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Open Culture 

Soviet Inventor Léon Theremin Shows Off the Theremin, the Early Electronic Instrument That Could Be Played Without Being Touched (1954)

You know the sound of the theremin, that weird, warbly whine that signals mystery, danger, and otherworldly portent in many classic sci-fi films. It has the distinction of being not only the very first electronic instrument but also the only instrument in history one plays without ever touching any part of it. Instead, the theremin player […]

Evening Standard 

Why Gen Z love city breaks in Sarajevo

Between the cuisine, museums and great humoured locals, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital is a place full of stories, says Suzanne Moore

Phys.org 

Exoplanets may contain more water than previously thought

We know that the Earth has an iron core surrounded by a mantle of silicate bedrock and water (oceans) on its surface. Science has used this simple planet model until today for investigating exoplanets—planets that orbit another star outside our solar system.

Phys.org 

Extraterrestrial chemistry with earthbound possibilities

Who are we? Why are we here? As the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song suggests, we are stardust, the result of chemistry occurring throughout vast clouds of interstellar gas and dust. To better understand how that chemistry could create prebiotic molecules—the seeds of life on Earth and possibly elsewhere—researchers have investigated the role of low-energy electrons created as cosmic radiation traverses through ice particles. Their findings may also inform medical and environmental applications on our home planet.

Sofia News Agency 

Businessman Killed in Istanbul Shooting; Suspects Flee to Bulgaria

On August 19, an Arab-Israeli businessman named Abdulkadir Anas was killed in Istanbul by unidentified attackers who have since fled to Bulgaria, BNT reports. The Istanbul police have initiated a large-scale investigation into the shooting, which also injured two other men. Turkish media reports indicate that the suspects, three individuals, crossed the Bulgarian border within two and a half hours of the shooting....

Google.com 

The truth behind Harris’ inflation and corporate greed claims - CNN

  1. The truth behind Harris’ inflation and corporate greed claims  CNN
  2. Kamala Harris allies say plan to ban ‘price gouging’ has been misconstrued  The Washington Post
  3. Opinion | Kamalanomics, Revealed: A Solid Center-Left Agenda  The New York Times
  4. Big Food says Kamala Harris' grocery price gouging plan is 'a solution in search of a problem'  Quartz

Technology Review  

Why you’re about to see a lot more drones in the sky

This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get it in your inbox first, sign up here. If you follow drone news closely—and you’re forgiven if you don’t—you may have noticed over the last few months that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been quite busy. For decades, the agency had been…

Technology Review  

How to fine-tune AI for prosperity

When Chad Syverson loads the US Bureau of Labor Statistics website these days looking for the latest data on productivity, he does so with a sense of optimism that he hasn’t felt in ages. The numbers for the last year or so have been generally strong for various financial and business reasons, rebounding from the…

Zdnet.com 

How to use ChatGPT to analyze PDFs (and more) for free

If you're dreading going back to school because of the lengthy reading assignments, here's how to save time and energy with an AI assistant that can help with reading, summarizing, and outlining content.

The New Republic 

Suddenly, Trump’s Biggest Far-Right Allies Admit He Could Lose—Badly

Some of the biggest far right figures on the internet are deeply worried that Donald Trump is in danger of losing the election to Kamala Harris—perhaps by a large margin. The Washington Post reports that these extremists are now turning on the Trump campaign, which could fracture the MAGA movement in the race’s final stretch. We talked to Jared Holt, a senior researcher at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue who closely tracks the far right, about what this moment reveals about the MAGA right... Читать дальше...

TheHill.com 

Harris to rally in Wisconsin on night two of DNC

Vice President Harris will rally supporters in Milwaukee on Tuesday night, holding a major campaign event concurrently with night two of the Democratic National Convention (DNC). The vice president and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), will hold an event about 90 miles up the road from the convention site in Chicago. Harris...