US suffers record-breaking cold: What’s going on with the polar vortex?
A winter storm is hitting the U.S. with record-breaking cold and heavy snow. Is the polar vortex to blame?
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Unexpected mental cycle found in both Buddhist meditation and Christian speaking in tongues
Two spiritual practices that appear vastly different on the surface – the quiet focus of Buddhist jhāna meditation and the emotionally expressive Christian practice of speaking in tongues – may share a common underlying mechanism for achieving deep states of…
Valve releases full Team Fortress 2 game code to encourage new, free versions
Valve’s updates to its classic games evoke Hemingway’s two kinds of going bankrupt: gradually, then suddenly. Nothing is heard, little is seen, and then, one day, Half-Life 2: Deathmatch, Day of Defeat, and other Source-engine-based games get a bevy of modern…
AI making up cases can get lawyers fired, scandalized law firm warns
Morgan & Morgan—which bills itself as “America’s largest injury law firm” that fights “for the people”—learned the hard way this month that even one lawyer blindly citing AI-hallucinated case law can risk sullying the reputation of an entire nationwide firm.…
Lasers reveal 1,000-year-old Indigenous road near Chaco Canyon that aligns with the winter solstice
Researchers think the Indigenous roads were more about cosmology than traffic.
‘Plastics are there and seem to be getting worse’: Viral study of microplastics in human brains shows worrisome trend, but has flaws
A close-up shot of microplastics resting on a human finger.
Apple announces “iPhone 16e” to replace iPhone SE, starts at $599 for 128GB
As expected, Apple has released a new low-end iPhone into its lineup to replace the aging iPhone SE. The iPhone 16e is a 6.1-inch phone with an edge-to-edge OLED screen and a display notch, an Apple A18 processor inside (similar…
Microsoft demonstrates working qubits based on exotic physics
On Wednesday, Microsoft released an update on its efforts to build quantum computing hardware based on the physics of quasiparticles that have largely been the domain of theorists. The information coincides with the release of a paper in Nature that…
Hormonal birth control may double risk of stroke, study finds — but don’t panic
Using hormonal birth control methods, such as “the pill,” may increase users’ risk of blood clots, strokes and heart attacks, a new study has found. However, even then, a person’s overall risk of these conditions is still low.
2,000-year-old spoon from Isle of Man may have been used in blood rituals for fortune telling
A mysterious bronze spoon unearthed on the Isle of Man is rare evidence of ancient ritual in Europe.
