The Best Ways to Digitize Your Notes
Hand-writing your notes is better for if you want to retain what you’ve learned, but it definitely has drawbacks. Hand-written notes aren’t searchable on your phone, and unlike your phone,…
How to Keep Your Pumpkin Plants Alive Until Halloween
I over-plant pumpkins every year—and with good reason. They’re slow starters, and right when the vines start taking off and the pumpkins start to appear, the fall rain hits and…
10 Common Phrases That You Might Not Know Have Nautical Origins – Listverse
There are many commonly used phrases in the English language that originated with sailors—some of which are rather obvious. For instance, “run a tight ship,” “plain sailing,” and “on an…
10 Ingenious Gadgets That Revolutionized Everyday Life – Listverse
From the crack of dawn to the twilight hours, we are surrounded by nifty gadgets that have transformed our universe. They’re like the superheroes of the tech world, making our…
Today’s NYT Connections Hints (and Answer) for Wednesday, October 4, 2023
If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Wednesday, October 4, 2023, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Beware, there…
Deep learning shows how global warming affects daily rainfall
Nature, Published online: 04 October 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-02803-2 An artificial-intelligence method called deep learning has been used to detect signals of human-induced climate change in daily precipitation data. The results indicate…
Tiny ‘quantum dot’ particles win chemistry Nobel
The formal announcement of the winners followed a leak earlier in the day.Credit: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Three chemists who predicted and first made quantum dots — tiny molecules that…
Why rings of RNA could be the next blockbuster drug
RNA-based vaccines were the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. They set records for the highest-grossing drug launches in history, and their development was recognized in this year’s Nobel Prize in…
The disinformation sleuths: a key role for scientists in impending elections
X, formerly Twitter, has disbanded its Election Integrity Team.Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Next year will bring a series of high-profile elections around the globe, including in India, Taiwan, the United States…
You Can Get Rosetta Stone and Microsoft Office Together for $200
Image: Rosetta Stone You can get a lifetime subscription to both Rosetta Stone and Microsoft Office on sale for $199 right now. Rosetta Stone has beginner and intermediate lessons for…