Dopamine and serotonin are brain chemicals implicated in a range of neurological disorders including Parkinson’s and depression, so understanding how they work could be key to the development of more effective treatments for these conditions. A new tool is…

Wim Hof's teachings about breath work and the health benefits of cold plunges have attracted millions of followers who swear it has cured everything from depression to diabetes and makes them happier and stronger. Our writer traveled to Iceland (naturally)…

Circuit Breaker, CQRS, Event Sourcing, Sidecar, Backend-for-Frontend, and Strangler

Perhaps this is slightly strange for an early stage venture VC, but I'm fascinated by entrepreneurs who bootstrap their tech startup and build them into very large, industry-leading companies.



The odds of building a massive company are low enough for…

We are monitoring a very high risk conjunction between two large defunct objects in LEO. Multiple data points show miss distance <25m and Pc between 1% and 20%. Combined mass of both objects is ~2,800kg. Object 1: 19826 Object 2: 36123 TCA: Oct 16 00:56UTC…

Physically accurate black hole with volumetric accretion disk, made using @UnrealEngine . Black hole spin warps space time, causing further space warp and doppler shift of light, present in the video (Spin = 0.4). #UE4 #madewithunreal #BlackHole #gamedev

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The German Research Vessel Polarstern returns to port after drifting for a year in Arctic sea-ice.

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The public prosecutor has searched multiple premises of the FinFisher company group in Munich and Romania. They are suspected of having exported state malware without the required authorization. The investigations follow a criminal complaint we filed together…

The primary purpose of software testing is to detect any potential defects in a program before it reaches its intended consumers. This is typically achieved by establishing functional requirements which define supported user interactions as well as…

Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.

Netflix is killing its most interesting shows in their infancy, and it could be the streaming giant's downfall.

Women’s gymnastics has a decades-old, reform-resistant culture of abuse. It’s hard to see a solution when child abuse isn’t an exception in women’s gymnastics – it’s the logical consequence.

Spotify is shutting down 3rd party apps that use the Spotify API to migrate playlists to competing services like Apple Music. Will FreeYourMusic soon become the only music transfer service that supports migrating out of Spotify?

SculptGL is a small sculpting application powered by JavaScript and webGL.

More sleep and family time—and less social media—may have made the difference.