Nature Communications - Accurate estimates of global mean sea-level rise are important. Here the authors employ a new digital elevation model (DEM) utilizing neural networks and show that the new...

The Mail from Budapest. This story of pre-war espionage and counterespionage has been summarized from records originating in Czechoslovakia and acquired by American intelligence after World War II. It has all the qualities of a classic except one: it is nearly…

A doc for people who are building things relating to the (probably) upcoming General Election. Take time to read through - you might find a collaborator, tool or dataset that makes your life a lot easier. Initiated by Newspeak House

After six and a half years, Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python, is leaving Dropbox and heading into retirement. From the beginning, we knew Guido would be a great addition to our company. In fact, his contributions to Dropbox date back to day one. Our…

There are villages in the Ecuadorian Andes that are so small you cannot find them on a map. Cajas Juridica is one such place, located just 13km north of the equator. But two engineering students, J…

In the last few year’s we’ve seen an increasing amount of talk about RISC-V and it becoming real competitor to the Arm in the embedded market. Indeed, we’ve seen a lot of vendors make the switch from licensing Arm’s architecture and IP designs to the open…

Noted forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden says his analysis shows that sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s injuries were inconsistent with suicide.

Nature - Sam Illingworth explains how poetry can help to communicate and celebrate your science.

Routine glucose monitoring may be unnecessary for people with Type 2 diabetes who are not on insulin.

From the newswire:Award-winning magazine and fast-growing science brand poised for growthAn investor group of super-fans has banded…

This was originally posted as a twitter thread: https://twitter.com/chrisachard/status/11888702569719...

Weighing just 249 grams, Mavic Mini offers a 30-minute flight time, 4km HD video transmission, and a 3-axis gimbal with 2.7K camera. Learn more at DJI.com

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Notepad++ official repository. Contribute to notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus development by creating an account on GitHub.

In nature, the gene-editing tool Crispr protects bacteria against viruses. Now it’s being harnessed in the fight against superbugs and the flu.

How San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center went from the Grand Central of the West to a $2.2 billion construction debacle.