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Big Picture Science

Big Picture Science

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The surprising connections in science and technology that give you the Big Picture. Astronomer Seth Shostak and science journalist Molly Bentley are joined each week by leading researchers, techies, and journalists to provide a smart and humorous take on science. Our regular "Skeptic Check" episodes cast a critical eye on pseudoscience.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe?

Dalton Deschain & Dylan Roth

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Horror writer Dalton Deschain and film critic Dylan Roth are tasked with reviving the short-lived Dark Universe of horror movies, pitching each other a new installment in a Marvel-style grand opus featuring Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Mummy. This podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Universal Pictures but it's funnier if you pretend that it is.
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A podcast covering the world of movies, tv show, toys, collectibles, gaming and all things Geekcentric. Join us every week as we discuss the latest news, and trailers. Plus we have special interviews with the people who make the things we love, and reviews of some the latest movies and series from around the Geekiverse. Follow us on Twitter @GeekcentricYT Follow us on Instagram @wearegeekcentric
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The Postscript

Carrie Classon

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The Postscript is usually funny, often thoughtful, and never political. In a world where there is no shortage of dire news, The Postscript aims to provide a small dose of positivity. It appears in print in more than 200 newspapers nationwide and is syndicated by Andrews McMeel Universal.
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Science Friday

Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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Official podcasts from Standard Bank South Africa. South Africa’s universal financial services group, catering for your personal, business, wealth, insurance, and corporate banking needs.
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Writing It!

The Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida

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"Writing It! The Podcast About Academics & Writing" dives deep into the world of academic writing and publishing. Join us for conversations with academics and editors as we discuss challenges, strategies, and insights from our writing lives. As we share our experiences and helpful hacks, we make the process of writing and getting published a bit more transparent and a bit less overwhelming.
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Fusion News

Fusion Industry Association

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A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by young fusion researchers. Keep up to date with all the recent news in the industry in this one easy, fortnightly package. And look out for the bonus "Extra" deep-dives. Fusion News is also available as a video version for those who like pictures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQSc-BFbCpFJjhZldM3BOcQ
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Visualising War and Peace

The University of St Andrews

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How do war stories work? And what do they do to us? Join University of St Andrews historian Alice König and colleagues as they explore how war and peace get presented in art, text, film and music. With the help of expert guests, they unpick conflict stories from all sorts of different periods and places. And they ask how the tales we tell and the pictures we paint of peace and war influence us as individuals and shape the societies we live in.
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Really, 007!

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Really, 007! is a fresh podcast dedicated to exploring all things James Bond. Our team of lifelong fans will bring you in-depth Bond film reviews, analysis of elements of the series, and up-to-date news on your favourite British secret agent - plus exclusive interviews with actors, directors, novelists, special guests and more...! Really, 007! is an unofficial entity, and in no way affiliated with United Artists, EON Productions Ltd, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Columbia/Sony Pictures, ...
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College Parent Central Podcast

Vicki Nelson and Lynn Abrahams

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You don’t stop parenting the day you drop your student off to college on Move-in Day. Your role simply changes. (Actually, it’s not simple at all, but it changes.) You’re a parent for life. Join Lynn Abrahams and Vicki Nelson, higher education professionals and former college parents, as they explore the topics that can help you be a more effective and supportive parent to your college bound student. Whether you already have a child in college, college is still a year or more away, or your s ...
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Slate 52

Tetrad Pictures

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Join us here at Tetrad Pictures as we talk about aspects of film, industry news, and whatever else we want. Come listen to our rambling. Intro/Outro Music Music from Jukedeck - create your own at jukedeck.com
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Starting with the 1936 thirteen part serial entitled “FLASH GORDON” - made by UNIVERSAL PICTURES (and based upon the cartoon strip of the same name created by Alex Raymond), Andy & Martin present a commentary podcast featuring the science-fiction serials that featured in cinemas in the 1930s.
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Oblivion

Universal Pictures

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Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman star in this groundbreaking event about a lone repairmen on a near-ruined future Earth who finds himself questioning all he knows in a fight to save humanity.
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BRUNO

Universal Pictures

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Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Da Ali G Show and Talladega Nights) brings you the comedy that has started more conversations, generated more controversy and dared to go further than ever before.
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Despicable Me 2

Universal Pictures

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Gru, his adorable girls, and the Minions are back in this comedy blockbuster where this super-dad finds himself balancing fatherhood with his secret agent role in the Anti-Villain League.
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Jeremy Dobbins (a.k.a. Jay Dobbins), administrator of "The Official Marvel/DC Multiverse" podcast (formerly known as "The Marvel/DC Multiverse"). I give information on Marvel and DC related news, other comic book material. J. Lewis is the videographer, photographer, and design engineer for "The Official Marvel/DC Multiverse". Please subscribe to my YouTube channel at (youtube.com/weaz992000). And you can follow me at (instagram.com/theofficialmarvel_dcmultiverse), (twitter.com/jaymdobbins), ...
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Comedian Kevin Hart talks about his latest stand-up comedy film, What Now?. Filmed in front of 50,000 people at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field—the Universal Pictures release marks the first time a comedian has ever performed to an at-capacity football stadium.
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Picture's Up!

David George

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On a film set, when the AD call's "Rehearsal's Up" it signals that it is time for rehearsal to begin, and when he/she calls "Picture's Up" it signals that rehearsal is over and it is time to begin filming. This podcast is about transitioning from interest in a career in film, to having a career in film.
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The Philosophy & Film Podcast

Hyde Park Picture House

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Presented by Joe Saunders, the Philosophy & Film Podcast explores the philosophical questions raised by some of cinema’s most intriguing films. In each episode, Joe is joined by a different guest philosopher, who nominates a film for the pair to discuss. Together, they explore whether they can learn anything about the film from philosophy, as well whether the world of philosophy can learn anything from the film. The podcast is produced by the Hyde Park Picture House, with editing from Ollie ...
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Materials Unlocked

Royce at the University of Sheffield

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Dr Lewis Owen brings together a diverse panel of experts and aspiring materials scientists to discuss and explore the work, achievements and discoveries that happen within the Advanced Materials Processing research area of the Henry Royce Institute based at the University of Sheffield.
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Peter (Jason Segel) is a struggling musician who finds his world turned upside down when his TV celebrity girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), dumps him for a tragically hip rock star, Aldous Snow (Russell Brand). It's the hysterically funny look at how far one man will go to forget a girl – and all the fun he finds along the way!
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The mission of the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development is to initiate, implement and manage the operations and logistics of programs aimed at generating revenue and stimulating employment and business opportunities in the District through the production of film, television, video, photography and other multimedia projects.
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Hosted by former Marvel entertainment lawyer Paul Sarker and entertainment enthusiast Mesh Lakhani, Better Call Paul will delve into the business and legal issues at play behind the glitz and glam. This show takes you beyond the catchy headlines to find out what’s really at play behind the scenes and gives you an introduction to the business side of show business.
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Fast Five

Universal Pictures

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Speed to the Safe code is 4XTNC. Fast Five is now available to download! Watch clips and more from the latest installment of the explosive franchise built on speed. Dwayne Johnson joins returning favorites Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Matt Schulze, Tego Calderon and Don Omar for this ultimate high-stakes race.
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Avenues The World School is thrilled to announce the launch of Big Picture: A Series on Parenting, featuring early childhood experts Nancy Schulman and Alicia Stoller. In a series of in-depth conversations, Nancy and Alicia share unique insights into child development and offer valuable advice for overcoming the universal challenges of raising young children. This is an extended, audio-only version of the Big Picture video series streaming exclusively on the Avenues The World School app. Epi ...
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John (Adkins, The Expendables 2) wakes up from a coma to discover his wife and daughter were slaughtered in a brutal home invasion. Haunted by images of the attack, he vows to kill the man responsible, Luc Deveraux (Van Damme). While John tries to piece his reality back together, things get more complicated when he is pursued by a relentless UniSol (Arlovski). As John gets closer to Deveraux and the rouge army of genetically enhanced warriors led by back-from-the-dead leader Andrew Scott (Lu ...
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Green Zone

Universal Pictures

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Academy Award nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award nominees Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan, Green Zone is "one hell of a thriller" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy The Official Podcast

Sony Music Entertainment in association with Universal Pictures International

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Just in time for the release of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy in cinemas, journalist and Bridget Jones expert Pandora Sykes hosts a five-part series that will have you immersed in the world of Bridget. With exclusive interviews from Renee Zellweger, Leo Woodall, Helen Fielding, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sally Phillips and behind the scenes crew including Director Michael Morris and Costume Designer Molly Emma Rowe, this podcast looks back across the Bridget films with lashings of nostalgia and ah ...
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The Wolfman

Universal Pictures

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Academy Award winners Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs) and Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) tear up the screen in this action-packed thriller. Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) is lured back to his family estate to investigate the savage murder of his brother by a bloodthirsty beast. There, Talbot must confront his childhood demons, his estranged father (Hopkins), his brother's grieving fiancee (Emily Blunt, The Devil Wears Prada) and a suspicious Scotland Yard Inspector (Hugo Weaving, The Matr ...
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Physics World Weekly offers a unique insight into the latest news, breakthroughs and innovations from the global scientific community. Our award-winning journalists reveal what has captured their imaginations about the stories in the news this week, which might span anything from quantum physics and astronomy through to materials science, environmental research and policy, and biomedical science and technology. Find out more about the stories in this podcast by visiting the Physics World web ...
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Bourne Legacy

Universal Pictures

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The Bourne Legacy takes the action-packed Bourne series to an explosive new level. On the verge of having their conspiracy exposed, members of the government’s intelligence community will stop at nothing to erase all evidence of their top secret programs – even the agents involved. Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) must use his genetically-engineered skills to survive the ultimate game of cat-and-mouse and finish what Jason Bourne started. Also starring Academy Award® winner* Rachel Weisz and Acad ...
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Repo Men

Universal Pictures

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Remy (Jude Law) and Jake (Forest Whitaker) are best friends and The Union's most dangerous repossession men, reclaiming top-dollar organs when recipients fall behind on their payments. But after an on-the-job accident forces Remy to be outfitted with a top-of-the-line heart replacement, he finds himself in debt and on the run. Now, the hunter becomes the hunted as Jake will stop at nothing to track him down to finish the job.
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Couples Retreat

Universal Pictures

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Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau, Malin Akerman, Kristin Davis, Kristen Bell and Faizon Love star in a comedy following four Midwestern couples who embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other three set out to jet ski, spa and enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon discover that participation in the resort's couples therapy is not optional. Suddenly, their group-rate vacation comes at a price. What follows is a ...
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The Cartesian Cafe

Timothy Nguyen

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The Cartesian Cafe is the podcast where an expert guest and Timothy Nguyen map out scientific and mathematical subjects in detail. This collaborative journey with other experts will have us writing down formulas, drawing pictures, and reasoning about them together on a whiteboard. If you’ve been longing for a deeper dive into the intricacies of scientific subjects, then this is the podcast for you. Topics covered include mathematics, physics, computer science, machine learning, and artificia ...
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Telescopes are like light buckets. The bigger the telescope, the more light collected for astronomers to observe. With recent advances in technology, amateur astronomers can join professionals for a chance to observe stellar nurseries and exoplanets many light-years away. But as our capabilities increase, so do the mysteries, including those around…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 1, 2025. Slow https://michaelnotebook.com/slow/index.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44748934 Face it: you're a crazy person https://www.experimental-history.com/p/face-it-youre-a-crazy-person https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44710651 How was the Universal Pictures 1936 opening…
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This is our spoiler-free review of Freakier Friday—Disney’s long-awaited follow-up to the 2003 body-swap classic. We dive into the multigenerational chaos, early 2000s nostalgia, and clever callbacks that make this “freakquel” a surprisingly fun ride. With standout performances from Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, an updated soundtrack, and jus…
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This is our spoiler-free thoughts on Alien: Earth, the latest series from FX set within the iconic Alien universe. After six gripping episodes, we break down the show’s eerie tone, tense sound design, and thought-provoking themes about AI, power, and humanity. We spotlight standout performances from Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, …
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 5, 2025. Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade no-crawl directives https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44785636 Show HN: I spent 6 years building a ridiculou…
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The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at the genetics of people from many different backgrounds. Three genetics experts join Host Ira Flatow to talk about a recent close examination of the g…
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Thom Powers, a renowned documentary programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), former artistic director of DocNYC, and host of the “Pure Nonfiction” podcast, delves into his journey from filmmaker to influential festival curator. Thom shares behind-the-scenes details about programming films like “The Bibi Files,” directed by Ale…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 4, 2025. If you're remote, ramble https://stephango.com/ramblings https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44775563 Modern Node.js Patterns https://kashw1n.com/blog/nodejs-2025/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44778936 Writing a good design document https://grantslatton.com/how-to-design-do…
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For almost their entire 4.5 billion-year existence, Earth and its moon have been galactic neighbors. And the moon isn’t just Earth’s tiny sidekick—their relationship is more like that of siblings, and they’re even cut from similar cosmic cloth. Without the moon, Earth and its inhabitants wouldn’t be what they are today: The climate would be more ex…
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Note: We like our language NSFW salty, and there be spoilers here... Face Front, True Believer! Diabolu Frank, Illegal Machine, and Mr. José Fixit haven't kept up with recording on all the new Marvel media this year, so you're getting a king-sized helping of shorter takes. Among the notices are Marvel Studios' Captain America: Brave New World (2025…
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You didn't think we'd go radio silent for August, did you? While we toil away at the next phase of our show, we'll be keeping the party going by releasing a few of our favorite bonus episodes — usually exclusive to our Patreon — onto the main feed. Enjoy! Sign up at Patreon.com/DylanAndDalton to enjoy more goofy nonsense like this. Originally publi…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 3, 2025. Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/27539-helsinki-records-zero-traffic-deaths-for-full-year.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44736025 Telo MT1 https://www.telotrucks.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Aug 2, 2025. Show HN: Draw a fish and watch it swim with the others https://drawafish.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44719222 At 17, Hannah Cairo solved a major math mystery https://www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah-cairo-solved-a-major-math-mystery-20250801/ https://news.ycombinator…
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This week the Trump administration indicated that it would seek to roll back a key EPA finding that allows the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from things like cars and power plants. The 16-year-old rule, known as the “endangerment finding,” states that six greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health. Sophie Bushwick, news editor at …
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This is our spoiler-free review of Marvel Animation’s Eyes of Wakanda — a bold new animated series that explores Wakanda’s legacy across different eras of human history. We break down the show’s breathtaking animation, powerful character designs, immersive music, and the emotionally rich stories that make this anthology feel like something truly sp…
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In this episode, Alice interviews Lauren Benton, Professor of History and Law at Yale University. Prof Benton specialises in global legal history and the history of European empires. She has a raft of publications to her name, on the intersection between the British empire and the origins of international law, on piracy and protectionism, and on sl…
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After most of the population of the Pacific rim sought higher ground this week, we speak with the architect of the tsunami warning technology. Also how aging Killifish might help us probe our senior moments. This week, an M8.8 earthquake near Kamchatka in the western pacific led to tsunami evacuation alerts thousands of miles away. Seismologist Jud…
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Many of us will have careers with three distinct eras: education, work and retirement. While the first two tend to be regimented, the third age offers the possibility of pursuing a wide range of interests. Our guest in this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is the retired particle physicist Michael Albrow, who is scientist emeritus at Fer…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 31, 2025. Fast https://www.catherinejue.com/fast https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44736967 Our $100M Series B https://oxide.computer/blog/our-100m-series-b https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44733817 Vibe code is legacy code https://blog.val.town/vibe-code https://news.ycombinator.com/…
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Whistling is a skill used to communicate over distances—a whistle can mean anything from “you’re cute” to “time to come home for dinner.” There’s a complex series of mechanisms in the mouth that need to come together to make a whistle. Hosts Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman discuss all things whistling with professional musician and whistler Wanda Civ…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 30, 2025. Study mode https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-study-mode/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44725764 M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000qw60/executive https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44729865 My 2…
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Paleontologists have identified an ancient reptile with a towering crest made not of skin, or scales, or feathers, or antler—but something else entirely. It’s some kind of integumentary outerwear we’ve never seen before. The small creature sporting the curious crest was named Mirasaura grauvogeli, and it lived during the Middle Triassic period, abo…
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This week, Jessica David is back and filling in for Mesh. Paul and Jessica begin with Marvel's Fantastic Four reboot and George Lucas' first appearance at San Diego Comic Con. Next, Paul provides an update on FCC's approval of Skydance's proposed acquisition of Paramount clearing the path for the deal to close. Finally, they ponder the unconfirmed …
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 29, 2025. Copyparty – Turn almost any device into a file server https://github.com/9001/copyparty https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44711519 Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act https://use-their-id.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44716106 …
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The Trump administration has proposed cutting NASA’s budget by almost 25% and shutting down 19 currently operating science missions. On July 21, several hundred current and former employees of the space agency released an official letter of dissent, titled “The Voyager Declaration,” arguing against “rapid and wasteful changes which have undermined …
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How has evolutionary theory shaped educational thinking over the past two centuries? ‘Evolutionary Theory and Education: The Influence of Evolutionary Thinking on Educational Theory and Philosophy’ (Brill, 2025) explores the considerable but under-appreciated influence of evolutionary ideas on educational theory and the philosophy of education. The…
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Really, 007! celebrate the 40th anniversary of A View To A Kill with director John Glen and an army of Bond fans, including Ciaran Brown, Lorenzo Granger aka The Substitute Agent, Robert Redfern, Vinnie Harris, Harry Demuth, Dafydd Brooks, Mark Wooldridge aka Views From Mark, George Payne and Geoff Bartram,.. Disclaimer: Really, 007! is an unoffici…
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Really, 007! celebrate the 40th anniversary of A View To A Kill with director John Glen and an army of Bond fans, including Ciaran Brown, Lorenzo Granger aka The Substitute Agent, Robert Redfern, Vinnie Harris, Harry Demuth, Dafydd Brooks, Mark Wooldridge aka Views From Mark, George Payne and Geoff Bartram,.. Disclaimer: Really, 007! is an unoffici…
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Really, 007! celebrate the 40th anniversary of A View To A Kill with director John Glen and an army of Bond fans, including Ciaran Brown, Lorenzo Granger aka The Substitute Agent, Robert Redfern, Vinnie Harris, Harry Demuth, Dafydd Brooks, Mark Wooldridge aka Views From Mark, George Payne and Geoff Bartram,.. Disclaimer: Really, 007! is an unoffici…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 28, 2025. Performance and telemetry analysis of Trae IDE, ByteDance's VSCode fork https://github.com/segmentationf4u1t/trae_telemetry_research https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44703164 Dumb Pipe https://www.dumbpipe.dev/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44701555 EU age verification a…
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Menopause is having a moment. Celebrities like Halle Berry, Naomi Watts, and Michelle Obama have recently shared their personal menopause experiences. Menopause and perimenopause are showing up across social media and even in popular books. All this to say, menopause has finally gone mainstream. But, it wasn’t until about three decades ago that men…
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We’re talking with Mark Oppenheimer, author, professor, podcaster, and editor of the online journal Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera, about a varied writing career defined by openness to the next interesting project (one of those current projects is writing Judy Blume’s biography). We talk about writing a great sentence; how academics can best po…
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When you mention Japanese War crimes in World War Two, you’ll often get different responses from different generations. The oldest among us will talk about the Bataan Death March. Younger people, coming of age in the 1990s, will mention the Rape of Nanking or the comfort women forced into service by the Japanese army. Occasionally, someone will men…
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They are known for holding branches in their paws and gnawing on them like corn cobs. They build lodges and dams which occasionally flood roads. Cute, comical, and considered pests, beavers were nearly hunted to extinction for their pelts before conservation efforts allowed their populations to rebound. Now environmentalists and engineers are reint…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 27, 2025. Rust running on every GPU https://rust-gpu.github.io/blog/2025/07/25/rust-on-every-gpu/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44692876 How we rooted Copilot https://research.eye.security/how-we-rooted-copilot/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44695098 Purple Earth hypothesis htt…
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Sarah Teasley's Designing Modern Japan (Reaktion, 2022) unpicks the history of Japanese design from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth, focusing on continuities and disruptions within communities and practices of design. Designing Modern Japan explores design in the unfolding contexts of modernization, empire and war, defeat and…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 26, 2025. Do not download the app, use the website https://idiallo.com/blog/dont-download-apps https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689059 Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope https://www.wired.com/story/steam-itchio-are-pulling-porn-games-censorship/ …
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The EPA recently announced that it’s going to shut down its scientific research arm, called the Office of Research and Development. Since the agency was founded nearly 55 years ago, it’s had in-house scientists researching things like pollutants in our air and water, and the risks posed by toxic chemicals. That research informs the EPA’s guidelines…
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This is our spoiler-filled discussion of Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps! We dive deep into everything from H.E.R.B.I.E. and Harvey (aka Mole Man) to our favourite standout moments, all the hidden Easter eggs, and—of course—our theories about THAT end-credits scene. Whether you're a longtime fan of Marvel’s First Family or new to th…
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In this special episode, we’re joined by The Fantastic Four: First Steps director Matt Shakman, along with stars Julia Garner (Shalla-Bal) and Ralph Ineson (Galactus). Matt shares insight into finding the pitch-perfect cast to bring Marvel’s First Family to life, how he balanced the scale of the MCU with deeply personal moments—including a touching…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 25, 2025. Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1030004/898017c7953c0946/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44676691 There is no memory safety without thread safety https://www.ralfj.de/blog/2025/07/24/memory-safety.html https://news.ycombinator.com…
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In December, the Parker Solar Probe made history when it made the closest-ever approach to the sun by a spacecraft. As it whizzed by, a camera recorded incredibly detailed images, which show the sun’s surface, the flow of solar winds, and eruptions of magnetized balls of gas. Seeing this activity in such detail could help scientists understand sola…
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Have we found Betelgeuse’s ‘Betelbuddy?’ An astronomical mystery seems to be solved as the long-predicted stellar companion to the bright star Betelgeuse has been detected by a team of researchers led by Steve Howell of the NASA Ames Research Center using the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii. Steve discusses this breakthrough alongside astronomer A…
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This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast is a conversation with two physicists, Ada Altieri and Silvia De Monte, who are using their expertise in statistical physics to understand the behaviour of ecological communities. A century ago, pioneering scientists such as Alfred Lotka and Vito Volterra showed that statistical physics techniques co…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 24, 2025. CARA – High precision robot dog using rope https://www.aaedmusa.com/projects/cara https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44661846 Show HN: Tinder but it's only pictures of my wife and I can only swipe right https://trytender.app/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44664873 Cops say…
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You can’t get a mortgage without home insurance. But in some parts of the country, it’s becoming harder and harder to find a plan, as insurance companies drop homeowners and pull out of entire states, as flooding, wildfires, and storms become more frequent and intense. Host Flora Lichtman talks to reporters Jessica Meszaros and Rachel Cohen, who ha…
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This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on Jul 23, 2025. Qwen3-Coder: Agentic coding in the world https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen3-coder/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44653072 Don't animate height https://www.granola.ai/blog/dont-animate-height https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44619206 TODOs aren't for doing https://sophie…
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