As consumers have grown less worried about whether their diamonds are mined or made, many have turned to cost-friendly lab grown diamonds. And that’s having a big impact on the diamond mining industry — including for Canada.

Nature Communications - The Arctic winters are changing fast. In February 2025, Svalbard endured rain, thawing tundra, and pooling meltwater. The Comment by Bradley and coauthors describes how...

One of the figures is interpreted to be Maui, the demigod.

Can microfactories solve prefab's economic problem by inverting the factory model?

Content warning: risk to children Julia and I know drowning is the biggest risk to US kids 1-4, and we try to take this seriously. But yesterday our 4yo came very close to drowning in a fountain. (She's fine now.) This week we were on vacation with my…

The DPP bet the farm on trying to flip the legislature their way by recalling an unprecedented number of KMT legislators. Mistakes were made.

An explanation of some major issues with asyncio.

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FAA is getting one enormously consequential thing right

The Estonian composer’s music of simplicity, spirituality – and silence – is universally appealing and enduringly rewarding. We pay tribute ahead of his milestone birthday

QuickTunes is a simple, lightweight, and fast Apple Music player for the Mac.

Coronary artery calcium scans can offer a more precise estimate of a patient’s chances for major cardiac events. Some cardiologists say it remains underused.

Ever used asyncio and wished you hadn't? A tiny (~300 lines) event loop for Python. - patrick-kidger/tinyio