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AddLaudable! Let's take a look at some of the changes that arise from this, through a simple case study: making an international phone call to a relative.
Before abolishing time zones I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What time is it there? Google tells me it is currently...
S3 E4 Back to Thailand - Cave Diver Craig Challen on The Rescue, Risk and Adventure
Some black holes get extremely massive. Is there an upper limit to their growth?
An armed man at a gathering of the website’s volunteers is just the latest reminder: Editing the internet’s encyclopedia has never been riskier.
The manosphere is confusing, because it’s a place where one can find both benign advice about protein consumption and...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 PALESTINE BOOK AWARDS • From...
Since I first read Kristen Roupenian’s viral story, I’ve wondered: How did she know about me?
Light-hearted note, penned on 15 August 1916, was found on Wharton beach, after severe winter storms washed away sand dunes
It is impossible to change people’s minds. Every new fact is taken as confirmation of pre-existing bias, every criticism of our in-group taken as a sign of the critic’s bad faith. We are more sure than ever that we are more sure than ever, we are of one
Michael and Mary Shelley were glamorous Sydney socialites, who became Christian fanatics and kidnappers. Three of their children - Steven, John and Hannah - were secretly placed into foster care with my parents, Lenore and Tom Blaine. The Shelleys were apocalyptically irritated to discover that the children of God had been fostered by working-class Queensland…
The complicated story of James Watson, whose landmark DNA discovery with Francis Crick was later overshadowed by his deeply offensive remarks
Some thoughts about how to schedule online meetings for a global organisation in an equitable way.
When Nolan’s space epic was released in 2014, critics picked at the plot holes and scientists picked at the science – now, 11 years later, it’s the internet’s favourite film. Was it just ahead of its time?
Curing Your AI 10x Engineer Imposter Syndrome
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Six takeaways from the March for Australia and why it should be a wake-up call.