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UChicago researchers hope "islands" of exciton condensation could pave the way for new discoveries. Inside a lab, scientists marvel at a strange state that forms when they cool down atoms to nearly absolute zero. Meanwhile, just outside their window, trees are absorbing sunlight and converting it

Multiple southern states and a few midwestern states are at "extreme threat" levels of "wet bulb temperature".

Danny Trejo and the Muppets (by u/slimyrssocks)

A way to passively achieve cooling below ambient temperature, using non-toxic common chemicals. 40 minute video, but very informative.

For the first time in the world researchers at Tel Aviv University have encoded a toxin produced by bacteria into mRNA (messenger RNA) molecules and delivered these particles directly to cancer cells, causing the cells to produce the toxin—which eventually killed them with a success rate of 50%.

Nikola Tesla speculated electricity from thin air was possible – now the question is whether it will be possible to harness it on the scale needed to power our homes....

While satellite-based global navigation systems have become essential tools in our daily lives, their effectiveness is often hampered by the fact that the signals cannot be accessed in underground, indoor, or underwater environments. Recently, a novel navigation system has been invented to address this issue by utilizing the...

As we start to see more users join, it's inevitable to see trolls (especially low-effort trolls) making more of an appearance and trying to be controversial and noticed....

A curated list of delightful tools for digital creatives in a variety of mediums.

You are in the wrong place....

Is this new to post-blackout reddit is or has it been this way for a while. Top post of r/all is a tweet from like 2 years ago about a "current event" that no one has talked about since then and 100% of the comments are talking about this like this topic is the focus of today's or any recent time's 24 hour news cycle. Nearly 30K...

Hey Kbin-folk, I’ve recently published my take on the “threadiverse” in the form of a quasi-guide but with some other commentary. Appreciate any feedback, good or bad!

I have been trying to avoid Reddit. However, I still often end up being forced to click on a link to a post while searching for something specific. It is a hassle to manually change the link to libreddit or teddit everytime....

Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.

I've tried several different guides and scripts and always ran into issues. This was the first one that actually worked rather well for me so if anyone is running into issues, give this a try!

Omnivore is the free, open source, read-it-later app for serious readers. I'm looking into setting up this read-it-later service. I have a lot of URLs saved in my browser and need a place to bookmark them as well. Thinking this is a good place to start....