This is pretty amazing, and hopefully encouraging for my daughter, who has to give a talk on fruit fly genetics in her biology lessons... www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Scientists took years to map 50m connections, which may lead to understanding of how wiring gives rise to behaviour
Will there be a setting to turn off autoplay?
One word missing from the article is "city": these appear to be largely liberal islands amidst a broad swath of "countrysidists" with deeper historical roots
I'm still not sure what to make of it, but this interview with Signal's Meredith Whittaker is really interesting: pugnacious and idealist, salted with realism and swearwords, it's at least fun! www.wired.com/story/meredi...
On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s free. It doesn’t track you or serve you ads. It pays its engin...
But, who calls their company Crowdstrike, anyway? Sounds pretty evil to me, something an autocrat would want to buy straight away
Another perspective comes from John Wall's "Give Children the Vote" (subtitle: on democratizing democracy), which also provides a deep analysis of the limitations of the electoral system and how the very idea of extending the franchise leads to better results
Thanks for the article, a reminder both of our duty and the need to think clearly about what exactly is happening here. I also enjoyed David Van Reybrouck's 2013 book "Against Elections", but my 2016 edition, annoyingly, has the picture of a certain former US President on the cover
...the article hints that there's still a chance that it *won't* be called Capri
Oh my automotive deities: what a depressing sight of the test mule of the forthcoming Ford Capri, a dumpy "sports crossover" www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
Cult classic sports car's name set to return for 'sports crossover' based on the Ford Explorer