Tao On Measure Theory

Terence Tao's new textbook, "An Introduction To Measure Theory"! (Full text, free PDF version.)

Psychedelic Science

"Science gets closer to understanding how a psychedelic trip changes the brain"

Things Not To Say To Patients

Mayo Clinic: "Never-Words: What Not to Say to Patients With Serious Illness"

For example: 

Who Gets CPR?

Women are less likely than men to receive bystander CPR. Here's why.

Shortcut To Mars

"Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half"

Viking Coins

"Largest Viking Age coin hoard ever found in Norway astonishes archaeologists". (Via H.R.)

Negative Time?

"Physicists have measured 'negative time' in the lab". Link to original paper.

Losing Infinity?

"What Can We Gain by Losing Infinity?"

AI And Water Use

"AI Is Not Draining the Colorado River. I Measured It." 

Summary from Beyond Euclid:

An engineer working on the Colorado River tracked every AI interaction he had over 11 weeks — 100 sessions, an iOS app, 15,000 words of text, countless policy documents. Total water footprint: about 5 gallons. One diesel drive from Tucson to his office that same period: 110 gallons. All US data centers account for 0.3% of the country’s total water use. Agriculture takes 80% of the Colorado River. The river’s problem isn’t AI. It’s a 1922 water-sharing agreement based on the wrong math, and a century of warming since. But what went viral was AI water use.

How To Read A Clinical Trial Report

Dr. Bishal Gyawali: "How I Read a Clinical Trial Report? A Primer for Busy Clinicians". 

Although the article is aimed at physicians, it has lots of useful tips for non-physicians seeking to properly interpret the latest "hot" medical article on some dramatic breakthrough.

Infrasonics

"Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?" (Via H.R.)

Ping Pong Robot

"Ping-pong robot Ace makes history by beating top-level human players". (Click through to see video.)

Iliad Fragment

"Archaeologists Unearth a Papyrus Fragment From the 'Iliad' Tucked Inside the Wrappings of a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy"

TSA X-rays

"What Do TSA Agents See When They Scan Your Bags?"

Volcanic Lightning

"Physicists Say They've Cracked the Mystery of Volcanic Lightning". (Via H.R.)

Rebuilding Civilization

"CivOS (Civilization OS) is a fully offline, AI-powered civilization accelerator designed to be downloaded today and activated after any collapse scenario."

65 Weird Shopping Items

"65 weird things with near-perfect reviews that are truly life-changing". (Via Gus Van Horn.)

Airline Booking Tips

"Tips for booking the cheapest airfare and best days to fly"

Not A Crisis

"There is no imminent infectious disease crisis at the border"

Teaching Kids To Use Typewriters

"A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons" 

Like a rotary phone, the manual typewriter appears simple but is not intuitive to the smartphone generation. Phelps demonstrated how to feed the paper manually, striking the keys with force but not so hard the letters would smudge. She explained that the dinging bell signifies the end of a line and the need to manually return the carriage to start the next line. (“Oh,” said one student, “that’s why it’s called ‘return.’”)