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Layla was a song; Pattie was a person
Eric Clapton, George Harrison, and Pattie Boyd. A letter opens the story of three people and invites us to hear familiar songs anew.
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IceCube searches for cosmic particles deep in Antarctic ice
To study the universe, researchers buried 5,160 sensors in ice. Francis Halzen, the 2026 Nobel laureate in physics, and the IceCube team use neutrinos to find information that starlight alone cannot easily provide.
Meta moves the battery off its VR glasses to lighten the load on your face
Less weight on your face for a movie, music in your glasses for a walk: Meta’s new glasses adapt a familiar shape to different parts of the day.
From a fan’s drawing to an $8.4 million Raincoat Pikachu card
A Raincoat Pikachu card unavailable in ordinary packs sold for $8.4 million. Its story began with a fan’s drawing and the 100 official cards awarded as a prize.
ContiNote Keeps Scores, Recordings, and Rehearsal Notes Together
The score is in your files, the recording is on YouTube, and the notes from your last rehearsal are somewhere else. ContiNote brings those materials together by song, so you can carry your preparation from solo practice to rehearsal and onto the stage.
Android detects earthquakes using motion signals from phones
A single phone may shake because someone bumped a desk. Signals from many Android devices can indicate an earthquake, allowing alerts to reach some areas before strong shaking.
OXO’s peeler began with a handle that was easier to hold
Even if the blade is sharp, cooking is difficult if the handle hurts to hold. OXO started from that inconvenience by changing the thickness and material of the handle and placing carrots in the store to let people try out the difference for themselves.
LEGO Botanicals: flowers to build, then put in a vase
Before the flowers go in a vase, their petals and stems must be assembled. LEGO Botanicals connects the pleasure of building with the pleasure of keeping the finished flowers on a desk.
Balconies instead of demolition for 530 homes in Bordeaux
At Grand Parc in Bordeaux, winter gardens and balconies were added to 530 social housing units rather than tearing them down. Residents stayed during construction and gained larger homes at the same address.