Publishing can, then, find the paper for the things it wants to print, even in times of scarcity. The industry is currently experiencing another period of shortage, and war is once again a cause (along with the pandemic). In the past 12 months the cost of paper used by British Read more…
This has been an unorthodox Atlantic hurricane season. Everyone from the US agency devoted to studying weather, oceans, and the atmosphere — the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration — to the most highly regarded hurricane professionals (PDF) predicted a season with above-normal to well above-normal activity. For example, NOAA’s outlook Read more…
US consumer prices were resurgent last month, dashing hopes of a nascent slowdown and likely assuring another historically large interest-rate hike from the Federal Reserve. From a report: The consumer price index increased 0.1% from July, after no change in the prior month, Labor Department data showed Tuesday. From a Read more…
Released 40 years ago, the 1982 movie Tron eventually spawned a 2010 sequel (plus a 19-episode animated series that aired on Disney XD between 2012 and 2013). But it also spawned a rollercoaster… Tron Lightcycle Run first opened at Shanghai Disneyland in 2016. (You can find some ride-through footage on Read more…
Did we pass a privacy milestone without realizing it? Computer science professor Ken Perlin writes on his blog: Recently I was traveling internationally. I have the Global Traveller option, so I could just to a machine, put in my passport, put my face in front of a camera, and get Read more…
“Scientists have uncovered how air pollution causes lung cancer,” reports the Guardian, “in groundbreaking research that promises to rewrite our understanding of the disease.” The BBC is calling it “a discovery that completely transforms our understanding of how tumours arise.” The team at the Francis Crick Institute in London showed Read more…
A new study on the Impact of Programming on Primary Mathematics Learning (abstract only, full article $24.95 on ScienceDirect) is generating some buzz on Twitter amongst K-12 CS educator types. It concluded that: 1. Programming did not benefit mathematics learning compared to traditional activities 2. There’s a negative though small Read more…