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Neuralink

from The Observer Elon Musk’s ‘Brain Chip’ Could Be Suicide of the Mind, Says Scientist By Sissi Cao Almost exactly a month ago, Elon Musk introduced a room of engineers and curious consumers to a sci-fi-sounding invention made by his neurotechnology startup Neuralink: an implantable “brain chip” that will “merge biological intelligence with machine intelligence.” Per Musk’s description, this […]

Home Movies, sigh…

A MILLION LITTLE PIECES – Official Trailer

from Vanity Fair A Million Little Pieces: James Frey’s Notorious Memoir Goes to Hollywood Watch the exclusive trailer for the upcoming movie, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson. [ click to view at Vanity Fair ]

Pastorero

from KCET Behind a $1.50 Taco, a Deep Well of Expertise  by Lesley Tellez To slice the juicy, crisp-edged al pastor meat off the roasting spit, Rolando Marcelino Martinez uses a 14-inch knife that he brought with him from Mexico. He sharpens it every day before customers arrive at Tacos Los Guichos, a bustling taquería […]

Toni Morrison Gone

from AP World mourns the death of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” ″Song of Solomon” and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, […]

FRBs IRT

from c|net Mysterious deep-space signals can now be picked up in real time Artificial intelligence has been able to tune in to the odd energy known as Fast Radio Bursts and observe them as they reach Earth. by ERIC MACK Over the past dozen years, scientists have been finding enigmatic, fleeting signals called fast radio bursts, […]

QUEEN & SLIM Official Trailer

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Ball Juice

from USA Today These scientists may have solved MLB’s ‘juiced’ baseball problem by Josh Peter PULLMAN, Wash. — In cardboard boxes and plastic bins. On shelving units and tabletops. Even suspended in midair, as if by magic. In the sprawling Sports Science Laboratory at Washington State University, baseballs are everywhere. In flight, too, when they’re […]

“I could puke every time I hear it.”

from the Guardian From everyteen to annoying: are today’s young readers turning on The Catcher in the Rye? JD Salinger’s Holden Caulfield once seemed the universal voice of teenage angst, but now he’s too quaint for young people. Can we learn to love it again, asks Dana Czapnik by Dana Czapnik ere’s a thought. Teen […]