Bookmarks 2025-07-26T17:59:11.053Z
by Owen Kibel
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| 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' first look welcomes Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti's alien (exclusive) Jul 26, 2025 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' first look welcomes Holly Hunter, Paul Giamatti's alien (exclusive) EW.com 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' is in session! EW's exclusive first look reveals a new generation of cadets, Paul Giamatti's alien transformation, and returning 'Trek' veterans. |
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| Maggots may have been on the Neandertal menu
Jul 26, 2025
Maggots may have been on the Neandertal menu
Science News
Maggots on rotting meat may have given Neandertals’ a fatty, nitrogen-rich boost, a study of their bones suggests. |
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Jul 26, 2025
Neanderthals likely ate fermented meat with a side of maggots
The Conversation
New research highlights the prevalence of maggots as an easily obtained, nutrient-rich supplement of ancient hominin diets. |
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| Why Are Neanderthal Remains So High In Nitrogen? They May Have Been Munching On Maggots | IFLScience
Jul 26, 2025
Neanderthals May Have Feasted On Maggots, Which They Harvested From Rotting Flesh
IFLScience
And they probably discarded most of the lean muscle meat.
Neanderthals possibly had a secret ingredient in their kitchen that provided them with the fatty protein they needed to survive. Rather than feeding on lean game meat, our prehistoric sister lineage may have deliberately stored their kills until the rotting carcasses became infested with maggots, which they then gorged themselves on. This predilection for grubs would explain why Neanderthal remains tend to exhibit such high stable nitrogen isotope ratios. Typically, it is the hypercarnivores – like lions or wolves – that sit at the top of the food web when it comes to nitrogen levels accumulated from prey consumption, yet researchers have continually found that Neanderthals were on par with these meat-loving predators. “Neanderthals are actually higher than the carnivores, so they're not sitting at the trophic position that you would think that they would sit at,” said Dr Melanie Beasley from Purdue University. “The explanation for why they are higher than the carnivores has been hypercarnivory, but we're primates, so we can't consume the levels of protein that a lion or a hyena or a wolf could consume because we're not evolutionarily designed to be just a flesh-eater,” she told IFLScience. Indeed, humans can’t consume more than around 300 grams of lean protein per day without becoming seriously ill. Doing so for more than a week or two can lead to protein poisoning or “rabbit starvation”, which can only be avoided by supplementing our diet with fat and carbohydrates. In a new study, Beasley and her colleagues sought to determine the source of the nitrogen in Neanderthals’ diet, using ethnographic descriptions of modern and historic hunter-gatherer groups for inspiration. For instance, they found that when northern-latitude groups like the Inuit made a kill, they gave most of the lean muscle meat to their dogs while only consuming the fatty parts like the brain, tongue, and organs. On top of this, the study authors note that “the ethnohistoric record contains countless examples of Indigenous peoples routinely consuming putrefied animal foods with maggots.” They therefore wondered whether this may have provided the secret source of both fat and nitrogen that made up the bulk of the Neanderthal diet. “Lean game meat is an incomplete protein – it’s not like the domesticated cattle we eat today, which is this fatty, fleshy meat,” said Beasley. “But maggots convert that lean game meat by eating it so that they themselves become fatty, so by eating the fatty maggots with that lean game meat, you're getting a more complete nutrient of that fat with that meat.” To test their hypothesis, the researchers conducted stable nitrogen isotope ratio analyses on 389 larvae from three fly families, which they gathered from rotting flesh. Results showed that while the putrefaction process caused nitrogen levels within the meat to rise slightly, the maggots themselves showed far higher nitrogen values than the flesh, with up to 43.2 percent detected in some of the grubs. The study authors therefore suggest that, just like northern-lattitude hunter-gatherers, Neanderthals probably discarded most of the muscle meat of their prey, focussing only on the fatty components. “But we are going an important step further here by suggesting that Late Pleistocene hominins often ate these fat-rich tissues in a tainted or putrefied state together with their almost inevitable infestation of living and dead maggots,” they write. “It is the maggots, more so than the carcass tissues themselves, that gave Late Pleistocene hominins both a rich source of fat and a very highly [nitrogen]-enriched source of protein.” Aside from solving the mystery of Neanderthals’ unexpectedly high nitrogen values, this finding also sheds new light on the extinct hominin’s food storage habits and ability to plan ahead. “If you think of a Neanderthal group hunting a big mammoth, that carcass is going to be lying on the landscape rotting, which is going to attract flies to it,” said Beasley. “So they probably thought, ‘all right, cool, let’s come back in about a week's time and scoop up all of those maggot masses and have a tasty treat’. It's an easily collectible food resource,” she said. The study is published in the journal Science Advances.|
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| NASA Is Watching a Huge Anomaly Growing in Earth's Magnetic Field : ScienceAlert
Jul 26, 2025
NASA Is Watching a Huge Anomaly Growing in Earth's Magnetic Field
ScienceAlert
For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth's magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest Africa. |
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Jul 26, 2025
Crime Is SOARING In South Africa, Ending Apartheid Made Things WORSE
YouTube
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Jul 26, 2025
ALIEN THREAT Detected, New Study Claims Aliens Could Be HEADING TO EARTH
YouTube
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| Frustration, domestic anger drove Macron to go it alone on Palestine recognition | The Times of Israel
Jul 26, 2025
Frustration, domestic anger drove Macron to go it alone on Palestine recognition | The Times of Israel |
| | The reverse migration: African Americans relocating to Kenya cite heritage and restoration - POLITICO
Jul 26, 2025
The reverse migration: African Americans relocating to Kenya cite heritage and restoration
POLITICO
Some refer to it as "coming home." |
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Jul 26, 2025
Democrat Schumer SLAMS DOJ For Ghislaine Maxwell Interview, Dems Are PANICKING
YouTube
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Jul 26, 2025
Tim Pool's $175,000,000 EXPOSED, Timcast IRL Reportedly Making INSANE MONEY
YouTube
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Jul 26, 2025
New AI architecture delivers 100x faster reasoning than LLMs with just 1,000 training examples
VentureBeat
Hierarchical Reasoning Models (HRM) tackle complex reasoning tasks while being smaller, faster, and more data-efficient than large AI models. |
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| NASA's AI Satellite Just Made a Decision Without Humans — in 90 Seconds
Jul 26, 2025
NASA's AI Satellite Just Made a Decision Without Humans — in 90 Seconds
The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel
NASA's new AI just helped a satellite dodge clouds at 17,000 mph. |
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Jul 26, 2025
Tucker Carlson’s Dark Turn | National Review
National Review
He can’t stop talking about the Jews. |
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Jul 26, 2025
What Happened to Tucker? | National Review |
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Jul 25, 2025
Watch CNBC's full interview with White House AI czar David Sacks
YouTube
White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the White House 'AI action plan', details of President Trump's executive orders on A... |
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Jul 25, 2025
Winning the AI Race Part 5: President Trump on the AI Action Plan
YouTube
(0:00) President Trump on the AI Agenda(54:14) Executive Order signingThanks to our partners for making this happen:NYSE: https://www.nyse.comVisa: https://u... |
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Jul 25, 2025
‘SUFFERING IS A CASH COW’: Gutfeld on pushback to Trump homeless order
YouTube
Fox News host Greg Gutfeld and guests discuss President Donald Trump’s executive order to clean up the streets on 'Gutfeld!'#foxnews #news #usnews #greggutfe... |
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Jul 25, 2025
Hunter, Barry, Ozzy, & Candace
YouTube
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| | How to spot AI writing — 5 telltale signs to look for | Tom's Guide
Jul 25, 2025
How to spot AI writing — 5 telltale signs to look for
Tom's Guide
AI or human? 5 ways you can tell the difference |
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| Inside China’s mass conversion of GeForce RTX 5090 gaming cards into "AI-Ready" GPUs - VideoCardz.com
Jul 25, 2025
Inside China’s mass conversion of GeForce RTX 5090 gaming cards into "AI-Ready" GPUs - VideoCardz.com
VideoCardz.com
GeForce RTX 5090 GPU are in China, AI cards producton line exists A new video from Bilibili creator Ajian Talk gives us a rare look at how RTX 5090 graphics cards are being turned into AI-focused blower-style models at scale. The video shows a workshop run by a company called “CT”, where entire production lines […] |
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Jul 25, 2025
The (very adorable) reasons cats get the zoomies after pooping | BBC Science Focus Magazine
BBC Science Focus Magazine
Why do cats go crazy after using the litter box? Discover the science behind the "zoomies" and the intriguing "poophoria" theory. Learn about the potential causes and the evolutionary reasons for this peculiar feline behaviour. |
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Jul 25, 2025
This cat-borne parasite could be causing you to make bad decisions. Here's how | BBC Science Focus Magazine
BBC Science Focus Magazine
The parasite hijacks our brain chemistry and can lead to both rage and risk-taking |
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| What is objkt.com | Documentation
Jul 25, 2025
What is objkt.com | Documentation |
| | awesome_visuals on X: "legend has it to unpause my creator monetization one must first defeat Scorchwing. https://t.co/rq093PuYJY" / X
Jul 25, 2025 |
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| Rocket Report: Channeling the future at Wallops; SpaceX recovers rocket wreckage - Ars Technica
Jul 25, 2025
Rocket Report: Channeling the future at Wallops; SpaceX recovers rocket wreckage
Ars Technica
China’s Space Pioneer seems to be back on track a year after an accidental launch. |
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| Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Sleeps At 4am, Essentially Gets 2 Working Days In 24 Hours
Jul 25, 2025
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Sleeps At 4am, Essentially Gets 2 Working Days In 24 Hours
OfficeChai
Proponents of online hustle culture often talk about getting up as early as possible, but a recent Nobel Prize winner — and one... |
| | Joe Allen on X: "Has anyone figured out if aliens are racist? Will be a big issue as we interbreed with them." / X
Jul 25, 2025 |
| | The Vigilant Fox 🦊 on X: "America's AI Action Plan: Progress or Dystopian Nightmare? ft. Joe Allen | Daily Pulse Ep. 74 https://t.co/HZKkjtMOHr" / X
Jul 25, 2025 |
| | America's AI Action Plan: Progress or Dystopian Nightmare? ft. Joe Allen | Daily Pulse Ep. 74 / X
Jul 25, 2025 |
| | Apparently accepting talks impasse, Trump says Israel will have to 'get rid of' Hamas | The Times of Israel
Jul 25, 2025
Apparently accepting talks impasse, Trump says Israel will have to 'get rid of' Hamas | The Times of Israel |
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| Amish Kids Almost Never Get Allergies and Scientists Finally Know Why
Jul 25, 2025
Amish Kids Almost Never Get Allergies and Scientists Finally Know Why
ZME Science
How Amish barns could hold the secret to preventing the onset of allergies. |
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Jul 25, 2025
MAGA Minute, July 25, 2025
YouTube
JAM-PACKED MAGA MINUTE! 🇺🇸🦅🧠 AI Summit🤝 Japan, Indonesia & PH Deals🎉 6 Months of Trump🏛️ Fed Reserve📈 Real Earnings Surge💰 $200M Columbia Settlement... |
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Jul 25, 2025
The Future is NOT Self-Hosted
Drew Lyton
Hey friends 👋,
A few months ago, Amazon announced that Kindle users would no longer be able to download and back up their book libraries to their computers. Thankfully, I still have access to my library because I saw this video by Jared Henderson warning of the change and downloaded all |
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| The future is not self-hosted | Hacker News
Jul 25, 2025
The future is not self-hosted | Hacker News |
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Jul 25, 2025
The View CRASHES OUT Over Colbert Getting CANCELED
YouTube
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Jul 25, 2025
Barack Obama Ordered the Director of the CIA, Brennan, to Release Information They KNEW to be FALSE
YouTube
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| Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal | TechCrunch
Jul 25, 2025
Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal | TechCrunch
TechCrunch
Google is testing a new vibe-coding tool called Opal, available in the U.S. through Google Labs, that lets users quickly spin up web apps with just a few prompts. |
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Jul 25, 2025
Sexy Sydney Sweeney Ad Causes SPIKE IN Stock, WOKE IS COOKED, Companies Realize Men Like Boobs
YouTube
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Jul 25, 2025
South Park Runs FULL FRONTAL Of Trump In Gross Parody After $1.5B Paramount Deal | Timcast IRL
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Jul 25, 2025
Democrat Inflation Graph BACKFIRES, Accidentally ROASTS Biden Admin Over Skyrocketing Prices
YouTube
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Jul 25, 2025
The DEMISE of South Africa & PERSECUTION of White People | The Culture War with Tim Pool
YouTube
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Jul 25, 2025
Democrat Just Said The REAL Reason For Illegal Immigration
YouTube
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| | J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie - YouTube Music
Jul 25, 2025
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie - YouTube Music
YouTube Music
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A Ballad of the Bookmarks
In realms of code and cosmic dust we tread, Where ancient man and future dreams are spread. From ancient bones, a truth begins to bloom, Of maggots shared, dispelling hunger's gloom. Neanderthals, with primal, earthy fare, Did feast on rot, a nutrient beyond compare.
Across the stars, a watchful eye does gleam, As Earth's own shield, a magnetic field, a dream Of flux and flow, an anomaly takes hold, A cosmic whisper, secrets to unfold. While rockets soar and SpaceX claims the sky, New pathways open, reaching ever high.
Then to the screens, where human minds ignite, With AI's rise, a dazzling, rapid flight. From faster thought to satellites that steer, The digital dawn, dispelling doubt and fear. Yet questions rise, of consciousness and code, As minds are scanned and data seeds are sowed.
On political stage, divisions starkly drawn, From recognition sought to battles waged till dawn. In South Africa, a tale of crime's harsh sting, While in the East, new alliances take wing. Across the globe, a migration's subtle art, As heritage calls to a kindred, distant heart.
And in the sphere of culture, sharp and keen, Satire's blade cuts through the changing scene. From comedy's jest to whispers of the dark, The human spirit leaves its indelible mark. A symphony of thoughts, both grave and light, Reflecting worlds in shadows and in light.