Wednesday, February 11, 2026
3D-Printed Food For Soldiers
"Beyond MREs: The US Army Is Testing 3D-Printed Food for the Battlefield"
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
New Plastic
"The compleximer: New type of plastic mixes glass-like shaping with impact resistance". (Via H.R.)
Monday, February 09, 2026
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.
Friday, February 06, 2026
Thursday, February 05, 2026
Dark Matter Map
"See the Most Detailed Map of Dark Matter Ever Made, Bringing Astronomers a Step Closer to Unraveling Its Mysterious Nature"
Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
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.
Monday, February 02, 2026
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.
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