West], even though he’s worked with all these people, and it’s like you can’t just, if you dip your toe into them, then …
Read More »Cells From Different Species Can Exchange ‘Text Messages’ Using RNA
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For a molecule of RNA, the world is a dangerous place. Unlike DNA, which can persist for millions of years in its remarkably stable, double-stranded form, RNA isn’t built to last—not even within the cell that made it. Unless it’s …
Read More »High-End Fashion Dupes Are Soaring Where Knock-Offs Never Could
“They are the architects of their own problems,” continues Sherwood. “By making so much of their products not about the tangible product, but about the intangible aspects of the brands – those sexy ads, the celebs who carry your products, the stores, the glossy ads, the slogans, the heritage backstory, …
Read More »Researchers made an artificial plant that generates electricity and cleans the air
A group of researchers from Binghamton University in New York has created quite the artificial plant. This new plant is not only capable of cleaning the air, but it can also generate electricity. The group made the air-cleaning plant “for fun” using five biological solar cells as well as photosynthetic …
Read More »Apple Books+ concept shows we need a book subscription now
The Apple One subscription has been available for a few years now. By combining several Apple services in a bundle, users can gain access to iCloud+, Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and, in the premium tiers, Apple News+ and Apple Fitness+. However, there’s one service Apple has been neglecting …
Read More »The 10 biggest and best TV shows on streaming this week
Who would have thought it would be a sweet romantic comedy, starring two darlings of mid-2000s TV shows, that dislodges the latest season of Ryan Murphy’s Monsters anthology to earn the title of biggest Netflix show in the world? The crazy thing about said rom-com — the unfortunately titled Nobody …
Read More »Scientists created organisms in a lab that exist in a ‘third state’ beyond life and death
What if scientists could take cells from both living and dead organisms and turn them into entirely new organisms beyond life and death? While it might sound completely out of this world—something you’d expect to see in a science fiction novel—that’s precisely what scientists have done, going so far as …
Read More »What is wearable neurotech and why might we need it?
The wearables category already contains multitudes, from exercise-focused smart watches and sleep tracking smart rings to smart femtech and semi-invasive blood glucose monitors — to name a few of the gizmos we’ve tracked over roughly a decade of novel personal hardware launches. But the space is set to get even …
Read More »How do you solve a problem like MariaDB? Cozy up to the community, says new CEO
The new CEO of MariaDB (Plc) says he wants closer-knit collaboration with the foundation behind the eponymous open source database project. He cites the corporation’s newfound stability from its recent acquisition by a private equity firm as to why it should now be able to get on a firmer footing. …
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