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The US’ 113-mile ‘floating’ highway

Stretching 113 miles into the open ocean, this engineering marvel linked the far-flung Florida Keys to the mainland and forever changed Florida. Seagulls cried overhead as I glided across miles of glistening waters somewhere between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The sky melted into the teal sea, which turned turquoise as it shallowed into channels between the coral and limestone islands....

See The Supernova And ‘Strawberry Moon’ Rise: The Night Sky This Week

Each Monday I pick out the northern hemisphere’s celestial highlights (mid-northern latitudes) for the week ahead, but be sure to check my main feed for more in-depth articles on stargazing, astronomy, eclipses and more. What To See In The Night Sky This Week: May 29-June 4, 2023 This week it’s all about getting a good view of the supernova SN 2023ixf and the full...

Ford EVs will have Tesla DNA and Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to Uber

Ford EVs will have Tesla DNA and Waymo’s robotaxis are coming to Uber

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. I’m turning the wheel over to Rebecca Bellan next week, and she’s mostly steering things this week (I had to add a few of my thoughts in here cuz I can’t help myself). You’re in good hands! The...

Fishers Helping Protect Seabirds From Rats And Cats On Mexican Islands

Off Mexico’s west coast, the Baja California Pacific Islands are key global nesting sites for 23 seabird species and Natividad Island shelters 90 percent of the breeding population of the Black-vented Shearwater (Puffinus opisthomelas). Mexican conservation biologist Yuliana Rocío Bedolla Guzmán, Director of the Marine Birds Project at Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas (GECI) says that invasive mammals like cats and rats...

4 Science-Backed Ways For Women To Up Their Attractiveness

In a world where first impressions matter greatly, it’s no surprise that we often get caught up trying to figure out how to maximize our God-given beauty. After all, who doesn’t want to make heads turn and hearts flutter? Fortunately, science has you covered. Here are four research-backed techniques to own your image and leave a lasting impression on everyone you meet. #1. Go...

Taking the pulse on the Northeast seed market with Techstars’ Kerty Levy

Taking the pulse on the Northeast seed market with Techstars’ Kerty Levy

Techstars’ Kerty Levy knows a thing or two about where seed funding is, and where it might be going, in the Northeast. During a presentation at TechCrunch’s Early Stage in Boston last month, Levy took a brief look at deal counts and valuations before exploring in more depth what the obstacles to funding are right now, and what founders are going to have to...

Ian Hacking, Eminent Philosopher of Science and Much Else, Dies at 87

Never limited by categories, his free-ranging intellect delved into physics, probability and anthropology, establishing him as a major thinker. Ian Hacking, a Canadian philosopher widely hailed as a giant of modern thought for game-changing contributions to the philosophies of science, probability and mathematics, as well as his widely circulated insights on issues like race and mental health, died on May 10 at a retirement...

QED Investors says pace of investing from new funds will be ‘extremely disciplined’

QED Investors says pace of investing from new funds will be ‘extremely disciplined’

Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, we’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. This will include everything from funding rounds to trends...

3 Views on a16z’s latest reported early-stage effort

3 Views on a16z’s latest reported early-stage effort

a16z, a venture capital firm known for its large fund sizes and for shaking up the VC game when it piled into the industry back in 2009, is cooking up a new strategy to potentially bolster its deal flow, according to a recent report. It’s creating a fund-of-funds to invest in smaller venture capital pools, giving it visibility on the next generation of breakout tech...

The Quest to Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing

Hotta found, to his surprise, that a simple sequence of events could, in fact, induce the quantum vacuum to go negative—giving up energy it didn’t appear to have. “First I thought I was wrong,” he said, “so I calculated again, and I checked my logic. But I could not find any flaw.” The trouble arises from the bizarre nature of the quantum vacuum, which...