Here's What a Leading Lettuce Breeder Wants You to Know
Timeby Veronique Greenwood5d ago
In the town of Nipomo on the central coast of California, in Bill Waycott's fields, lettuces of the future are taking root.
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top 84%"The End of Oak Street" does pastiche right
Salonby Coleman Spilde5d ago
In 2015’s “Jurassic World” — the first of the “Jurassic Park” franchise’s largely interminable bastard step-children — there’s a moment of action that briefly suggests the film might exist for...
The View from Above: The Gemini Visual Acuity Experiments - NASA
NASAby Michele Ostovar5d ago
NASA astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. took 29 color photographs of the Earth with a 70mm camera as he orbited our planet during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission in May 1963.
Criminal probe clears Sloth World of criminal neglect in deaths of 57 animals
Mongabay Globalby Sharon Guynup5d ago
Authorities in the U.S. state of Florida have cleared a controversial startup of criminal neglect after dozens of wild-caught sloths that it imported from South America for tourism purposes died.
Where commercial real estate demand is the highest, according to new data
US Top News and Analysisby Diana Olick5d ago
A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to...
Beloved French Fashion Executive Mathilde Favier Dies Unexpectedly
Vanity Fairby Pierre Groppo6d ago
Mathilde Favier, Dior’s director of public relations, will no longer welcome celebrities to the house’s headquarters on Paris’s Avenue Montaigne—as she did graciously for many years—for its fashion...
NASA Data Feeds River Forecasts as Snow Drought Effects Linger - NASA Science
NASAby Emily DeMarco6d ago
As the effects of the 2026 snow drought in the western United States carry into summer, NASA Earth data is feeding machine-learning forecasts that inform decisions about water, power, and public...
View: Hormuz ‘isn’t really the problem’
Semaforby Tim McDonnell6d ago
A big hiccup is moving through the global oil trade that’s likely to cause another surge in prices, especially in Asia, over the next few weeks.
The Tastiest 30-Gram Protein Breakfast Options, According to Experts
GQby Tom Ward6d ago
If you're reading this, you probably have your daily protein intake on lock already. Say your goal is to 100 grams of that muscle-building macro.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II on the Highs and Lows of ‘Wonder Man’
Vanity Fairby Rebecca Ford6d ago
In July, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was on a set, hanging out at craft services, snacking on some cranberry applesauce, when he got a text message from his publicist: “Congratulations on your second...
Zelenskyy Dismisses Senior Aide Suspected in $3.3 Million Money Laundering Case
OCCRP6d ago
Reported by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed senior aide Iryna Mudra on the same day she said anti-corruption investigators had notified her of suspicion in a case involving the...
Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Morgan Meis6d ago
Maria Popova at The Marginalian: Not often — a handful of times in a lifetime, if you are lucky — you come upon a work of thought and feeling — a book, a painting, a song — that becomes a fountain...
Alibaba shares fall 5% as AI spending drives 75% drop in net income
US Top News and Analysisby April Roach6d ago
China's Alibaba on Thursday posted a 75% fall in profits for the June quarter as AI spending weighed on the tech giant's results.
How wealthy families can prepare for aging parents and avoid a succession crisis
US Top News and Analysisby Hayley Cuccinello6d ago
A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer.
Subtlefakes: Slightly Altered Nonconsensual AI Images Are Taking Over X
404 Mediaby Emanuel Maiberg6d ago
I can clearly remember the first time I saw a deepfake. I was waiting for the train on my way to the Vice office in 2017 when I got a Twitter DM from someone who saw it posted to Reddit.
The Culture Wars of The Phantom of the Opera - JSTOR Daily
JSTOR Dailyby Angelica Frey6d ago
When it premiered in London in 1986 and expanded to Broadway two years later, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera was not just a blockbuster thanks to its Gothic plot, operatic score, and...
Township Fights Nuclear Weapons Data Center By Passing a Moratorium on Electrical Infrastructure
404 Mediaby Matthew Gault6d ago
Ypsilanti Township in Michigan passed a six month moratorium on “major electric utility infrastructure” on Tuesday night.
David Sinclair's Research Is Now Testing Whether Blindness—and Aging—Can Be Reversed
Timeby Alice Park6d ago
It looked like any other injection an eye doctor might administer. But contained inside was something that no patient had ever received: a cocktail of ingredients designed to change how genes...
Tony Wyss-Coray Is Measuring Biological Age One Organ at a Time
Timeby Dominique Mosbergen6d ago
It seems odd that your body’s internal age may differ from your chronological one. But Tony Wyss-Coray, a Swiss professor of neurology and director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at...
Andrea Maier Wants to Solve Longevity's Evidence Problem
Timeby Veronique Greenwood6d ago
Dr. Andrea Maier realized a fundamental truth about herself when she was in medical school: She was fascinated by old age.