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How to Stretch Your Leather Boots (Properly)
GQby Coleman Molnar·4d ago
When it comes to modifying any part of your wardrobe, the word “stretch” can be a signal that you’re in the DIY weeds and should maybe pause before you do something you can’t take back.
How to Hold Death and Carry Life: A Zen Master Explains Existence to a Child and Outlines the Three Essential Principles of Zen Mind
The Marginalianby Maria Popova·4d ago
How to Hold Death and Carry Life: A Zen Master Explains Existence to a Child and Outlines the Three Essential Principles of Zen Mind By Maria Popova If death is so enormous a mystery that we remain...
View: Tech faces its Big Tobacco moment, but teens have already moved on
Semaforby J.D. Capelouto·4d ago
J.D.’s view The “Big Tobacco moment” for tech that critics have been waiting for may come too late.
Remembering Bou Meng, Mary Heilmann, and Kumantjayi (Walala) Tjapaltjarri
Hyperallergicby Lisa Yin Zhang·4d ago
In Memoriam is published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world.
The game’s the thing
MIT Newsby Elizabeth Durant | Division of Graduate and Undergraduate Education·4d ago
“I think that a game can be made about anything,” says Kayode Dada, a rising senior majoring in mechanical engineering.
The Real Meaning of the Jason Arday Scandal
The New Yorkerby Lauren Michele Jackson·4d ago
A couple of years ago, a self-styled “race-realist” named Nathan Cofnas wrote a blog post about racial difference.
The Best Chambray Shirts Look Like Denim but Feel Like Bliss
GQby Daniel Varghese·4d ago
They might look like denim, but the best men's chambray shirts—those lightly dyed, usually blue, heirloom-soft button-ups—are actually made of a completely different fabric.
Haroutiun Galentz’s True Colors
Hyperallergicby Tamar Boyadjian·4d ago
Painter Haroutiun Galentz (1910–1967), orphaned and displaced during the Armenian Genocide, remains one of the 20th century’s most vital yet enigmatic modernist figures.
NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission - NASA
NASAby Lauren E. Low·4d ago
Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or boost an agency satellite to a higher altitude to...
Human-Related Microbes May Survive Moon’s South Pole, NASA Finds - NASA Science
NASAby Lonnie Shekhtman·4d ago
Lee esta historia en español aquí. Some of Earth’s microbes likely to hitch a ride to space with human explorers could survive in the shaded nooks and crannies of the Moon’s South Pole region, NASA...
Lifeforms Can Survive on ‘Significant’ Regions of the Moon, Study Finds
404 Mediaby Becky Ferreira·4d ago
Microbes from Earth could survive on parts of the Moon for at least a week, a discovery that suggests that the lunar surface is not as hostile as previously assumed and has implications for...
Gaining Leadership Backing for Your Innovations
IEEE Spectrumby Alexander Brem·4d ago
This article is part of our exclusive career advice series in partnership with the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society.
"The X-Files" still make us want to believe
Salonby Coleman Spilde·4d ago
It’s difficult to get one’s hopes up when it comes to the dicey state of Hollywood filmmaking, and even more difficult to keep them there.
How the Toxoplasma parasite adapts to crowded conditions in host cells
MIT Newsby Mackenzie White | Whitehead Institute·4d ago
Toxoplasma gondii, or Toxoplasma, is a parasite that infects hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Creating innovations that scale across borders
MIT Newsby Anne Wilson | Department of Mechanical Engineering·4d ago
Creating innovations that can succeed in both emerging markets and in developed, higher-income markets requires a targeted, thoughtful design process.
'I Saw a Shiny Thing': Cop Explains Why He Used License Plate Reader to Stalk Woman
404 Mediaby Jason Koebler·4d ago
Body camera footage obtained by 404 Media shows a police officer explaining why he used police databases and license plate reader cameras to research, stalk, and pull over a woman he met on the set...
American AI May Not Survive Chinese Open-Source
Palladium Magazineby Daniel Francis·4d ago
The AI industry has been rocked by recent large-language model (LLM) releases from Chinese labs, most notably the Kimi K3 model from Moonshot.
Static electricity is a mystery, and scientists are all charged up
Science Newsby Emily Conover·4d ago
Galien Grosjean was a caretaker of tiny glass beads. He bathed them, gently cradled them with tweezers, placed them delicately in his experimental apparatus.
Nick Reiner Locked Out of Using $1.6M Trust Fund for His Murder Trial Defense
Vanity Fairby Blanche Marcel·4d ago
Nick Reiner is currently incarcerated at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles, awaiting further legal proceedings in connection with the alleged murder of his parents, Rob and...
Does Creatine Cause Hair Loss?
GQby Michele Ross·4d ago
If you spend any amount of time in a gym, you’ve likely heard about creatine. I’d even bet good money that you’re already taking it.
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