Volcano And Plague

"A Volcanic Eruption in 1345 May Have Triggered a Chain of Events That Brought the Black Death to Europe"

Football Fan Lawsuit

"What happens when an NFL ball goes into the stands? In this case, a lawsuit"

NFL game balls going into the crowd aren’t as common as in baseball, where home run balls and foul balls regularly make their way into the stands. But still, it happens, whether on an errant throw or in celebration by a player. And, per the NFL, no policy requires a game ball to be returned.

If the NFL team and/or stadium personnel wrongly told the fan that he couldn't keep the ball (and instead roughed him up and threatened him with arrest), then they deserve to lose a big lawsuit 

Robotic Surgery Update

"Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help"

The gallbladder removal procedure is much more complex, a minutes-long string of 17 tasks. The robot had to identify certain ducts and arteries and grab them precisely, strategically place clips, and sever parts with scissors. 

SRT-H learned how to do the gallbladder work by watching videos of Johns Hopkins surgeons doing it on pig cadavers. The team reinforced the visual training with captions describing the tasks. After watching the videos, the robot performed the surgery with 100% accuracy.

(Note: The surgery was performed on a realistic model, not an actual human patient. 

Airplane Meals

"What In-Flight Meals Were Like 50 Years Ago"

Mastermind Cover

McSweeney's: "The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?"

3-D Printed Cello

"US student reinvents 300-year-old cello with 3D printing, lands deal on Shark Tank". (Via H.R.)

Apple iPhone Vs. Apple Stock

Garcia: Buying an early iPhone vs. buying Apple stock. 

Imagine buying the first generation iPhone 3G in 2008 for $599, keeping it sealed for 17 years, and finally selling for a whopping $24,000

A gain of 3,906%

You STILL would have outrperformed by simply buying $AAPL for $5.18/share

A gain of 5,258%—not including dividends!🔥 pic.twitter.com/ZxlrEYubZo

— Garcia (@GarciaCap) December 10, 2025

Checkbooks Obsolete?

"Checkbooks could go the way of the penny"

Car Trouble

"Hundreds of Porsches across Russia went dark due to factory security systems going offline, leading to speculation whether the failure was intentional."

Radiologist's AI Nightmares

"Why Everyone is Having the Wrong Nightmares About AI"

Local AI On Laptop

IEEE: "Your Laptop Isn't Ready for LLMs. That's About to Change"

Hurricanes And AI

"As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI"

Tokenization And Finance

"Larry Fink and Rob Goldstein on how tokenisation could transform finance". Non-paywall link.

Neurosurgeon On Benefits Of Self-Driving Cars

NYT: "The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course."

Fusaka Is Coming

"What Is the Fusaka Upgrade: Ethereum's Next Hard Fork"