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Fuelled by infighting among Republicans in the House of Representatives over spending cuts, the United States is barreling towards a government shutdown. Lawmakers in the US Congress have until 30 September (the end of the fiscal year) to reach an agreement over how to keep money flowing to federal agencies, or the government will have …
Roman Kizyma The first months of war, we didn’t have the weekdays, so we just worked seven days, 24 hours. There are moments when I can work for three days without sleep. There are moments like when I, I cannot do anything for this day. I had a very long period without my very small kids. …
In War-Torn Ukraine, a Doctor Evacuates Children with Cancer Read More »
Photographs and videos of New York City have shown rainwater spurting from between subway station tiles, cars bobbing in floodwaters that turned Brooklyn intersections into lakes and parts of LaGuardia Airport inundated as the city and surrounding areas have been deluged by heavy downpours on Friday. Between midnight and the afternoon, rainfall rates up to …
New York City’s Floods and Torrential Rainfall Explained Read More »
The technology would likely be used first on infants born at 22 or 23 weeks who don’t have many other options. “You don’t want to put an infant on this device who would otherwise do well with conventional therapy,” Mychaliska says. At 22 weeks gestation, babies are tiny, often weighing less than a pound. And …
Everything you need to know about artificial wombs Read More »
Last week, Elon Musk made the bold assertion that sticking electrodes in people’s heads is going to lead to a huge increase in the rate of data transfer out of, and into, human brains. The occasion of Musk’s post was the announcement by Neuralink, his brain-computer interface company, that it was officially seeking the first …
The Download: brain bandwidth, and artificial wombs Read More »
Two years after the remnants of Hurricane Ian dumped up to 10 inches of rain on New York City in just two hours, the metropolis is once again inundated today by extreme rainfall. It is one of the many cities worldwide grappling with a counterintuitive effect of climate change: Sometimes, it will get wetter, not …
New York Needs to Get Spongier—or Get Used to More Floods Read More »
Redistributing complexity The reason we can’t just wish away or “fix” complexity is that every solution—whether it’s a technology or methodology—redistributes complexity in some way. Solutions reorganize problems. When microservices emerged (a software architecture approach where an application or system is composed of many smaller parts), they seemingly solved many of the maintenance and development …
Why embracing complexity is the real challenge in software today Read More »
National Coffee Day is here! The annual event celebrates coffee roasters, brewers, makers, and drinkers. Thankfully the way a lot of companies choose to observe this most hallowed of days is by offering coffee deals and cheap (or free) beans! We’ve Q-graded our way through the deals on offer this year, some of which might …
7 Best National Coffee Day Deals (2023: Espresso Machines and Coffee Beans Read More »
Every year between September and December, Lubna Dada makes clouds. Dada, an atmospheric scientist, convenes with dozens of her colleagues to run experiments in a 7,000-gallon stainless steel chamber at CERN in Switzerland. “It’s like science camp,” says Dada, who studies how natural emissions react with ozone to create aerosols that affect the climate. Clouds …
A Revelation About Trees Is Messing With Climate Calculations Read More »
New York and the surrounding areas are under a flash flood warning, and the city and state have issued emergency declarations. Parts of Brooklyn received more than 5 inches of rain this morning; Central Park and Midtown Manhattan had around 4 inches, according to the National Weather Service. Trains were stalled or suspended. Students were …