AI and Data Security

Lauren Goode recounts the conversation with Jason Matheny about the security implications of AI .

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You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. - Job 11?

Geothermal Energy

Katrina Zimmer writes about the U.S. Department of Energy's efforts to unleash new geothermal energy technologies.

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Communication Restored With Voyager 1

Laura Baisas reports on how NASA restored meaningful communication from Voyager 1 .

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Decluttering

Lindsey Ellefson explains decluttering using the 12-12-12 Method : each time one declutters, choose a dozen items to store, a dozen to discard, and a dozen to donate to charity. This gives each decluttering session enough immediate impact to motivate new sessions.

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The Physics of Everyday Relativity

Rhett Allain discusses the physics of relativity .

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Libraries in Fantasy Literature

Douglas Westerbeke writes about libraries in fantasy literature . Ashly Moore Sheldon has written a more general articles about libraries in literature if you love libraries.

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History of Marriage

Alicia Guteriezz Romine reports on this history of marriage law in the United States.

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On This Day

On This Day

provides historical information on what occurred on specific days of the year. -DD

Side Hustles

Charlotte Cowles addresses the frustrations with "side hustles " which so often do not meet the hype of their promoters.

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Increasing Cancer Rates

Dylan Scott reports in rising gastrointestinal cancer rates among those under fifty years of age. Microplastics are a suspect.

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The New Madrid Earthquate of 1811-1812

The U.S. National Geological Survey describes the stages of the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811-181200 .

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Possibility Thinking

Constance de Saint Laurent & Vlad Glăveanu provide questions which inspire possibility thinking

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Multigenerational Households

Jolie Myers reports on the growth or multigenerational households in the United States.

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X's Deminishing Relevance

Abby Ohlheiser suggests that current events coverage demonstrates a decline in the relevance of X (formerly Twitter).

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Factory-Made, Steel Lustron Homes

Mark Dent writes about the all-steel, factory-made Lustron homes which required more capital than the company had amassed.

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Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

Geoff Brumfiel provides tips for viewing the April 8th solar eclipse which will affect the Midwest of the United States. Annie Dillard has authored an account of watching a total eclipse near Yakima Washington. For other articles on this eclipse, follow the links on the Atlas Obscura page.

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Tornado Detection

Sarah Griffiths reports on research into using audio location detection to track tornados in the United States.

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Word Usage

Codie Cottier discusses human vocabulary and word usage as revealed in research by Li et al.

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Sofas

Dan Nosowitz opins on the state of the American sofa .

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Google Fi Data SIM Card Usage

Megusta extols the Google Fi data SIM card and explains its use.

The following Google help screen describes how data SIMS work .

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Examples of Satire or Deception

Jonathan Swift wrote his 1729 satirical essay "A Modest Proposal" to convey the plight of the starving Irish tenants and the lack of compassion of their English landlords.

Over a century later, Mark Twain wrote his satirical novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, which mocks the romance novels popular in the 1880's.

Satire continues to be used to demonstrate the gullibility of people who accept without question information which they find on a web page. For example, Lyle Zapato has posted websites such as "Belgium" and the "Pacific Northwest tree octopus (Octopus paxarbolis)" which are used as object lessons by information literacy instructors. -DD