Katherine Stiles
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So, anyway, found a dead and slightly grilled mouse in my toaster, which explains where the weird burnt smell was coming from. Oddly, at the same time, my brother is in Italy, where they make jewellery out of such unfortunate incidents. It's a strange old world.
Bronte Beach, Sydney New South Wales, Australia Sunday, July 26, 2026
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Star Trek, Paramount cancelled all the shows. But they did commission a special casserole dish and float it up into space. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2592971-lets-celebrate-star-trek-by-launching-a-le-creuset-pan-into-the-sky/
^^ Of course, this is a fun topic — here’s what I wrote about it in 2019: www.nbcnews.com/mach/science...
Are we living in a simulated universe? Here’s what scientists say.
“If we are living in a simulation, then the cosmos that we are observing is just a tiny piece of the totality of physical existence."
nbcnews.com
300 #Glaciers Gone: New Review Reveals the Scale of #Ice Loss in the #American West gizmodo.com/300-glaciers...
300 Glaciers Gone: New Review Reveals the Scale of Ice Loss in the American West
Warming air temperatures are causing glaciers to shrink by about 8% each decade.
gizmodo.com
"Greenland acquired a political existence before it acquired a diplomatic one." A failed attempt to buy the Danish Caribbean reveals a forgotten side of America’s first interest in Greenland, writes Ignacio Rodríguez Álvarez. www.ie.edu/insights/art...
The Islands That Said Yes to America | IE Insights
A failed attempt to buy the Danish Caribbean reveals a forgotten side of America’s first interest in Greenland, writes Ignacio Rodríguez Álvarez.
ie.edu
Major French supermarket chains on Monday said they were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to shoot up in temperature in hundreds of stores, forcing spoiled food to be thrown away and raising concerns about food security. #cyberattack
French supermarkets suffer refrigerator shutdown after 'unprecedented' cyberattack
Major French supermarket chains on Monday said they were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to shoot up in temperature in hundreds of stores, forcing spoiled food to be thrown away a...
techxplore.com
Bolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years
Bolivia's tilcayo tiger cat becomes first new wildcat species in 100 years
Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century, a Bolivian researcher told AFP on Thursday.
phys.org
“These AI tools are marketed to lenders as tools for transparency and as sources of truth.”
Two AIs disagree about the reason someone can't borrow money
Imagine a small-business owner's loan application has just been rejected by an algorithm. Under international standards, she is entitled to know why.
techxplore.com
In the latest feature from Rachel Brazil, she explores the research into the Bayeux Tapestry, including the medieval natural dyes and synthetic dyes, which provides new clues about the famous details added or altered during its restoration. Read 👇 www.chemistryworld.com/features/the...
The chemistry helping to unravel the Bayeux Tapestry’s secrets
As the Bayeux Tapestry comes to the British Museum, scientists reveal how chemistry and imaging technology are unlocking its hidden history
chemistryworld.com
You Probably Own This 7-Eleven (and That’s Why It Looks So Sad)
You Probably Own This 7-Eleven (and That’s Why It Looks So Sad)
The qualities that make built places charming are best stewarded by people who live there. But America’s soul-crushing suburban districts are now owned by people far away — people who don’t even know ...
thenewatlantis.com
Tens of thousands of years ago, a long-legged cat nicknamed the “American cheetah” prowled North America. But an analysis of the cat family tree reveals this cheetah’s closest living relatives are pumas.
Was the ‘American cheetah’ a cheetah at all?
Ancient DNA confirms Miracinonyx trumani was more closely related to modern pumas than cheetahs and had a more varied diet than previously thought.
sciencenews.org
What’s to blame for Canada’s wildfires? We can expect future smoky days. And — surprise — it makes no sense to fight every blaze www.sciencenews.org/article/what... #wildfires
A small but significant advance.. a $399 "roboduck" with an open source platform on huggingface that allows users to upload different reinforcement learning skills that can be plugged into the "duck" techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/h...
Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck | TechCrunch
Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.”
techcrunch.com
Of 30 Global Food Goals, We're on Track to Hit Just One
Of 30 Global Food Goals, We're on Track to Hit Just One
On a day-to-day, local level, it can be all too easy to forget the perilous state that our planet is in – but the sobering reality checks from science are only getting more frequent and more serious.
sciencealert.com
Takeaway cups may be releasing microplastics into your coffee
Takeaway cups may be releasing microplastics into your coffee
Single-use paper cups used for takeout coffee and other beverages release millions of microplastic particles when exposed to hot liquid, University of Queensland researchers have found.
phys.org
The solar ambulance Stella Juva in Kenya can operate independently without relying on an electricity grid or fuel as it generates more solar energy than it consumes during medical use. #SolarEnergy
World's first solar ambulance is energy independent while delivering health care in Kenya
Student team Solar Team Eindhoven from Eindhoven University of Technology has successfully completed the first practical tests of the solar ambulance Stella Juva in Kenya. The ambulance generates more...
medicalxpress.com
The vibrant biodiversity of the Galápagos Islands has helped biologists from Charles Darwin onward unlock the mysteries of evolution. Now, corals growing around the archipelago in the tropical Pacific Ocean are providing clues to another enduring puzzle: whether global warming is changing El Niño...
Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest
1000-year archive from the Galápagos portends greater weather disruptions from the Pacific climate cycle
science.org
High-speed trains linking the U.K. to the continent through the Channel Tunnel may soon depart every 15 minutes — thanks to competition from new operators on the route. #EU #UK #News #EuroTunnel
Trains between Britain and Europe on track to run every 15 minutes
It looks increasingly likely it won’t just be Virgin competing with Eurostar on the route to London.
politico.eu
Two die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak The deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year. Both people had not been vaccinated against the illness. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Two die of measles in Pennsylvania outbreak
The deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year. Both people had not been vaccinated against the illness.
nbcnews.com
People are being warned not to eat under-cooked or runny eggs when they are eating out because of the developing salmonella outbreak. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Under-fives and pregnant women told to avoid runny eggs when eating out over salmonella risk
The advice also applies to the over-65s and others with underlying medical conditions amid salmonella outbreak.
bbc.com
More than half of adults in US say they lack basic statistical understanding
More than half of adults in US say they lack basic statistical understanding
From the daily weather forecast to a baseball player's batting average to an individual's risk of developing lung cancer, understanding statistics can help people in the United States navigate their l...
phys.org
Use QLC to Clarify and Overcome Objections for Growth: linkedin.com/in/elinorstu... You may wonder what QLC is, and next, how one item can overcome objections to growth? It is a broad concept in action, as it stands for ‘Question, Listen, Clarify’, for either a personal or business conversation.
