Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya were highly skilled astronomers who closely observed the sky. They systematically studied celestial bodies, documented significant astronomical events, and developed methods to predict the movements of stars and planets.Evidence of their sophisticated astronomical understanding is found in ancient Maya codices. The Dresden Codex, one of the oldest and best-preserved Maya books, features almanacs,...

X recently began rolling out a new feature that seemingly revealed many right-wing “America First” accounts are actually based outside the United States. Except the data might not be reliable. While X’s new “About This Account” feature includes information about when a user joined and how they downloaded the app, geographic location is getting the most attention by far. Posting...

“I live off my Social Security of $900 a month.” Source link...

Another week, another OnePlus 15 gold medal. The new flagship by the Chinese maker is now the most popular phone in our database for four weeks in a row. Behind it the Galaxy A56 retains the silver medal, while the bronze goes to the upcoming Poco F8 Ultra, which will certainly mount a strong challenge next week as it goes...

In the beginning there was nothing and then there was light. Or in the instance of The Carpenter’s Son, in the beginning there was the dogmatic Joseph, played by Nicolas Cage, awestruck by the light of God while his wife, Mary (FKA Twigs), wailed in agony delivering none other than son of God. At this point I should note that none of...

It is that Finnish word ​“that cannot be translated” again, and yet which is translated, also again, in opening text, as ​“a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination”, which ​“manifests itself when all hope is lost.” Wikipedia suggests ​‘guts’. Three years ago, writer/​director Jalmari Helander introduced us, in Sisu, to Finnish war veteran and legend Aatami Korpi (Jorma Tommila), an (old) man of...

The Trump administration has been targeting state-level AI regulation, with the president declaring in a social media post this week that the industry needs “one Federal Standard instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes.” This comes after a 10-year ban on state AI regulation was initially included in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” before ultimately getting removed by the...

Thomas Lee Young doesn’t sound like your typical Silicon Valley founder. The 24-year-old CEO of Interface, a San Francisco startup using AI to prevent industrial accidents, is a white guy with a Caribbean accent and a Chinese last name, a combination he finds amusing enough to mention when he’s first introduced to business contacts. Born and raised in Trinidad and...

Elon Musk’s Grok really, really loves its creator. Since this week’s release of Grok 4.1, X users have circulated posts and screenshots that show Grok vastly overestimating Musk’s abilities — like when Grok was asked about how Musk would perform as a professional football player. “hey @grok if you had the number one overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft...

As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an impressive facility, with typical lab apparatus, such as incubators, the latest sequencing devices and anaerobic chambers for culturing bacteria. But the most important stuff in the lab is stored in a freezer at −80 ºC. The...