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Leonardo’s wood charring method predates Japanese practice
The Japanese technique of burning wood surfaces creates a protective carbonized layer in bioarchitecture.
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Researchers make “neuromorphic” artificial skin for robots
Information from sensors is transmitted using neural-style activity spikes.
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China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence
China wants a human to intervene and notify guardians if suicide is ever mentioned.
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A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science
Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore
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GPS is vulnerable to jamming—here’s how we might fix it
GPS jamming has gotten cheap and easy, but there are potential solutions.
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Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying
Remembering Windows 10's rollout can help diagnose what ails Windows 11.
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I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret
Swapping SIM cards used to be easy, and then came eSIM.
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Big Tech basically took Trump’s unpredictable trade war lying down
From Apple gifting a gold statue to the US taking a stake in Intel.
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Embark on a visual voyage of art inspired by black holes
Art and science converge in Lynn Gamwell's book, Conjuring the Void: The Art of Black Holes
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In the ’90s, Wing Commander: Privateer made me realize what kind of games I love
Most things Privateer did have been done better, but it's still a classic.