https://flipso.com/ Latest posts on Flipso Flipso en-us https://flipso.com/static/img/favicon_rss.png https://flipso.com/ 144 144 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:20:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 5h4441ty4 https://flipso.com/p/5h4441ty4?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:20:17 GMT Uzbekistan’s tandoor-baked non are stamped, shaped, and shared in ways that turn a daily staple into a cultural art form. The story follows bakers in Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara, and explores how different regional breads carry ritual, hospitality, and family traditions. [aramcoworld.com] u3ycoiu5n https://flipso.com/p/u3ycoiu5n?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:00:16 GMT After years of decline, monarch populations have risen for two straight years, offering cautious hope that habitat protection in Mexico, the U.S., and Canada may still help save the migration. The story follows the butterflies’ epic journey, the threats they face, and new tracking technology revealing how they navigate. [theatlantic.com] 8htd7agc8 https://flipso.com/p/8htd7agc8?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:20:14 GMT A microbiologist tests whether probiotic tea still contains live Bacillus coagulans after boiling, and finds the spores can survive steeping. The piece uses that result to explore fermentation, pasteurization, and the gap between probiotic marketing claims and actual dose. [taxa.substack.com] nzewqmbrh https://flipso.com/p/nzewqmbrh?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:20:16 GMT Andrew Wiles reflects on his years-long pursuit of Fermat’s Last Theorem, the breakthrough that linked it to the Taniyama-Shimura conjecture, the flaw that briefly derailed his proof, and the eventual repair of the argument. [pbs.org] fwcqgvcpz https://flipso.com/p/fwcqgvcpz?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:00:15 GMT Researchers report an HIV vaccine that generated broadly neutralizing antibodies in rhesus macaques, with about 44% of animals responding in the study. Human trials of the priming immunogen have already started. [lji.org] tt55u06c8 https://flipso.com/p/tt55u06c8?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:40:28 GMT 685 completed tests produced 8,043 head-to-head comparisons. In the initial analysis of 674 ballots, Robert Fagles ranked first in raw matches, the pairwise model, and the scene-adjusted model, and led all 50,000 bootstrap resamples. [homer.scrivium.com] 5hs0jw51q https://flipso.com/p/5hs0jw51q?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:00:33 GMT A selective history of the soda-fountain “suicide,” and a visit to the World of Coca-Cola’s Taste It! room to test what happens when you mix nearly every flavor into one cup. [haterade.substack.com] jf2a7emda https://flipso.com/p/jf2a7emda?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 07:00:14 GMT Emily Wilson reflects on Christopher Nolan reading her work, using that moment to explore literary influence, recognition, and the oddness of public acclaim. [lrb.co.uk] mvjscsrnf https://flipso.com/p/mvjscsrnf?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 06:00:17 GMT A broader view of antiquity is emerging, one that traces trade, travel, and cultural exchange across Afro-Eurasia rather than centering only the Mediterranean world. [aeon.co] 8mrstz97k https://flipso.com/p/8mrstz97k?ref=rss Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT An argument that the literacy panic confuses basic reading skills, the broader print-based conditions that shaped public reasoning, and the specialized practices of literary study. It challenges decline narratives and argues that literacy is changing with new technologies, institutions, and media ecologies. [trevoraleo.substack.com] j2bn2q8jp https://flipso.com/p/j2bn2q8jp?ref=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:40:30 GMT A Livelymerge note on why Automerge’s convergence guarantees can still break program invariants, with a linked-list example and possible directions for merge-aware datatypes. [inkandswitch.com] 0opmqh1zz https://flipso.com/p/0opmqh1zz?ref=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:40:14 GMT Researchers developed a small-molecule adhesive that sticks strongly to PTFE and can be removed cleanly with ethanol, then reused with little loss of strength. Outside experts say its fluorinated chemistry makes it important to study the material’s environmental fate before wider use. [cen.acs.org] rlru3n5lr https://flipso.com/p/rlru3n5lr?ref=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2026 19:00:13 GMT Exercise should be recommended with the same structure and seriousness as medication, argues Nicholas Fabiano, M.D. [bigthink.com] bhg3764ck https://flipso.com/p/bhg3764ck?ref=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:10:30 GMT A protopian future is one that gets only a little better each year: not utopia, not dystopia, but steady progress that also creates new problems. Kevin Kelly argues that civilization advances through small gains in options, safety, health, and opportunity, and that the right goal is to keep compounding those gains over time. [kevinkelly.substack.com] h0628jp6s https://flipso.com/p/h0628jp6s?ref=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:20:13 GMT Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot still feels unnervingly current, from private routines to larger political and social waiting. Reflecting on the play’s 70th American-premiere anniversary, the essay argues that Beckett’s bleak, absurd landscape also points toward solidarity, compassion, and the small acts of care that matter most. [theamericanscholar.org] q4xurgjzl https://flipso.com/p/q4xurgjzl?ref=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:00:13 GMT Magnolias are ancient flowering plants that evolved long before bees existed, so beetles became their natural pollinators. Their large bowl-shaped blooms, muted colors, thick petals, and strong scent are all adapted to beetles, which crawl through the flowers and carry pollen to the next blossom. [mymodernmet.com] f66rx7okw https://flipso.com/p/f66rx7okw?ref=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:20:15 GMT Modern air conditioning isn’t the only way to stay comfortable in summer. From Genoa to Malta, traditional shutters and screens have long helped block heat, filter light and improve privacy, offering low-tech lessons for hotter climates. [monocle.com] 0b2gtvfc6 https://flipso.com/p/0b2gtvfc6?ref=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2026 06:32:46 GMT A Raspberry Pi, an Adafruit 7-segment display, a 3D-printed case, and some vibe coding turned a simple always-correct clock idea into a fully networked bedroom project with systemd, HomeKit control, and automated deployment. [arstechnica.com] b2oufnzvu https://flipso.com/p/b2oufnzvu?ref=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:40:12 GMT Abraham Flexner argues that curiosity-driven research, even when it has no immediate practical use, is often the source of major scientific and human advances. He illustrates the point with examples from wireless communication, electricity, and chemistry. [faculty.lsu.edu] i0kaqn1n6 https://flipso.com/p/i0kaqn1n6?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:40:17 GMT Jimothy’s compact shape likely comes from short spine syndrome, a rare genetic condition that compresses the spine. Experts say raccoons can still live normally, but the bigger risk is people feeding or approaching him. [popsci.com] nbr4usix0 https://flipso.com/p/nbr4usix0?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:49:17 GMT AI can speed up individual tasks, but it can also tempt us into starting too many projects. The real advantage is using that speed to go deeper on fewer things, finish what matters, and avoid turning efficiency into burnout. [rickmanelius.com] ut306f7vy https://flipso.com/p/ut306f7vy?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:20:14 GMT David Bentley Hart argues that good English prose depends on balancing the beautiful and the sublime, and illustrates the point with passages from Sir Thomas Browne, the King James Bible, and other writers. He then turns to several modern examples to show what he sees as the loss of nuance, elegance, and expressive range in contemporary prose. [thelampmagazine.com] pb2nwpnaf https://flipso.com/p/pb2nwpnaf?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:00:15 GMT A tour of the hidden infrastructure beneath New York City, from water mains and underground power networks to steam, gas, telecom ducts, sewers, storm overflows, and the subway system. [practical.engineering] huzh0tt5f https://flipso.com/p/huzh0tt5f?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:20:31 GMT NYC’s Office of Technology and Innovation updates its building-footprint dataset weekly, tracking more than 1 million structures across the five boroughs. The post explores how the data is collected, what kinds of structures it includes, and how the footprints reveal the city’s constant churn, from new construction to demolished buildings. [beautifulpublicdata.com] i67lrwrkn https://flipso.com/p/i67lrwrkn?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:17:32 GMT Stanford SIEPR policy brief arguing that AI’s current effect on overall employment appears small, while young white-collar workers may be seeing some weaker demand. It finds productivity gains from AI are generally positive but uneven, and says firm adoption is rising yet still uneven across the economy. [siepr.stanford.edu] yjrcm6kom https://flipso.com/p/yjrcm6kom?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:06:39 GMT AI companies play a cat-and-mouse game, trying to boost the capabilities of their creations while scrambling to block answers to dangerous queries. [wsj.com] fzhm6vkc2 https://flipso.com/p/fzhm6vkc2?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:40:13 GMT A 1524–1525 popular uprising in German-speaking Central Europe, driven by economic and religious grievances and shaped by the Protestant Reformation. The revolt spread across parts of present-day Germany, Alsace, Switzerland, and Austria, but was suppressed by aristocratic forces with heavy casualties among the rebels. [en.wikipedia.org] lu61b315e https://flipso.com/p/lu61b315e?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 06:40:16 GMT Scientists say a meteorite that crashed through a Hillsborough, New Jersey home in 2024 contained rare salt-rich fragments, amino acids, and other prebiotic compounds. The findings suggest parts of its parent asteroid were altered by concentrated briny fluids, offering clues about water, organic chemistry, and the ingredients that may have helped seed life in the early solar system. [seti.org] otiz7gqgn https://flipso.com/p/otiz7gqgn?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:00:14 GMT Harvard scientists identify hundreds of genes under selective pressure. [harvardmagazine.com] m2uukfj62 https://flipso.com/p/m2uukfj62?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:00:18 GMT Clinical Failure Rates Over the Decades: Yikes [science.org]