https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 3v4xjeq7v https://flipso.com/p/3v4xjeq7v?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 16:00:09 GMT A large meta-analysis of 50,000 correlations across 137 test batteries found that visual processing was not meaningfully related to reading ability. Instead, auditory processing and comprehension-knowledge were the strongest predictors, with general intelligence playing a smaller role than earlier research suggested. The findings point to reading difficulties as specific skill gaps rather than a simple lack of overall ability. [phys.org] dyz9eauzm https://flipso.com/p/dyz9eauzm?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 14:20:29 GMT A new generation of RAS-targeting drugs, including daraxonrasib, has produced a major survival gain in metastatic pancreatic cancer and may signal a broader shift in oncology. [worksinprogress.news] 4lfk5keiu https://flipso.com/p/4lfk5keiu?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:34 GMT Dozens of new discoveries reveal that defenses evolved by bacteria and viruses billions of years ago still define our own innate immune system. [quantamagazine.org] x5umb1yho https://flipso.com/p/x5umb1yho?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 12:40:09 GMT Chasing Chicago’s movable bridges, with photos and notes on bascule bridge mechanics, bridge operations, and a day spent following the lift schedule across the city. [aresluna.org] 3pmjdvkzi https://flipso.com/p/3pmjdvkzi?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 12:20:31 GMT A readable essay on quantum mechanics, inspired by *Escape from Shadow Physics*, arguing that physics should remain open to deeper explanations rather than treating current interpretations as final. It uses examples from the history of science to question “impossibility” claims and defend continued scientific dissent. [invertedpassion.com] gur7fxzmy https://flipso.com/p/gur7fxzmy?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 11:20:09 GMT Submarine communications depend on extremely low frequencies because seawater blocks ordinary radio. The tradeoff is severe: ELF can reach submerged boats, but only at tiny data rates and with huge transmitting infrastructure. The post uses that constraint to trace the history of submarine communication and the engineering compromises it forced. [computer.rip] aazexvfvd https://flipso.com/p/aazexvfvd?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 10:20:31 GMT A comment from evacide about homes on the Internet. [rubenerd.au] uu1k54wz3 https://flipso.com/p/uu1k54wz3?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 09:35:43 GMT Total public social spending is falling, its economy is outpacing European peers and taxes have been cut three years running. Not everyone is happy. [wsj.com] xizir90h9 https://flipso.com/p/xizir90h9?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 09:33:23 GMT Denyse O’Leary examines George Orwell’s 1946 essay “The Prevention of Literature,” arguing that totalitarianism begins not just with censorship but with a mindset that treats dissent as unacceptable and truth as negotiable. The piece connects Orwell’s warning to modern efforts to control information and public debate. [mindmatters.ai] 4o2134te9 https://flipso.com/p/4o2134te9?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 09:20:26 GMT Historic New England has named the winner and finalists of an international competition to add a public restroom at Walter Gropius’s Gropius House in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Isabel Strauss won with “One Bathroom After Another,” a design that echoes the existing garage with a contemporary twist. The shortlist came from more than 280 submissions. [archinect.com] jalzm6btj https://flipso.com/p/jalzm6btj?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 08:10:46 GMT Xochitl Gonzalez argues that robotaxis threaten more than taxi jobs: they could erase one of the last everyday places where strangers from different backgrounds still interact. She weighs the promised gains in safety and convenience against the social costs of driverless rides and Silicon Valley’s push to replace human service with automation. [theatlantic.com] hmq6ck86z https://flipso.com/p/hmq6ck86z?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:31 GMT Amanda Holmes reads Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem aloud in an audio episode of Read Me a Poem. [theamericanscholar.org] 78e8r3aam https://flipso.com/p/78e8r3aam?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 04:40:09 GMT A long-overlooked 5,000-year-old writing system may preserve one of the earliest steps from symbols to written speech, even though it remains largely undeciphered. [newscientist.com] za03psg27 https://flipso.com/p/za03psg27?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 03:00:10 GMT A deep-dive into how Jessica Krug, a George Washington University professor, maintained a false identity as Black and Latina for years, built that identity into her academic career, and was exposed after her confession went viral. [washingtonian.com] 2cowxy25r https://flipso.com/p/2cowxy25r?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 01:40:09 GMT Imfura, a young silverback in Pablo’s group, challenged the group’s dominant male and struck out on his own. The result left him alone in the forest, highlighting how risky a silverback’s decision to leave a group can be as he tries to build a future of his own. [gorillafund.org] ttgs3z0ey https://flipso.com/p/ttgs3z0ey?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 00:40:36 GMT Mining fortunes are shaped by cycles, luck, politics, regulatory risk, and information gaps between managers and investors, which helps explain why resource extraction can produce outsized wealth for a small group. [thediff.co] st6clhkez https://flipso.com/p/st6clhkez?ref=rss Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:28 GMT a psychopolitical essay on dread, breakdown, and the paralysis of living through ongoing collapse [late-review.com] c4ckvq2y8 https://flipso.com/p/c4ckvq2y8?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 21:00:09 GMT When America Online cut Nullsoft down to three employees, it marked the end of one of tech’s most creative and independent-minded divisions. [slate.com] 1fwbxceuz https://flipso.com/p/1fwbxceuz?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 20:40:10 GMT UCLA researchers say a drug candidate, DDL-920, reproduced key effects of physical stroke rehabilitation in mice, restoring movement control and brain connections involved in recovery. The findings, published in Nature Communications, suggest a possible drug target for stroke rehabilitation, though safety and human-trial testing are still needed. [stemcell.ucla.edu] pi786pmnp https://flipso.com/p/pi786pmnp?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 20:20:39 GMT Conservation International and BTG Pactual TIG backed a restoration model that pairs commercial eucalyptus plantations with native Cerrado recovery, drawing $1.24 billion in funding and bringing wildlife back to degraded land. [conservation.org] l722v9cg4 https://flipso.com/p/l722v9cg4?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 20:00:14 GMT Jimmy Fallon’s late-night show turns celebrity interviews and viral games into a polished loop of manufactured cheer, where politics, criticism, and real conversation are kept at bay. The piece argues that the show’s repetition and relentless positivity reflect a broader culture of algorithm-friendly, empty entertainment. [currentaffairs.org] 8qt3dniev https://flipso.com/p/8qt3dniev?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 18:20:10 GMT Valery Poshtarov’s photo project pairs fathers and sons holding hands across Europe, exploring masculinity, inheritance, and the emotional charge of an intimate gesture many men rarely share as adults. [observer.co.uk] newjto07q https://flipso.com/p/newjto07q?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 18:00:31 GMT A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is prompting a broader warning about pandemic preparedness, with the author arguing that households and governments are underreacting to novel virus risks. [slowboring.com] xaq94f6vq https://flipso.com/p/xaq94f6vq?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 16:20:12 GMT The Devils Hole pupfish lives in a single desert spring in Death Valley and has been monitored by wildlife officials for decades. Last spring, as federal science jobs were being cut and shaken up, the wild population fell to just 20 fish, prompting officials to take an irreversible intervention. [npr.org] e60fa0fp4 https://flipso.com/p/e60fa0fp4?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 15:40:13 GMT Researchers at UNAM developed three antibiotic candidates from scorpion venom and habanero pepper compounds, with early results against tuberculosis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. [wired.com] wabjswpnm https://flipso.com/p/wabjswpnm?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 14:20:46 GMT Infrastructure projects can integrate embodied carbon into the same cost, lifecycle, and risk frameworks already used to choose designs and award contracts. [commonedge.org] nvcnpefmr https://flipso.com/p/nvcnpefmr?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 13:20:10 GMT Khan Academy video on amino acid classification for MCAT prep, covering how amino acids are grouped by side-chain properties such as polarity, charge, and hydrophobicity. [khanacademy.org] 29cbj57d2 https://flipso.com/p/29cbj57d2?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 11:20:09 GMT Iconic 1996 landscape photograph by Charles O'Rear, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills and later used as the default wallpaper for Windows XP. It was taken in Sonoma County, California, and became one of the most recognized images in Microsoft’s branding. [en.wikipedia.org] tdwib6yb8 https://flipso.com/p/tdwib6yb8?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 10:40:30 GMT 3 Savile Row, the Beatles’ former Apple Corps headquarters and site of their last live public performance, is being turned into a seven-storey museum called The Beatles. It’s set to open in Mayfair in 2027, with archive material, a recreated recording studio, and rooftop access. [londonist.com] huxctjr3e https://flipso.com/p/huxctjr3e?ref=rss Mon, 11 May 2026 09:20:10 GMT Seeing Birdsong turns avian vocalizations into geometric visualizations, bridging art and acoustic science. The project supports live audio-visual performances, data-driven installations, comparative analysis, and educational demonstrations. [lucioarese.net]