First pictures from Euclid satellite reveal billions of orphan stars(nottingham.ac.uk)

230 points by geox 2 years ago | 101 comments

Low-Tech Ceramic Water Filter(wiki.lowtechlab.org)

189 points by Bluestein 2 months ago | 54 comments

Streaming Databases: Everything You Wanted to Know(risingwave.com)

29 points by Pacificar 3 years ago | 6 comments

U.S. Government Database of Dad Jokes(fatherhood.gov)

226 points by sebg 2 years ago | 76 comments

E Ink Kaleido 4(eink.com)

167 points by Perroboc 10 days ago | 98 comments

E Ink press release announcing Kaleido 4, the latest version of its color ePaper platform; the page returned a 504 gateway timeout when captured.

Debian Removes Free Pascal Compiler / Lazarus IDE(forum.lazarus.freepascal.org)

59 points by mariuz 8 months ago | 29 comments

A new method to reprogram human cells to better mimic embryonic stem cells(uwa.edu.au)

385 points by rbanffy 3 years ago | 97 comments

University of Western Australia news article on a method to erase a cell's epigenetic memory so reprogrammed human cells better mimic embryonic stem cells.

Engineered material can reconnect severed nerves(news.rice.edu)

348 points by geox 3 years ago | 105 comments

Rice University news release about a magnetoelectric material that can directly stimulate neural tissue and reconnect severed nerves.

LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)

336 points by CharlesW 2 years ago | 121 comments

MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.

A genetically modified bacterium that outcompetes bacteria causing tooth decay(astralcodexten.com)

330 points by vwoolf 2 years ago | 132 comments

Astral Codex Ten FAQ post based on an interview with Lantern Bioworks' founder about a genetically modified mouth bacterium intended to prevent tooth decay.

Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record(cam.ac.uk)

52 points by gmays 6 days ago | 5 comments

University of Cambridge news article on research suggesting the spread of collagen-degrading enzymes to aerobic bacteria explains the decline of soft-bodied fossils after the Ediacaran.

A New Experiment Meta-Strategy(chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com)

26 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 1 comments

A Substack post by an amateur physicist describing a new strategy for doing home experiments after reorganizing a messy lab to fit limited free evenings.