Healing Japanese Art for the End Times

A show of Japanese art at The Met suggests that things might not work out for us in our own end times, but it’s worth trying.

Restored oyster sanctuaries host more marine life despite parasites, biologists discover

In the campaign to restore Chesapeake Bay, oyster sanctuaries rank among the most hotly contested strategies. But new research suggests these no-harvest areas are working, and not only for the oysters.

Ice Spice Leaves Fans Hot & Bothered With Sweat-Filled Gym Thirst Trap

Ice Spice has delighted her fans and followers with a series of enticing thirst traps on social media are guaranteed to stoke the imagination.

Indian wrestlers eye Olympics after sex harassment scandal

Over a year after Indian wrestlers' protests, female athletes prepare for 2024 Paris Olympics.

Lula warns against "archaic and isolationist nationalism"

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Sillva seized his speech Monday during the 64th Southern Common Market's Summit in Asunción to underline his Argentine colleague Javier Milei's absence without mentioning him explicitly.

Beryl makes landfall in Texas

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} View Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Biden briefed on Hurricane Beryl after Texas landfall President Biden is receiving “regular updates” about Hurricane Beryl after it made

Chief Morgan Stanley strategist predicts 10% market correction is ‘highly likely’ before presidential vote

The analyst warned investors on Monday of a "choppy" third quarter.

Team uses 'nanoruler' to determine threshold for tissue permeability of brain tumors

Currently, there is no effective treatment for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most frequent and malignant type of brain tumor. Some low molecular weight antitumor agents are used to permeate the gaps between endothelial cells in the BBTB (blood−brain tumor barrier), which

US troops withdraw from first base in Niger

U.S. troops formally withdrew from a major air base in Niger on Monday, the first of two bases to be evacuated by American forces after Niamey fell to a military coup in 2023 and Nigerien officials ordered Washington to leave. American forces left Air Base 101, near the capitol

Rapid thermal shock method achieves uniform dispersion of metal nanoparticles on carbon supports

The electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide into high-value chemicals and fuels offers a promising strategy for addressing the global energy crisis and worsening environmental issues. However, the high thermodynamic stability of CO2 molecules, competitive hydrogen

Mixed forests store more soil organic carbon than pure forests, researchers find

Soil stores large amounts of organic carbon, whose dynamic changes can cause a huge impact on the global climate system. Forest succession is a long-term ecological process that can exert powerful effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) due to variations in plant community

Russian missile attack kills 37 in Ukraine, hits children’s hospital

Among those killed in Monday’s attack were three children, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Chemistry inspired by one-pot cooking helps achieve optimal reaction conditions

People have long dreamed of developing materials to circumvent the challenges of daily life. Ideally, one could capitalize on a combination of the features of different materials, profiting from their advantages while avoiding the disadvantages. In chemistry, this concept has

US not expecting policy change from Iran under new president

The White House said on Monday it did not expect any change in Iran's behavior after the election of a relative moderate, Masoud Pezeshkian, for president.

Sony Motion Picture Group Promotes Louise Heseltine to Senior VP, Corporate Communications

Sony Motion Picture Group has promoted veteran executive Louise Heseltine to senior VP, corporate communications. Heseltine joined the studio in 2020 as VP of corporate communications for the Motion Picture Group, and worked on Sony titles including “Uncharted,” “Gran Turismo,”

Scams flourish on UPI platform amid India’s digital payments push

The instantaneous ease of the fund transfers makes users vulnerable to fraud.

ST Picks: Can China’s home-grown durians compete with those from South-east Asia?

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Newfound Interest In Connecticut Announce First Tour In 18 Years

The Newfound Interest In Connecticut are an emo/post-rock band from [checks notes] Toronto, Ontario, who formed in 1999. They put out one really solid album in 2005 called Tell Me About the Long Dark Path Home — which kind of sounds like a more skramz-y Spiderland — and broke

Achieving high performance and stability simultaneously: Developing hybrid bio-nanostructures

A research team developed hybrid bio-nanostructures then used them to fabricate fibrous solar cells (FSCs) and fibrous organic light-emitting diodes (FOLEDs) that demonstrated high performance and stability across a wide temperature range, from minus 80 degrees Celsius to 150

Tesla, shareholder clash over $7B legal fee request in Elon Musk pay case

For more than three hours, two experts offered opposing testimony about the benefit created for Tesla by a Delaware judge's January ruling that rescinded Musk’s $56-billion pay package.

How we tamed Node.js event loop lag: a deepdive

Article URL: https://trigger.dev/blog/event-loop-lag Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40909554 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Here’s Where To Buy Retro Arcade1Up Cabinets To Re-Live Your Childhood Online

Game night just got a lot more fun. Retro gaming company Arcade1Up lets you bring the arcade to your home with replicas of classic video games from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — with titles like, “The Simpson,” “X-Men,” “Street Fighter II” and more. These arcade game cabinets also

New method enables amplifiable protein identification from trace samples

In a study published in the journal National Science Review, researchers developed an amplifiable protein identification method called "AmproCode."

Fyre Fest Fraud Billy McFarland Reportedly Helping Donald Trump Scout Support From Rappers

Billy McFarland has reportedly been assisting Donald Trump with gaining support from the Hip Hop community as the presidential elections approach.

Schumer: Democrats will try to remove immunity from Trump Jan. 6 acts

Photoenzymatic synthesis achieves efficient oxidation of fatty acids

A research team designed and built a photoenzymatic cascade by combining photochemical water oxidation/O2 reduction with P450 peroxygenase catalysis to achieve efficient visible-light-driven oxidation of a range of fatty acids (C12-C20), leading to production of α-alkenes and

'Migrant invasion,' mass deportations top 2024 GOP platform

The first original GOP party platform since 2016 establishes closing the U.S.-Mexico border to migrants and conducting mass deportations as Republicans' top two priorities. The document, released Monday, mirrors former President Trump’s rhetoric and style, from the nature of

Senior House Democrat urges Biden to withdraw from race

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Monday called on President Biden to end his reelection bid, becoming the most senior Democratic lawmaker to publicly do so. "Well, look, I think he should step aside. I think it's become clear that he's not the best person to carry the Democratic

Sherrod Brown on whether Biden should withdraw: 'I'm not a pundit'

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) brushed off a question over the viability of President Biden’s campaign during a Monday event for Brown's reelection. Brown, who is running in what is expected to be one of the closest Senate races in the country, said he won’t wade into discussions

The Lancet: Counting the Dead in Gaza

Article URL: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01169-3/fulltext Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40909418 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

Apex Legends announces 'improved' battle pass structure that actually sucks for players, removes option to pay with in-game currency

The new "half-season" Apex Legends battle passes aren't going over well.

Trump’s Re-Election Agenda Was Set by Actual Hate Groups

Project 2025, the short name for the 180-page ultraconservative plan for a second Donald Trump presidency, has some frightening minds developing its schemes to oust civil servants and severely roll back civil rights, among other authoritarian plots. Behind the expansive

Negative Temperature

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Top Wall Street strategist explains why he's abandoning an S&P 500 target

Nicolas Cage Is ‘Terrified’ of AI and Got Digitally Scanned for Spider-Man Noir: ‘I Don’t Want You to Do Anything’ With My Face and Body ‘When I’m Dead’

Nicolas Cage said in an interview for The New Yorker that he is terrified of AI and is hoping recent body scans he had to do for two upcoming projects aren’t used as reference for AI technology to recreate him on screen after his death. Cage is currently attached to star in

US says it has raised concerns with India about its ties with Russia

WASHINGTON - The United States has raised concerns with India about its relationship with Russia amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a U.S. State Department spokesperson told reporters on Monday in response to questions about a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

150 Republicans say Biden should rescind rule expected to make more trucks electric

More than 150 Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to rescind a rule that’s expected to make more of the nation’s truck fleet electric. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the House and Senate Republicans wrote that the rule will