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Scientists Found That Memory Can Happen Outside The Brain Added: Oct 14, 2025
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The single best software upgrade I made to my PC wasnât a productivity suite, it was a tiny free utility
Added: Oct 14, 2025The single best software upgrade I made to my PC wasnât a productivity suite, it was a tiny free utility
Site: XDA
Unassuming utility that solved my PCâs biggest mystery
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Nano Banana AI image editing coming to Lens, Photos and more Added: Oct 14, 2025
Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos.
Site: Google
Google is bringing AI image editing with Nano Banana to Search, NotebookLM and Photos.
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JPMorgan: AI will shake up world politics Added: Oct 14, 2025
AI will fuel populism and power shifts, JPMorgan Chase says
Site: Axios
A new report aims to help companies navigate the rapid amount of technological change.
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Nixon Will Be Vindicated? Chris Rufo on Real Time With Bill Maher - YouTube Added: Oct 14, 2025
Chris Rufo on Real Time With Bill Maher: Nixon Will Be VINDICATED
Site: YouTube
Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-aB7UkyJBcAhbAWUNFUAaQ/joinThe Richard Nixon Foundation applies the legacy and vis...
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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Lunch with the President of the Argentine Republic
Site: YouTube
The White House
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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5 Proven Tricks to Make ANY MICROPHONE Sound Professional
Site: YouTube
Get instant access to my FREE training and learn how to record pro-level music at home! đhttps://www.sparebedroomstudio.com/freetrainingIn this video, Iâm s...
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Megyn Kelly on Trump's Funny and Lengthy Handshake with Macron: "Some Things Will Never Change"
Site: YouTube
Megyn Kelly on Trump's funny and lengthy handshake with Macron: "Some things will never change."LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday: https://bit.ly/3Aw9...
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Widespread Acclaim for President Trumpâs Diplomatic Triumph â The White House
Added: Oct 14, 2025Widespread Acclaim for President Trumpâs Diplomatic Triumph
Site: The White House
President Donald J. Trumpâs indomitable resolve and masterful diplomacy culminated yesterday with the release of all remaining hostages, an end to the
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Trump draws praise from more than just MAGA as Israeli hostages return home - POLITICO Added: Oct 14, 2025
Trump draws praise from more than just MAGA as Israeli hostages return home
Site: POLITICO
Some Democrats and former GOP rivals are lining up with congratulations for the president and his team.
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Sie sind so lecker, ich koche es fast jeden Tag! Dieses Rezept kennt keiner! GĂŒnstig und einfach
Site: YouTube
Sie sind so lecker, ich koche es fast jeden Tag! Dieses Rezept kennt keiner! GĂŒnstig und einfachFrische BrotscheibenKĂ€seWurst2-3 EierSalz, PfefferSchinkenBit...
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Trump slams Time magazine photo as "Worst of All Time"
Site: Axios
Trump said Time's photo "disappeared" his hair.
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'Imagine delivering the smallest supercomputer next to the biggest rocket': Jensen delivers a DGX Spark to Musk at SpaceX facility but some think the Nvidia launch is little more than a 'PR stunt'
Site: PC Gamer
Is this mass production or a limited launch for the mini 'supercomputer'?
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You Should Try This Open-Source Document Converter
Added: Oct 14, 2025You Should Try This Open-Source Document Converter
Site: How-To Geek
Pandoc can convert between Word documents, Markdown, LibreOffice files, HTML, and many other formats.
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Google Explains Next Generation Of AI Search
Added: Oct 14, 2025Google Explains Next Generation Of AI Search
Site: Search Engine Journal
Search is converging with multimodal AI. Google's VP of Product explains the three pillars underpinning the next generation of search.
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Genocide Lie Exposed | National Review Added: Oct 14, 2025
Genocide Lie Exposed | National Review
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When chimps helped cool the planet Added: Oct 14, 2025
When chimps helped cool the planet
As the world mourns Jane Goodall, the pioneering chimpanzee scientist and campaigner who died last week aged 91, it's worth asking what chimpanzees can still teach us about climate change. They not only have a few tricks for surviving a warming planetâthey've also helped to cool it.
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We Asked Scientists: What Would You Like Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS To Be? | IFLScience
Added: Oct 14, 2025HUNTR/X Or Giant Squid? Following Alien Claims, We Asked Scientists What They Would Like Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS To Be
Site: IFLScience
Taking Einstein's quote on imagination being more important than knowledge well beyond its limits.
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a comet and an extremely interesting one at that. Despite the overwhelming amount of evidence of its cometary nature, however, erroneous claims that it could be an alien spacecraft and even that the aliens have nefarious intentions* are getting a lot of media coverage. We thought, hey, if they are rolling with silly ideas about this comet, we can too, AND we can be much more imaginative, so we asked a bunch of academics and members of the public if 3I/ATLAS isn't a comet, what would they like it to be? *One of the cruxes of the "alien" claim is that, currently, Earth and the comet are on opposite sides of the Sun, so from our point of view, the comet is not visible. If this was a plan by the dastardly aliens to then perform a daring maneuver and attack Earth, well, neither the aliens nor the people peddling that absurd idea considered something very important. Humanity may be on Earth, but our robots are further afield. The comet was seen exactly where it should be from Mars, and it will soon be seen by the JUICE mission en route to Jupiter. No sign of preparing an attack just yet. 3I/ATLAS is not a comet â itâs a giant cosmic animal An intriguing suggestion from Professor Jane Greaves of the University of Cardiff, known for her work on the peculiar case of phosphine detected in the atmosphere of Venus, is a giant space squid. We approve! Very Arrival (and yes, Amy Adams should have won the Oscar). Dr Sujata Kundu, Research Community Engagement Consultant at NASA Science Explorer, instead suggested a giant turtle inspired by Indian mythology and Great A'Tuin from Terry Pratchettâs Discworld series. You might be wondering about our explanation for how a cosmic animal survives across space, but as the alien spacecraft claims have demonstrated, we can just suggest the evidence seen could mean something else, and the media will report it as a serious consideration. Here goes: 3I/ATLAS has been seen releasing about 40 liters of water every second. Turning ice into gas is what comets do when they approach the Sun; it's called sublimation. But what if we are seeing the condensation from the breath of a giant celestial animal? You canât exclude that hypothesis! "Surprise! I bet you thought you'd seen the last of me." Image Credit: imgflip.com/ James Felton 3I/ATLAS is not a comet â itâs more of a concept Maybe 3I/ATLAS transcends the physical realm and the simplistic classifications we want to place on it. Chemistry teacher Thomas on Bluesky suggested an intriguing one: 3I/ATLAS is the real Ship of Theseus, carrying Russellâs teapots. The first part is a reference to the Ship of Theseus philosophical thought experiment about identity: if an object's original parts are slowly replaced over time, is it still the same object? The paradox is about the original ship of Theseus preserved by the Athenians. As the decades pass, components of it are refurbished as the planks of wood that are rotten are thrown away and replaced. So is it truly still the ship of Theseus? The second part is also an important philosophical concept and is about the burden of proof. One could claim that there is a teapot orbiting between Earth and Mars, too small to be seen with a telescope. Bertrand Russell argued that he could not be expected to be believed simply because he made an assertion that could not be proven wrong. It is about the burden of proof on unfalsifiable claims resting on those who make the claim, such as âcomet 3I/ATLAS is an alien spacecraftâ. 3I/ATLAS is not a comet â itâs a pop-culture reference What if 3I/ATLAS is just pop culture manifested? Readers on Bluesky have suggested a truck full of copies of The Winds of Winter from a parallel universe where George R.R. Martin has finished writing it; the logo of DIC Entertainment from the 1990s, a more realistic logo for The More You Know broadcast series, or Falkor, the luck dragon from The NeverEnding Story. Maybe itâs the Borg, and then resistance would be futile. Or the stunt ship for Douglas Adams' fictional band Disaster Area (but then itâs going to go straight for the Sun). Dr Carl Gibson, from the University of Nottingham, suggested Jojo Siwa or a Labubu, but we are particularly partial to it being out-of-this-world promo for HUNTR/X â fictional stars of Netflix's K-Pop Demon Hunters. Sure, you could argue that we have tracked the origin of 3I/ATLAS and know it is interstellar, due to its incredible eccentricity (even higher than the previous two interstellar objects), so we know it's not of our world, or even Solar System, but never underestimate the power of advertising execs. 3I/ATLAS is not a comet â itâs aliens, but not as you expect But what if it is aliens? Well, people have embraced that it might be. Maybe it is just alien trash thrown out of their star system, cursed forever to hike through the Milky Way. Or an alien snow cone, the crushed ice dessert topped with flavored sugar syrup, accidentally dropped. Could a two-flavor combination explain 3I/ATLAS changing color from red (strawberry) to green (lime)? We want to believe! Comet 3I/ATLAS: two sincere wishes These were very fun conversations, allowing the people who so kindly engaged with us to have a bit of fun at a certain unsubstantiated and oft-repeated claim's expense. However, there were two points raised that were a bit more serious and we thought were important to make. I think that what it actually is is probably more interesting than what we can imagine it to be because it's like a time capsule from a different era. Colin Wilson Planetary astronomer Dr Michael Busch wished it to be two comets and not just one. 3I/ATLAS wonât break apart, but if it did, we could get a look inside it, and that would be incredible. May our next interstellar comet get closer to the Sun and/or be two comets in a trench coat. Very early analysis showed that the comet might be billions of years older than Earth, with new research strengthening that hypothesis. For that reason, Colin Wilson, European Space Agency Project Scientist for ExoMars and Mars Express, doesnât want it to be anything different than what it is. âI think that what it actually is is probably more interesting than what we can imagine it to be because it's like a time capsule from a different era,â Wilson told IFLScience. âThat is super interesting, and I would love for us to be able to visit it, land on it, and take a sample and bring it back.â Unfortunately, we wonât be able to do that with this comet, but the European Space Agency is planning a Comet Interceptor mission, so maybe thereâs a future interstellar object that will be sampled up close. Until then, we can admire comet 3I/ATLAS from afar. You can always play make-believe if you don't think that a comet from a different star system, billions of years older than the Sun, is cool enough as it is.
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Angelita's Casa de Café Added: Oct 14, 2025
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Elon Musk Is Making Cybertruck Sales Look Better by Selling a Huge Number to Himself
Added: Oct 14, 2025Elon Musk Is Making Cybertruck Sales Look Better by Selling a Huge Number to Himself
Site: Futurism
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has started selling unsold Cybertruck inventory to his own companies, including SpaceX and xAI.
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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"Zohran Mamdani will be a disaster for New York City."
Site: YouTube
RNC Senior Advisor @daniellealvarez slams Zohran Mamdaniâs radical communist plans that will devastate New York City."Zohran Mamdani will be a disaster for N...
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The shift in American culture: grievance over accountability Added: Oct 14, 2025
When grievance replaces accountability
Site: The Hill
The shift in American culture towards justifying violence based on grievance, rather than condemning it, is leading to a weakening of accountability and a corrosion of individual and societal growtâŠ
When conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed, some justified the act as political payback. When UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed, the alleged shooterâs anger at the health insurance industry was emphasized as if it were some kind of explanation. Violence, in both cases, was filtered through grievance rather than condemned outright. As a psychotherapist practicing in New York City and Washington, D.C., I see the same logic in my office: Some people believe their pain entitles them to lash out, or that grievance alone justifies destructive choices. The parallels between individual psychology and our culture at large are striking â and deeply troubling. The question is no longer simply whether a crime was committed, but âDo I sympathize with the grievance behind this crime?â That represents a sharp departure from the past. In the aftermath of tragedies such as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the attacks of Sept. 11, Americans did not debate whether the violence was justified. Leaders across the spectrum insisted it could not be rationalized. That moral clarity gave the country a footing. Today, in contrast, we splinter into competing narratives. Instead of condemning violent acts as such, we ask whether the victim or perpetrator aligns with our politics. This trend cuts across the political spectrum. After the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, many excused rioters as patriots whose anger at a stolen election justified their actions. After urban unrest in recent years, looting was sometimes described as âreparations.â On college campuses, violent protests are reframed as trauma responses. Each example points to the same shift: Grievance is used to blur accountability. In my practice, I have seen how corrosive that mindset can be. A patient once came to me furious at a colleague who had undermined him at work. He insisted he had every right to sabotage the colleague in return. His anger was real, and his grievance understandable. But if I had endorsed his desire for payback, I would have been complicit in his self-destruction. Therapy only worked because he came to see that his pain, although valid, did not justify harming others. Another patient, a college student, once described a breakup as âtraumaâ and argued that her suffering excused weeks of skipping classes and lashing out at friends. The word "trauma" gave her pain legitimacy, but it also offered an escape from responsibility. When she came to see that hardship did not free her from choice, she slowly rebuilt her footing. Without that shift, she might have carried her grievance as a lifelong excuse. Language that bends to justify rather than clarify halts growth and weakens accountability. We are seeing the same dynamic in our institutions. Prosecutors hesitate to bring charges for fear of appearing insensitive. Journalists soften their language, replacing âcrimeâ with âunrestâ or âincident.â Schools and workplaces, eager to avoid outrage, lower standards and excuse behavior they once would have challenged. Over time, responsibility itself begins to look optional. On social media, grievance has become currency. Posts that frame personal setbacks as evidence of victimhood often go viral. Calls for resilience are ignored. Algorithms reward outrage, teaching that if you want attention or leniency, lead with grievance. Multiplied across millions of interactions, the message reshapes our collective sense of what counts as acceptable behavior. The answer is not to dismiss suffering. Many grievances are genuine and deserve attention. But empathy is not exemption. Compassion must coexist with responsibility. Without both, individuals cannot grow stronger, and societies cannot hold together. Restoring this balance will not be easy. Leaders â political, cultural and journalistic â can model it. They should name violence for what it is, even when the victim is unpopular or the perpetratorâs grievance feels sympathetic. Universities should teach students that protest and dissent are essential, but destruction crosses a line. Prosecutors should resist the temptation to excuse crimes on the basis of motive. And the media should avoid sanitizing violence with therapeutic euphemisms. History offers a guide. The civil rights movement drew power from grievance, but its leaders refused to excuse violence. Their moral force came from insisting that equal accountability under the law was not negotiable. That balance gave them legitimacy and strength. After more than two decades in practice, I have learned how difficult it is to tell people that their pain does not entitle them to lash out. But I have also seen that this hard truth is where healing begins. America needs that truth now. Jonathan Alpert, a psychotherapist practicing in New York City and Washington, is author of the forthcoming book âTherapy Nation.â
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Jonathan Alpert on X: "Not a bad suggestion @greggutfeld" / X Added: Oct 14, 2025
Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Spewing Water Like a Cosmic Fire Hydrant | WIRED Added: Oct 14, 2025
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Spewing Water Like a Cosmic Fire Hydrant
Site: WIRED
Analyses of its emissions using NASAâs Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory indicate that the interstellar comet probably has a very different structure than comets in the solar system.
Hydroxyl compounds are detectable via the ultraviolet signature they produce. But on Earth, a lot of UV wavelengths are blocked by the atmosphere, which is why the researchers had to use the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatoryâa space telescope free from interference experienced by observatories on Earth. Water is present in virtually every comet seen in the solar system, so much so that the chemical and physical reactions of water are used to measure, catalog, and track these celestial objects and how they react to the heat of the sun. Finding it on 3I/ATLAS means being able to study its characteristics using the same scale used for regular comets, and this information could in future be useful data for studying the processes of comets that originate in other star systems as well. âWhen we detect waterâor even its faint ultraviolet echo, OHâfrom an interstellar comet, weâre reading a note from another planetary system,â said Dennis Bodewits, an Auburn University physicist who collaborated on the research, in a press statement. âIt tells us that the ingredients for lifeâs chemistry are not unique to our own.â Comets are frozen hunks of rock, gases, and dust that usually orbit stars (the exceptions being the three interstellar objects found so far). When theyâre far away from a star, theyâre completely frozen, but as they get closer, solar radiation causes their frozen elements to heat up and sublimateâturn from solid into gasâwith some of this material emitted from the cometâs nucleus thanks to the starâs energy, forming a âtail.â But with 3I/ATLAS, data collected revealed an unexpected detail: OH production by the comet was already happening far away from the sunâwhen the comet was more than three times farther from the sun than the Earthâin a region of the solar system where temperatures normally arenât sufficient to easily produce the sublimation of ice. Already at that distance, however, 3I/ATLAS was leaking water at the rate of about 40 kilograms per second, a flow comparableâthe study authors explainâto that of a âhydrant at maximum power.â This detail would seem to indicate a more complex structure than what is usually observed in comets in the solar system. It could, for example, be explained by the presence of small fragments of ice detaching from the cometâs nucleus, and which are then vaporized by the heat of sunlight, going on to feed a gaseous cloud that surrounds the celestial body. This is something that has so far been observed only in a small number of extremely distant comets, and which could provide valuable information about the processes from which 3I/ATLAS originated. âEvery interstellar comet so far has been a surprise,â said Zexi Xing, an Auburn University researcher and coauthor of the discovery, in a press statement. ââOumuamua was dry, Borisov was rich in carbon monoxide, and now ATLAS is giving up water at a distance where we didnât expect it. Each one is rewriting what we thought we knew about how planets and comets form around stars.â This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian.
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**Transgender surgery on minors: The new lobotomy? **
Site: The Hill
Transgender surgery on minors is facing increasing pushback from medical professionals and state-level efforts to silence counselors, and may eventually be viewed with the same horror as lobotomiesâŠ
Thereâs a growing pushback against the practice of transgender surgery on minors at the state level. And it now appears Supreme Court justices are also questioning state-level efforts to silence counselors who raise concerns about the practice. As the skepticism spreads, we may see the transgender-surgery craze practiced on minors become as discredited as lobotomy surgeries from decades ago. âA lobotomy," Medical News Today explains, "is a type of brain surgery that involves severing the connection between the frontal lobe and other parts of the brain.â It was pioneered in the U.S. in the 1930s and was widely practiced in the 1940s and early â50s. However, according to Britannica, âToday lobotomy is a horror story. Less than a century ago, it was a revolutionary âfixâ for misunderstood mental health problems." Lobotomies were performed on patients with severe mental health problems, such as schizophrenia or very aggressive behavior, at a time when there werenât many treatment options for mental illness. But the practice came with very serious risks. The Wall Street Journal looked at lobotomies performed by VA doctors on postwar psychologically damaged troops. Some veterans got relief. âOften, however, the surgery left them little more than overgrown children, unable to care for themselves.â The report added, âMany suffered seizures, amnesia and loss of motor skills.â By the late 1950s, mental health professionals began to abandon lobotomies, especially with the development of anti-psychotic drugs such as chlorpromazine. Today, the lobotomy is considered a stain on U.S. medical history. It is possible that, within a relatively short period of time â perhaps five to 10 years â transgender surgery on minors will likewise become an embarrassment to American medicine. There are similarities to the lobotomy movement and current efforts to defend transgender surgery on minors. In both cases many practicing medical professionals denounced the procedures, while a relatively small percentage profited from the practice. Both procedures were meant to have life-altering effects on the patients. Some benefited, while a large percentage had to deal with unanticipated and unwanted side effects for the rest of their lives. And in both procedures, thereâs no going back. Even when a person decides to detransition, he or she will face a lifetime of costly medications, sterility and other serious medical conditions. And then thereâs the issue of consent. Many of the lobotomized patients with serious mental health issues were not capable of giving informed consent. As for minors with gender dysphoria, their parents must sign off. However, some transgender counselors and medical providers reportedly pressure the parents, claiming that if they donât consent, their child is at higher risk of committing suicide. Finally, lobotomies became something of a medical fad, claiming to be the latest thing in medical innovation. Transgender surgery advocates promote a similar message. There were more than 50,000 lobotomies performed in the U.S. According to the nonprofit organization Do No Harm, which opposes gender surgeries on minors, âbetween 2019 and 2023, there were at least 13,394 gender reassignment procedures nationwide on individuals 17.5 years old or younger, with the youngest 7 years old.â That includes 4,160 breast removal procedures and 660 phalloplasty procedures on minors. There is one big difference between the two procedures. Since there were few good options for treating severe mental illness in the early 1930s and â40s, it could be argued that, for some patients, a lobotomy was a better alternative to a life spent in a crowded insane asylum. In contrast, there are alternatives for children presenting with gender dysphoria. As a result, a growing number of medical professionals and countries are pushing back against transgender surgery. Minors going through puberty are often confused and trying to figure out who they are. Social media can play a significant role in that confusion. So can certain advocacy groups. Because children are evolving, it is critical they are not encouraged to take steps from which there is no return. Numerous studies, including the Cass Report, have found that most children with gender dysphoria eventually grow out of it. If an individual decides to transition after turning 18 or perhaps 21, then as an adult, he or she has a right to make that decision â and live with the consequences. But thatâs adults, not children. As more people who were minors when they went through transgender surgery begin to speak out â and in some cases sue the doctors and clinics involved â a stigma will likely form about doing the procedure. And at some point, people will look back on the practice of putting minors through life-changing surgery and see it with the horror with which they now view lobotomies. Merrill Matthews is a co-author of âOn the Edge: America Faces the Entitlements Cliff.â
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Why Is There No Nobel Prize For Mathematics? | IFLScience
Added: Oct 14, 2025
The Real Reason Why There Is No Nobel Prize For Mathematics
Site: IFLScience
Math permeates everything in the universe, except Nobel Prizes.
October is Nobel Prize season, an annual period when scientists in the fields of physics, chemistry, and medicine eagerly await to see who will win a giant gold coin in Stockholm later that year. Even economists get their turn in the spotlight in these. But mathematicians, much to their dismay, are left out in the cold. There is, and never has been, a Nobel Prize for mathematics. And no, despite the urban legend, Alfred Nobel didnât spitefully snub the field because his love interest, an Austrian woman called Sofie Hess, had an affair with the famed mathematician Gösta Mittag-Leffler. The real reason is far less sensational, though perhaps more telling about Nobel himself. Alfred Nobel (1833 - 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, and industrialist driven by an idealistic belief that discovery could progress the world towards a better future. Somewhat ironically, his most famous invention, after the Nobel Awards, was the explosive agent dynamite. Upon his death, Nobel's will expressed his desire to have an award set up that recognizes those who have "conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.â It read: âThe prizes for physics and chemistry are to be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiological or medical achievements by the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm; and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be selected by the Norwegian Storting.â Mathematics simply wasnât mentioned. A prize for economics was later added by the Central Bank of Sweden in 1969, but maths has never won inclusion as a category in its own right. The most common explanation for why is that Nobel was a man of applied science, a practical thinker fascinated by inventions, engineering, and technologies that could change the material world. To him, perhaps mathematics seemed too abstract, too theoretical, and too detached from real benefit. Even today, the science prizes tend to favor experimental breakthroughs and tangible discoveries over purely theoretical work. For instance, physics is deeply ingrained in theory and equations, but recent awards have been given to scientists involved in quantum tunneling in superconducting circuits and advances in machine learning, both of which are loosely extensions of electrical engineering. Another common explanation is that mathematicians were already highly celebrated in Sweden, thanks in large part to Gösta Mittag-Leffler and his influence within high society, including King Oscar II, who awarded prizes and honors to mathematicians across Europe. It isnât only mathematicians who are curiously absent from the Nobel Prizes. Fields like engineering, biology, and environmental science are also conspicuously missing. That said, these sciences sometimes find a way in through a side door. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is often given to discoveries related to âbiologyâ, from the structure of DNA to breakthroughs in genetics and immunology. Likewise, engineering achievements occasionally slip under the banner of physics or chemistry, such as innovations in semiconductors, materials science, or laser technology that have transformed modern life. But donât feel too sorry for the mathematicians. They might not have a Nobel Prize for themselves, but they've got the Fields Medal, the Abel Prize, and the quiet satisfaction of knowing that every Nobel-winning discovery stands on the shoulders of their equations.
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Research Suggests Rates of Transgender Identification Falling Among American Youth | National Review
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"Purple Earth Hypothesis": Over 2.4 Billion Years Ago, Earth Went From Purple To Green | IFLScience
Added: Oct 14, 2025
Why Planet Earth May Have Been Purple Over 2.4 Billion Years Ago
Site: IFLScience
Earth may not have always been the "blue planet."
Viewed from space, modern Earth looks like a blue marble, decorated with swirls of wispy clouds and slabs of green and brown land. But in our home planetâs freshman years, it might not have been dominated by greenish-blues, but soft purple hues. This is whatâs known as the "Purple Earth Hypothesis", an idea first proposed by Professor Shiladitya DasSarma, molecular biologist from the University of Maryland, and Dr Edward Schwieterman, an astrobiologist from the University of California at Riverside. It centers around the idea that photosynthetic life on early Earth might not have been green, like most plants and algae today, but purple. If this is the case, Earthâs oceans could be dominated by tiny purple microorganisms, enriching the globe with a mauve tint. Most photosynthetic lifeforms on modern Earth, from the trees of the Amazon rainforest to the marine cyanobacteria that fill our oceans, are green because of chlorophyll. This pigment absorbs all wavelengths of light in the visible spectrum â except for green light â and converts it into energy through photosynthesis. However, green is a pretty unexpected color for a sun-soaking pigment to exclude. This vibrant color has a wavelength around 500 nanometers, which is one of the most energy-rich parts of the solar spectrum. So why do most plants ignore it? Why evolve to reflect such high-energy real estate instead of utilizing it? Before the rise of oxygen, when the atmosphere was thick with carbon dioxide and methane, many microorganisms in the ocean may have relied on a simpler pigment called retinal, according to the Purple Earth Hypothesis. Unlike chlorophyll, retinal absorbs green light and reflects purple. Itâs still used by certain microbes today, most notably Halobacteria, salt-loving archaea with a purple membrane that thrive in low-oxygen environments. Because retinal is chemically simpler than chlorophyll, DasSarma and Schwieterman suggest it could have been one of the planetâs earlier light-harvesting molecules. Earth had relatively low levels of oxygen in its early history, but thatâs not a problem for organisms that use retinal-based photosynthesis. And if early oceans were teeming with these retinal-rich microbes, the entire planet might have gently glowed with a lavender tint. Over time, however, evolution stumbled across new ways to harness sunlight. Retinal-rich microbes had claimed most of the green light in the spectrum, so other organisms hoping to survive via photosynthesis had to adapt to use what was left. Chlorophyll-based photosynthesis may have evolved to take advantage of the blue and red wavelengths that retinal didn't absorb, carving out its own niche in the crowded photochemical landscape. Then came green's time to shine. Around 2.4 billion years ago, during the Great Oxygenation Event, cyanobacteria equipped with chlorophyll began to dominate. These green microbes not only absorbed different parts of the light spectrum but also burped out oxygen as a by-product, a shift that transformed Earthâs atmosphere and paved the way for complex life. As chlorophyll-based life flourished, the balance of color flipped. The once-purple Earth gave way to the blueish-green one we know today. Retinal-based photosynthesis is no longer a dominant force on Earth, but it might still be elsewhere in the universe. When astronomers look out for other habitable worlds, it seems natural to look for signs of green, a spectral fingerprint of chlorophyll, the pigment that underpins nearly all life on our planet. However, the Purple Earth Hypothesis reminds us that life isnât always synonymous with green. Under different conditions, purple could be just as likely a candidate. In fact, it's possible that the basis of life will be more attuned to orange, red, or a wavelength completely invisible to the human eye. Perhaps light won't even be a factor, and entire planetary ecosystems are built around another foundation other than photosynthesis.
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Candace Owensâs Anti-Israel Conspiracies Cross a Dark Line | National Review
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Left Ignores Trumpâs Role in IsraelâHamas Peace Deal | National Review
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Facebook scraps ICE lookout page
Site: The Hill
{beacon} Technology Technology â The Big Story Facebook takes down page targeting ICE agents Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday that Facebook has removed a page used to ââŠ
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New Models Show How Solar 'Tornadoes' Could Wreak Havoc on Earth : ScienceAlert
Added: Oct 14, 2025New Models Show How Solar 'Tornadoes' Could Wreak Havoc on Earth
Site: ScienceAlert
Weather forecasting is a powerful tool.
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How Zohran Mamdani could threaten public safety for decades Added: Oct 14, 2025
Zohran Mamdani could threaten public safety for decades with this stealth mayoral power
Site: New York Post
It can be a New York City mayorâs most lasting legacy: The power to appoint, for 10-year terms, scores of judges to the cityâs courts.
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Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now AI Slop, New Data Finds
Added: Oct 14, 2025
Over 50 Percent of the Internet Is Now AI Slop, New Data Finds
Site: Futurism
New research from the firm Graphite found that around half of all articles on the internet are AI generated.
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Elon Muskâs xAI plans AI-made game and film | Windows Central
Added: Oct 14, 2025Elon Muskâs xAI dives into AI gaming and films
Site: Windows Central
Elon Muskâs xAI plans to create an AI-generated game and movie by 2026, raising concerns about creativity and the future of human-made art.
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Elon Muskâs xAI âMacrohardâ Project Targets Microsoftâs Turf at an âImmense Scaleâ - TipRanks.com Added: Oct 14, 2025
Elon Muskâs xAI âMacrohardâ Project Targets Microsoftâs Turf at an âImmense Scaleâ - TipRanks.com
Site: TipRanks Financial
In a pinned post on X, Elon Musk wrote, âThe @xAI MACROHARD project will be profoundly impactful at an immense scale.â He added that the companyâs goal is to âcreat...
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Why do bats spread so many diseases? They're evolutionary marvels. | Popular Science
Added: Oct 14, 2025Why do bats spread so many diseases? They're evolutionary marvels.
Site: Popular Science
Survival of the fittest doesnât always mean smartest, fastest, or strongest.
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Philosophy Book to Become Movie - Daily Nous
Added: Oct 14, 2025Philosophy Book to Become Movie - Daily Nous
Site: Daily Nous
âHereâs the pitch: itâs a philosophy movieâŠâ âHuh.â âbased on a philosophy bookâŠâ âIâm listening.â âby an actual philosopher.â âGo on.â âThat is, a philosophy professor.â âYou donât say.â âAn analytic philosophy professor.â âSold!â Okay, thatâs not how it happened. But somehow, Tetralogue, by Timothy Williamson, Senior Research Fellow and Emeritus Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford, is getting made into a movie. The book, published in 2015, isnât a typical philosophical monograph. It recounts a fictional conversation among four strangers on a train, each with differing views, who discuss and argue about a variety of subjects. It was one of several books included in a book club of actors and philosophers begun by director Jorge ValdĂ©s-Iga during the Covid-19 pandemic. ValdĂ©s-Iga invited Professor Williamson to join their final session on his book. Williamson said he was impressed by the discussion, and ValdĂ©s-Iga, who must have been impressed by the book, came up with the idea of making a movie of it. Williamson says that he and ValdĂ©s-Iga have been in occasional communication about the film. âWe talk about the characters, how they speak and feel,â he says. âMuch of the original dialogue will be preserved, though there will be a bit more action than in the book. Jorge needs space to develop it in a way that he feels will work on screen, which of course isnât the same as what works on the page.â The casting for the movie is being done right now (over 6000 actors applied). âIâm impressed at how many of them are able to bring the words to life,â Williamson says. The movie, titled Tetralogue, will be filmed in November. The plan is to show it initially at film festivals in 2026. Your suggestions for film adaptations of other philosophy books are welcome.
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Emergence explains nothing and is bad science | John Heil » IAI TV Added: Oct 14, 2025
** Emergence explains nothing and is bad science | John Heil **
Site: IAI TV - Changing how the world thinks
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Trump teases new list of "Democratic programs" being shut down will come Friday
Site: Axios
Other cuts would follow the thousands of employees laid off last week.
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Levitation Breakthrough: Scientists Create Levitating Disk That Requires No External Power - The Debrief
Added: Oct 14, 2025Levitation Breakthrough: Scientists Create Levitating Disk That Requires No External Power
Site: The Debrief
In a levitation breakthrough, scientists have created a virtually frictionless, macroscale levitating disk that requires no external power.
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Google Has a New âPreferred Sourcesâ FeatureâHereâs How to Add The Debrief and Never Miss the Latest Science and Tech News - The Debrief
Added: Oct 14, 2025
Google Has a New âPreferred Sourcesâ FeatureâHereâs How to Add The Debrief and Never Miss the Latest Science and Tech News
Site: The Debrief
Google's new âpreferred sourcesâ feature allows users to pick their favorite news sources. Here's how to add The Debrief to your favorites.
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New Research Says ADHDâs Wandering Mind May Be a Secret Engine for Creativity - The Debrief
Added: Oct 14, 2025
New Research Says ADHDâs Wandering Mind May Be a Secret Engine for Creativity
Site: The Debrief
New research shows ADHDâs mind wandering boosts creativity, revealing how deliberate thought drift drives innovation.
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Forget about Mamdaniâs illegal donors â his legal ones are even worse
Site: New York Post
The $13,000 that Zohran Mamdani seems to have accepted in illegal donations from foreigners isnât as sketchy as some of the legal money his campaign has taken in.
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Students identifying as nonbinary on the decline, new study reveals
Site: New York Post
A professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, Eric Kaufmann, pointed this out in a recent report.
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Building Pure Python Web Apps with Reflex - KDnuggets Added: Oct 14, 2025
Building Pure Python Web Apps with Reflex - KDnuggets
Site: KDnuggets
Discover how to create stunning and engaging applications using Python.
