3D-Printed Food For Soldiers

"Beyond MREs: The US Army Is Testing 3D-Printed Food for the Battlefield"

New Plastic

"The compleximer: New type of plastic mixes glass-like shaping with impact resistance". (Via H.R.)

AI Is Astonishingly Good At Writing Romance Fiction

NYT: "Can Chatbots Write Emotionally Rich Romance Fiction?" (gift link).

This is both appalling and funny at the same time.

Nature Article Claims We Have Reached AGI

Nature: "Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear". Non-paywall link here.

I'm not convinced by their argument. 

Parenting Win

Parenting advice from Scott Alexander.

 

Dark Matter Map

"See the Most Detailed Map of Dark Matter Ever Made, Bringing Astronomers a Step Closer to Unraveling Its Mysterious Nature"

Berluti Knot

Video: "The World's BEST Shoelace Knot! ...The Berluti Knot"

Mysterious Shoes

"Hundreds of Mysterious Victorian-Era Shoes Are Washing Up on a Beach in Wales. Nobody Knows Where They Came From"

The leading theory is that the black leather boots, which were discovered by volunteers, were traveling on a cargo ship that sank nearby roughly 150 years ago.

AI Predicts Disease Risk From Sleep Data

AI can predict death or major medical events (e.g., stroke or heart attack) from monitoring your sleep: "A multimodal sleep foundation model for disease prediction" (Nature Medicine). Via D.J.