A Key Food Source Collapsed Off West Africa’s Coast as Chinese Ships Ground the Species Into Fishmeal
OCCRP·23d ago
Reported by As the day draws to a close in Bubaque, a remote island in Guinea-Bissau, fishermen are arriving with their day’s catch, pulling canoes onto a muddy bank teeming with crabs.
Georgia O’Keeffe on the Art of Seeing
The Marginalianby Maria Popova·23d ago
Georgia O’Keeffe on the Art of Seeing By Maria Popova In her stunning autobiographical reflection on the moment she understood what it means to be an artist, Virginia Woolf beheld the cosmos of...
The Sinking City 2 ditches the thinky stuff for Resident Evil style horror, but I'm yet to decide if this expert mystery developer's latest is truly better for it
Eurogamer.net Latest Articlesby Matt Wales·23d ago
There's a bit, early on in The Sinking City 2, where you enter the waterlogged Miskatonic University. As you teeter around toppled shelves and slalom through sodden tomes, a siren begins to blare.
Millions of Africans are displaced without crossing a border – and their needs are often overlooked
The Conversation Africaby David James Cantor, Director of the Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London·23d ago
The eruption of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in May 2026 sparked a major crisis.
The soil’s early warning system: microbes can predict desertification before plants start to die
The Conversation Africaby Marc Van Goethem, Microbial ecologist, University of Pretoria·23d ago
Microbial ecology (the study of how tiny microbes interact with each other and their environment) underpins the health of every ecosystem on Earth.
What happened when a South African school switched from English to bilingual science tests
The Conversation Africaby Robyn Tyler, Senior Researcher, University of the Western Cape·23d ago
South African no-fee primary schools use African languages as well as English for teaching and testing.
Fragments: August 18
Martin Fowlerby Martin Fowler (martin@martinfowler.com)·23d ago
Fragments: August 18 Part of the reason why I’m at Thoughtworks is because I’d like to see a software development organization founded on technical excellence as an example for the rest of the...
AI Coding Agents: Adoption Trends - The JetBrains Blog
The JetBrains Blogby Mikhail Bogdanov·23d ago
AI Coding Agents: Adoption Trends Based on the Developer Ecosystem Survey 2026, the tenth edition of our large-scale, globally representative study run by the Strategic Research and Market...
'Maddie’s Secret?' John Early’s Indie Hit is Now a Viral Sensation Thanks to Streaming
Vanity Fairby Chris Murphy·23d ago
John Early is no stranger to the adoration of the internet. The actor and comedian, who starred on five seasons of Search Party and released the 2023 HBO comedy special Now More Than Ever, has a...
Building Enterprise Agent Systems that People can Trust, Verify and Improve | Towards Data Science
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Sheila Teo·23d ago
I I’ve distilled my experience into 5 principles for building agent systems that succeed inside a business, earn people’s trust and improve over time.
The charming way that Monty Don uses small terracotta pots in his garden – it’ll make your space a lot safer
Latest from Ideal Home in Newsby Sophie King·23d ago
Monty Don just posted a photo of his purple sprouting broccoli and tomatoes, but it wasn’t the crops that caught my eye – it was actually the way he used terracotta plant pots as a safety measure.
Hydrogen-powered 'rocket car' tops 400 mph in record-breaking test (video)
Latest from Space.comby Chelsea Gohd·23d ago
Is it a rocket car? Tearing across the Utah desert at over 400 mph (644 kph), a hydrogen-powered car has set a new land speed record.
How to recover deleted WhatsApp messages and photos – the ultimate guide for Android and iPhone - Talk Android
TalkAndroidby Ethan Collins·23d ago
Accidentally deleted a WhatsApp message or lost a vacation photo in a chat, then wondered: “Does WhatsApp have a hidden trash bin where everything goes before it’s gone forever?” The answer is no.
Can the existence of an afterlife be proven? The scientists looking for God
El País Englishby Daniel Soufi·23d ago
Now that singer Rosalía has embraced mysticism and the “[Spanish protest movement] 15-M philosopher” Ernesto Castro has converted to Christianity, it is not surprising that science is being seduced...
Ladakh glaciers losing speed as ice melts, new study warns
Mongabay Indiaby Kundan Pandey·23d ago
- Glacier velocity in the Zanskar Himalayas dropped 16% between 1992 and 2023, with the slowdown accompanied by accelerated ice thinning.
PlayStation gives us what we all wanted – the trunk closing sound in GTA 6
The Escapistby Jacob Woodward·23d ago
Forget new gameplay, an in-depth look at Vice City escapades, or even another full trailer. PlayStation has given us GTA 6 fans what we’ve really been waiting for: the sound of a car trunk closing.
Patrick Vieira appointed as head coach of Senegal, the country of his birth
Football | The Guardianby Agence France-Presse·23d ago
Senegal have appointed France’s 1998 World Cup winner Patrick Vieira as head coach, the country’s football federation announced, succeeding Pape Thiaw, who was dismissed in the wake of their World...
The Secret History of the Antichrist
Open Cultureby Colin Marshall·23d ago
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel has spoken publicly on a variety of issues from contrarian entrepreneurship to technical stagnation to geopolitical struggle.
Will Germany's drought push up food prices?
DW Englishby Nik Martin·23d ago
1. How severe is Germany's 2026 harvest decline? The German Farmers' Association (DBV) on Tuesday warned of a "below-average" harvest due to ongoing drought that has left large areas of farmland...
MTV VMAs 2026 Nominees Announced: See the Full List Here
RSS: Newsby Alex Suskind, Walden Green·23d ago
Madonna and Taylor Swift are the top nominees at this year’s Video Music Awards, with the former snagging 11 and the latter with nine.
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